This page was created to allow you folks an opportunity to read the same thought provoking information I receive everyday. Because whether or not an e-mail is from someone that agrees with me or disagrees, I will post their comments. The only e-mails I won't add to this web page are ones that use profanity or are way too long. 

    

    

Sep 6

I had been intending to write you for some time about a couple of things.  One of those things was Satan.  When I was a child I somehow had the impression that the devil was almost as powerful as God.  I recently had the following thought:  'Would God, who created Lucifer, give him equal power to himself?'  Of course not!  God is no fool!  I wondered just how many people think as I thought as a child?  I had the impulse to talk to some strangers at the bookstore, Barnes & Noble, and posed that question to them.  And then answered it with 'Of course not!'  The mother told me that they needed to hear that.  I didn't ask her to explain.  I had been talking with her teenage daughter when she walked up.  Her daughter was studing a book about religion and had asked me a question.  I got the feeling they were troubled.  Anyway, just felt it might be worthwhile for other people to ask theirselves that question.  The answer becomes so clear when the question is phrased.  Makes a person think! Keep up the good work!
Dear Todd,  I just wanted to write you and tell you about something that has happened to me.  I am 39 years old now, but when I was about 6 years old I had a dream.  An angel came to me and told me to "Tell everyone that I am coming soon."  He repeated it 3 times.  I never thought much about it until about 3 years ago, the Holy Spirit has been speaking to my heart in many different ways.  I came home from church one Sunday and after dinner I usually take a short nap.  Well, this particular day I fell asleep and during my nap, my spirit was in a huge warm well lit bubble of power.  This is the only way I know how to explain it.  I was having a discussion with someone...but not the way we communicate.  This was much different, like power of the mind language.  The only part I was able to remember (and I think it was meant to be this way) was I was asking a question "Will I be taken and the others left?"  And a voice said "yes."  Immediately it was though I was thrown back in my body.  It felt like electricity but without pain.  Since then,  I have a strong desire to tell people that Jesus is coming soon.  My family will tell you that they would be happy if I would just shut up.    Something happened to me during that spiritual experience.  I have had other dreams.  I would love to tell them to you sometime through email.  I believe that Jesus is waking up his church, and yes, he is definitely coming soon!  So you keep up the work you are doing, you will recieve a great blessing.    God Bless
there will be no rapture. Its all superstitious nonsense. You and I will end up in the same place, as everyone else, where ever or what ever that is. You are no more favored than I. Of course, I dont expect you to believe this. Once a person has their mind set in a belief like yours, there's no changing it. It would be too devestating to realize you've been wrong. Myself on the other hand. I have been brought up on "christian" values and teachings, yet it has no effect on me. To me The Bible is nothing more than a book of jewish fairy tales. I have read that overly religious people, through MRI brain scanning, have a condition in their brain where certain pathways close down, cutting off critical thinking, leaving them in a state of thinking that they are "chosen" by God. This effects people of all ethnicities- which explains islamic fundamentalism too Perhaps that is why I am impervious to religious indoctrination. I have recieved all the "evidence' as you, yet it has zero effect on me. Thankful too that I am. The world needs critical thinkers to figure out how to work for a future, as opposed to you types who think the future does not exist outside of your "rapture' fantasy
Dear Todd, Hi my name is jessica wilborn I am a born again christian and  i am 15. I have become very interested in the rapture and in the tribulation. Being a teenager and being a christian is hard. I am trying my best to get rid of all the bad habits. I have been reading books about the signs of the end of the world and i have been looking at your website. I just wanted to tell you that i think you did a wonderful thing by putting this website on the internet.
To the both of you:   Thank you very much for your website, Rapture Ready.  It is the best website I have found on prophecy and current news items.  I know it must take a lot of your time but it is such a blessing to me as I am sure it is to others.   Thanks again and take care until I see you both in the clouds on that day.....
