William H. Smith August 29, 1998

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The Last Hour

By

William H. Smith

Remember when, before the New Year of 2000 Dooms Day forecasters and the officials of the various global governments were in a panic. About all the catastrophic events that they believed were about to take place all over the world when this 2000-year started.

1. Computers were going to be corrupted by viruses.

2. Financial institutions would fail.

3 . Entire countries would experience shut down.

4. Utilities and food supplies would be shut down.

5 . There would be civil uprisings, terrorists' actions, and general chaos throughout the

world.

6. God will send his son, and the Rapture would take place.

Of course none of these things came to past, the scare tactics were obviously a ploy to commercialize the new year, an abundance of computer software, books, food, and various items were sold because of the scare. This shows how the human mind can be manipulated by terrorizing the general public through the news media.

True Christians weren’t intimidated by the forecasts of the coming bogus events, and

saw them for what they were. If the Dooms Day predictors and the government officials would have had a relationship with Christ they would not have been frightened by the coming of year 2000, because of this they didn’t there was a waste of tax payer, and private dollars.

No one can foresee the future, but we Christians know that Christ will spirit his church away one day soon. We have no idea when this will occur, even Christ doesn’t know the hour when he will call his Church, only our heavenly Father knows this. It may be many days away, or it may be today or tomorrow, but he will come soon.

Christians are scorned, ridiculed, and discriminated against for their beliefs, this is a part of being a devoted Christian. We know the Rapture is near and it will arrive soon, are you ready? Many people who believe they are Christians will be left behind with the nonbelievers. Christ said, “The lukewarm I will spew out of my mouth,” Jesus is saying that each individual confessing Christian must be hot. Those left behind and become Christians after the rapture will be hunted, persecuted, and killed for seven years until Christ returns to destroy the evil on earth. Visualize this, when multitudes of people all over the world disappear and find themselves in chaos, there will come a realization, that there was something to this Heavenly Father and Jesus

Christ hypothesis. Many will come to Christ and be steadfast, while others will be weak and receive the mark of the beast in their hand or forehead.

Why would anyone want to take a chance of living through the seven dreadful years of the Great Tribulation?

Think maybe you should get serious about Jesus Christ today? Believe, be baptized, and

receive the Holy Spirit.

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