Ever since man has been on this earth, there has been a war going on. Few are able to realize this war is taking place even though it is obvious to everyone, if one takes the time to view it as it truly is. It is a war between our own body and the soul and spirit inside. All of us are aware of the need for the bodies we have, though frail they are, just living on this planet shows the need for these bodies.

You think to yourself, I want to go into the kitchen and get a glass of water; your mind thinks this automatically when thirst occurs. All processes of your body, come together to allow you to rise and walk, to enter the kitchen, grab a glass and fill it with water at the sink and then drink it. Thus a necessary function for survival of this body has been accomplished, water is necessary for life.

Think for one moment, how accuracy of function by every part of your body comes together to accomplish this simple task. Comparatively, build a robot to do the exact same function and you will get an idea of how difficult it really is. Now look at all the different functions that we make every hour, that require such exacting coordination and you may be able to see how wonderfully our bodies truly are. God HAD to make this possible for us otherwise we would cease to exist, rather quickly.

As I have said before, I worked in the medical field for almost 50 years and from the Vietnam War and the advanced schools, there is not a part of the body that I have not seen. As of now, I have never gone to any part of the body, looked at it, to see anything pop up and say, “Hi…I’m the soul or spirit!” Having stated that, I understand (I did NOT say I agree with it!) why many scholars and physicians, say there is a “mind” instead of calling it what it is, our “soul or spirit.”

Because of this, many of them choose to believe there is no such thing as a “soul or spirit”. Thereby, they neither believe in God or a supreme being of any kind and hold to the idea of evolution. If they were able to understand things as we born-again Christians do, they would still not find a “soul or spirit” but…they would know the Lord and understand the soul and spirit are there…by faith.

As of today, they are able to see the smallest details of every body through genetics, DNA and RNA. They understand how the body works yet they are not able to find where the first electrical impulse comes from to animate the body, and then keep it operating. They understand the chemical responses in living tissue and yet that same first electrical impulse eludes them; they are not able to duplicate a single body and keep it working. In essence, they have never found that most important and integral part, the “On Switch”.

Back at the Bar “S” now, we know how fragile these bodies of ours really are, if not, spend an hour in an emergency room some time. A person walks in, that has damaged their body and they are bleeding, talk about revolting, the experience causes many to faint and why? Blood was meant to stay inside our bodies…NEVER…outside the body, thus the revulsion to the spectacle. The situation for the person is simple: plug the hole and stop the bleeding, otherwise her or she may die.

This is essence of an emergency. All those around them, that see this, are of the same mindset and they will shy away from the presence of blood. For most it is a harrowing thing to see! Thus we see the significance of blood and as the Bible states, it is the “Lifeline of the body.” But…never once has anyone ever seen the “soul or spirit” in the blood, right? Somehow we have been conditioned to believe it is in our head, that thing that sits on your shoulders. Are you sure of that?

If we play the guitar or the piano or any other sort of instrument, we believe that ability comes from our head, yet…science has been able to show, the ability is in our neck, just below the skull called the pons and medulla oblongetta. These are truly part of the brain, called the brain stem, yet we know this is not in our head proper. We have a spinal cord, same material as the brain, yet it is not in our head, it is in our spine and the exact same thing goes with all the nerves throughout our body. So the question is, “Why do we believe we THINK with only that which is in our head?” Why do we not point at our pinky toe when we have an idea there are brain nerves there too?

Back about 150 years ago, people that did something heinous were placed in an insane asylum and there they were subjected to some very real and horrible actions. If all treatment back then, failed, the person was given a lobotomy. This action messed up the frontal cortex of the brain and rendered the person incapable of doing anything, short of dying. So, how do we know the heinous act was conceived in the brain, between the person’s two ears? Why mess up the frontal cortex? Maybe, you’re beginning to get the idea here. Even today, everyone is missing the most important part, the one thing that makes the difference in all of us.

Jeremiah 17.9: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

I have worked in Cath labs and Electrophysiology labs since their inception, from the very beginning and I have yet to find a single heart that expresses any sort of emotion or thought process. And yet, people everywhere grab their chest when they are hurt emotionally, as if that emotion was created in their heart. So there must be something else going on here, something else must be causing us to touch parts of our body, that have nothing to do with the action that has taken place.

In reference to this strange anomaly of ours, why do we think we are able to see a ghost? Is this really possible? Are we seeing a manifestation of a person, with the appearance of a body or parts it or are we fooling ourselves? Well, ask a person that is blind. They hear a footstep or they have a smell and they are able to call us by name. Does a ghost have any smell to them or a familiar walking sound?

I would like for you to Read 1 Samuel Chapter 28, the Witch of Endor counsels King Saul. Think in terms of King Sauls eternal position with the Lord, was he or was he not saved to Jesus Christ? Now, if the spirit of Samuel “came up” then Samuel was in the grave, right? That would contradict the verse 2 Corinthians 5:8:

“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”

Samuel was definitely with the Lord in heaven, therefore He would not be able to “come up” from the grave as the Witch of Endor stated. The same thing goes with us, if a we see a ghost, it is a demon that has changed itself to deceive us, the Bible is truth!