Hello Todd: This is my first visit to your website and enjoy it . I have recently returned to church after about 20 years and am ashamed to admit that. My friend, Heather told me of this website after a long discussion on the Rapture. I didn't even know what it ment and she explained it to me as best as she could. I have just read some of the e-mails in this site and shocked by folks who do not believe in the Rapture and God. The only thing we can do is pray for them. I only hope that I am going to be one of the chosen ones when Christ returns. I can go on and on and on, but  would only ask all you readers out there before you form an opinion, do your homework and I am sure you will come to the same conclusion I have. I am at peace now. Let's try to make this world a better place while we are here. Be kind to you neighbors and the poor. We are all blessed in many ways.You will at least be at peace withyourself, I assure you.
Todd: I checked out the link you sent. All I can say is that if "Jesus died for my paltry sins, he over-reacted".   The same can be said for most people. The average person goes through life just trying to get by, and I believe is basically honest and good. (not perfect, but hardly worth killing yourself over.)  So, then I am told He died for the worst of the sinners...if that is the case, apparently Jesus died for the likes of Jeffrey Dahmer and Adolph Hitler. The whole thing makes no sense and the only way one can believe it is to turn off your brain. I am not trying to crush your faith, but with a White House intent on starting WWIII so Jesus will come back I am taking the gloves off.  That is why I am pointing out the utter stupidity and childishness of it all. If you want to ruin your life on foolish ideas fron the 12th century BC go for it. But leave me and mine out of your insanity.
I don't know which one of you wrote this article, but I want to thank you!  I've been inundated by my "liberal Christian" (or is that an oxymoron?) friends who insist the Republicans are all-evil.  When we conservative Christians don't want practicing homosexuals to pastor our churches and are opposed to gay marriage, they equate that with our being hateful and not "accepting others where they are."  Of course, they're wrong.  I know several homosexual people, and I love them --as Jesus loves them -- and I pray for them.  I hate their lifestyle, I don't hate them.  I hate that people have abortions, but we can still love the people and pray that one day they will understand what they have done and repent.   My liberal friends get upset with me when I support having the Ten Commandments displayed in public places, or when I get upset that the minority wants "In God We Trust" removed from currency, and "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance.  They say I am not being sensitive to those who are troubled by (don't believe in) those phrases.  And don't EVEN bring up returning prayer to the schools!  Yet, this country was founded for religious freedom.  In stifling our expressions of faith in order not to offend others, isn't our religious freedom being suppressed?   In the midst of my despair for this country and for the world, I thank God for the two of you, and for your wonderful website.  This article gives me exactly the words I need to "defend" my intent to vote republican.  I will be forwarding this article to many friends -- liberal and conservative alike!   Bless you,
Hi Todd: "Love what you've done with the place!!"  The site looks awesome, you and the group have been busy making some tweaks, I see.  Keep glorifying the Father and the Son!  Thank you, and know you are appreciated. A sister in Christ,
I have never read this web site until today. I have noticed how all the negative articles are full of sheer ignorance, stupidity and to save their lives they can't even spell. Every other word is spelled wrong or the punctuation is out of context. I have a 10 yr old who can do better than that. What a bunch of sad stupid fools,  and the best part is you all seem to mad at GOD  for some reason ? It has now come down to a battle between good and evil and you morons who deny GOD are going to be the ones with your stupid mouths hanging open with that classic assanine look on your face when millions of people vanish and the world goes berserk. At that time and that time only will you realize that you have become a victim of  your own arrogance and self rightousness. Hang in there nay-sayers........your day approaches, and it's going to be soon !
Aug 2

I have never read this web site until today. I have noticed how all the negative articles are full of sheer ignorance, stupidity and to save their lives they can't even spell. Every other word is spelled wrong or the punctuation is out of context. I have a 10 yr old who can do better than that. What a bunch of sad stupid fools,  and the best part is you all seem to mad at GOD  for some reason ? It has now come down to a battle between good and evil and you morons who deny GOD are going to be the ones with your stupid mouths hanging open with that classic assanine look on your face when millions of people vanish and the world goes berserk. At that time and that time only will you realize that you have become a victim of  your own arrogance and self rightousness. Hang in there nay-sayers........your day approaches, and it's going to be soon !
