How The Gospel Poetry Came About

1) All have sinned, and fallen short of God's Glory.

2) There is none righteous on the Earth.

3) The wages of sin is death (physical and spiritual), but the Gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ.

4) God commanded His Love toward us, in that while were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

5) If you confess with your mouth The Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

6) Whoever calls upon The Name Of The Lord, in faith, will be saved.

7) The saved are justified through faith in Jesus Christ.

8) There is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.

9) Once saved, nothing in this life can separate us from The Love Of God.

Of all the roads you may travel in journey of life, a trip down Salvations Roman Road, and what you do with the signs along the way, will determine Your Eternal Destiny at The Moment Of Your Death.

1) Should we take God's Laws into our own hands??

2) Should we murder those who are clearly involved in sin, such as abortion, homosexuality, etc., or encourage others to do such??

3) Should we force a Bible down the throats of the unsaved??

4) Should we not pray and witness to the lost, and let them burn in The Lake Of Fire??

5) Should we ignore making a decision for Jesus Christ??

The answer to all of these questions is ABSOLUTELY NOT!!...as Vengeance Is The Lord's.

If you repent of your sins, and accept Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Saviour, prior to the Rapture Of The Church, you'll miss going through the seven years of tribulation on the Earth, Hell On Earth For Seven Years...but you'll get to rule and reign with Jesus Christ during the one thousand years of the Millennium Of Peace that will follow His Return.

However, if you miss the Rapture, you will experience the seven year period of tribulation, one like the world has never seen before...or will ever see again...literally Hell On Earth For Seven Years. Those who accept God's Free Love Gift during the tribulation, will most likely be martyred for their faith...death by beheading. However, these who give their lives for The Lord, will join the saved who do survive...and enter the Millennium Of Peace. Tragically, those who miss the Rapture, and who instead of accepting Christ...choose to take The Mark Of The Beast instead...they will NOT be allowed to enter the Millennium Of Peace, Instead, these will spend eternity in The Lake Of Fire, with Satan, his demonic hordes, and everyone else who rejected God's Free Love Gift...and They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night. Which of these two time periods you will have a part in depends on what you do with God's Free Love Gift.

1 John 1:10 says ''If we say we have no sin, we make God a liar, and His Word is not in us''. That deed...of saying you or someone else has no sin (except for Christ Alone)...basically puts you on the same par with Satan...the father of lies...who called God a liar from the outset...when he, the one time covering cherub, led one third of the angelic realm, to rebel against God in Heaven. Satan, all his demonic hordes, and everyone who has ever lived on Earth, who choose to reject God's Free Love Gift, will spend eternity in The Home Of The Damned.

If there is anyone who needs to be crucified, it should be every one who has repented of their sin, and by faith, accepted God's Free Love Gift...in crucifying their old sin nature DAILY...as One Should Bring Each Thought There To Obedience Of Christ. According to I John 1:10, ''if we say we have no sin, we make God a liar, and His Word is NOT in us''. To me, the idea of eating human flesh, in cannibalistic fashion, is revolting...humans are NOT vultures!! And, for that matter, WHY should Christ go through all that shame and suffering again?? If you are one of those who ''crucify The Lord again'', instead of accepting that His Sacrifice was COMPLETE...just Going Through The Motions, you will be in for a RUDE AWAKENING at The Moment Of Your Death, When You Stand Before The Lord, and you hear the terrifying words ''Depart From Me, For You, I've Never Known''. The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ Alone is Sufficient And Enough to take care of A Debt You Can Not Pay...the eternal cost of sin...both mine and yours. As the Apostle Paul was inspired to write, I Glory In The Cross Of Christ, And Nothing That I've Done, as FULL AND COMPLETE PAYMENT for my sin...because Your Righteousness As Filthy Rags (as well as mine), before The Lord.

During this time, 21 sets of judgments...Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets will pour God's Wrath upon the Earth, and nearly two thirds (if not more) of those living on the planet at the start of this time period will die. At the end of this time, the nation of Israel will realize that There Is Only One Messiah...Christ Alone, The Suffering Servant...and, they will call on Him, to save them from certain extinction by the armies of the world...and He does!! Every Eye Shall See The Lord One Day...and for all those who rejected Him...they'll realize that they were part of Those Too Blind To See... and that the King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords is now The Worst Nightmare Faced...as they will spend Eternity in The Home Of The Damned.

However, for those who did The One Thing God Requires, they will then enter Christ's Millenial Kingdom on Earth...where the devastation from the previous seven years will be removed... with both The Groaning Of Creation, and The Curse Of Sin On Planet Earth will be no more. You can avoid the worst seven years that the Earth will experience...Hell On Earth For Seven Years, if you repent of your sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift, before the Rapture Of The Church.

Tragically, Tragedy At Rapture will be the rule To Those Left Behind On Earth after the Rapture. The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, ruled by The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, will be a time of trouble never before seen on Earth. It will take The Coming Of Christ to stop the destruction.

But for those who are worried about those taken in the Rapture, there is no need to worry...they are now with The Lord for all Eternity, where their every need is met, and they won't know sorrow, pain, illness, or death, ever again.

You can be part of this group, if you repent of your sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift before either The Moment Of Your Death, or the Rapture Of The Church. However, If You Wait Till It's Too Late...and either miss the Rapture Of The Church...or you die unexpectedly, as Tomorrow Is Promised To No One...you will regret that choice in The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity.

But, when most of mankind rebelled...as They Tragically Turned Their Backs On The Lord...effectively telling God ''We Don't Want You In Our Lives''...they were Given What Was Desired. And, so the Hand of God's Protection was lifted from both these individuals, and nations...with God's Judgment There When Least Expected. The Lord will NOT force you to repent of your sin, and accept His Free Love Gift. But, If You Reject The Lord, You'll Hate Yourself Forever, as you spend Eternity in The Home Of The Damned.

God's Standard Is Perfection, and if You've Broken One Of God's Laws, Friend...You've Broken Every One. You Can't Fool The Lord, My Friend, and unless you choose to repent of your sin, and accept Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Saviour, instead of spending Eternity in The Home Of The Redeemed, The Lake Of Fire...The Home Of The Damned will be your eternal fate.

There will be no more of this ''political corruption'', ''political correctness'' (The Lord Is Not Politically Correct), or anything against The Will Of The Lord. Those who think The Freedom Of Religion should be ''freedom from religion'', one day will be Given What Was Desired, and they will spend Eternity in The Home Of The Damned, where They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night.

Those Not In God's Kingdom, Those Now In The Flames Of Hell, include those who were totally antagonistic toward The Lord, and His Things... those who were 'amoral' (not caring one way or the other)...those who were just Going Through The Motions...and those who were guilty of doing things to both the believers on Jesus, and to the innocent children...including the unborn with abortion. These will have already spent time in The Home Of The Damned...and now, Hell is emptied...as it, and Death (the last enemy to be destroyed) will be cast into The Lake Of Fire...along with everyone at this horrifying Judgment.

Each unsaved soul will have their lives replayed...every thought, word, and deed...whether hidden or in the open... will be shown for everyone to see. And, there'll be No Question Of Guilt on the part of each individual there. They will be COMPELLED by the Truth of God's Word, to bow, and declare that Jesus Christ Is Lord...even though they would not accept Him while on Earth. Tragically, it is now TOO LATE for them to change their Eternal Destiny...The Lake Of Fire...where they will join Satan, his demonic hordes, The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, and the False Prophet, for all Eternity, and They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night. I pray that you will NOT be part of this group.

Tragically, for those who choose to reject The Lord, the only thing sent ahead will be their sins...including The One Sin Unforgiven...and that will send them to The Home Of The Damned forever.

But, Sadly, Not All Will Repent, trampling His Blood underfoot...and these will be sentenced at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne to The Lake Of Fire, The Home Of The Damned, for all Eternity, where They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night.

Those who repent of their sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift will rule and reign with Him one day. Those who refuse, will hear the horrifying words at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne...''Depart From Me...For You, I've Never Known.

1) It was through the Patriarch, Abraham, and his children, Isaac and Jacob, that the twelve tribes of Israel, would be born.

2) Through the Jews, much of God's Word, The Books Of The Bible, was penned.

3) Through the Jews, Christ Alone, God's Only Begotten Son, would come into the world, He Who Knew No Sin At All, to die on an Old Rugged Cross for the sins of mankind, and be resurrected on The Third Day, According To The Scriptures. Those who repented of their sin, and accepted God's Love Gift would be FREED from the power of sin over their eternal destiny.

