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Posted on 08/16/2025 4:08:00 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I can’t sing worth a flip, but several years ago, I agreed to preach at a small church for at least two Sundays. When I showed up, I was told the church didn’t have a song leader or a piano player, and the preacher always leads the singing. I told the congregation I couldn’t sing and asked for a volunteer. No one would do it, so I did.
When I went back the next Sunday, the Church had hired a song leader and a piano player.
Even though I can’t sing, there are some songs that I really like (Midnight Cry; Days of Elijah; The King is Coming; Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold This Body Down; Sorry I Never Knew You; The Last Sunday; etc.).
Here are some of the words to The Last Sunday by The Cathedrals:
The last Sunday, The last Sunday… Missus Jones does her knitting in the rocker by the window, As she watches kids at play across the street.
Down the road and not too far, sitting at the corner bar, Mr. Daley buys a drink for Mrs. Sweet.
While at 34th and Vine, in the car at the stop sign, Are the Smiths on their way to Sunday School.
They both wave to Mr. Groat, who is bringing out his boat He’ll be staying at the lake a day or two
At a church near Valley Station, The preacher tells the congregation About social acts and war and civil rights
While many in the subdivision Sit and watch the television Hoping that their favorite ball game wins the fight
The Last Sunday in Pleasant Valley township A trumpet sounds, and the clouds all roll away They all were warned, but they just did not believe it The last Sunday, Jesus Christ has come again The last Sunday, the last Sunday
The Bible says in Matthew 24 “But as the days of Noah were, So shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days that were before the flood They were eating and drinking, Marrying and giving in marriage Until the day that Noah entered into the ark And knew not until the flood came, And took them all away. So shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. Then shall two be in the fields The one shall be taken, the other left. Two women shall be grinding in the mill The one shall be taken and the other left. Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”
The last Sunday, The last Sunday… (etc., repeat).
We don’t know when we will have our last Sunday, but it is coming, and it could be soon.
What will we do on the last Sunday of the Church Age: go to a bar, go to a lake, watch a ballgame, go to Church, etc.?
None of these things will save us, but our last Sunday will come by death or the Rapture, and we desperately need to be ready.
Here are some recent current events that seem to indicate that it could be soon:
One, concerning the Israel-Hamas war: on Aug. 7, 2025, it was reported that a decisive majority of Israel’s Knesset approved Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu’s plan to do five things:
Disarm Hamas. Return all of the living and dead hostages. Demilitarize Gaza. Assume security control of the Strip. Create an alternative civil administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. (More: On Aug. 8, 2025, several members of the UN Security Council requested an urgent meeting (on Aug. 9) to discuss Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.)
(Note: As I understand it, Israel’s goal is not to permanently occupy Gaza; it is to root out and destroy Hamas and replace Hamas and the PA with a government that will accept the existence of Israel.)
(Update: On Aug 10, 2025, Netanyahu said Israel’s mission is not to seize the territory but to free it from the grip of Hamas. He promised to dismantle the terrorist group’s rule and secure a future in which Gazans can live free from fear, oppression, and the violence of jihad.)
(Update: On Aug. 11, 2025, Pres. Trump said Hamas can’t stay in Gaza.)
(Update: Netanyahu said he will not negotiate on any more partial hostage release deals. He will only negotiate on a deal to return all of the hostages.)
Two, concerning the threat of radical Islam, on Aug. 7, 2025, it was reported that Charles Asher Small, founding director and president of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), said,
The Muslim Brotherhood is a century-old reactionary Islamist movement whose goal is to complete the work of Adolf Hitler and kill Jews and destroy the state of Israel. It’s just as interested in waging war on the West. To that end, it has spawned the Hamas terrorist movement and, with the financial assistance of Qatar, is also spreading its influence in the West. Small believes the U.S. and Canada are not paying enough attention to the way foreign funders and supporters of terrorism are infiltrating into North America.
Three, concerning Turkey (a Muslim nation that will align with Russia, Iran and others in a latter years and latter days attack on Israel called the Battle of Gog of Magog): on Aug. 9, 2025, Turkey’s Foreign Min. said Muslim nations must act in unison and rally international opposition against Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.
Four, concerning the sacrifice of a red heifer: it has been reported that Byron Stinson (the Texas businessman and rancher who raised the five perfect red heifers that were moved to Israel) said Israel sacrificed a perfect red heifer on July 1, 2025.
Stinson urged people to recognize that this has taken place.
(My opinion: I don’t know if the ashes will be used to purify priests to rebuild and serve at a third Temple or not, but I am skeptical. Nevertheless, I have long believed that the third Temple will be rebuilt early in the Tribulation Period, the Rapture is imminent, and imminent means that the Rapture can happen at any time without warning.)