The news has been so bad lately its caused my heart to feel heavy for several months. But after reading today's Nearing Midnight "after the rapture" letter, you have renewed the bounce in my step. My heart is soaring once again with hope. Its not that I forgot where all the signs were pointing, its just that I needed to read it in BIG print just once more, hear it yet another time, have it leap off the page and scream at me to over take the "noise" of the events going on in this troubled world. I immediately printed out several copies to place around my home and to send it by snail mail to friends and family. Additionally, I cut and pasted it into an e-mail, sent to many whom I know. I boldly sent it out, and I will receive whatever the reply is knowing that if it causes some to rejoice or some turn from sin then they are receiving Christ; if it causes some to be angry and rejecting, then they are rejecting Christ....not me! PTL!   I am praying that all your readers will respond in kind and that through all these joint efforts, the number will finally be fulfilled and Jesus will call us up.
Hello. I just wanted to let you know how very much I appreciate your website. It's a wonderful source of information and there is so much to read. Every time I log onto the website, my mind and eyes go crazy...so much to read, so little time! I absolutely love it! Thank you so much for all your information. I would feel so lost (not to mention uninformed) without you! Again, thanks!
Hi Todd.  Thank you so much for your site.  Every week I look forward to reading your Nearing Midnight.  When I was little, my grandparents told me about the tribulation and how everybody would suffer through it.  Your site has led me to believe that I will not have to suffer through the tribulation because I am a follower of Jesus.    Sorry this has to be so long (I know you probably get tons of emails) but I'm very confused about some issues.  I'm a Canadian, but you would probably be surprised how much George Bush and the war in Iraq is discussed.  Since Canada is quite liberal, most people hate Mr. Bush and his Republican party.  I've always stood up for him since he's conservative.  My friend recently made me go see Farenheight 9/11 with her.  If what Michael Moore says is true, your president is a selfish, murdering, power happy man.  But I'm not willing to believe all of the propaganda in the film.  I don't know who to believe any more.  Have you seen the film? I just want to have a firm understanding of George Bush and Iraq.  Do I have reason to keep faith in your president?  If you don't have time to respond to my incredibly long email, I totally understand.
     I would like to comment on your article.  I was a Munitions Maintenance Officer in the Air Force for 3.5 years and I delt with nukes, exclusively.   Many people are under the misconception that nuclear weapons are like other bombs, you store them til you use em....wrong.  All nuclear weapons need constant maintenance to keep functioning and the longer you leave them alone without it the more useless they get.  I do believe that some of the suitcase nuclear weapons the former Soviet Union had, are missing.  Former Soviet general Alexander Lebed, verified that some of these weapons were missing from the Russian arsenal and unaccounted for.  These suitcase nucs are low yield weapons to be used by Soviet special forces to deny areas of the battlefield to NATO forces and wipe out certain facilities/bridges/etc.       Now Al-Quada may have obtained some of these from various sources and I am sure if they bought them, they got them into the US(our open borders and all).  I am sure they paid a pretty price for them too:), at least I hope they did.  They may have, already, even tried to set one off in downtown New York or D.C., and I am sure they were furious when they didn't work!!!!  Now I am not going to go into details about nuclear weapon functions as that stuff is still very classified[unless you are a Chineese spy getting it from Los Alamos Laboratory in Sante Fe:), but thats another story], but I am sure that those suitcase nucs have not been maintained since the mid 80's and pose little nuclear threat.  The best terrorists could do is blow it up and spread the plutonium around(ie. a dirty nuc which is very ineffective) poisoning the environment and some people.      Hope this sheds some light on the subject.  I would be more than happy to answer any questions on the above topic, if you have any.