Also, According To The Scriptures, even though the Jews broke the Covenant God gave them time after time, The Promised Land and The Covenant that God gave to them is theirs, FOREVER. In the last days, Jerusalem, A Burdensome Stone to the nations of the world, will end up bringing The Judgment of God upon them. Plus, just prior to The Coming Of Christ to Earth a second time, The Believing Remnant of Jews will realize the error of their ways so long ago, and cry ''Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of The Lord''...which marks the point When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. Satan and his demon hordes, along with the rest of the world, want to make God out as a liar...by totally destroying the Jews...in essence, the title of this poem. However, all their evil schemes will be for nothing, as Christ will return to Earth, to rule and reign in Power and Glory, with the Millennium Of Peace. Only those who repent of their sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift will rule and reign with Him. Those who refuse, will face The Lord at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, and be sentenced to The Lake Of Fire, The Home Of The Damned, for all Eternity.

However, throughout the centuries, many have tried to usurp or steal God's Glory, and have met with grave consequences. Starting with Lucifer, the covering cherub (who originally guarded the Throne Of God), he led one third of the angelic realm in revolt against The Lord. Lucifer became Satan (the accuser/the adversary), his beaten army of angels were changed into demons...and all of them were cast out of Heaven. Hell Was Meant For Satan, and his demonic hordes, and not for mankind. But, after he deceived our first parents, Adam and Eve, in the Garden Of Eden, everyone developed a sin nature. It was shown through The Books Of The Bible, that For All Have Sinned, and The Curse Of Sin On Planet Earth continues to this day, with The Groaning Of Creation. This lesson, and so many others, in The Books Of The Bible...including that one is saved by Grace Through Faith, And Not Of Works...are things that everyone would be well to learn, and heed. Your Eternal Destiny is determined on what you do with God's Free Love Gift.

In that same instant, the restraint of evil by The Holy Spirit will end, as The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, Hell On Earth For Seven Years begins... ruled by The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, which will bring a time of evil that the world has never seen. There is no prior event that must occur before The Rapture Of The Church...an event that is growing Closer By The Second...and as fast As Lightning Comes From East To West. There Is No Second Chance after death to accept God's Free Love Gift, and no chance to be part of The Rapture after it occurs. But, If You Wait 'Til It's Too Late, you'll find that you alone are The One To Blame.

Instead, the world prefers Other Gospels Preached, where you have to do a series of good works, join a certain denomination, kill those not of your faith, confess sins to a priest, etc. to earn your salvation. Yet, as the Apostle Paul, when he prayed that three times that The Lord would remove ''a thorn in the flesh'', The Lord told him that ''My Grace Is Sufficient''. And, so it is with doing The One Thing God Requires, and in answer to the question What Must I Do To Be Saved?? -- is to ''Believe On The Lord Jesus Christ''.

The One Thing God Requires is for you to repent (turn from) your sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift. Heaven Is Not Owed To You, and neither is Salvation; although it is Inclusive, Yet Exclusive. It's available to all, but only those who receive it will go to The Home Of The Redeemed when they die. All others will go to The Home Of The Damned.

This includes The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, Hell On Earth For Seven Years, with the revealing of The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, and the final seven years of human history before the time When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. Every Eye Shall See The Lord One Day, and on that day, it will be TOO LATE to accept God's Free Love Gift. After The Judgment of The Sheep and The Goats, where the fate of everyone alive on Earth at that time will be either Everlasting Punishment, Or Life Eternal There.

While The Goats are Those Not In God's Kingdom, The Sheep, The Believing Remnant will enter a Millennium Of Peace. For With A Rod Of Iron, Christ Will Rule the nations of the Earth, and the Earth will be restored to its former glory, before our first parents, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God, and brought The Curse Of Sin On Planet Earth. This will truly be Heaven On Earth...but alas, at the end of the Millennium Of Peace, Satan and his demonic hordes, along with ''a number as numerous as the sand of the sea'', will try to kick The Lord off His Throne. At that point, ''fire will come down from God out of Heaven, to devour them''...as Planet Earth will undergo its final judgment, which was First By Water, Then By Fire. Then, will come The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, where all the unsaved from all time will appear before The Lord, then sentenced to eternal torment, as they are Destined For The Lake Of Fire. Then, a New Heaven, a New Earth, and a New Jerusalem, will appear, which will be The Home Of The Redeemed forever, as Sin Won't Rise A Second Time.

Strike One was When A Nation Tells God, He's Not Wanted Anymore, and America did that when the Supreme Court sided with an athiest, distorting The Freedom Of Religion, wanting ''Freedom From Religion'' instead...and the downhill slide began. America was apparently too proud to accept what would happen When A Nation Forgets God, and they forgot both that Children Are A Heritage, and ignored the fact that The Lord Has No Pleasure In The Death Of Those Who Die, when they legalized the murder of countless unborn children...which, along with numerous acts of sin making The Cup Of Man's Iniquity Is Filled to overflowing...as Strike Two. Strike Three will be when nations forsake Israel, and are Touching The Apple Of God's Eye). While Israel Shall Stand Alone One Day, before the nation realizes that Christ Alone is their Messiah, all nations that mistreated Israel, will feel The Judgment of God. But, both as nations and individuals, unless one repents of sin with a contrite heart, and accepts God's Free Love Gift, they will find out at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, that There Will Be No Appeal There, when The Lord tells them ''Three Strikes, and You're Out''.

The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace will rule over the Earth for 7 years, truly Hell On Earth For Seven Years... The Time Of Jacob's Trouble takes hold. Even your thoughts will be able to be revealed, whether you support or oppose the Antichrist. And, If You Take The Mark, to be able to buy, sell, or hold a job; while you'll be able to do such, you'll have sentenced yourself to The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity, receiving such at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne (Revelation 20:11-15).

Those who REFUSE THE MARK will be cut off from economic survival...unable to buy, sell, hold a job, or receive benefits, and there will be NO PLACE TO HIDE. Martyrdom by guillotine beheading is now the price of salvation...but those who are martyred, will live and reign with Christ during the Millenium Of Peace. The Lord Knows Everything About You, Friend, so today...and even more so, the title of this poem will come to pass.

After the Rapture of The Church, the restraint of evil by the Holy Spirit will be ended, and it will literally be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, during The Time Of Jacob's Trouble...where possibly two-thirds, if not more, of the Earth's population will die in the 21 plagues from God with Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets, prior to The Coming Of Christ to Earth for the second time.

With just a Word, At Christ's Coming, His Enemies Cut To Shreds, and He will then judge the remaining survivors on Earth in The Judgment Of The Sheep And Goats. Those who helped the Jews, or those who repented of their sins, and accepted God's Free Love Gift, will be allowed to enter The Millennium Of Peace, to a restored Earth, like the Garden Of Eden, with Christ Himself ruling over it...and to be with Him in Heaven forever. By contrast, the unrepentant and unregenerate will be slain and cast into Hell. A thousand years later that'll be followed by The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, where everyone will have A Life On Trial, with every thought, word, motive, and deed played back...and there will be No Question Of Guilt, plus No Pardons And No Mercy will be available...as all will be cast into The Lake Of Fire for all Eternity.

Once it occurs, The Age Of Grace is OVER, and everyone that remains left on Earth will have failed to do The One Thing God Requires, and will be left behind to face The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, Hell On Earth For Seven Years, with 21 plagues of Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets of Divine Judgments on a Christ Rejecting World. The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, who will literally become Satan Incarnate, will appear as ''savoiur of the world''; but he'll eventually murder scores of Christians and Jews (many by beheading), because these refused to take The Mark Of The Beast. While many will be martyred, many more who refuse to repent will die in the plagues, battles, etc. The Rapture of The Church can occur at any time, so if you want to be included, you need to accept God's Free Love Gift. While you will still be able to do so after the Rapture of The Church, you likely will be martyred for your faith.

It must be fairly stated that The Lord, He Has No Pleasure In The Death Of Those Who Die, and this is why so many others have obeyed The Great Commission that The Lord gave, to ''preach the Gospel to every creature''. The truth is, The Preaching Of The Cross, while it's foolish to the lost...yet, to the saved, it's the Power Of Almighty God. The lost also say that we're wrong....but, the thing is, The Price Of Being Wrong, will be realized with The Horror In Their Eyes, when they take their last breath, and know it's too late for them to accept God's Free Love Gift.

Tragically, many churches nowadays do NOT want to talk about, or preach about The Blood Of Jesus, The Cross, Sin, Repentance, and the Resurrection...as they don't want to offend the people in their congregations...which will mean a loss of money in the offering plates...and they say ''those topics make Christianity a slaughterhouse religion''. But, The Price Of Being Wrong is like the price of one's soul...it is TOO GREAT for one to pay. Sadly, most are more concerned about the things of this world, than about Eternity. At The Moment Of Your Death, which every person is One Heartbeat Away from, either Heaven Or Hell is Your Eternal Destiny, as Your Decision Will Be Honored. The Preaching Of The Cross is foolishness to the unrepentant...but to the saved, it's the Power of Almighty God.