(Update: On Aug. 11, 2025, it was reported that Byron Stinson said the good news is, we do have more pure heifers in Texas. So, in God’s time, this – a rebuilt Temple – will all happen. It is written. So it will happen.)
Five, concerning deceit at the end of the age: on Aug. 7, 2025, Frontpage Magazine reported that French Pres. Emanuel Macron “publicly claims to oppose antisemitism, but he permits Hamas propaganda on university campuses, grants platforms to intellectuals advocating for boycotts of Israel, and cooperates with Islamist coalitions embedded in France’s educational, judicial, and security institutions.”
(More: On Aug. 9, 2025, U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio said the ceasefire talks with Hamas fell apart on the day Macron made the unilateral decision that he’s going to recognize the Palestinian state. And then you have other people come forward, other countries say, ‘Well, if there’s not a ceasefire by September, we’re [also] going to recognize a Palestinian state.)
(My opinion: A few prophecy teachers think Macron could be the coming deceiver that is called the Antichrist. He definitely seems to have a problem with the truth.)
Six, concerning perilous times and the Islamic effort to create a global Islamic caliphate on earth: on Aug. 9, 2025, The Jerusalem Post published an opinion piece by Catherine Perez-Shakdam that is very interesting.
Here is just a small part of what she said:
In attacking Israel, Europe has quite possibly mortgaged its own future. The self-sabotage is breathtaking. What was once called a terrorist is now a “militant.” What was once hostage-taking is now “armed struggle.” What was once mass rape is “resistance.” In turning on Israel, it did not become more moral – it became more vulnerable. In refusing to name Islamism as a threat, it did not become more tolerant – it became less free. In alienating the Jews, it did not become more inclusive – it became more ignorant. And the caliphate, if it is declared, will not weep over Europe’s museums and libraries. It will thank them for their silence. Here is a link to the entire article.
Europe’s silence on radical Islam may lead to its collapse | The Jerusalem Post
Seven, concerning the Two-State Solution: on Aug. 11, 2025, Australia announced that it will recognize a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly Meeting on Sept. 22-23 of this year.
Israel’s Prime Min. Netanyahu said:
The Palestinians are not about creating a state—they’re about destroying a state. The real reason that this conflict persists is not because of the absence of a Palestinian state, but the persistent Palestinian refusal to recognize a Jewish state in any boundary. Netanyahu called the actions of Australia and Europe shameful.
(My opinion: Dividing Israel and creating a Palestinian State with its capital in Jerusalem is self-sabotage or suicide because God said He will cut the nations into pieces for doing that; Zech. 12:1-3. Also, as I understand it, the General Assembly recommendation will have to be approved by the UN Security Council, and I doubt that Pres. Trump will do that.)
Eight, concerning the Two-State Solution and a UN General Assembly of a Palestinian State: on Aug. 11, 2025, The Jerusalem Post published an article by Mathilda Heller titled “What does recognizing a Palestinian state mean, and does it change anything on the ground? – analysis.”
Among other things, Heller said:
>International recognition of a Palestinian state does not automatically lead to the state’s creation.
>International law regarding the creation of a state is generally based on the Montevideo Convention of 1933.
>This lists four specific criteria in order for something to qualify as a state: First, it must have a permanent population. Second, it must have a defined territory. Third, a government. And fourth, the capacity to enter into relations with other states.
>Palestine does not necessarily meet all of these four criteria. While it is generally considered to have a permanent population, it doesn’t have a stable government (the Palestinian Authority has only limited control over the West Bank and no control over Gaza) and has disputed borders.
>An agreement would have to be reached over Jerusalem. Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its capital, while Palestinians believe East Jerusalem to be theirs.
>The U.S. can veto the recognition of a Palestinian State in the UN Security Council (and that is probably going to happen), but a future U.S. government might vote for it.
Here is a link to the article and additional information.
What does recognizing a Palestinian state really mean? | The Jerusalem Post
Nine, concerning the Two-State Solution: on Aug. 13, 2025, Israel’s Foreign Min. said the Two-State Solution would be the end of Israel.
He argued that creating a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with its capital in eastern Jerusalem, would endanger Israel’s major population centers and leave the country with “indefensible” boundaries.
(My understanding: A Palestinian State would have the right to have a military – army with tanks, air force with planes and bombs, etc. – and Israel cannot allow that on their borders. Just know that no weapon formed against Israel will prosper.)
Ten, concerning the coming global economic collapse (the Rider on the Black Horse; Rev. 6:5-6): America’s national debt has just passed 37 trillion dollars, and it continues to rise fast.
Some experts believe Pres. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and tax cuts will cause it to accelerate.
(My opinion: The collapse of America’s economy will trigger a global collapse.)
Eleven, concerning the Days of Noah and an increase in wickedness at the end of the age: on Aug. 11, 2025, Pres. Trump took control of the Washington, DC police in a crackdown on crime, homelessness, and drug abuse.