Hello Todd & Terry, I thought that it is about time that I wrote you a note telling how much I enjoy reading all the information on the Rapture Ready site.  I know it must get discouraging at times with the lack of commitment from us readers.  I'm sure that there must be thousands of people who gain great insight from RR.  You guys are really doing a great job. I just finished reading the 12 July issue of "Nearing Midnight" and would like to comment on the Saudi Arabia article (21 June).  I spent 3 years working with Litton installing, maintaining and trying to teach electronics for the Saudi Air Defense System.  Also, since then, I have been there quite a few times as a crew member of a ship.  I now work with the military in their Pre-Positioning Ship SQDN. I totally agree that Saudi Arabia is no friend to the USA.  People back home could never dream what it is like to live and deal with people in that area.  I have been all over the world and by far, Saudi Arabia is the worse place that I have lived.  It is truly a land of hypocrites.  We used to have a home church meeting with believers who worked over there.  We were always had to be very careful because that sort of thing is not legal there.  I made it in the country with my bible but some of the guys had it confiscated at the airport.  While we were saving their bottoms during the first Gulf War they totally vacated the northern end of the country giving us free run of the piers to off load equipment.  When things settled down and they felt safe enough to return to the area, the first thing that they did was to make the chaplains remove the chaplain's cross from their uniforms.  I could go on forever but I am sure that you have heard all of this before.  If they didn't have oil, we would never linked up with them. Prophecy is what really brought me to the Lord.  Many years ago I was heading from bar to bar over in Hawaii and I happen to see this used book store.  I went in and purchased a copy of  Hal's "The Late Great Planet Earth".  Since then, I have read hundreds of Prophecy books.  (Some bad and some great)  Being on the ship gives me ample time to read the bible and Christian books.  I plan on ordering Terry's book when I get back home in three months. May the Lord continue to bless you work.
  Have just looked at the site for the first time. I first heard of it early this week, while reading an article in TIME (I think) magazine at a doctors surgery. The article was about the End Times and Armageddon. Your site got a mention, so here I am. While I haven't yet looked through out the site, what I have seen was quite interesting. What did strike me was some of the comments in the email page. The anger and vitriol expressed by some of the respondents makes me wonder, if they are so opposed to your ideas, why go into the site at all. Just can't figure some people. I read the section on the Number of The Beast. Just thought you might like to know, I work at a maximum security correctional centre in New South Wales, Australia. We house some of the worst offenders in the state. Our post office box number....666. Could it mean..... I am a believer, though a little backslidden (is there such a word?). I guess though, that I really haven't given a lot of thought to the end times. Better reread some of those parables.   Anyway, just wanted to say g'day, I'll get back to reading and learning. Best regards
I don't understand why you're pushing there's nothing wrong with NIV. One of my best christian friends (him and i are botrh born again) dad used to be a "hardcore christian" but the man used NIV and is now but without faith and filled with demons. Some how the NIV made him reject to be born again. Wheter it's taken out of not i do not know, i just know that NIV killed his faith and now he's hellbound and nothing we try to do can help him and God knows we've tried. He says he don't believe the bible no more. Hows that for a "good not dangerous translation" if you ask God in prayer about the NIV im sure you will find out it's filthy and dangerous. And why not, he's at our disposal all the time, always there to listen and answer. I wouldn't encourage that filth just because you have a problem with some people that think KJV is the best english translation and may see some big flaws in several of the modern bibles. NIV is dangerous, you should heed the calls instead of just thinking stuff are all fine, no they're not all fine, people are going to hell as we speak (a literal hell, i do hope you believe in a literal hell, cause there is one. You never know with so called christians nowadays that's why im asking.) I'm very sure that many are going to hell because of the NIV. I mean you can't be so blind that you don't see that satan ofcourse will tamper with ALL scripture as much as he can? If you don't see it you don't really see the in many ways strong power of satan. And it will be worse when God will take away the restraints. I mean you need to give some credit to the bastard, he's fooled atleast 5 billion of the 6 billions now living on the planet, not to mention the ones that have lived on the planet in the past. Christians that have been christians for a long time tend to forget that. Most of them aren't even born again and on their way to hell as we speak. I hope you see that too.