Unfortunately, much, if not all, of the good things that The Lord has provided and created, have been perverted by sinful man...who want nothing to do with The Lord. Yet, The Lord, He Made The Rules...and for those who don't like it, too bad. He didn't have to provide a plan of rescue or safety with The Judgment that all will face one day...either at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ (for those who have repented of their sin, and have humbly accepted God's Free Love Gift)...or The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, for those who reject God's Free Love Gift. The latter would've been the case for EVERYONE had God done nothing.

What many folks will be shocked to see, is that at The Moment Of Your Death, Everyone's Accountable, and there will be A Life On Trial for everyone who has ever lived. While Followers Of Satan's Ways Will One Day Get The Shaft, it must be fairly stated that If God Was Fair In Judgment There, All Would Go To Hell...and all would truly get what they deserved. But, The Lord, He Did Command His Love To All by sending His Only Begotten Son to come to Earth, where Christ Lived The Life That I Could Not, and He Who Knew No Sin At All, took our sin and judgment upon Himself...so that we could, by accepting God's Free Love Gift...even though we are unworthy...would get what we deserve, as joint heirs with Christ, His Blessings throughout Eternity, as No One Knows The Things That God Has Prepared for those who love Him...because we did The One Thing God Requires.

Truly, Vengeance Is The Lord's, and He will execute it at the Divinely Ordained Time. And, at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, there will be No Pardons And No Mercy. The cry is Sinner, Seek The Lord Today, While He May Be Found. For If You Wait 'Til It's Too Late, you will regret it for all Eternity, for Eternal Torment, Not A Joke.

Instead, they are screaming in agony, terror, and pain...being constantly tormented by demonic hordes...and having unquenchable thirst in the searing heat. They wish they could come back to Earth to tell of this horrible place, but realize now that After Death, Belief Too Late. They realize that they will now stand at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, with A Judgment Far Worse Coming There in The Home Of The Damned, in The Lake Of Fire, with The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, the False Prophet, and every other unsaved, vile, evil person, who has ever lived, will spend Eternity, where They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night, as Eternal Torment, Not A Joke.

However, as the title of this poem says, The Lord does NOT care what the color of your skin is (and for that matter, neither do I). Basically, to put it bluntly...''we pee the same yellow...poop the same brown...and bleed the same red''. My late wife was ''a mix''...as her Mom was black, and her Dad was white (her Mom died a year after my Mom did, and her Dad may be dead and gone now as well). When I worked for Burger King over 40 years ago in central Arkansas, many nights, I was the only ''white person'' on the crew; but we had a ball working together. One employee, a fellow cashier (he and I were great friends), called out ''Chicken...Make It All White Meat...'', then he, and the rest of us busted out laughing!!

However, what The Lord looks on is NOT the color of one's skin...but instead, the color of one's heart. And, if it is black with the darkness of evil deeds, and it has NOT been cleansed by The Precious Blood Of Jesus, then at The Moment Of Your Death, you will enter The Home Of The Damned...then face The Lord at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, where He will declare to you, ''Depart From Me, For You I've Never Known, as you are Destined For The Lake Of Fire. There, you will join Satan, his demonic hordes, The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, and every unrepentant, vile, evil soul, of all colors, that ever lived. And you, with them, They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night.

1) Widespread crime (no place is safe...and it seems like ''criminals get the justice'')

2) The economy (prices of everything skyrocket...where basically, from I Wish We'd All Been Ready (by Larry Norman), ''a piece of bread would buy a bag of gold'').

3) Turmoil in the futures market (prices of animals and crops).

4) Diplomacy (the country's enemies laugh at them).

5) Illnesses and plagues (widespread disease, for which there's no cure).

6) Famines and dust bowls (crops are wiped out, and many go hungry).

7) A country's armies flee in terror from the military of their enemies.

8) The breakdown of the family (rampant divorce and infidelity, most prefer shacking up instead of marriage).

9) The wealth of nations is removed (countries and its citizens in debt).

10) A generation of youth who don't care about God or Christianity...let alone the fact that The Lord, He Made The Rules).

11) Illegal citizens take from those who legally live there.

12) Now a debtor nation, like all the others.

As a result of all of these curses, patriotism is gone, there's widespread death, the majority of wealth is gone, and things like porn/filth, and evil are everywhere. They now learn the hard truth that If You Sow The Wind, My Friend; The Whirlwind, You'll Reap, and that God Is Not Mocked. Everyone's Accountable, and Every Idle Word That's Spoken There will be answered for When You Stand Before The Lord.

Basically, The Lord is always ONE STEP AHEAD, and He even knows the outcome of everything. He even knows the number of hairs on your head, as well as The Moment Of Your Death. Tomorrow Is Promised To No One, let alone the next 5 seconds. Sinner, Seek The Lord Today, While He May Be Found, for After Death, Belief Too Late. Your Eternal Destiny, either in The Home Of The Redeemed, or The Home Of The Damned, depends on your choice.

1) At the Battle Of Ezekiel 38, when Russia, the Muslims, and others, try a sneak attack on Israel, to wipe them off the face of the Earth. God lets them get to the Golan Heights (the mountains of Israel), then He makes His Presence known, by hail, fire, and brimstone from Heaven, a huge earthquake, and He sets them battling against themselves, where 5 out of every 6 troops will die on the spot.

2) At the Sixth Seal Judgment. Mankind will flee to the mountains, praying for the rocks to fall on them, as They Couldn't Look Upon Christ There, and don't want to ever have to face Him (but they ultimately will).

3) Three and a half days after the Two Witnesses were murdered by The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, they will be resurrected, then raptured into Heaven, as the entire Earth watches. A huge earthquake occurs, and 7000 people are killed.

4) At the Seventh Bowl Judgment. An earthquake, the likes of which has never been seen on Earth, will rock the entire planet. The mountains and islands will disappear back into the Earth, and the landscape will be remade prior When Christ Returns To Planet Earth.

5) After Christ has defeated His Enemies, He stands on the Mount Of Olives, and a huge earthquake occurs, creating a huge valley, ''The Valley Of Decision'', where all the non-combatants of The Tribulation, Hell On Earth For Seven Years, will be gathered. Depending on whether they helped the Jews, or accepted God's Free Love Gift will determine whether they will enter the Millennium Of Peace.

The majority of the world, except for The Believing Remnant is ''partying like there's no tomorrow''. But, when The Church Age ends, just like two blasts on the horn of a train leaving the station, those translate as the shout and the trumpet of the Rapture Of The Church. When the unsaved realize that they weren't on the platform for the departure to Heaven, panic will ensue, as it'll be Hell On Earth For Seven Years. As The Lord warned in Matthew 24:44, ''Therefore be ready. For in such an hour as you are not aware, The Son Of Man comes''.

The womb of every woman who was left behind, that was pregnant, will be instantly empty. God will make a monumental statement that ''LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION'' -- in other words, there will be Miscarriages At Rapture, For All Women Left Behind that were pregnant. It will shortly become Hell On Earth For Seven Years, before Christ returns to set everything right. All those who were raptured, will return with Christ, and the Heavenly Host of angels, When Christ Returns To Planet Earth, to set up his Millennium Of Peace...and only those who accepted God's Free Love Gift will be allowed to enter.

Tragically, for those who have refused to do The One Thing God Requires, by repenting of sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift...they will be left behind at the Rapture Of The Church, to face Hell On Earth For Seven Years until the moment When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. Every Eye Shall See The Lord One Day, and at that point....just like at The Moment Of Your Death, it'll be too late to change Your Eternal Destiny. This is a companion poem to At The Rapture Of The Church, All These Left Behind.

1) The Age Of Innocence - From Creation To The Fall.

2) The Age Of Consicence - From The Fall To The Flood.

3) The Age Of Human Government - From The Flood To The Tower Of Babel.

4) The Promise - From Abraham To Moses.

5) The Law - From Moses To Jesus.

6) The Age Of Grace - From Pentcost To The Rapture.

7) The Kingdom - One Thousand Years Of Peace, Starting With The Second Coming.

Note that The Age Of Grace ''interrupted'' The Law, seven years short of completion. The first time Jesus came to Earth, the Jews rejected their Messiah. But, when He returns the second time, they will accept Him.

As Jack Kelley notes in his study, ''I think the overarching purpose of these seven dispensations is to demonstrate that there are no conditions under which natural man can behave in a manner acceptable to God''. Only the Church is able to do so, and then only after being perfected in the Rapture. This is why Paul wrote that after the end of the Millennium, when it comes time for Jesus to present the kingdom to the Father, He will first destroy all dominion, authority, and power (1 Corinthians 15:24). What that means is when we enter Eternity, neither mankind nor the angels will ever have the desire or ability to disobey God again. That's why there isn't an eighth dispensation called Eternity. Yet throughout these seven dispensations, the majority of mankind will try any other way possible to get to Heaven, instead of doing The One Thing God Requires, in accepting God's Free Love Gift.

