He Is Coming Soon

Scripture:
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions." (Joel 2:28 & Acts 2:17)

This past Sunday at church our Pastor preached for about 10 minutes and then he told us that he wanted us to hear a testimony. He suggested that we abstain from clapping or shouting Amen, until she was done. Then Daisy, a 12 year old girl from our church came to the platform and sat down in a chair.

We all sat on the edge of our pews while this young girl told how she had had an encounter with Jesus and how Jesus showed her things in heaven and things in hell. She talked for nearly 45 minutes in her soft, 12 year old girl voice, and it was very evident that she was recounting what she had seen and what Jesus had told her.

Briefly, she told us that Jesus had asked her to tell the church that He was coming soon and that He was not pleased with many of the members in the Church. She did not say anything in a critical or judgemental way. She is only 12. She told how she saw beautiful gold all around and a large book with names written in gold. She also told how Jesus went with her into hell and how bad it smelled and how everyone was screaming and yelling.

Now I am sure all this may seem quite bizarre and maybe you even question why I would share this here in our blog. But recently I have been listening to testimonies of people who have died and returned. Some of the testimonies are about people who have gone to heaven, like in the best selling book by Don Piper called 90 minutes in heaven, others are testimonies of people who have had experiences of going to hell and been given the grace to come back, like Bill Weiss's book, 23 minutes in hell. Some of which you can find on http://www.freecdtracts.com/

The scripture above cited in both the Old and New Testaments tells us that the Holy Spirit will be poured out on people (in the last days) and that children will prophesy and that men will have dreams and visions. (I don't think men here refers to gender). But ask yourself, doesn't it seem that there are a lot of these kinds of testimonies now a days? At least more then you saw 30 years ago?

The scriptures also say that "there will be many false prophets" and that we should "test the spirits" to decern which are from God or not. (1 John 4:1) However, this testimony is too much of a coincidence for me to ignore, particularly since I know the pastor and have spoken to him about it, and I know you did not hear what I heard. I guess all I am asking us to do in this blog is keep ready for His coming. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 tells us that the Lord will come "like a thief in the night." "So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." (Matthew 24:44) I believe Jesus will be here to receive His own sooner then most people expect.

Request:
That we would be attentive believers and both keep watch for Jesus' coming and tell as many as we can about Jesus so that they do not have to face the inevitable consequence of sin by being sent to hell instead of being saved and spending eternity with our Savior.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, thank you for speaking to us from your Word and by your Holy Spirit. We know you are coming very soon and that there are still many who do not know you. Give us your grace and direction to help others find their way to that salvation you offer to us by your death on the cross.