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TIME
IS RUNNING OUT
It
is time to prepare for
ETERNITY?
What
does the Bible Prophesy tell
us about eternity?
by:
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
ARE
YOU PREPARED TO MEET YOUR
MAKER?
One
day an angel will place one
foot on the sea and the other
on the dry land and lifting
his hand to heaven, swear by
Him that liveth forever and
ever, that “Time shall be no
more”! (Revelation
10:5-6)
THE
SUN WILL GO DARK, THE MOON
WILL TURN TO DRIPPING BLOOD
& STARS WILL FALL FROM
HEAVEN
Then,
the sun will go out like a
candle in the wind, the moon
will turn to dripping blood,
the stars will fall from
heaven. The sky will roll away
like a scroll and the earth
will melt with burning heat.
THE
WHEEL OF ETERNITY WILL BEGIN
TURNING
The
clocks of time will all stop
and the ‘wheel of
eternity’ will begin.
A thousand years will come and
go - A million years will be
like a drop in the bucket and
eternity’s wheel will just
have begun to move!
What
time is it? It’s
later than you think. And
very definitely, Father Time
marches on. Its true ~ “Time
waits for no man”.
Do
you recall reading of Ponce de
Leon, the 53 year old man who
walked into a Florida jungle
searching for the fountain of
youth? Was he sincere?
Did he find it?
Of
course he was sincere, and
“NO” he did not find it.
The year was 1513 and he’s
been dead ever since!
FOR
PONCE DE LEON, TIME HAD RUN
OUT!
And
one day it will be over for us
all. Time will not wait for us
either! What we do with
our time is so important. Some
waste their time, while others
strive to utilize every
moment.
PREPARING
FOR LIFE
How
we spend our time in our
youth, often determines how
the rest of our time is spent!
If
we prepare for life - by time
invested in the process of
learning - it usually pays
dividends throughout our
lifetime. How? A feeling of
accomplishment, more
amenities, better working
conditions and financial
rewards!
Often,
young people throw caution to
the wind and sow their wild
oats, but time always brings
with it the pay-day!
A
harvest of unwanted
pregnancies, broken
relationships, scarred
memories, bankruptcies, bad
reputations and deteriorating
health are but a few.
THERE
IS A GOOD SIDE OF TIME,
HOWEVER. TIME HAS A
TENDENCY TO HEAL!
Time
often heals memories and dulls
the pain! Time allows you to
remember the good in the past
and forget the unfortunate.
And
time usually mellows us and
gives us opportunity to
meditate, contemplate and
think. Time to think of
our failures as well as our
achievements, our glorious
moments and our defeats; of
the joy, sorrow and pain.
TIME
IS SHORT
ONE
WORD OF CAUTION - Time
also is deceptive and can
harden the heart of the
sinner! And time is so short.
It is but a fleeting moment
and then it is gone!
All
we’ve got to do is look at
photographs, step on the
scales, go for a run with a
teenage son, attend a high
school reunion or look in the
mirror. My,
how time changes us physically
and mentally. And hopefully,
spiritually!
Physically,
it is so easy to allow a
deteriorating process to
escalate. Mentally, we can go
either way - we can vegetate
and become senile or we can
get wiser as we apply our
brains to the ‘getting of
wisdom’.
The
world and all its pressures
can be over whelming.
Many times we forget what is
important and we let the
routines of every day life
take control.
Spiritually,
we must take the time to draw
closer to our Maker. We
must develop a close and deep
fellowship with Almighty God
through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Some
people are giants in the
physical and mental sense but
unfortunately have no time for
God and spirituality. We
must keep a healthy balance.
One day TIME WILL BE NO MORE
and each one of us will stand
before almighty God to be
judged for our life.
King
Solomon gave the young
generation some good advice: “Remember
now thy Creator in the days of
thy youth”.
And
Jesus issued an invitation to
everyone: “Come unto Me
all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give
you rest”.