1) The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, for believers of The Church Age from Pentecost to the Rapture Of The Church.

2) The Judgment Of The Sheep And Goats...for survivors of The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which was Hell On Earth For Seven Years, into two groups...the sheep (the righteous)...and the goats (the unrighteous).

3) The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, for every person who died without receiving God's Provision for sin, because they failed to do The One Thing God Requires.

Depending on what you do with God's Free Love Gift...whether it's before the Rapture Of The Church...right after the point When Christ Returns To Planet Earth...or worst of all, if you do nothing, as Decision Not Required To Go To Hell...you'll be in the longest line of all...at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne.

But, there will be two types of Thanksgiving when the Rapture Of The Church occurs. For true believers on Jesus as THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN (John 6:29, John 14:6, Acts 4:12), at that moment, the Thanksgiving will be that they're now free from this life of sin and shame, they will have A Reunion Like No Other, with all their family, friends, and loved ones, who did The One Thing God Requires, repenting of their sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift. And, they'll be with The One who made it all possible, declaring that Worthy Is The Lamb For Sinners Slain, and that Christ Alone is worthy of the praise.

By contrast, the unrepentant will have their version of ''thanksgiving'', now that ''the Bible believing Christians are gone, and there is no more restraint on evil''. As the late Dr. Charles Stanley, who was the founder of In Touch Ministries, and Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia (he went on to be with The Lord in April, 2023) noted, ''they will feel that have died, and gone to their warped picture of Heaven''. But, to these spiritually blind, His Truth Refused, God Sends Delusion, that they should believe a lie. So, The Lord will let them believe that lie with all their hearts...and He will judge them for rejecting God's Free Love Gift. Then, He will allow The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace to create Hell On Earth For Seven Years, with Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets of His Wrath, with 21 Divine Plagues that will pound the planet, and at least two thirds of those on Earth after the Rapture Of The Church (if not more), will die.

The Lord Did All He Could To Save Your Soul. Your Eternal Destiny depends on what you do with God's Free Love Gift...and Your Decision Will Be Honored throughout Eternity.

It's like he's playing a chess game against the Creator...but The Creator knows ALL THE MOVES IN ADVANCE...and Satan does not...and he can NOT know them!! In short, every time Satan thinks he ''has God in check'', The Lord makes a move, and Satan is ''checkmated'' once again. Yet, Satan and his demonic hordes are so depraved in their thinking, that even though they know the Bible says that The Home Of The Damned (including The Lake Of Fire) is for THEM...they still believe that somehow they can avoid all of that, and defeat The Lord. Even with the crucifixion of Christ, what Satan thought was his greatest victory, turned out to be his total defeat, at Christ's Resurrection on The Third Day, According To The Scriptures. Satan has been defeated once before, but at The Coming Of Christ, this time, The Lord Jesus Christ will finish him off!! While Satan will be released from his prison after Millennium Of Peace, the final rebellion...when he raises up an army ''as numerous as the sand of the sea'' to defeat The Lord...won't even get off the ground. God will strike all of them with fire from Heaven, and they will be annihilated. Then, Satan and his demonic hordes wiill be cast into The Lake Of Fire to join The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, The False Prophet, and eventually everyone else at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne. And once there, they'll finally see that all hope for defeating The Lord is gone forever...as is any hope for relief of never ending torment, pain, darkness, and loneliness, because in The Home Of The Damned, They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night. As some have said, ''We've read The Books Of The Bible, and ''We Know Who Wins!!'' -- and it's NOT the forces of evil. You can be on ''the winning side'' by repenting of your sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift. But, if you willingly refuse to do such, then the theme of this poem will be yours.

But, At Rapture, There's No Time To Say Goodbye, as In Twinkling Of An Eye, The Rapture Comes, when the cry Behold, The Bridegroom Comes echoes through the Heavens and the Earth. Once the Rapture Of The Church occurs, God will turn His Attention back to the national redemption of Israel, and punishment of all those (both nations and individuals) who rejected Christ as Lord and Saviour. It will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, as 21 judgments of Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets pound the Earth during The Time Of Jacob's Trouble. At the end of this time, The Believing Remnant of the Jews will come to faith in Jesus Christ as their Messiah, and At Christ's Second Coming, His Enemies Cut To Shreds.

The point of the title of this poem is Closer By The Second, and once the Rapture Of The Church occurs, everyone left behind will experience a time of judgment on Earth that has never been seen, or will ever be again. Tomorrow Is Promised To No One, and everyone is just One Heartbeat Away from either Heaven Or Hell, and a Decision Not Required To Go To Hell. Your Eternal Destiny depends upon your choice.

Sadly, Not All Will Repent, and that would leave only The Believing Remnant, which God has always preserved through each generation. Christ Himself said that ''Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who find it. But, straight is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to eternal life, and few there are who find it''. Yet, one day, Eagerly Or Compelled, all will bow before The Lord. And after The Moment Of Your Death...as everyone is One Heartbeat Away...it will be too late to make the decision to accept God's Free Love Gift. And, if you don't accept Him before that point, then you automatically reject Him...so The Home Of The Damned will be yours forever...where you will be like all the others who refused Christ... They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night.

While for the believers ON Jesus won't be judged for their sins, The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ will result in rewards gained or lost. Tragically, for those who rejected God's Free Love Gift, these will be at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne...and there will be No Question Of Guilt, No Pardons And No Mercy, because No One Will Defend The Lost, and there will be No Salvation At The Judgment Of The Great White Throne. Your Decision Will Be Honored for all Eternity...and Your Eternal Destiny depends upon your choice.

God is patient and merciful, but as seen As In The Days Of Noah, When God's Patience Ends, Soon All Of Earth Will Feel Sodom's Fate, when God used Divine Fire to ''blast Sodom and Gomorrah off of the face of the Earth forever''. Like it or not, The Lord, He Made The Rules, and Decision Not Required To Go To Hell. The only ones who will spend Eternity in happiness, joy, and bliss, in The Home Of The Redeemed, will be those who did The One Thing God Requires, repenting of their sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift.

Tragically, More Of Mankind Refuses Christ, Than Those Who Will Say 'Yes'...and for those who choose to reject God's Free Love Gift...upon The Home Of The Damned will belong to these unrepentant souls upon The Moment Of Your Death. Those Now In The Flames Of Hell know the Truth...but for these, it's too late. They will know that they truly are The One To Blame, and to them, The Horror In Their Eyes When You Stand Before The Lord, in realizing that instead of being A Friend For Life, Jesus Christ will be The Worst Nightmare There Faced. For at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, they will see The Lord for the last time, before they are cast into The Lake Of Fire...where along with Satan, his demonic hordes, The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, the False Prophet, and everyone else who rejected God's Free Love Gift, They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night.

Yet, The Lord, He Did Command His Love To All, launching The Plan Of Redemption before the foundation of the world...so, it was in place when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden Of Eden. Christ Alone, the King Of Kings, and Lord Of Lords would come to Earth, be born of a virgin, and live like us in all ways, except without sin...for He Who Knew No Sin At All would shed His Precious Blood to pay for every sin that every person who would ever live, would commit...EXCEPT for The One Sin Unforgiven...failing to do The One Thing God Requires (to believe on The One He Has Sent). He would die on that Old Rugged Cross, and then rise from the dead on The Third Day, According To The Scriptures. The Lord Did All He Could To Save Your Soul, and The Lord, He Did It Just For You. Your Eternal Destiny depends on what you do with God's Free Love Gift.

But, God had launched His Plan Of Redemption before the foundation of the world, in that Christ Alone, God In The Flesh would leave The Glory Of Heaven, and come to Earth...to be born of a Virgin, and live like us in all ways, EXCEPT WITHOUT SIN...for truly, He Who Knew No Sin At All would become God's Free Love Gift, because Christ Lived The Life That I Could Not. He took upon Himself every sin I would ever commit in thought, word, motive, or deed...along with every other likewise sin, of everyone who'd ever live. So, Christ became sin for us, so we might become the Righteousness of God. He was practically beaten to a pulp with the scourging before carrying The Cross to Calvary, and the sight of Him hanging there, bloody and naked, was so gruesome, that They Couldn't Look Upon Christ There.

Just before He died, He shouted ''Tetelestai'' or ''It Is Finished''...meaning that the huge cost of mankind's sin had now been paid. Then, He rose from the dead on the Third Day, According To The Scriptures...because Without The Resurrection, it's just not the same. Even one sin not paid for would mean that Christ would still be in the grave...and everyone would be bound for The Judgment Of The Great White Throne.