Trump sent in 850 federal agents on Monday and 800 National Guard troops on Tuesday.
Twelve, concerning an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters at the end of the age: on Aug. 12, 2025, Chattanooga, TN. received 6.4 in. of rain in one day (some areas received 2 in. of rain in one hour).
This was the second wettest day on record for the city since records began in 1879.
Three people died, and one is missing.
FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).
Finally, are you Rapture Ready?
If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.
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Maranatha!!!
(Two-State Solution)
Will likely lead (IMHO) to
7 Years of ‘Peace and Security’
Well said. When you repent of your sins, asking Jesus to forgive you and to be your personal savior, it’s a “Come as you are” moment. You need not prepare yourself or “clean” yourself up or even dress in your Sunday Best. Jesus will take you as you are, where you are.
And Jesus always says, “Yes!” He doesn’t equivocate or require anything else. And He never takes it back.
This is your opportunity to make this day the first day of the rest of your life, your eternal life with Jesus and God, as by saying Yes you will become Born Again. It’s as simple as that. Don’t let this moment pass you by.
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Maranatha
Amen!! ✝️✝️✝️
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Amen!
Of course He meets us where we are. The fact is we are where we are because we haven’t met Him yet!
Small believes the U.S. and Canada are not paying enough attention to the way foreign funders and supporters of terrorism are infiltrating into North America.
He is so right. Somehow we have been hoodwinked into believing that we need to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and that if we are realistic and act or treat everyone as if they're not as evil as they are, we are the bad guys.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Recognizing the truth of a situation is not being the bad guy. But the bully, who causes the problems uses false accusations to manipulate us into backing down and giving them their own way.
The problem is..... appeasement NEVER works.
A revelation to me was that God WANTS to save us. He isn’t up there waiting for us to slip up so He can zap us to hell.
And salvation He OFFERS to us. We don’t have to come groveling and begging for Him to save us.
He has done everything possible for us to be forgiven and saved but will not force anyone to take His offer.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
I, too believe the signs of the end times are upon us. But as far as the rapture is concerned, I’m beginning to wonder if the Rapture will not be the actual taking of the Christian’s body, but will be that Christians will simply go home to be with the LORD, as in dying. Jesus did say, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered”, when the disciples asked where this taking away takes place. (Luke 17:34-35. In Matthew 24:39, He compares it to Noah’s day, when all were taken away by the flood, IOW, died. Just a thought; either way, we must all make sure to be ready.
Amen! We attend a church whose denomination has traditionally preached fear. Years ago, it was if women cut their hair, wore slacks, wore makeup, or if men wore short sleeves, or if anyone went to a movie or watched tv, let alone drank or smoked, they were going to Hell if they didn’t repent and stop those behaviors. (Fwiw, I don’t think it’s good to smoke or get drunk). Of course, except for drinking, they no longer preach against the other things, above. But they still preach fear. Our Sunday school lesson last week, which is prepared by denominational headquarters, was about Christians who would be left behind in the Rapture. Christians. I’ve asked the LORD to show me if that’s possible, because to me, our job is to believe on the LORD Jesus Christ and Him crucified, i.e., His work, and to be obedient. Jesus is the One who does the saving. We cannot save ourselves, no matter how good we try to be. It is all Jesus. Every single one of us, saved or unsaved, sins. But we who are saved, have an Advocate with the Father, who EVER lives to make intercession for us. But, just like with a lot a people in other churches, we love the pastor and the people, and the Spirit of the LORD moves in our midst, but we won’t become members of that denomination.
Bkmk
Should’ve sung “Hallelujah “
It sings itself
Thanks dear mm!
Isn’t it wonderful when we have an insight that we believe we received from God
, to have it affirmed so strongly by His Word!
Thank you so much for posting those scriptures.
Building each other up in our precious faith. Hard to imagine anything more important in these days we find ourselves in.
Grace and peace to you and all who call on His name.
Amen "God is not willing that any should perish..."
Luke 12:32 “be not afraid little flock, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom “
Salvation isn't works based and I don't believe the rapture is either. If Christians can be left in the rapture, based on their works, as I see it it's the same mentality as those who say that Christians will go to hell if they don't (fill in the blank).
OF course, no Christian goes to hell based on works, because hell is what we're saved from. If we can go to hell on the basis of our works, then we weren't saved and salvation is not by faith, but works.
I'll ask the Lord for verses to support that, but at the moment, it's pretty late and the mind is still asleep.
Well that’s the way I feel, but I’m researching. I know Paul is always warning about damnation, and he’s writing to Christians, but I don’t see the same from the four gospels of Jesus. OTOH, Jesus is talking to the “church” in the beginning of Revelation. I’m confused.
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