CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE?
And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation 22:7
Can you even imagine a world where all believers in Jesus Christ are suddenly missing from the planet? A powerful man steps forward promising peace and help to a chaotic world after 1/4th of the population is wiped out in quick order. Amazingly this “messiah” rules the world, is worshipped and controls the entire economy, forcing all to take a special mark (666) in order to buy or sell. Welcome to the Great Tribulation (Revelation 6-19) following the rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)!
Can you even imagine a world where you daily experience unquenchable fire, torment (Mark 9:45-46), total darkness, weeping, gnashing of teeth (Matthew 25:30) and punishment without dying forever and ever (Matthew 25:46)? Welcome to hell!
Can you even imagine that God Himself would come to earth in human flesh and blood to die on a cruel cross to pay for all the sins of mankind (Romans 5:8)? Then shockingly, He would rise again from the dead, ascend to heaven and promise to return at an unannounced time (Matthew 24:44). Welcome to Jesus Christ! Can you even imagine a place where all is perfect: no sin or injustice, no tears or sorrow, no pain or suffering, no darkness or death? A place where all is peace, joy and contentment forever and ever? A place where God dwells with His angels and redeemed children (Revelation 21:1-7)? Welcome to heaven!
Can you even imagine that you yourself can be forgiven of all your sins, be justified before God, be adopted into His family and given a home in heaven (John 14:1-6), thus delivered from the Great Tribulation and even worse, hell itself? You can and will if you turn from your sin and your way to trust Jesus alone to be saved (John 3:16; Acts 16:31). Welcome to God’s amazing grace!
Bob Kulp