The One Thing God Requires is to ''Believe On The One He Has Sent'', to repent of one's sin, and to accept God's Free Love Gift... and not just be Going Through The Motions. He knows whether you're sincere or not, because You Can't Fool The Lord, My Friend. And, It's Not The Color Of Your Skin, But The Color Of Your Heart that will get you into Heaven. Because, if The One Sin Unforgiven is found on your record When You Stand Before The Lord, He will say to you, ''Depart From Me, For You I've Never Known.

Christianity is Inclusive, Yet Exclusive...which means that The Gospel is for all mankind...so its INCLUSIVE, but Heaven is EXCLUSIVE to those who do The One Thing God Requires...to believe on The One He Has Sent. And, in Heaven, the saved will be free from the constraints and sins from this earthly life forever. What you do with God's Free Love Gift determines Your Eternal Destiny...which is only in one of two places...either The Home Of The Redeemed, or The Home Of The Damned...one of which will be entered upon The Moment Of Your Death.

By tragic contrast, Hell Was Meant For Satan and his demons...and everyone who rejected God's Free Love Gift. Those there will find out, too late, that Hell Is Not A Refuge From The Lord, Hell Is Not A Party Place, and that Eternal Torment, Not A Joke. Sulphur has a thick, dark, flame...and they won't see anyone else there. Yet, they will be constantly haunted by never ending, blood curdling, bone chilling, screams of agony...from endless pain, taunting, and torment from demons...and they realize that Prayers Have No Effect At All In Hell. In fact, Hell, and The Lake Of Fire are Two Places Where The Lord Can Not Be Found...and they are also where there is no hint of goodness, peace, joy, brightness, etc. While All Believers In Hell, But For These, It Is Too Late. And, at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, There Will Be No Appeal There. Those who enter The Home Of The Damned will NEVER AGAIN see their family, friends, and loved ones who accepted God's Free Love Gift. And, for the saved in The Home Of The Redeemed, the memory or thought of those who failed to do The One Thing God Requires, will never be brought to mind.

But, the real meaning of this poem is the spiritual significance...namely the wedding of The Bridegroom, who is The Lord Jesus Christ, The King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords... and The Bride is The Church, of everyone, Jew or Gentile, from the day of Pentecost, until The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church...all of who would take Salvation's Roman Road, repenting of their sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift. The Groom, Christ Alone, He Who Knew No Sin At All, as the Precious Spotless, Lamb Of God...would give His Bride, the White of His Purity and Righteousness...while He took the Black of every sin she would ever commit...as if it was He, Himself, had done such. With His Death and Resurrection, it proves that The Blood Of Jesus Cleanses From All Sin...and now, His Bride, The Church, proving ''The Incomparable Riches Of God's Grace'', is seen as Righteous And Pure as He, The Groom, is. Christ Himself said in Revelation 3:10, ''Because you have kept The Word of My Patience, I will keep you from the hour of tribulation, that will come upon the world, to try all flesh''. This period of The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, will be the last seven years of rule by mortal man, led by The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace...a time of tribulation never seen before, nor will ever be again.

At the appointed time, When Christ Returns To Planet Earth, He will destroy all who oppose Him with just A Word...and after The Judgment Of The Sheep And Goats, the goats (unrepentant) will be cast off the Earth to The Home Of The Damned...He will restore planet Earth that was so ravaged by the previous seven years, to a place of incredible beauty, and begin His Millennium Of Peace, where all the saved survivors from the Tribulation will live...and life will be as it was meant to be. While there will be those who come to Christ after The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, these are known as Tribulation Saints, and they are NOT part of The Bride Of Christ. Many of these will likely die for their faith, as during The Tribulation, martyrdom is now the price of salvation. But, during the Millennium Of Peace, they will also rule and reign with Christ for 1000 years.

After The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, and The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, will be the Heavenly Wedding, followed by the Marriage Supper Of The Lamb. While that is going on in Heaven, The Time Of Jacob's Trouble will ravage the Earth, with the judgments of Seals, Bowls, And Trumpets...21 Divine Plagues that will bombard and pummel the Earth, for its rejection of The Saviour. Then, at the end of ''the honeymoon'', the new couple is presented to the world as Husband and Wife. Only The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church allows for all these other events to take place in Heaven, while judgment is being poured out on the Earth. As Romans 8:1 notes ''There is now, therefore, No Condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. Contemporary Christian songwriter Don Francisco, who has done a large amount of dynamic songs, said it so well in this song...which also includes a part of his personal testimony. While the audio and video are out of sync, the message and music of the song, is what's far more important. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church is Closer By The Second... and it could happen at any moment, day or night. As a Bride looks forward to Her Wedding Day with her New Husband, The Groom...The Church, The Bride Of Christ, is looking forward to Her Wedding Day as well, with Christ Alone, The One Who Made It All Possible. Only those who repent of their sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift prior to The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church will be there at that Glorious Wedding, and The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb. Will you join us there??

The Resurrection is God's Seal Of Approval on the Work that Christ did On The Cross. All those who repent of sin, and God's Free Love Gift, have God's Seal Of Approval on their life...and that is what will get them into Heaven. Yet, those who have not done The One Thing That God Requires, believing on The One He Has Sent, they don't have God's Seal Of Approval on their life, and because you have The One Sin Unforgiven on your record at The Moment Of Your Death, Your Eternal Destiny will be in The Home Of The Damned.

In this life, they think What Can God Do To Me??, but give little thought to the gravity of that question. Once they enter The Home Of The Damned, they'll realize that Prayers Have No Effect At All In Hell. Those In Hell, Wish They Could There, See The Cross Again, as No Athiests Exist There In Hell Fire. They now know The Truth, but for these, it's too late. God is able to save until the threshold of Eternity is crossed. Don't Take A Chance With God, and Don't Let The Lord's Death For You Be In Vain. Yet, God Has Always Been A Gentleman, and He will NOT force you to accept His Free Love Gift. But, if you choose to reject it, upon The Moment Of Your Death, you'll realize that you alone, are The One To Blame.

When The Fullness Of The Gentiles Has Come In, the The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church will occur...then God will turn His Attention back to the national redemption of Israel. The final seven years of human history under the rule of mortal man, will begin when The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace signs a peace treaty with Israel. Yet, these final seven years, known as The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, will be the worst seven years that Earth has ever seen...and they will start when that peace treaty is signed. At that point, there will only be 2520 days left before the moment When Christ Returns To Planet Earth...and when He does return, it will be TOO LATE to fall at His Feet, and call Him ''Lord''. At His Return, He will destroy His Enemies with just a Word, and at The Judgment Of The Sheep And Goats, all those who did The One Thing God Requires, or helped and protected the Jews from The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace...will be allowed into His Millennium Of Peace...while those who persecuted the Jews, and rejected Christ, will be cast off of the planet into eternal judgment. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church is Closer By The Second...and it could happen at any moment, day or night. And, as noted, once that peace treaty is signed (it'll be broken 3 1/2 years (1260 days) later), God's Divine Time Clock will resume ''the final countdown'' toward the end of the rule on Earth by mortal man...and to the moment When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. And, there's nothing that mankind can do to stop or delay that, because The Lord Is In Control, and all that is prophesied in His Word, will eventually come to pass. Those who miss The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, may not survive The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, and see the moment When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. Those who repent of their sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift prior to The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, will be in the army with The Lord When Christ Returns To Planet Earth.

Tragically, for those who have not done The One Thing God Requires, they are CONDEMNED RIGHT NOW. When they die, demons will take them into The Home Of The Damned, and they will give an account for their entire life, and every sin they did at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne...before they are cast into The Lake Of Fire for all Eternity, where They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night. A Decision Not Required To Go To Hell...and Your Eternal Destiny depends upon your choice on what you do with God's Free Love Gift.

The majority of the world thinks that pregnancy is a side effect from having sexual intercourse (what do you think the act was designed for??!!), and that the unborn child is ''not a human being''. Yet, God knew us before we were conceived in the womb, and only He has heard the cries of the unborn through the ages as they are murdered through abortion. Chick Publications, who has been producing soul winning Gospel Tracts for over 60 years, has prepared an excellent tract on the truth of abortion, located here. Yet, at the moment of the The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, for the women who are pregnant who have done The One Thing God Requires, both they and their unborn child will be changed and taken to Heaven together, where there'll be A Reunion Like No Other. Sexual relations are acceptable to The Lord ONLY within the confines of the marriage relationship, between A MAN AND A WOMAN. Anything else is rape, adultery, and fornication...and Scripture indicates that all who are engaged in such behavior will be judged by God...and there will be No Question Of Guilt for these on Judgment Day. Once a man has had sexual intercourse with a woman, it makes him the father...whether he wants to accept that fact or not...because The Lord, He Made The Rules.

