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"It won't end in the way that you feel,
Christ will come like a thief in the night"

Excerpt from Jeremiah Gyang's - "It Won't End"

Today's OPEN HEAVENS

Thats my daily devotional... Heres what I read dis morning --

TOPIC - FIRST RESURRECTION SAINTS
Memorize: "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years" (Revelation 20:6).

READ: Revelation 20:5-7

Many Christians have asked at one time or another if every born again Christian will go to heaven. Those who believe in the doctrine of eternal security - that is, once saved forever saved, would say, "Yes" to this question. But when we look into the Bible, we will see certain stringent conditions that we must satisy if we must go to heaven. They include: Obtaining a genuine born-again experience, living a holy life and being without blemish, spots or wrinkles. These are tough conditions because Jesus Christ is holy, perfectly holy. He is the head, while born-again Christians (the Church) are the body. The head is about to be joined to the body so that there can be a complete form. For there to be a flawless blend of head and body, the body should be as holy as the head, hence Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:48: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect".

All born again Christians who satisy these conditions will go during the rapture - Christ's second advent. The Bible calls this activity the "First Resurrection". According to our reading, those who take part in this "First Resurrection" will be married to Jesus in the air and will NEVER be sent to the lake of fire (which is the second death). They will reign with Jesus for 1000 years on earth during the millenial reign.

But after the rapture, there will be lots of born-again Christians who failed to meet with heaven's requirements, those left behind.
Churches will still be full then. Several pastors who are left behind will preach while several evangelists who were left behind will organize crusades, All born-again Christains who were left behind will now have to contend with the mark of the Anti-Christ. That will be second round. They will now have to stand for Jesus, endure the worst torment ever and resist the mark of the anti-christ. In the process, they will be killed as they will have to pay for their salvation with their own blood.
As they are martyred, they will finally end up in Heaven as the Tribulation saints, but will not be a part of the bride of Christ. I shall not be a tribulation saint. It shall not be easy to serve God onearth during the period of the anti-christ. Now you are free to worship Christ yet you are complaining. How easy will it be for you to serve Him during the Great Tribulation when it will become a crime to do so?

Strive now to be part of the First Resurrection Saints!

ACTION POINT: Ask God to uproot anything capable of hindering your qualifying for the rapture. Ask the Holy Spirit to have His way in your life.


Doesn't this kinda explain my dream a little... I'm thankful for this passage I read today.. I'll be back for more. REMAIN RAPTURABLE!

The Dream...AGAIN

There's this dream I've had so many times.... in different variations. Sometimes I wake up scared, today is different.

I dreamt that I was at some kind of dinner thingie; me and C.T (sat 2gether) and some other people sha, Nigerians and others. After a while, of sitting down and eating (i dunno if we were eating I know we were seating on some long tables, dinner party style); there was like a break and every one stood up to mix, mingle, use the bathroom, whatever.

I did too and I was by the passage way talking to G.Fem about some business, next thing, this light skinned, handsome man walks past me staring. I don't know who he is but there is a familiarity, an eeriness almost. His eyes are like greenish or sth, sha not black. I hide my face and then it clicks for some STRANGE reason that the guy is the anti-Christ.

I rush to my table and pick my bag... I look around for C.T and he's no where 2 be found. Instinctively, I know that the anti-christ has come to make pple take the mark. So I run right out of the place, G-Fem chases me and I tell him my new discovery, he follows me and we run 2gther but I'm waaayyyyy ahead of him.

As we exit the building, we see all these SWAT team pple, police cars... and everything is sooo eerie! They r looking at us weird and I'm racing down the street, which is like downhill. We run into a somewhat residential area, the streets are totally empty and dark, the SWAT team pple r following us now - lights, dogs, men on bikes, its not noisy at all but i know they are following us.

I run into a more residential street and start jumping over fences and clothes lines, I think I'm trying 2 find my house in the dream... G.Fem is still kinda far. Then I hide in a corner, there is a dog and a cat outside watching me hiding. I see the bright flash light of one of the searchers, he misses me and I don't know what happens next....

I think I find my way into the house and pack some things, I don't know but I definitely wasn't caught...

What bothers me about this dream is - why was I even there when the anti-christ came? Why was he looking at me like that? Why didn't d dream start when rapture took place?
I've prayed hard, but I'm still scared. I don't want to miss heaven, I don't want to suffer in eternal damnation, moreso I don't want to suffer to preserve myself from taking any mark. I want to be found rapturable when Jesus comes...

God please, please please please please please please please Oh Lord, remove from my life, every sin, every thing that will not allow me to make heaven. Lord, I want to ascend to heaven when You come like a thief in the night. Please Lord, don't let me suffer now on earth and still not make heaven!!! Please God!

