We’re in strange times. So strange that even staunch atheists are looking at what’s happening around the world and arriving at the conclusion that evil must be real. There’s no other way to explain the reality that across the globe that “we’re all protesting the same things our governments are doing.” What’s happening is “global,” and “that makes it feel otherworldly … like evil is an actual force,” Glenn Beck tells renowned Christian artist and host of “The Symbolic World” Jonathan Pageau. According to Pageau, this widespread realization that supernatural forces are real is because “materialism is running out,” meaning that the belief that we live in a finite, tangible world completely void of spirituality isn't offering sufficient answers to the questions people have. Such pragmatism simply can’t explain the phenomena we’re all experiencing. “People are reaching that conclusion in science, in psychology, in all the different fields simultaneously,” says Pageau. ...a great many people who are waking up to the reality that we live in a spiritually embattled cosmos. These are the subjects Glenn and Pageau dive into. To hear their fascinating conversation, watch the episode above. [at the link] I logged in, went to Rapture chat. But when I try to go to previous page, it logs me out. Is anyone else having this issue or is it my computer? UpTime Gang, We KNOW How it ENDS: [Just over two hours long] The Scoffers Will One Day Learn… Jesus’ Return Was Not An Empty Promise: Shortly before His arrest, Jesus assured His troubled disciples, “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2–3). The last promise in the entire Bible echoes this guarantee: “Surely I am coming quickly” (Revelation 22:20). The hope of Jesus’ Second Coming is precious to all Bible-believing Christians, as we long for all things to be made right. However, it has been almost 2,000 years since Jesus promised to return. This fact produces a tension in believers who must by faith continue to hold to the words of Christ while they wait and hope that He will return during their lifetimes. Believers also must endure those who scoff at them for believing such a promise. Skeptics reason, He should have come back by now if He’s coming. The apostle Peter predicted, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?’” (2 Peter 3:3–4). The word scoffer refers to someone who mocks and makes fun of what they consider to be an empty and ridiculous promise. Scoffers ask, “Why does God delay? In a world of so much sorrow and trouble, why does God not come to fix it now?” God “is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (v. 9). One reason Jesus has not yet returned is that He is waiting for more people to come to faith in Him. The word repentance implies a change of mind about sin and its solution. People must admit they are sinners and need a solution outside of themselves. As a result, they turn to Christ in faith (the flip side of repentance), trusting His work on the cross and His resurrection as the basis for their salvation. Without that, the alternative is to “perish,” a word signifying the horrible destiny of those who never make peace with God. I came to faith in Christ on August 18, 1974. If Jesus had come back to Earth on August 17, 1974, where would I be? I thank God that He waited for me. And He may wait for you also. But a day is coming when the wait will be over—when Jesus returns. Are you ready for that day? Have you made peace with God by trusting Jesus as your Savior? Hurricane Helene made landfall on 9/27/2024. 9/27/24+119(17x7)=Jan 24, 2025. Some have said this is when the Pregnant woman's water broke. Major flooding in NC and other states(104 died). Queen Helene of Adiabene, a Persian province, had a God-chosen son named Izates. King Izates' english gematria is 726=Harpazo. From Pregnant woman sign (9/23/17 to 1/24/2025) is 2680 days. 2680=40x67. 40 is a waiting period and 67(Three score and seven) is found 3 times in the Bible. Paul finishes his 5th and final missionary in 67AD. In 67 AD, Paul is in prison and writes his final book, 2Timothy. Psalms 67, credited to King David, is a song praising God and expressing his desire that the whole world comes to salvation.