As noted in Philippians 2:8-11, one day, ''At The Name Of Jesus...every knee on, above, or below the Earth...will bow...and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord...to The Glory Of God The Father''. Since Jesus Christ is God In The Flesh, He will get the Glory that is His Alone...and as 1 John 5:7 notes ''These three bear record in Heaven, The Father, Son, and Spirit...and These Three Are One''. Christ Alone is Worthy Of All Praise, as one day, all mankind, Eagerly Or Compelled will bow before Him. And, to those who can't answer ''an altar call'' to repent of sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift, because they're too proud to declare it in front of their friends, I ask What Good Is Your Pride Going To Do You In Hell??.

Tragically, many of these are spurned by the majority of congregations, as ''they're too graphic and offensive''...especially with dealing with what The Lord Jesus Christ went through to purchase our redemption from the stain of sin...saying that ''these make Christianity a slaughterhouse religion''. But, the sight of our sin before a Holy God, is just as Your Righteousness Is As Filthy Rags...literally bloody menstrual cloths. Without Shedding Of Blood, There, No Remission, Done; yet, most churches would rather have ''feel good, ear tickling, propsperity gospel messages''...with NOTHING on sin, repentance, righteous living, let alone Full Counsel Of God Must Be Proclaimed. Like it or not, God's Word Is Not Here To Tickle Your Ears...and God's Word Is Final Authority...because The Lord, He Made The Rules. Yet to me, all of these classic hymns are Precious to me...to remind me of what it cost The Lord to get me into Heaven...as Christ Alone is worthy of all praise...both now and for Eternity. This is why I say All Praise And Glory To The Lord, For What He Gave To Me. On YouTube, Luke Powell has done videos of nearly 5 dozen of the classic hymns, with the history, lyrics, and a performance of them. You can find these here.

Back in the 1970's, the Christian Group Issac Air Freight did a routine on ''The Eternal Vacation'' with Rapture Airlines. While I incorporated a lot of railroad related items, the moment of departure is the same...no matter what mode is used. Once that moment of departure is reached, it is too late for any one else to join the excursion. The group did a segment before and after the Rapture Airlines segment; where this guy calls them on the phone, and asks ''Are you still here??''. He was told ''We sure are. Would you be interested in accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour??''...and he told them ''I've got to go and catch some rays''. Shortly after the Rapture Airlines segment, he calls them...and this time, the phone just incessantly rings...as the staff has been raptured away. When Fullness Of The Gentiles Has Come In, the call ''ALL ABOARD'' will be made...and In Twinkling Of An Eye, The Rapture Comes, when the cry Behold, The Bridegroom Comes is made...and At Rapture, There's No Time To Say Goodbye. Our departure time is Closer By The Second, and our excursion could depart at any time. Your ticket has already been purchased, but you must claim it from The Master Conductor, Christ Alone...the King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords...and The Only Way To Heaven. God's Offer Of Pardon Expires At Death, and if you don't claim it by that time, you won't make this truly once in a lifetime excursion.

Those who choose not to do such, will be cast off the planet into outer darkness, The Home Of The Damned, where They Shall Be Tormented Day And Night for all Eternity.

Admittedly, at times, it's hard to understand Romans 8:28, that notes ''All Things Work Together For Good...To Those That Love God...To Them That Are Called According To His Purpose''. But, Our Sufferings Do Not Compare With Glory That Awaits. From a spiritual standpoint, Satan not only wants to take everything from us physically, monetarily, etc. -- but especially spiritually. The truth is that Satan And His Hordes Want You To Burn with them in The Home Of The Damned...the Lake Of Fire for all Eternity...where Eternal Torment, Not A Joke. The only way to avoid that is to repent of sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift.

While for those who have done The One Thing God Requires, the issue of sin was settled at The Cross...the life of the believer will still be reviewed. While there is No Condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, how their lived their Earthly lives for Him will determine their status in His Eternal Kingdom.

Tragically, for the unbelievers, they will answer for every sin in thought, word, and deed, that they did...whether done in secret or in the open...and for them, there will be No Question Of Guilt. However, whether you are saved or lost, You'll Answer Only For Yourself When You Stand Before The Lord. In short, ''Don't Worry About My Sins On Judgment Day...You Won't Be Asked About Them''.

1) The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, which will occur shortly after the The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church. The Judgment Of The Great White Throne will occur after the Millennium Of Peace...where, for 1000 years, With A Rod Of Iron, Christ Will Rule the nations on the Earth.

2) At The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, some you didn't expect to be there, will be in attendance (some will be there by the skin of their teeth). And, some you expected to be there will instead be at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne...especially if all they did was Going Through The Motions. Only God knows each one's heart, and He determines which judgment they will be at.

3) The issue of sin, having been settled at The Cross, won't even be considered at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ. The Judgment Of The Great White Throne will show No Question Of Guilt on the part of the offender; with every sin they've done in thought, word, or deed...whether hidden or in the open...revealed for all to see.

4) Mercy and Pardon, received at The Cross, will be applied at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ. There will be No Pardons And No Mercy at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne.

5) At The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, there will be no condemnation for those there. At The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, all there will be condemned to The Lake Of Fire.

6) At The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, all there will eagerly bow before The Lord. At The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, all there will be compelled by the Truth of God's Word, to bow before The Lord.

7) At The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, will come the welcome plaudit ''Enter Into The Joy Of Your Lord''. At The Judgment Of The Great White Throne will come the terrifying verdict ''Depart From Me!! For You I've Never Known.

8) After The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, all there will enter The Home Of The Redeemed. After The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, all there will enter The Home Of The Damned.

In short, of all the Choices you must make in your life on Earth, will be to accept or reject God's Free Love Gift. Which of these two judgments you will attend, as well as Your Eternal Destiny depends on your decision.

The day I realized that Your Righteousness Is As Filthy Rags, and hearing about The Blood And The Cross, it truly became The Day The Spirit Of The Lord Came And Pricked My Heart. But, whether in this Earthly life, or when I get to Heaven, I'll still realize the title of this poem...along with all the rest of those who did The One Thing God Requres, in repenting of their sin, and accepting God's Free Love Gift. Sadly, Not All Will Repent, and instead of being at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ...they'll be at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne. And instead of being A Friend For Life...Jesus Christ to these will be The Worst Nightmare There Faced.

Without Shedding Of Blood There, No Remission, Done...and as the classic hymn notes, Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus can wash away sin. This also is applied to food, and as the Christian pun notes, ''food should be cooked 'well done, thou good and faithful servant'''. Food poisoning from undercooking food (especially meat and eggs) is definitely not fun. But, sin is a far worse poison...and unless Christ's Blood washes it away, it will destroy you both physically and spirtually...here on Earth, and for Eternity.

Those who believed on Christ, and helped protect the Jews, will be allowed into the Millennium Of Peace; while those who refused Christ, and persecuted the Jews will be cast off the planet into outer darkness in The Home Of The Damned. All the Earthly Rulers will be compelled to yield their scepters to The Lord, as With A Rod Of Iron, Christ Will Rule...with a Kingdom of Righteous and Equity. He will also restore the ravages from The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which was Hell On Earth For Seven Years to a place of incredible beauty...not seen since Creation Day. Other things may occur that are not noted in this poem...but, every jot and tittle of God's Word, in The Books Of The Bible will be fulfilled...and you can be sure that everything in His Word will come to pass.

God lets His people know of His intentions in advance...and with the closing of the Book Of Revelation, that's all that God has given us. But, His Word, which is sharper than any two edged sword, will come to pass in every way in the coming days...just like it did in times past. What Will You Do With Jesus Christ? is the question that everyone else on Earth...and you...must answer before The Moment Of Your Death. Your answer to that question determines Your Eternal Destiny...which will either be The Home Of The Redeemed in Heaven...or The Home Of The Damned in The Lake Of Fire.

In it, The Lord Jesus Christ, the Second Person in the Godhead Trinity, would leave the glory of Heaven to come to Earth, to be born of a Virgin, and live like us in all ways, except without sin. He then took the scourging meant for us, and took all the sins everyone would ever commit upon Himself, as if they were His Own...and die an excruciatingly painful death on an Old Rugged Cross, and shed His Precious Blood, to wash away the sins of all those who would do The One Thing God Requires...then He rose up from the dead on the Third Day, According To The Scriptures.

Yet, if The One Sin Unforgiven is on your record at The Moment Of Your Death, that you refused to repent of your sin, and accept God's Free Love Gift, then instead of being A Friend For Life, Jesus Christ will be The Worst Nightmare There Faced.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and the crowd shouted ''Hosanna'', the Jewish Scribes and Pharisees were indignant. They felt that Jesus was NOT the Messiah (in truth, He was Not What They Were Looking For)...and that the crowd was committing blasphemy by their cries of praise. They told Jesus to ''command your disciples to be quiet'', and He replied ''If they do, the very rocks and stones will cry out!!''.