Todd, You don't know me but that's no matter. Almost a month ago our God came in a cloud to me. The following week I was caught out in a whirl wind of emotion. I know why He put me on this earth now. I'm praying that I be left behind to carry on for Him. Yes I know what I've asked for... I am on day four of a forty day prayer asking for just that. Praying that His will be done through me. I am already saved by His grace but want to do more. God bless us all,
Todd,  Long time reader first time I thought I would give you some info. It looks as if our popular media is trying to get ready for the mass hysteria surrounding the rapture. I've seen a few television shows comming up where the premise is a mass vanishing on Earth. For the life of me I cannot think of the name of the show but I can point out one think. The current issue of Superman(the comic book) is dealing with a huge ammount of humans vanishing from the Earth leaving everyone else to grieve. Sound familiar? The funny part is that Superman's closest friend in this story arch is a Catholic Priest. A priest who has no idea what happened. I know that it's not the rapture but it is a start for a cover up beginning with the minds of children. Just trying to pass the info to help the Bride. God Bless you and all who are helping this site. 
Todd, I really like your site, it is full of information. I am surprised that there is not much written,not just on your site, about what's happening in today's big church denominations. The Presbyterian, Methodist, and United Church of Christ all openly support abortion. How can this be? They are conforming to this sinful world. They have compromised the eternal truth of God.They have invited Satan in and allowed him to call the shots and make the rules of their churches. 2 Thes. 2:3 tells us that this falling away from the faith comes right before the revealing of the anti-Christ. Are the alarms and sirens going off in these church-goers heads? I left a Methodist church after finding out that this is true. I have found another church denomination that is still true and faithful to God. I seemed to have been the only one who was appalled by the notion of condoning the killing of unborn babies. Most of the people wouldn't even consider giving up their comfortable seats. They are so comfortable with their pastors, friends, buildings, pews, clubs, groups,status,location, etc. From what I have seen they have traded in the truth of God for Satan's lies without even batting an eye, how sad. These denominations have no intentions of repenting from condoning this murder of babies. They think God is on their side. It is no surprise that they are now allowing the "gay agenda" to have influence in their church decisions. Isn't there a prophecy about a large religious organization in the endtimes that mimics Christianity, yet speaks for the dragon? Rev. 13:11. It appears to be here now, today, here, in America. Is the reason we are not hearing much about this topic in Christian circles because most of the prominent "Christian" voices of today belong to one of these unfaithful denominations?  The people in the pews of these churches need our prayers. They need to wake up now before it is too late! Do they think they are still hearing the uncompromised truth from the pulpits of these unfaithful organizations? It will take courage to stand up and go find a faithful church, but we are still free to do that very thing as of today in America.
Hi Todd, I have checked in with your website several times over the last year and I agree that we are likely in the Last Days. I am sure that all Christians throughout history had some sense of "the end of time", but it is all falling in line, now. One of the things I have been disappointed with is that my pastor never preaches on the Rapture and generally views Revelation as a letter to the Christians of that era. I believe if we read Daniel, Isaiah, some of the other prophets and the Revelation, it is clear that events happening now were foretold and we live in a time unprecedented in history. One of my favorite parts of the bible is in Thessalonians when Paul talks about our "catching away" to be with Jesus. Won't it be amazing to those left here when we are suddenly gone? The world needs to hear more about this so that when it happens, there will be those who will accept Jesus because what was prophesied came true before their eyes. My sister was raised in church and stopped going when she was 15 years old. She is now almost 40 and lives a life that is beyond explanation. She never accepted Jesus, she doesn't like it when I try to tell her about my faith in Him and she seems quite happy to be running in the opposite direction of all she was taught. Many nights I have prayed myself to sleep over her and dreamed about the way her life is going and how she will not be my "sister" in Christ. I am horrified to think of her being left behind, and there are so many millions who will join her. If I thought she would even spend a moment reading what you have to say, I would recommend your site to her, but as things are now, she would just laugh at me and tell me where to get off. In my personal view, the EU, gay marriage, abortion and the fight to remove God from all things American says that we should be looking for His coming. I wake up every day and ask "is this The Day, Lord?" Thank you for daring to put yourself on the line so others can know who Jesus is, what the bible says and where we are headed. You take alot of pot shots, but you maintain your integrity. I appreciate that. God bless you in your work.

