"Important Warning: Once The Process Begins, There's No Stopping It"

Award-winning author, Gary Ritter, has a vital warning in regard to the times we are currently in: they ain't gonna stop.

And though many are still hoping that the world will go back to the good old days prior to 2020, Ritter believes Scripture says otherwise.

According to Ritter:

"We have only to consider the history of Israel to see the truth. In all of human history, no nation that had been completely destroyed and its people scattered has ever come back into existence. Yet, Israel did. In fact, the re-establishment of her as a nation was an absolute miracle of God. He foretold it and He brought that prophecy to fulfillment."

The prophecy, found in Isaiah 66:6-9, is amazing in its accuracy, but the last two lines may have special significance for our day.

"... Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son. Who has even seen or heard of anything as strange as this? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem's birth pains begin, the baby will be born; the nation will come forth. Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it? asks the LORD. No! I would never keep this nation from being born, says your God..."

While this passage prophesied about the rebirth of Israel (fulfilled miraculously on May 14, 1948), Jesus also used the birth pain analogy in describing what would happen at the time of His return. Ritter believes the last two lines hold a clue for us today.

"All that happens in the run-up to Jesus reappearing and inserting Himself again into human history, He likens to the the birth process," says Ritter. 

"This is a critical point in understanding Bible prophecy," Ritter declared. "In fact, it is vital for us to realize that when God begins the birth process, He will bring it to completion.

"What is the nature of that process? For a woman, when birth pains begin, they signal the impending event of delivery. The contractions grow closer together and increase in intensity. Eventually, the pain is overwhelming and birth quickly happens. Once labor begins, it doesn't stop. A woman doesn't go into labor and then go out of it. It's a forward moving process that must be completed."

In other words, if the last days birth pains have begun, we're on a trajectory of no return.

Jesus explained the various signs that will take place prior to His coming (global deception, lawlessness, pandemics, natural disasters, wars and rumors of war, famines, etc.) and then said "All these are the beginning of the birth pains".

Our advice? Believe Him.

A wise man once said: "When the process begins, there is no stopping it. Times will grow worse, the world will become darker. All necessary circumstances contributing to Jesus' return will intensify and grow closer together, and they will not relent...nothing will halt the inevitable march towards God's judgment upon this world, i.e. the culmination of birth pains and the delivery of God's wrath.

Before that happens, the Lord has promised to remove His true church, the Bride of Christ, from this hour of trial that is coming. (Revelation 3:10).

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in Me...When everything is ready, I will come and get you so that you will always be with Me where I am" (JOHN 14: 1,3).

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"How Close Are We?"

Back in 1993, author Dave Hunt challenged readers to evaluate their lives in light of Christ's promise: "I will come again." Hunt wrote an excellent book titled, "How Close Are We? Compelling Evidence for the Soon Return of Christ."

The evidence was compelling back in '93...but Jesus didn't return. Here we are twenty years later and yes, the evidence is infinitely more compelling. But as the years pile up, many of us have lost that urgent sense of expectation. The early church eagerly hoped Jesus would come at any moment. Do we?

Before answering that question, let's take a moment to consider How close are we? Not to Jesus' return, but to Jesus. Deuteronomy 16:5 says: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."

Wow.

Imagine demanding that kind of commitment from someone...unless of course, we planned to spend the rest of our lives with them. Under those circumstances, we'd feel we had a right to expect genuine devotion. Few of us would be content with a half-hearted, lukewarm commitment. It would be demeaning, insulting even. But isn't that what so many of us offer to God?

The Bible calls Jesus 'the Bridegroom' (John 3:29) and the Church 'the Bride'. It says He has chosen us to spend eternity with Him. In John 14:23, Jesus said: "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words."

Is loving God a feeling? It can be, but the word translated as 'love' in Deuteronomy means "to make one's choice in." God commanded His people to choose Him with all their being, and in the process, to deny  themselves (Matthew 16:24). Oh. So that means loving God isn't all warm fuzzies. It costs something.

Yep. And God will hold us accountable for how we live this life (1 Corinthians 3:14-15). After all, He left us detailed instructions in the Bible and commanded us to follow them. If we choose not to, we probably haven't chosen Him with all our being.

Someday Jesus will return for His Bride. How close are we? In terms of world conditions, we are undeniably very, very close. In terms of the heart? You be the judge.

"Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me that Day, and not to me only, but to all who have loved His appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8)

"There is no judgment awaiting those who trust Him. But those who do not trust Him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God. Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light..." (John 3:18)

"...there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and all they think about is this life here on earth. But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like His own, using the same mighty power that He will use to conquer everything, everywhere." (Philippians 3:18-21)


"For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay." (Hebrews 10:37)

"Let us be glad and rejoice and honor Him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and His Bride has prepared herself...these are true words that come from God." (Revelation 19: 7-8)

A wise man once said: "The key to being able to participate in the wedding banquet is faithfulness to God."--Earl D. Radmacher, ThD.

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