People, please understand the gravity of this, a time will come after the righteous pple (I will be one of them in Jesus name) are gone. During this time, a wicked man will rise up and rule the whole world... Notice how the world is becoming smaller, u can know everyone, reach everyone with phones, fcbk, myspace... It is possible that one man can physically take over this world. he will be terrible and force pple to take the mark of the beast (with this mark you are surely going to hell when the anti-christ's reign is over) But it will be REALLY tough for pple who refuse to take this mark, thats why I want to go when the trumpet sounds... God please HELP me!!!

I have 2 come back with Bible references so u guys know its NO joke at all, I'm just petrified....

I WANT TO MAKE HEAVEN! When d trumpet sounds...

G.O.S.H

Gosh... I don't know mehn,

I had an excellent time in Orlando, didn't make it 2 d Holy Land but we did get 2 Disney World Resort; specifically House of Blues.

I dunno mehn, It was okay, weird.... Big Tigger was MCing, Shaq was there, Collins Metu was taking pictures... And God only knows which other "stars" were present.

I shouldn't have gone.

Many people may not see this as a big deal and probably think I'm fanatical but I REALLY feel weird... I've been trying to do only things that glorify God and I'm wondering how He felt by my presence at the House of Blues... I just feel it wasn't the best way to say thank you for all His mercies...

Lord, please forgive me! I reject the accuser of the brethren in Jesus Name.

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And...
I'm confused again... I'm worried, I think. I can't talk about it now because I really should be MORE focused on other things (u probably have an idea what this new issue might be).
Arrrrggggghhhhh!!

I'm about to call Omulu and Adia, I can talk 2 them, they can listen, pray with me and give me good advice.. Thank God for sisters!

In Orlando..

It reminds me of Lagos, its hot indeed. I'm grateful because God is merciful.
I forgot my suit.

He called me, he knows what he's been doing... he knows its wrong, he's probably going to read this... he's going to change and try to stop... thats important.

He text me, yesterday and today... weird I know....
He had a LOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGG conversation with someone, I really want to know the outcome... will I? I doubt it.
He's thinking about what the next few months have to offer..... what does that mean? Am I s'posed 2 be worried, not if I'm trying to make this MBA work....

I love God so much... my love for Him has given me this unexplainable confidence that everything will be just fine! I'm not shaken about ANYTHING! Though sometimes a glance at others may intimidate me, I shake it off and beg God for forgiveness. I am truly blessed. I know

He just text me again...

bLoWn... ...aLmOsT

It all began about 2 years or 3 years ago....


A phone call, phone calls, reflections, questions, company, disappointment...
Oh... family, church, friends then disappointment


Not mine, yours... Its sad cos. I have a feeling you're trying to rub it in, are you?
Thats REAL mature...

I know, I know I can be soooooooo clandestine & elusive sometimes.... I don't even know how to react to this, I have 2 be sure first what exactly is going on, not like I'll spend sleepless nights trying to figure it out - NOPE! I'll wait till you're tired of errrrrrr... beating about the bush and acting confused.

"I still don't want it. you. them... Not the way you think, Not at all... Don't make it worse for yourself. Really. Stop flashing your green light, I'm not interested.
Here's what you're doing: you're "innocently" doing "these things", then saying something else. Quite unfortunately, you're pulling my Daddy into it. You seem REALLLLLLLY confused, when I act normal, you act like I'm acting abnormal reminding me of the other things you're saying, not the things you're doing. Am I making sense?"
Do you have something to say to me? If you do frikking spill it out! I have a very good mind of telling you what I really want to, but I don't want to hurt your feelings.... again.

So, I'm venting because of ALLLL the B.S you've shoved in my face in form of your "good intentions" I'M TIRED OF YOUR SO CALLED GOOD INTENTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I have made some decisions... very important, maybe rash decisions.... unfortunately against you...

Maybe I'm being dramatic, maybe its hard to believe the "innocence" of your gestures considering they began after the initial accost... Now you've got my family involved... you know, its not normal for them (other contenders are VERY familiar with the end point of over familiarity - its never an issue, because they know how far they should go. Do you?)
Anyway, its not normal for them, hence its hard for me to explain to them and now to myself. I should congratulate you though, the buried questions from '04 or '05 have reared their ugly heads a couple of times this year... thanks buddie, you've done it again....

One of my decisions is I'm NOT going to let you intimidate me, confuse me or make me ask myself questions... you don't deserve that time of day! U don't. U don't. U don't!!!!

(Deep breathe... Have a wonderful week guys!)