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JENNIFER LECLAIRE
The doom-and-gloom prophets can scare you. The preppers can make you think.
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Should we hide in a cave or just make wise preparations for potential end-time drama like we would get ready for an impending hurricane that could leave us without food, water and power for weeks?
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Should we hide in a cave or just make wise preparations for potential end-time drama like we would get ready for an impending hurricane that could leave us without food, water and power for weeks?
If you ask 10 different people, you are likely to get at least a few different answers. It's rather wild, actually, that this is such a hot topic of discussion in our lifetime, isn't it?
I've been talking with my new friend Billy Hallowell, author of The Armageddon Code and faith editor at TheBlaze, about these issues. In this final installment, he shared his thoughts on prepping and what shocked him during his research for his new best-selling book.
You can still read parts one and two: "Why Can't We Agree About Christ's Second Coming?" and "Are You Discerning the Signs of the Times?"
Hallowell: Many of the experts I interviewed for the book made it clear that it's important to know one's end-time theology or, at the least, to study and try to comprehend what will one day take place. And really that's the best way to prepare.
There's always a danger of obsessing over it or of taking concern to unhealthy levels. We've seen that happen with those who date-set or who try to predict the Antichrist's identity (something that has repeatedly happened over the centuries).
As Christians, we can all—aside from full preterists—agree that Jesus' Second Coming is a biblical event that has not yet come to fruition. The events that comprise the before, during and after of that return, of course, is up for debate.
My book helps prepare people by allowing them to compare the major views on the end times, including the rapture, Antichrist, Millennium, Tribulation and Israel, among other topics, and come away with knowledge and understanding.
Globest.com: What did you learn while researching this book that shocked, surprised or even scared you?
Hallowell: I think so much of the end times is somewhat terrifying, which is quite possibly why so many people try to avoid it or feel overwhelmed and confused. I was actually surprised by how comfortable I was knowing that there is hope in Christ and that His Second Coming will—regardless of all of the proposed events that might be terrifying preceding it—instill a lasting peace and a rightness with God.
That narrative can sometimes get lost in the end-time discussion, especially when we get consumed with the finer details.
Prophecy can be cryptic, and we can, to the best of our abilities, project events based on what is in Scripture. But we won't know all of the details until it happens—and I'm comfortable with that.
Are you struggling with a big decision or wondering how your eternal future will play out?
Why not talk to the God of the universe and let Him work in your behalf?
He says, “I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you" (Psalm 32:8).
Ask God to show you what to do. Pray the following prayer:
“Heavenly Father,
I admit that I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from You. I now want to turn away from my past sinful life and begin a new life with You.
Please forgive me. I now receive your Son, Jesus Christ as my Savior, my Master and my Lord. I believe and confess that Jesus Christ died for my sins, was buried, and rose from the dead.
I want to receive all that Jesus Christ has provided for me as my Savior. Your Word says, ‘Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved’ (Romans 10:13).
I believe and confess that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man comes unto the Father, but by Him.
Lord Jesus, I pray and ask You, to come into my heart and be Lord of my life. I thank You that you have given me eternal life, and according to Your Word, I am born again.
Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit Who is in me now. I surrender my life to You. I promise to study Your Word – the Bible.
Use me for Your glory.
In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
Jennifer
LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also
director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of awakeningtv.com,
on the leadership team of the New Breed Revival Network and
author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to
Heaven for Spiritual Awakening;Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening
Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the
Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft. You can visit her
website here. You can also join Jennifer onFacebook or follow
her on Twitter. Jennifer's Periscope handle is @propheticbooks.
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