FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE JESUS'S APPEARING

In the 70's, when "The Late Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsy came out, I read it with excitement.  I had never studied much about end times.  Since then I have read through the Bible several times and have studied the Bible for almost 50 years.  I'm not an expert on anything in the Bible. But I enjoy listening to what Amir Tsarfati has to say--it rings true to me.  Above is his address at a prophecy conference held in California on September 11, 2021.  I recommend it to you.  Let me know what you think.  

WHO IS YOUR GOD?

 

Grandpa Roy and Grandma Grace wedding picture

As far as I know my grandparents had no Social Security or Medicare.  They saved their money and invested in real estate.  They lived on what they earned.  I think both grandmothers had only 2 or 3 dresses.  Both grandfathers had one suit and maybe 2 sets of work clothes.  I had a psychology prof in college who wore the same suit every day.  Back in the day there were no credit cards.  When my grandfather on my mother’s side passed away, my great aunt moved in with my grandmother, and they shared the expenses.  Of course the house was paid for.  

I would say that both sets of grandparents were God fearing people.  They depended on God to provide-- not the government.  

On Whom do you depend?  By God's grace we have never missed a meal!

II Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

THE WIND

 

Cousins visiting us on our H.R 39' Chula Vista, CA photo by Ron

I don't understand the wind.  Many years ago when Chris and I sailed our 21' sailboat on Coeur d' alene Lake, I learned the wind is unpredictable.  As we sailed, Chris decided to go forward to adjust the spinnaker, jib, boom, or something.  He asked me to take the tiller.  Suddenly the wind came up and we accidentally jibbed not once, not twice, but three time.  Chris was almost knocked off the boat.  He accused me of doing that on purpose.  Of course I had no control over the wind.  The wind does whatever it wants to do.  We did have a telltale which showed the direction of the wind but it changed so quickly I couldn't keep track of it.

Many years later we moved to Western Washington.  We were able to purchase a 39' H.R. in the Seattle area where we kept it until we sailed to Mexico in 1997.  The picture above was taken on our trip south.

So this week in our Bible study at the apartment where we live now, we are studying the Holy Spirit.  One of my favorite verses is John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”  

I don’t understand the wind at all.  It is reasonable to assume there would also be difficulty in understanding the Holy Spirit.  He comes to those who believe.