IT’S
TIME TO CHANGE!
Premier
Peter Lougheed rose to power
in Alberta with a smashing
victory in 1971 - unseating
the Social Credit government
that had reigned for 36 years
- using that slogan! I’ll
never forget his campaign
literature declaring, “It’s
Time To Change”!
And
it’s time for sinners,
backsliders and lukewarm
Church members to change as
well. It’s time for Revival
in the Churches and an
awakening of ‘God
consciousness’ in our
nation!
There
is still time - It’s not too
late. Repentance of sin, faith
toward God and an
acknowledgment of Jesus Christ
as Lord and Saviour is all
that is needed!
God
invites: “Come now, and
let us reason together...
though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall
be as wool”. (Isaiah
1:18-19)
ONE
DAY SOON - TIME SHALL BE NO
MORE!
One
day an angel will place one
foot on the sea and the other
on the dry land and lifting
his hand to heaven, swear by
Him that liveth forever and
ever, that “Time shall be no
more."
(Revelation 10:5-6)
Then,
the sun will go out like a
candle in the wind, the moon
will turn to dripping blood,
the stars will fall from
heaven. The sky will roll away
like a scroll and the earth
will melt with burning heat!
The
clocks of time will all stop
and the ‘wheel of
eternity’ will begin! A
thousand years will come and
go - A million years will be
like a drop in the bucket and
eternity’s wheel will just
have begun to move!
I
WISH TO POSE JUST ONE QUESTION
- “DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
WILL SPEND ETERNITY?”
YOU’LL FIND THE ANSWER IN
GOD’S WORD!
If
you wait until eternity
begins, it will be too late
for you then!
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BIBLE
SCRIPTURES / VERSES ON
TRIBULATION
 Deuteronomy
4:30 - 35
"When
thou art in tribulation, and
all these things are come
upon thee, even in the
latter days, if thou turn to
the Lord thy God, and shalt
be obedient unto his voice;
(For
the Lord thy God is a
merciful God;) he will not
forsake thee, since the day
that God created man upon
the earth, and ask from the
one side of heaven as this
great thing is, or hath been
heard like it:
Did
ever people hear the voice
of God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as thou
hast heard, and live?
Or
hath God assayed to go and
take him a nation from the
midst of another nation, by
temptations, by signs, and
by wonders, and by war, and
by a mighty hand, and by a
stretched-out arm, and by
great terrors, according to
all that the Lord your God
did for you in Egypt before
your eyes?
Unto
thee it was shewed, that
thou mightest know that the
Lord he is God: there is
none else beside him."
JUDGES
10:14
"Go
and cry unto the gods which
ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of
your tribulation."
MATTHEW
13:21
Yet
hath he not root in himself,
but dureth for a while: for
when tribulation or
persecution ariseth because
of the word, by and by he is
offended.
JOHN
16: 33
"These
things, I have spoken unto
you that in me ye might have
peace. "In the
world ye shall have
tribulation, but be of good
cheer: I have overcome
the world."
ROMANS
5:3-66
"And
not only so, but we glory in
tribulations also; know that
tribulation worketh
patience;
And
patience, experience; and
experience, hope, And
hope maketh not ashamed:
because the love of God is
shed abroad in our hearts by
the Holy Ghost which is
given unto us,"
EPHESIANS
3:13
Wherefore
I desire that ye faint not
at my tribulations for you,
which is your glory
2
CORINTHIANS 1:4
Who
comforteth us in all our
tribulation, that we may be
able to comfort them which
are in any trouble by the
comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted by
God
2
CORINTHIANS 7:4
Great
is my boldness of speech
toward you, great is my
glorying of you: I am filled
with comfort, I am exceeding
joyful in all our
tribulation
REVELATION
7:14
And
I say unto him, Sir, thou
knowest. And he said
to me, These are they which
same out of the great
tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them
white in the blood of the
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