Just Past the Bend
This blog is primarily Christian poetry, with a few articles tucked in, it's intent is to inspire, encourage, and comfort, any and all...GODSPEED to all who read.
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As the Light Dims
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Evening comes,
And sunlight begins to dim.
What was a bright and sunny day.
Now, just shades along the way.
Light had shown the world,
It's brightness for one more turn around the globe.
Now evening dims the light.
As we unknowingly turn away.
As the light dims, darkness awaits.
With just the moon and stars lighting our gates.
The world continues on just a little longer.
But the darkest of night still awaits.
Now, even the darkness begins to dim.
Just before the dawning of Him.
A Son rising in the East.
Will overcome the darkness one last time.
But this time, the Son will continue to shine.
Darkness will no longer be upon the deep.
As the Shepherd is now united with His distant sheep.
No more will the Light ever dim, no more will any darkness be found on them.
For they may have walked through many darknesses from time to time.
And the Light in them at times may have seemed hard to find. But unknowingly to even many of them.
Even the steps through the darkness were leading to Him.
And we sheep may be smelly and dirty to the world of the wise.
Those too educated to believe so-called "sheep lies."
They put their hope in snakes, with guesses and why's.
But in the end for them, it was really just dung and flies.
So as the light dims on the time of man, the Shepherd still extends His call.
But be careful your wait, lest in your wait you fall.
For there will be no last notice, of Last call.
The Story of Two Trees
Long ago, in a paradise,
Now lost!
Stood a tree of good and evil,
With but one rule,
Do not eat of that tree, at any cost.
One man, one woman,
One garden to tend!
But not long thereafter,
Satan entered in.
Satan’s words,
Were cunning, deceiving and sly!
Convincing Eve,
To believe a lie!
Three in the garden,
Two bad choices, one by one!
Paradise lost!
Now there were none.
Paradise lost,
Meant man was too.
Exiled from the garden,
With no way back, what was man to do?
Though man be lost,
GOD knew what He must do.
Plant another tree that would not fall.
One that could cover,
All that will answer its call!
This tree would not be lavish,
Or pleasing to the eye.
The purpose of this tree,
Was entirely to die!
Time went on,
Until one night in another garden.
GOD’s plan took root,
For man’s full pardon!
This second tree was now ready,
To be planted on a hill.
As Jesus himself prayed,
Not my, but Thy will!
They planted the tree on Golgotha’s hill,
For less than a day!
But it more than enough,
To open the way!
A door that Adam closed unknowingly,
Was opened once again!
As Jesus Himself,
Took on our sin!
Many will travel through it,
Passing today!
But just like Adam,
Others will prefer their own way.
But unlike Adam,
in paradise lost!
There'll be no third tree,
to cover the cost!
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
A Stop in Time
Almost There!
I sat down the other day,
And examined my scars of old.
Not the outside variety,
But those of my soul.
The ones you never show,
Or at least try not to.
It was then I realized,
I'm almost through!
Almost home,
Almost to a point.
That this life,
Is almost gone!
Oh yes,
There's been scars to bear.
And they've come from every corner,
Of life, seemingly everywhere.
But I'm almost home,
almost there!
Almost to the place,
They can’t touch me there!
No more memories of pain,
To torment my mind.
No more cracks in the armor,
From the battle lines!
No more wounds so deep,
To remind me of my falls.
No more missing the mark,
All the times I was called.
No more disabilities,
To limit my scope.
And no more doubt,
To rob my hope!
No more will those things,
Call my name.
Or have any say,
Cause any shame.
Because I'm almost home
Almost there!
Just past that bend,
My place is there.
If I arrive before you,
I'll save you a chair.
Just remember,
Jesus is the only way,
We get, there!
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The Saltiness of the Believer
Time has a way,
For the rot that it brings.
Seeing As You Have Been Seen
I bet all of you know this verse.
1 Corinthians 13:12 (ESV) 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Look around the room, does the view appear dim?
No...
Well it is, I know we have been conditioned to filter our view on things of the earth, by the only sight we currently have.
You see, (pardon the pun) in our current body's we see what it's seeing, but the day is coming when this old view will be remembered as utterly dim. How do I know this?
Those are Paul's words. Read the verse again, slowly, "For now we see in a mirror dimly" , what does dimly imply?
A limited view, not seeing as plainly as possible, unable to view what is actually there. That last one is very interesting, unable to view what is actually there.
Do you remember when you were baptized? Did you try to peek up through the water?
I did, but I was baptized in a river, no chlorine, but my view was somewhat diminished as I peeked up, because the water was kind of murky, I could hear, but not plainly, it was like they were a lot further away, than they actually were.
That's where we are today, we're looking up but not seeing everything that's there, we can hear, but not as plainly as we like. Then as we were brought up out of the water, everything cleared up, the view, the sound, that big breath of clean air filled our lungs, the folks on the bank cheered, shouted, even applauded.
That's waiting for us again, when we go up in the rapture, I truly believe, it will be all that again, but this time it will be to the hundredth power, at least.
Clarity beyond compression, sight, sound, sensitivity, we might even have few senses we never even knew were there, because of the fall.
The halls of heaven will cheer, not because of anything we did, but because of all Jesus has done, and we are a part of what He has done.