So, where is our soul or spirit? Good question, right? Now…what about our dreams? Are they only a manifestation in the extension of our bodies (think brain here) or is this something our soul or spirit experiences? Are you able to perceive a distinction here, between what is the body and what is soul and spirit? Which is more important for us…the dody…or the soul and spirit?

Evidently, the body is most important if we are simply looking at living here on earth, but then we must consider the soul and spirit, if the body is to work, right? So…the “On Switch” must be of the soul and spirit! If we look in the context of the Word of God, the soul and spirit are more important, here’s a bit of reference to that end:

Matthew 10.28: “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

It is then evident to all, no souls…no life of the body! Then in terms of “true life” we must notice that without a body, we are “Soul and Spirit”. We then see that “who” we “truly are” is our soul and spirit and that God is the only one that can destroy that part of us. This does nothing more than to define for us, that our soul and spirit are who we really are and that this physical body is nothing more than the extension of our soul and spirit.

Ah Oh! I sense some trouble bubbling up here. All those thoughts, all that thinking, was actually our spirit! Then why can’t we see it? It is not ours, that’s why! It belongs to God! Now that we understand this, suddenly we have a better understanding of how our bodies are the temple to the Lord. We now understand how “ALL” the commandments in the Bible apply to each of us on a personal level. Physically and spiritually they are one in the same thing, but still separate. Maybe now you understand why going to church is one thing (physically) and yet you could never know the Lord personally! We see this in a verse like:

John 15.5: “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

Suddenly, we see the Bible is more than just looking at our physical existence and yet the use of our bodies by us becomes more relevant, because we now see the body is to be the temple of the Lord. Now we’re in trouble! How many SINS have been committed in the body for pleasure or otherwise, and we never thought of the body and the spirit being involved together, in other words the spirit and the temple of the Lord!

How many times have we used our bodies, never once against the laws of Man, but we have decimated all the Laws of God? We used to talk about having a “finite mind,” now we know it is actually having a “finite spirit.” What does this say about all our psychological problems, you know, OCD, Bi-Polar disorder, deviant mindsets and actions? And we are going to other humans, just like you and me and thinking they can cure this? I beg to differ! These are for the Lord God Almighty to correct, not us!

Salvation…alone takes on a different color, the blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross…takes on more importance and a different color as well! We are not being saved to heaven with the bodies we have now, “We will be changed, in an instant and be ‘caught up’ with the Lord in the clouds!”

When we look at the Bible and we read, “We were made in the Image of God,” we are not talking about our physical body! God is Spirit, therefore our spirit is in HIS Image, therefore it is our spirit that we should be more concerned with, that is the part of us that will live on into eternity! Someday we all, that’s everyone ever born on this earth, will have new and “incorruptible” bodies!

So the question then is, “Where will our new body and spirit be…in heaven? Or in the depths of hell and the Lake of Fire? It is remarkable, that we are given the “free will” gift to follow Jesus Christ or not and that…in and of itself…will determine where we go eternally. New body, soul and spirit! THINK ya’ll…!!

“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”

Does anyone remember these words of the Bible, do you know where they are written? Do you want a hint? Think in terms of what is happening all around you and I today…any ideas yet? Okay…okay! It is found in Genesis 6:11-13. And it was where God was telling Noah what was about to happen─the flood. Yet, does this not represent where this world is today? Reread the verses above, does this not sound exactly like everything in this world today? It forces one to wonder what is about to take place according to the Word of God, does it not?

I have purposefully spent a great deal of time on SIN and with that, everything anyone needs to understand about salvation through Jesus Christ and HIS precious blood on the cross at Calvary. When we are able to guage the degree of SINFUL ways we are seeing today, we are able to actually get an idea of when the Lord is going to come in the Rapture. I reiterate an “IDEA” of when, NOT a date!

If we relook at that time with Noah, we see the level of violence in the world was incredible, to say the least. The abominations of the people had risen to the Lord God and HE was sorry HE had created man. This is the point where God sees Noah and his family, despite how the rest of the world had become, this family was following God. That is the entire reason God chose to enlighten Noah about what HE (God) was about to do. I must add, the people scoffed at Noah and His sons for building the Ark. YET…why did these same people NOT catch on to what was about to happen, when the animals, great and small, came in a docile manner and entered into the ARK? Do you think, because they “chose” not to follow God, that God made them stupid? Come on now! Think people…think!

How different is that day and hour, than what we see today? Is this beginning to make any sense to anyone? We know (being followers of Jesus Christ) that a time is coming that will surprise the masses beyond their comprehension. Why would they be so ignorant of the occassion of the Rapture? We know the Bible is over 3000 years old and archeologists have been able to identify relics from the days of King David, in Jerusalem today. Thereby, we know the Bible is at least over 4000 years old, because of references by these same archeologists to the existence and life of Melchizedeck! Oh Wow! These same things from Noah’s day and then compared to today’s world are about the same, minus the technology, that is. Yet we know, people are simply people, regardless of the day and times.

