What may we see happen in the days ahead? "In coming days, if more major flares erupt as forecasters expect, they'll head right at us and radio blackouts, cell phone dropouts and other communications disruptions are more likely." The article states there is a 75% chance we will see more X-class solar flares each day through Tuesday, 9-13-05.

X-class solar flares are solar events of the highest possible classification, noteworthy to say the least in light of Christ's prophecy, especially when we compare their presence in the news of our world today with the rest of Luke 21:25.

On the site's news page, I've recently documented a number of news stories concerning outer space that contain words like 'baffled' and 'puzzled' to describe the reaction scientists are expressing to various unexplainable things they're seeing in the heavenlies, like Saturn's moon Enceladus having an unusual hot spot on one of its poles instead of its equatorial region, as well as dramatic changes which have occurred in the rings around Saturn in just the last 25 years.

And the distress of nations with perplexity spoken of in Luke 21:25? We definitely have that! As I write this, it's the fourth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks on Washington and New York and the emotional wounds of many Americans are still standing wide open. In spite of many efforts on the part of President Bush, his war on terrorism has done little to prevent terrorists from successfully carrying out attacks in Madrid, London, and even Iraq where thousands of US forces are on the ground. While we can assuredly state the global war on terrorism has disrupted Al Qaeda and other terror organizations, likely preventing scores of attacks against western interests from taking place, the international community as a whole hasn't earnestly joined the United States in combating terror, choosing rather to sit on the sidelines while calling for a peace those involved in radical Islam have absolutely no desire of being part of.

The international community's approach to ending terrorism as manifested often recently is one of appeasement rather than confrontation as we can see in news story after news story. While the free world could meet its enemies head-on collectively and win the war on terror, the consensus seems to be, as I've documented on the site for a long, long time, what we need to do to end terrorism is defuse the anger that's fueling radical Islam. How do we do that? We do it, in part at least, by getting extremists associated with it a little closer to a long-standing goal of theirs --- the destruction of the nation of Israel. This the United States, sadly, has gone right along with the international community in seeking, undoubtedly to the detriment of our nation's safety for it is written, in Genesis 12:3, concerning the children of Israel, Abraham's descendants, "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."

Not only are the nations of earth in distress with perplexity as a result of trying to figure out a way to combat an evil enemy that lurks among us in shadow, the future does not bode well because the world does not take Genesis 12:3 seriously in the least. In spite of the obvious warning given us by God, the international community, often being led by the United States as disgusting as that is for me to admit, continues working toward its goal of creating a Palestinian state on Israel's covenant lands.

Ironically, on the fourth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Israel's cabinet, undoubtedly as a result of the unyielding pressure being applied to it from said international community, voted unanimously to dissolve the military government that for 38 years ruled the formerly-Jewish inhabited parts of the Gaza Strip, and approved the final withdrawal of Israeli Defense Force soldiers from the area, according to a Jerusalem Newswire story.

The Jersualem Newswire story states the following, in part, on the topic:

As the US continues to gather up its dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a storm so destructive in magnitude an Associated Press article estimates it will cost the US more than two wars fought in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost us, President Bush is continuing to lead the United States into rebellion against the will of Almighty God, as revealed in a Jerusalem Newswire article which states Bush is determined to see a Palestinian state created in Israel by 2007, an excerpt from which follows:

The bottom line? The nations are in distress with perplexity and are going to remain so for the foreseeable future, most likely all the way to Armageddon.

Almighty God isn't going to bless any nation that ignores His promise of blessing and curse by pressuring the nation of Israel into surrendering its covenant lands and we can be certain of that! Why? Because it places Israel's enemies in a strengthened position to bring harm to the children of Israel and it is, of course, the equivalent of mankind collectively, in the form of the international community, lifting itself above the Most High God! Not only do we have those two bothersome issues to consider, those of us who understand Bible prophecy realize the pressure currently being applied to the nation of Israel is going to lead to the advent of the most evil world dictator the world has ever known, the prophesied Antichrist whose confirmation of a seven-year covenant of peace between Israel and its enemies will begin the Tribulation Period leading to Armageddon and the visible, physical, bodily return of Christ to the earth in flaming vengeance!

And then there's the roaring seas and waves predicted by Christ in Luke 21:25. As I write this, Hurricane Ophelia is sitting nearly stationary off the coast of the Carolinas but meteorologists are saying there is still a chance the storm could take a sharp turn toward land and hammer the United States once again. The latest report is Ophelia is threatening North Carolina and may hit there later this week, news that has prompted the Governor of North Carolina, Mike Easley, to declare a state of emergency already. Elsewhere around the globe, more than 800,000 people have been moved from their homes in eastern China as Typhoon Khanun slams into its coast, according to a BBC report.

Is Jesus Christ coming soon or is all of this simply circumstance? If you, in your examination of all that's going on in the world around us believe the answer to this question is no, I am sincerely left to wonder why because all I've shared here only deals with the issues presented in Luke 21:25 - one verse of prophetic Scripture, of which there are many!

Is there evidence in the world around us sufficient for us to conclude we are standing at the very door of the Rapture of the Church and the onset of the Tribulation Period, especially when all the other end times prophecies are examined alongside Luke 21:25? Yes! There is absolutely nothing in Scripture to suggest those of us awaiting the Rapture of the Church will be required to spend even one more day in this world that has forgotten its God! While that doesn't mean we will be Raptured today, six months, a year, or ten years from now, the reality is we are very close conditionally to that wondrous event taking place!

A call to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ

If you're reading this having never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you're in luck, unless, of course, a lot of Christians you know are mysteriously unaccounted for and this phenomena is being reported globally.

Assuming the Rapture of the Church hasn't taken place as you read this, there's still time for you to make a choice for Christ on THIS side of the Rapture, reserving for yourself a spot in what will be the greatest event followers of Jesus Christ have witnessed since Christ burst forth out of the grave after surrendering Himself to death on the cross on our behalf!

1st Thessalonians 4:16-17 describes the Rapture of the Church as follows:

The American Heritage Dictionary® defines the word 'rapture' as follows:

I don't know about you, but everything about the word 'rapture' is indicative of something I'd want to be part of! How about you? Will you come to faith in Jesus Christ today and secure for yourself a brighter tomorrow - an eternity of peace and happiness in the presence of the Lord? I certainly hope so.

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