THE CHOICE

What lies beyond the veil? Does God really exist? Is there really a place called Heaven? Is the Bible just an old book of tales and myths that have no basis in fact and without any relevance to our world today whatsoever? Isn’t the god of Islam the same as the God of the Jews and Christians? Isn’t all this doom and gloom propaganda flying around just more of the same old emotional rhetoric of weak-minded religious people who have nothing better to do than whip themselves up into a spiritual frenzy? After all, they’ve been saying that Jesus was coming back for 2,000 years… and after 2,000 years He is still a no-show. Certainly if He was coming back He would have been here by now… right?

            These are just a few of the many questions and thoughts that ramble through the minds of virtually every human being on the planet. They are all valid and all need answers. But as we look around and see the insanity and upheaval of all the nations on the earth, one has to wonder ‘what is going on and how will it all affect me’? We have watched predictions come and go and heard the chatter of so-called prophets declaring Jesus’ immanent return on some specific day, just to watch those who blindly follow sell all they have only to be disappointed and end up looking like fools. Worse yet, and even more disgusting, are those who claim to hear from God, but mislead the many.

            But the question remains, what is happening? Is there anything to all that we see? Is the world coming to an end? Is what we are seeing around the globe just a coincidence, or is there more to it? Won’t all this just settle down once someone figures it out? And honestly, who really knows what all this means anyway?

            In my opinion, these are not mere coincidences that someone or some group will ever be able to fix! The reason I say that is because Israel, which didn’t exist as a nation for almost 2,400 years, now exists. Like it or not, Israel is the lynchpin to everything that is going on. We are seeing things that the prophets had spoken to them from the lips of God, and longed to see with their own eyes, things spoken of thousands of years ago to those who had no idea that the world we now live in would even exist. But now, its no longer the religious that getting that something unusual is going on… now the deep thinkers and intellectuals are beginning to perceive a shift.            

Pat Buchanan writes in his new book, Suicide Of A Superpower that, "America is disintegrating. The centrifugal forces pulling us apart are growing inexorably. What unites us is dissolving. And this is true of Western Civilization... Meanwhile, the state is failing in its most fundamental duties. It is no longer able to defend our borders, balance our budgets, or win our wars. If [Christopher] Dawson is correct, the drive to de-Christianize America, to purge Christianity from the public square, public schools and public life, will prove culturally and socially suicidal for the nation."

I not only agree, but would also add that with the rise of the prevailing anti-Christian sentiment we also see the rise of anti-Semitism around the world; including within Christianity itself. The move is not only to eradicate Christians, but all those who believe in and follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is an evil plan, one birthed in the bowels of darkness itself for the ultimate subjugation and destruction of all the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve. It has never changed.

But it’s not just about America; it's about the whole world. That's why what we see taking place is not about one specific country or another, but a global crisis. These are not random acts but Divinely orchestrated events that must take place in order for God to finish the story that began thousands of years ago in a beautiful garden, where one single choice changed the history of man forever. And so it will end with the return of God’s Son, Jesus, the Messiah.

The World... it's dying. The universe and everything in it is dying. Yet God has made a way for us to be close to Him through the sacrifice of His Son! That even though it’s all dying, we can live. We will see face to face the God of all creation. Now you may disagree; you may even argue that all I’m saying here is just a bunch of religious nonsense; but there is a verse that reverberates though the corridors of time that every single human being will have to embrace. It says this, "Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Y'shua/Jesus is God!" There will be no getting around it.

We are all in the valley of decision every day; even though we may not feel like it. Time, as we know it, is almost up. The gate is closing. Remember all the questions posed at the beginning? The Answer to them all can be found in one simple choice. That choice determines destiny, both in the here and now, and forever. That choice determines friendship with God, or enmity towards Him. That choice plays itself out before us every single day... it is the choice of life or death. To choose life is accept and believe what God says about our desperate condition, and our need for His Son’s sacrifice. It is the single most important choice you will ever make in your entire life. Moses said this, “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days.” As Moses implored the Israelites, so I echo those exact same words to all those who will read this.

I made my choice. What about you?

Choose wisely!

© 2011 Steven Bliss
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