With The Groaning Of Creation from The Curse Of Sin On Planet Earth, Creation will do what its Creator commands...whether for a storm, earthquake, etc. But, unlike Creation's behavior toward it's Creator, mankind, for the most part, is just the opposite. When one wonders Why Do The Heathen Of Earth Always Rage??, and the answer can be found in the fact that rebellious mankind wants nothing to do with God, Jesus Christ, or Biblical Christianity. Yet, The Lord Is Not Politically Correct, and because The Lord, He Made The Rules. One day, Eagerly Or Compelled, all in Heaven...the angels and saints of all time...on Earth... all of mankind who has ever lived...and all under the Earth (in Hell)...will bow before Jesus Christ, and declare that Christ Alone is the King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords. Sadly, for those at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, it will be TOO LATE for them to receive salvation.

While for believers (who repented of sin, and accepted God's Free Love Gift), the issue of sin, having been settled at The Cross, won't be considered at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, their lives will be reviewed, and their eternal standing before The Lord will be determined.

Tragically, for those who refused to repent of sin and accept God's Free Love Gift, their lives will also be reviewed...but it will include everything they've done... including all of their sins...the good, the bad, and the ugly...and that nothing will be skipped over.

For the believers, while their salvation is not in question at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, and they'll be in Heaven...that judgment will still be a solemn time. Tragically, for the unbelievers, at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, they'll realize it's too late for them to come to salvation...and that they're denied Heaven. Plus, instead of being A Friend For Life, to the unsaved, Jesus Christ is The Worst Nightmare There Faced.

By contrast, for all those who are left behind...those who were just Going Through The Motions...and even more so, those who wanted God out of their lives, and to be rid of all the ''Born Again, Bible Believing, Jesus Freak Christians'', will finally be Given What Was Desired. The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, will come to Earth...and it will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, before the time When Christ Returns To Planet Earth, to set everything right. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church will come without any warning, and by the time all those who are left behind realize what happened, they'll realize what happens If You Wait, 'Til It's Too Late. Just like a train departing the station, it's 'All Aboard', The Statement Made When Time To Depart...they'll realize they missed the train to Glory. Some will repent with bitter tears, while others will shake their fist toward God in rebellion. But, either way, once it occurs...just like a train that left the depot, you won't be able to catch it.

The thing is, God's Grace and Forgiveness is a License To Serve, Not License To Sin. However, for those who refuse to repent and accept God's Free Love Gift, every sin they've ever done in thought, word, and deed, will be brought back up at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, where there will be No Question Of Guilt as well as No Pardons And No Mercy.

Yet, The Lord, He Did Command His Love To All, by leaving The Glory Of Heaven to come to Earth...to be born of a Virgin (His earthly Mother, Mary, was one of the Vessels Of The Lord...as are all of those who repented of their sin, doing The One Thing God Requires, and receiving God's Free Love Gift)...and Christ lived like us in all ways, EXCEPT WITHOUT SIN. Then, He Who Knew No Sin At All became sin for us, that we might become the Righteousness Of God in Him. He took the scourging and crucifixion meant for us, to die on an Old Rugged Cross...then He arose in Victory on the Third Day, According To The Scriptures. Then, When Christ Returns To Planet Earth after The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, and The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years... With A Rod Of Iron, Christ Will Rule. Those who were at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, will rule and reign with Him, during the Millennium Of Peace.

The only way you will be at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, will be if you repent and receive God's Free Love Gift before either The Moment Of Your Death, or before The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church. Otherwise, if you die without receiving God's Free Love Gift, you'll be at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, and be cast into The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity.

Tragically, for those loved ones who chose to reject God's Free Love Gift, we will never see each other again after death. In most cases, though...each one heard the Gospel...one accepted it, and one rejected it. Yet, God Has Always Been A Gentleman, and if someone doesn't want salvation, they will be Given What Was Desired, in The Home Of The Damned.

The truth is, we won't know until we get to Heaven...but according to the Millennium Of Peace, someone or something needs governing. That tells me that the redeemed of all time before the time of When Christ Returns To Planet Earth, will rule and reign with Him. All our needs (and those of those on Earth) will be met, and life will be as it was meant to be. In short, In Heaven And Eternity, The Saved Will Not Be Bored.

Tragically, for those who choose to refuse God's Free Love Gift, instead of boredom, they'll be dealing with constant, nonstop, torment, pain, and suffering in The Home Of The Damned, forever.

The thing is, Everyone's Accountable, Your Life Is Being Recorded, you will undergo A Life On Trial, When You Stand Before The Lord, where You'll Answer Only For Yourself.

In Old Testament Times, the Jews were commanded to let the land lie fallow for one year out of seven, to give it ''a Sabbath rest''. Well, the children of Israel didn't regard The Word Of The Lord, and after many years, God's Patience ran out. He had the Babylonians take away the Jews into captivity, to give the land the Sabbath Rest that it was due...and it had built up to 490 years. As Hebrews 9:27 notes ''It is appointed all to die, and after this, The Judgment. Depending on whether each person did The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, or The Judgment Of The Great White Throne. At both of these, God will settle up the accounts of each individual, and there will be No Question Of Guilt. Nowadays, the Sabbath remains Holy, and indeed, the fourth commandment of The Commandments Ten, notes ''Remember The Sabbath Day, To Keep It Holy''. Worship of The Lord, and the study of The Books Of The Bible is PRIMARY...with works of necessity and mercy (police, fire, ambulance (emergency services), weather warnings, medical/health, etc.) only being excepted. In the case of weather warnings, there have been severe weather events on Christmas Eve, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday, and at other times. While God sends down rain on the just and unjust, it's incumbent on us, to be weather aware, and to take appropriate action when required. And, it's also incumbent on mankind to heed the ''spiritual warnings''...as if they don't, they'll end up in The Home Of The Damned.

Many will likely say on Judgment Day that ''they were set up'', but the evidence will show that there is No Question Of Guilt When You Stand Before The Lord one day. And, to get into Heaven, The Home Of The Redeemed, you have the responsibility to do The One Thing God Requires, to believe on The One He has sent, to repent of sin, and receive God's Free Love Gift. Otherwise, The Home Of The Damned will be where you spend Eternity. Contrary to what you may have heard, Heaven Is Not Owed To You...plus, Hell Is Not A Party Place, and Hell Is Not A Refuge From The Lord.

But, the warnings from both Noah of the coming flood judgment, and of the two angels, were largely laughed at and scorned. And, once God's righteous ones (ones He considered righteous) were safely out of harm's way, then the Divine Judgments fell. At that point, all those who were in the path of the flood, and then the fire, plunged into the torments of The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity.

What these folks actually are doing are making it look like they're Christians, when in reality, they're no different from those who've not repented of their sin, and accepted God's Free Love Gift. They're basically just Going Through The Motions, with no real commitment to the King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords. These will hear the terrifying words from The Lord Himself, ''Depart From Me, For You I've Never Known'', at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne.

The truth of the matter is, that The Heart Is Wicked, And Full Of Deceit...For All Have Sinned, and fallen short of God's Glory...and there is none righteous...all from the rebellion by Satan, the god of this world, who deceived our first parents in The Garden Of Eden, bringing sin and death to all of creation. It was through the Jews that Jesus Christ, the King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords, the Jewish Messiah, would come, in the fullness of time.

Throughout history, the Jews had repeatedly rebelled against God, and He had disciplined them many times. Finally, when God sent Jesus to Earth, the Jewish religion had degenerated into just a series of over 610 laws, that no one could keep. The Pharisees and Saducees held Jesus in utter contempt, as they viewed Him as ''a threat to their operations''. But, through the shedding of His Blood, it created ''a new Covenant''...where anyone, with just faith in Christ Alone to save them, would be declared righteous by God (even though it was totally Christ's righteousness imputed to them, by their belief on Him), and these would be called ''Christians''.

Satan hates the Jews, because that's the race through who The Messiah, Jesus Christ, came to Earth...and Satan hates the Christians, as they're spreading The Gospel In A Nutshell... basically, as noted above, one is saved by Grace Through Faith, And Not Of Works. This is why Satan and the world hates the Christians and the Jews...because the world loves the darkness of sin more than The Light of The Gospel...and Satan And His Hordes Want You To Burn with them in The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity.