Jul 5

Hey........I am a pre-wrather myself, but I just wanted to tell you I really love youre site. the one reason I dont debate much against pre-trib over pre-wrath is that at least you folks are ready NOW :-D I was looking for some inforamtion on benny hinn and your site was the first on the search list and it was just the article i was looking for. Keep up the good work brother........pre-trib, pre-wrath.......doesnt matter as long as were all ready when He comes :-)

Hello Mr. Strandberg, First of all I would like to say I'm 15 and a Christian and proud to be one. It's pretty hard to be a teenager that wants to spread the gospel but only has a few other Christian friends to help. It makes me cringe when my other friends cuss, say they do drugs and drink, but think that it is cool. If I say something I'm afraid they will lose interest or that they would not be my friend any more. Anyway, I would like to ask if you are going to write more books because I am in the process of reading Rapture Ready and like it already. Also, do you have any suggestions of any Christian fiction or study books I should read? I'm on book 9 (Desecration) and like the series. Your brother in Christ,
Gday Terry, my name is Philip Eagling, I am a minister in Australia. I stumbled upon your site about a year ago, and I am glad I did. I wanted to encourage you and the people involved at Rapture Ready to keep up with what you are doing. I have enjoyed your regular updates, and even though at times I reserve my thoughts on everything you proclaim, at most I see what you are trying to do. So keep standing strong! Your recent update said that someone had decided to challenge your stand on sin. The whole point is, people do not want to hear that there is a need to turn away from the sins that they like. We live in a country where there is a very real apathy towards anything that is Christian. When I have delivered sermons on the subject of changing one's life, and turning away from sin, I have received the question why don't you preach about the love of God. My response is I just did. As you have said yourself. God's love for us is not wrapped up in some thinking that it is just about everything being perfect, or that we will be perfect when we come to Christ. No we are told that we will never be perfect until that day when we meet the Lord Jesus Christ. Come Lord Jesus! The whole truth of the matter is that people don't want to hear that they are sinful, and that it takes a constant walking in Christ and it never stops. If we are to challenge people it must be the way Christ challeneged all those who He met. The majority of Jesus life was about challeneging the status quo, about helping people see that to be one of God's children is to be changed from the inside out. That means changing from the sinful life. Sin exists, and we are told that God so LOVED the world that He gave His One and only Son, to die for us, Amen! So Love means that we need to hear that our sinful life is wrong. God bless, yours in Christ
Hi I am more grateful than you can know that I am separated by the core of the earth from nutcases like you. (or do you still believe the world is flat?) Your website would be hilarious if I hadn't seen all the emails from people who agree with your bizarre delusions and the fact that you appear to be completely serious. As sad as the state of the world is I prefer it infinitely to an alternative run by people like you. They called that the dark ages and it was filled with murder, rape, torture and some of the most horrendous crimes against humanity ever seen, all in the name of your god. I know nothing I can ever say will help you think rationally about the the things you believe all I woud hope is that you reserve the right of others to make up their own minds.
Dear Todd, God bless you for your Rapture Ready web site. I want to affirm to you that your stressing the return of the Lord is of paramount importance. Probably not if people were not so deceived by the world. But deception abounds, which makes your web site all the more important. Jesus is coming soon, and we need to be Rapture ready in our hearts. I am concerned for the complacent and otherwise lukewarm Christians—if there really is such a thing. Anyway, keep up the good work. God bless you, your ministry, and your web team.
Why are you living a lie. The rapture will never occur, you are waiting for nothing......... get some new ideals which are based on reality. In fact go into politics, they babble crap all day too. You'd make a great replacement for Tony Blair, you could talk so much nonsense people would forget what you said and wouldn't be able to argue. There is no such thing as the afterlife. Get a grip. when you die the same thing occurs as it did before you was born; you dont exsist. If the world does end it'll be because of paranoid idiots like you. Why dont you make a cult and drink acid so you can enter your heaven faster. If you truely have faith in god, why bother waiting for your rapture-drink the acid. Other than that i cant understand why i wasted time writing you this. take heed the christian religion is fading out. If there is a god and i am wrong at least i'll be going to hell. If heaven is full of idiots like you i'd rather have the flames licking my arse and boiling my eyes out. Rather that than listen to stupid idiots forever. ta-ta.