Our technology has allowed us to watch the spectacle in Syria, in an instant of time, that alone, should give you cause to ask, “How close is the Rapture of Jesus Christ?” Now considering all these things, does this information make you afraid…or does it cause your heart to race with joy? When thinking of this, your personal opinion is directly related to you relationship with Jesus Christ, you either have a relationship…or you don’t. Which then means, an existing relationship with Jesus Christ means you will go in the Rapture, the lack of one, you stay right here! The latter is death!

I do know there are some Christians that believe they should be in the Tribulation to prove their faith in Jesus Christ. That my friends, is pure ignorance of our Lord and Savior. HE already knows whether you are worthy of Heaven or not, remember HE is omniscient! He told us that HIS church (the true followers) were NOT meant to see the wrath of God, therefore HE will come for them and take them out of this world. Through this action, we have the “Rapture.” In Hebrew that is “Harpazo” then in Latin we have “Rapturo” and finally in English we have “Rapture.” So…it is in the Bible!

What does this mean, for you and me today? We are hip-deep in the “signs of the times…The end of times!” We have seen uphevals in earthquakes, tsunami’s, vocanic eruptions, fall of nations, famine and pestilence, drought and world hunger on a biblical level. It simply boggles my mind to think that anyone would still be questioning the veracity of the Word of God!

Then again, lets be honest here and ask the all time question… “How many have a ‘working knowledge’ of the Bible, as the Holy Word of God?” Oopsey…problem here! To have a “true working knowledge” of the Word of God, requires the “wisdom and discernment” of the Lord, which requires a relationship with the Lord God. If that realtionship is non-existent for you, you have more trouble than you will ever be able to comprehend, that is though, until you are standing before Jesus Christ, at the Great White Throne Judgement! You should feel the need to reaquaint yourself with Jesus Christ and then ask those questions again of yourself; failure or forgetfulness is NO excuse!

It is a very unfortunate situation for you, if you “forgot” or didn’t care enough, had other things you felt were more important, whatever the case may be. Failure to comply, failure to accept the gift of Jesus Christ and HIS blood on the cross, failure to understand the truth of Jesus Christ…is death…eternal! Please understand, I do NOT say this, God’s Holy Word, the Bible, says so in black and white and has done so for better than 4000 years! Now…with that securely implanted in your head…How can you miss this?

The Bible is the same as it was over 4000 years ago…and you think you have an excuse? I promise you the truth will be made known, as you stand before the Great White Throne! Jesus Christ and the angels will not have to say a thing, you will immediately KNOW your eternal destination, the Lake of Fire with the Antichrist, the False Prophet and Satan and his ilk! Know this…YOU asked for this! This is the reason the Bible says:

2 Corinthians 6.1-2: “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

This is the Word of God, talking directly to YOU!

You are able to think and say what you will, but know this: You are as subject to God Almighty, just as much as I am! Who do you think allows you to have a singular thought, an idea? You do not do this on your own, that is for sure! Jesus Christ, who is GOD, told us this:

John 15.1-7: “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”

Whoa Nelly! What was that? I can NOT do anything without you (God)? Is that what this said? That is an absolute truth! Without the Lord you are not able to take the next breath of air, much less have a singular thought! Who directs the thoughts of Barack Obama or anyone else in this world…GOD! And how many of you, are willing to look at anyone else, and then point the accusing finger? We were never put here to “judge” anyone! Each and everyone of us are “fallen”…WE have missed the mark, there is no “good” in any of us, because the Word of God says so!

Matthew 19.17: “And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Romans 3.23: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

There it is in black and white, as I have stated before. This is the truth of God’s holy Word to you and I and once we get this through our stubborn heads, we will be a millenia ahead! Somewhere along the way, probably because we are so insistent on everything for ourselves, “It’s all about ME,” we have never learned to look outside, of our own little world that we have created for ourselves! Thereby many have not come to an understanding that God is a “righteous” and “just” God!

It is true, God loves us with an everlasting love, an eternal love. BUT…what if you decide you don’t want that, that maybe, that is not enough for you right now? It means that YOU are an enemy of God! And so thinking on this, where does that mean you will stand with GOD, as you stand before the Great White Throne of God?! AH! OH!! It means YOU have been disobedient…YOU are an ENEMY of God!

Everyone that doe NOT accept the gift of Jesus Christ and has their SINS covered by HIS blood on the cross at Calvary…will definitely see the LAKE OF FIRE for all of eternity! Got a question about how long you will suffer, read this;

Revelation 14.10-11: “The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”

Again, there it is in black and white!! I am writing this and taking these verses straight out of the Holy Word of GOD! You may need to reassess your relationship with Jesus Christ…TIME IS SHORT! WE ARE IN THE “END OF DAYS!” THE RAPTURE IS VERY, VERY, CLOSE!