There are 3 cases in The Books Of The Bible, where this pattern is seen. The worldwide flood, where only Noah, his family, and the animals in the Ark survived...the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, where only Lot and his 2 daughters survived...and The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church. In each case, God gave the Warning...removed His Believers...then The Judgment fell. After The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, The Time Of Jacob's Trouble, which will be Hell On Earth For Seven Years, will be God's Ultimate Declaration Of War against the world for its rejection of The Saviour. At the end of that time, When Christ Returns To Planet Earth, He will destroy all those opposing Him, and set everything right during the Millennium Of Peace.

While the issue of sin won't be considered at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, the way the believer lived their life on Earth will reflect their standing with The Lord throughout Eternity. For the unbeliever, they will answer for every sin they've ever done at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, where there will be No Question Of Guilt.

As the poem by C.T. Studd noted, Only One Life Twill Soon Be Past, Only What's Done For Christ Will Last...and that includes your choice on whether you will accept or reject God's Free Love Gift.

Without The Resurrection, it's just not the same...and just one sin not paid for would mean that Jesus Christ would still be in the grave...and that His Death on The Old Rugged Cross was a needless tragedy, instead of the fulfillment of God's Redemption Plan for mankind. Basically, as the Saducees of Jesus's day, who didn't believe in life after death, and they felt like ''this life is all there is''. Yet, as Hal Lindsey, author of books like The Late Great Planet Earth, Satan Is Alive And Well on Planet Earth, There's A New World Coming, and many other books...noted ''If the believers on Jesus are wrong...the most we'll lose are a few petty sins, which in the end, don't make anyone happy anyway. But, if the unbeliever is wrong, they will spend eternity paying the debt...that they gambled with their soul, and lost it!!''. But, because His Word IS true, one day, for those who have done The One Thing God Requires, the faith will become sight, and No One Knows The Things God Has Prepared for those who love Him.

You Can't Fool The Lord, My Friend, and He knows where your heart truly is. Even parents are in a ''position of authority'' in the Home, and do they believe that Children Are A Heritage Of The Lord, and Christ's Warning of Who Offends These Little Ones Who Believe In Me, as well as they should bring their children up in the nurture and admonition of The Lord?? Or do they just consider them ''a piece of useless trash'', that can be murdered by abortion??

Even if you've never been in a position of authority in this life, When You Stand Before The Lord, either at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ (if you've repented of sin, and accepted God's Free Love Gift), or before The Judgment Of The Great White Throne (if you failed to do The One Thing God Requires), there will be No Question Of Guilt; because in the Parable of the Talents, Christ Excuses No One From Responsibility.

But, The Lord, He Made The Rules, and those who prefer to go back to what they were doing before (a life of sin), likely means that they weren't sincere in their commitment to Christ in the first place. In Luke 9:62, Christ said ''No one having put his hand to the plow, and looking back (to the old life of sin) is fit for the Kingdom Of God''. If you are like the Prodigal Son, and have wandered away from your commitment to The Lord, He is grieved at your behavior, but will restore you to fellowship if you come back to Him, and confess your sin of going your own way.

The answer to the question of Who Is Seated On Your Life's Throne?? determines your commitment to The Lord. Yet, the cost one pays in this life, with the loss of friends, and so much else, will be outweighed by the eternal cost of rejecting God's Free Love Gift.

The truth on all these misconceptions is as follows:

1) It is a real place. In John 14:2-3, Jesus told His Disciples that ''In My Father's House are many mansions (dwelling places)...if it were not so, I would've told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And, if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.''

2 While there will be praise and service there, it's not going to be one nonstop church service...for certain, In Heaven And Eternity, The Saved Will Not Be Bored. We'll be able to serve The Lord like we never could on Earth...as we no longer will have our sin nature to deal with.

3) God created an innumerable number of angels first...then Lucifer, originally the covering cherub, rebelled against God, by launching a coup against The Lord Of Hosts...and he conned one third of the angels to join him in his revolt. All of these rebellious ones were cast out of Heaven, and The Home Of The Damned was created for them. Man and women were made a little lower than the angels...and God gave our first parents one simple rule...and they only broke it once. While angels (the fallen angels (demons), or those who stayed true to God) never die, for every human being that has ever been on Earth, It's Appointed All To Die, and after this, The Judgment. For the fallen angels, there is no chance at redemption for them, as they were originally in The Presence Of God. For mankind, of the many Choices we make in life, we have the choice to accept or reject God's Free Love Gift. Those who accept it will join the angels in The Home Of The Redeemed, in being with The Lord forever. Those who reject will join Satan and his demonic hordes in The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity. In short, you can't compare humans and angels...they're two different created beings.

4) Heaven Is Not Owed To You. If we truly got what we deserved, we would've been sent to The Home Of The Damned long ago.

5) You Can't Earn God's Salvation, because the cost of your sin is A Debt You Can Not Pay...and Your Righteousness As Filthy Rags (literally, bloody menstrual cloths) before God. God's Standard Is Perfection, and Just One Sin Will Send Your Soul To Hell. And, the truth is that Satan And His Hordes Want You To Burn. There are only two places at death...Heaven Or Hell...and Your Eternal Destiny depends on what you do with God's Free Love Gift.

While the issue of sin was settled at The Cross for those at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ, they will still have to answer how they served The Lord...to see if their works to offer Him are noted as ''gold, silver, and precious stones''...or as ''wood, hay, and stubble''. The gold, silver, and precious stones will be extremely pleasing to The Lord...while the wood, hay, and stubble, will not be...and those will be burned up in the Bema Judgment Fire. Those at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ who end up with nothing to offer The Lord, will be ashamed, and have garments with the smell of smoke on them...but they'll still be in Heaven, as they did The One Thing God Requires...to ''Believe On The One He Has Sent''.

By contrast, those who are at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, they will have to answer for every sin they ever committed...in thought, word, and deed...and whether it was done in secret, or in the open. Tragically, these didn't do The One Thing God Requires, so they will spend eternity paying for their sin debt.

The believers ON Jesus, are STILL SINNERS, but they are SINNERS SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD. The salvation in Christ for them is a License To Serve, Not License To Sin...and they will still have to give an account with A Life On Trial at The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ. Yet, while the issue of sin was settled at The Cross, and won't even be considered there...their eternal standing with The Lord will be based on how they served Him on Earth. Tragically, for the unrepentant, who will stand at The Judgment Of The Great White Throne, every sin they ever did...in thought, word, and deed...hidden or revealed...will be played back, showing that there is No Question Of Guilt. And, After Death, Belief Too Late, and too late for you to change Your Eternal Destiny.

One third of The Books Of The Bible deals with prophecy. As of this typing, everything up until The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Of The Church, has been fulfilled. And, just as all past prophecies related to Christ's First Coming came to pass... Every Jot And Tittle Of God's Word Will Be Fulfilled...reflecting the title of this poem...which everyone, saved or lost, will realize one day. For some, it will be at The Moment Of Your Death, where Your Eternal Destiny, is realized...Heaven Or Hell...either The Home Of The Redeemed, or The Home Of The Damned...all depending on what you did in this life on Earth with God's Free Love Gift.

Yet, as the title of this poem says, so many things will be left behind...first and foremost, all those who chose to reject God's Free Love Gift, as they failed to do The One Thing God Requires. These will be left to face face Hell On Earth For Seven Years, as part of The Time Of Jacob's Trouble...literally the last seven years of mortal man, before the moment When Christ Returns To Planet Earth. Some of the other things that will be left behind, is all the possesions of those who were raptured...including residences (homes, apartments, etc.), vehicles (cars, trucks, boats, etc. -- as well as keys to these), finances (bank accounts, IRA's, CD's, stocks, etc.) clothing, health aids (prosthesis devices, canes, walkers, dentures, glasses, contact lenses, oxygen tanks, etc.), food and drink items, appliances (washers, dryers, dishwashers, heaters, air conditioners, etc.), all manner of sickness and disease, and especially the curse of sin and death. Those who were raptured will forever be well cared for, and never have to be worried about again...and neither do they have to worry about their existence, now in Eternity with Jesus Christ, the King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords, the One who made it all possible. The faith is now sight, and they see their faith in The Lord has not been in vain.

Tragically, most of those that were left behind, will either come to Christ, and be martyred for their faith...or they will give into The Antichrist, The Counterfeit Prince Of Peace, and ignore what happens in the warning of If You Take The Mark. Those who are martyred, will live and reign with Christ for a thousand years in the Millennium Of Peace, in The Home Of The Redeemed...while those who took The Mark, will spend Eternity in The Home Of The Damned. This is a companion poem to When At Death Or Rapture There, These Things Are Left Behind.

Basically, God's Standard Is Perfection, and Just One Sin Will Send Your Soul To Hell. If you fail to do, in this life on Earth, The One Thing God Requires, then you'll find at The Moment Of Your Death, that After Death, Belief Too Late, and you're now in The Home Of The Damned for all Eternity.