Yea our view is going to clear, our ears are going to open, our minds are going to sharpen to the point that they will put to shame the best computers ever made.
We aren't there yet family, but we are closer than we've ever been. Yes we are more than we ever knew, but I would be hesitant to say, any of us ever reached our potentials.
But that's water under the bridge, but we still have time to build on it, because one day soon we're going to see, as we have been seen, since the moment we said, Lord forgive me, come and be my Savior. From that moment that our spirit man was given life, we could hear and see differently from the rest of the world, because a new part of us came alive, our spirit.
Ever wonder why you don't see things like the world
see' s them, you can't.
You see through eyes of a body with a soul, that has a third part living, your spirit. The world see' s through eyes of only the body and soul, their spirit is still dead, that's why they only seek pleasures of the flesh and mind.
All who come to Jesus are given new life. But they must come to get it. No wonder the world thinks we're strange, we are, we're strange because inside of us lives a third dimension of our being they don't have. We aren't elitists, we're enlightened, our spirit man has been turned on by The Holy Spirit. And one day soon, we're going to see what our spirit man looks like, feels like, and with abilities we have never dreamed of, when added to our glorified body.
Yes family, we're going to see like we've been seen on the other side for all these years.
You my brother and sister are much more than you know, God has deposited much in all of us, and one day, we're going to see it.
Till then we'll keep filtering, but filter with one eye on the sky!
I love you all, Shalom
PS: If you have read this and are not a believer, if this sounds unbelievable to you, I highly recommend you read the page Why Jesus, Why Choose Christianity? It's in the pages section, you see we're not an elite club, just an enlightened one, all are free to join, as a matter of fact we all invite you.
Why the Rapture Argument is Actually Grace vs Wrath
Is the Rapture Pre-Tribulation or not?
The part of the world I grew up in never asked the question above, it was always pre-trib, I can honestly say that the times I spent fellowshipping with Baptist, Pentecostals, Methodist, and Independent brethren, down through the years, this question rarely if ever, came up.
If that were the case today, I wouldn’t be writing this. I am amazed at the number of good brothers and sisters that embrace the theory of the post trib rapture.
Now some may say what difference does it make anyway?
It doesn’t make any difference if the church of Jesus Christ is appointed to wrath, if it’s not it makes a serious difference. So what’s the truth?
To say that truth is relative to a point of view is error. Truth is never relative, it doesn’t have first cousins, aunts or uncles, it is what it is, and it stands solely by itself.
So if it truly stands by itself, why are so many confused by truth?
More times than not it is simply one word, context!
To take something out of context, does not remove the truth from it, it removes the application. Example, will an axe cut butter?
All tribbers agree on the rapture, it’s just (when), that creates contentions.
So at the risk of pouring gasoline on a fire, let me share with you why I believe the rapture really is pre-trib.
We will examine this in context, by that I mean we will examine what God told Paul for the Gentiles under Grace, you know us!
Paul wrote 13 books directly to us Gentiles, there is only one prophecy given to the Gentiles and even it is corporate to both Jew and Gentile believers, what is it?
The Rapture!
So what did the Apostle of the Gentiles tell us?
Paul’s first mention of a “catching away” comes in his first Epistle’s writings, that being 1st Thessalonians Chapter 4, I am sure you know but it’s worth mentioning, that Paul’s Epistles are not in chronological order in the Bible.
13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
These verses defines a Rapture, but not the timing, all agree on this verse.
The next time Paul mentions this topic is 2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2, this time we are given more detail for a timetable.
1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.
Same verses in The English Standard Version
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
We see a couple of things here, which are not in the first verses, we see timings.
1. A falling away or rebellion in the Church.
2. The Spirit of God is restraining this lawless one from being revealed.
3. Not until the Holy Spirit steps out of the way, can the lawless one be revealed.
So, I have a question!
Will the Holy Spirit abandon us?
I don’t think I even need to answer that... but that is what some are suggesting.
Next verse
The Wrath
1ST Thessalonians 1:10
10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
It would appear to me that believers are delivered from the wrath to come, not appointed to it.
This may be why the Church is not mentioned once in Revelation; between chapters 4 and 18, the wrath chapters. Not to mention the time table for those chapters are roughly seven years.
Romans 2:7-10 echoes, believers will not inherit wrath or tribulation, if that is the case how could we endure the time of tribulation.
7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
I could go a lot deeper in this, but I won’t, I am a simple writer and being that, the above verses convinced me long ago, you cannot incorporate Grace and Wrath into the same Body; it is one or the other. We are either the Body under Grace or the Body under Wrath.
Why any Christian who understands we are saved by Grace, would think we are appointed to wrath, is confusing to me, I just can’t find it, most of these misconceptions come from what Jesus share’s with his Jewish disciplines, and while some of these things are corporate to the whole earth, almost all are specific to Israel and the Jewish people. Like I said earlier, direct prophecies are written to the Jewish people, the only one we have a part of is the Rapture. Those left after the Rapture, will be incorporated into all the Wrath the book of Revelation has to offer. And don't let people who use the argument that the word Rapture doesn't appear in the Bible confuse you. You see the word Trinity doesn't appear either, but it's implications just like the ones for the Rapture are more than obvious.
Until next time, I love you all!
Shalom
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