Of God and Mankind

When the Lord Jesus Christ had accomplished His earthly mission of dying for mankind's sins, reconciling man with God, opening heaven for all who qualified, resurrected from death as He said He would and was now about departing this world, He gave the Apostles what is today known as the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20: And Jesus came and spoke to them (Apostles), saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples (believers) of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Another name for disciples is believers. This same message of the Lord Jesus is stated thus as recorded in the synoptic Gospel of Mark 16:15-18, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved;...

Dear friend, drawing from the subject of today's post, I would love for us to consider this Scripture passage in Isaiah 55:6-7, "Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." I need you to read this Scripture again and meditate on it. In case you are not aware, we live at a time when the end of the Church age is imminent - when our Lord, Saviour and Messiah Jesus Christ is coming to take His bride, the Church or Body of Christ in Rapture. Again, in case you do not understand, the Rapture is imminent event when the Lord Jesus Christ will take away Christians from the face of this earth to be with Him in Heaven. By Christians I mean those who have repented of evil, obtained Salvation by believing that Jesus died on the Cross of Calvary for their sins and h...