We are ripe for the rapture...... ITs so scaring thats why i need to know if i still have the chance to change my life, accept that jesus in the only way... PLs let me know ... and pray for me and my family .. I hope beggining today we will start our new life.. The holy spritit touch me.. I have never felt worthy of GODS grace but I dont want to be left behind, nor my whole family..Pray for me and i want to know am i still have a change for GOds kingdom? Thank you and Im waitingfor your answer.
Dear Terry, I would like to start by saying thanks to you and Todd for staying true to God's word and not conforming. How absolutely refreshing!!! The commentary you wrote about judgment is so incredibly timely. It seems that modern Laodicea churches are in full force. We are to hunger and thirst after righteousness. We are to love the things God loves and hate the things He hates. I have been attending a huge evangelical church for a little over a year. I am in the choir and I thought it was the best thing ever. I have recently been struck by the lack of warning people of impending judgment. How can a person repent if they don't understand why they are guilty. I always hear a glossed over message with no mention of eternal hell or any fear of the Lord. The bible says "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:7) We should be showing people how high God's standards are and how low ours are. Ask anyone if they think they're a good person. Most will say they are. Ask them if they've kept the ten commandments. We assume they know what sin is. Sin is transgression of the law according to the God's word. Let them see they are guilty before a holy God. They might have a chance then to truly understand and be saved. Once they're aware that they've sinned against God and angered Him in the process, then the door opens to show them God's amazing grace that He took His own wrath upon himself in the person of Jesus (God in human flesh) and suffered our hell and punishment because He knew that none of us could meet his requirements. That is the very meaning of love. If we love people the way we should, nothing would stop us from pleading with them to repent and see the only One who can save them. I will quote John Wesley regarding the law and how it prepares the heart for grace: "O take knowledge what Satan hath gained over thee; and, for the time to come, never speak or think lightly of, much less dress up as a scarecrow, this blessed instrument of the grace of God. Yea, love and value it for the sake of Him from whom it came, and of Him to whom it leads. Let it be thy glory and joy, next to the cross of Christ. Declare its praise, and make it honorable before all men." Spurgeon, Tozer, Ironside, Wesley, Luther, Paul the apostle, all of the apostles for that matter, and Jesus himself used the law to bring a proud person to grace. God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Most Christians think this is very judgmental and a horrible way to reach the lost. Well tell that to God. It is the way Jesus reached people and that's more than good enough for me. I thank God for this website. I have been saved for almost three years and it was by far the best choice of my life!!! The both of you have helped me grow so much with your straight forward way. NEVER STOP!!!! Christians are being brainwashed to believe it's hateful and not politically correct to use God's word in its proper light the way he intended. Soon we will be before Him and two things I want more than anything are to have everyone I know there, family, friends, co-workers, strangers I meet in passing, and to hear the love of my life, my blessed Savior say, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." I have decided to leave my church regretfully because I do love those people, but I was told in so many words we will not change our glossed over gospel. I will put my confidence in God and not man. God bless you my brother, Marla Masters
To whom it may concern: As a long-time (9 year) fan of the rapture index, I am dismayed at recent revelations of extreme bias / prejudice on your website. For example, in the 'timelines central' section of the website, the headings of the pages 'abortion' and 'islam' read 'terrorism.' What had once seemed an unbiased, intellectually based, and interesting website is revealed to be a right-wing, consevative, christian, soap box. You claim that Afghanistan was pacified by America in 2001, yet not a week goes by when U.S. troops aren't wounded and / or killed in battles with Afghan forces... pacified indeed. To claim to bring truth to the masses in the name of God, only to selfishly promote your own personal agenda is blasphemous / heresy. When the rapture comes, the ultimate irony will be that the man devoted to promoting rapture awareness will be left behind. Please promote substance without spin so that more respect is not lost.