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are also enemies of God. 2Corinthians 6: 14-15. If therefore you are among those who are aware of what is going on in their churches, and who spend their time murmuring before God, you’d better come out immediately. By murmuring, you sin against God. After reading all this, we can only ask ourselves:

WHERE TO GO? If your desire is really to fear God, come out immediately, pray to God, and the Lord in His faithfulness will help you to find one or two other faithful Christians who fear Him, (Matthew 18:20) and together you will edify yourselves in holiness, in such a way to be ready for the Rapture. But if you are rather interested in well-structured institutions, with musical equipment, with choir’s groups and groups of praise and worship, with pastors and assistant pastors, with leaders of men, leaders of women and Sunday’s school leaders,...you will always find an excuse by saying that you do not know where to go. But, remember one thing: You are not doing harm to anybody, but to yourself. The reign of the Overcomers with the Lord is Eternal. The crown at the feet of Jesus Christ is a Reality. The choice is yours.

CAN WE KNOW WHETHER WE ARE READY? Our God in His love always reveals to us our heart, so that none will claimed to be ignorant in his wrongdoing. Even our conscience is an important tool that the Lord God has given us to call us to order, unless one has already crucified his conscience by hardening his heart. Romans 9:1; 1Timothy 1:19; 1Peter 3:16.

CONCLUSION When God looks at us (from above), and sees us attached to things that we will soon leave whether we like it or not, He considers us stupid. When He sees us more attached to men who cannot save us than to Him the Creator, He sees folly. When He sees us more attached to worldly things and to human doctrines than to His law and statutes, He pities us. Men made in God’s likeness, let us not put God to shame! Let us not push stupidity so far! Since we

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were born, have we ever seen anyone leaving this earth with anything? Why then are we so attached to perishable things? You who pretend you will be spared because you do not know, and you who play ignorant, know that each one of us has the duty to READ THE BIBLE in order to know what the Lord expects from them. If you bury your head in the sand and pretend not to see the danger, the danger will reach you. All of you “wise virgins”, you who live an Overcomer’s life, you who are set apart for the Bridegroom, rejoice, because “since you have kept Jesus Christ command to endure patiently, He will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test the Greed, the Sorcerers, and all the Abominable of the earth.” Revelation 3: 10. Come on! Beloved, let’s reason a little bit! Let’s be a bit wise, let’s open our eyes and face the truth. Since we have disobeyed and sinned against God, have we once seen God suffer the consequences of our sins? Are we not the only ones to suffer when we disobey? Are we not the ones who spend sleepless nights when we disobey God? Why is it so difficult to understand? How long dear friends do we need to understand that the throne of God is an eternal throne that never changes, and that it is for our own benefit that God asks us to put His word into practice? We do not fear God to please God, but to save our own soul. God does not need to be saved. God will never go to Hell because of our sins. God will not be the One to suffer great tribulation if we miss the rapture. Selfish as we are, let’s do good to ourselves by fearing God. Jesus Christ is Lord, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Some will confess it while dancing, and others while weeping. To end up, let’s meditate together on this passage of Luke 18:8. “When the Son of Man comes, will HE find faith on the earth?” May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you !

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THE RAPTURE: HOW TO BE READY It is one thing to know that the Rapture of the Church by Jesus Christ is in the next few days, and it is another thing to know how to prepare for that event. In our previous newsletter, the volume 2 entitled “What will soon happen: the Rapture”, which explained the Rapture, it came out that the only condition to fulfil in order to be “caught up” is to be ready. And from the readers’ reactions, the same question arose: How to be ready? The preparation for the Rapture is therefore an important subject, all the more important when considering the number of Christians who, by ignorance, think they are ready for the Rapture. Surprise? Yes SURPRISE! That’s the appropriate word to describe what will be the reaction of many “Christians” after the Rapture. In consideration of the importance of this subject, we found it pertinent to dedicate this newsletter to it.

WILL ALL CHRISTIANS BE RAPTURED? We wish it was the case, alas! There are so many today, those who believe they will be Raptured, because they are Christians. What does the Bible say? The parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:113 show how serious the Lord is. When studying this scripture, one understand that God does not play. The passage speak about the virgins, that means people who are pure. And we are surprised to realise that some of those virgins, because of their negligence, were left behind. The first letter to the Churches in Revelation 2,

that means the letter addressed to the Church of Ephesus, help us to understand how tough the selection will be. If one were to compare the Church in Ephesus to what we today call “church”, one would say that the Church in Ephesus was a perfect Church. And on this, we challenge all “churches”: All of you “churches”, compare your deeds with those of the Church in Ephesus, and you will see that you are everything except a Church. Is it possible today to find a Church which cannot tolerate wicked men? Because of the greed of the leaders of the “churches”, one can settle in a “church” today, provided they give a lot of tithes and offerings. And even if one can find by chance some “churches” that cannot tolerate wicked men, it will not be a surprise at all to realise that only poor wicked men are expelled from the “church”, those whose tithes and offerings do not worth much. If we consider only this one of many deeds of the Church in Ephesus, we will surely understand that it is by mistake that we talk about Church at this beginning of the 21st century. And when we realise that Ephesians were doing even better, and that at the end God held something against them, we’d better question ourselves. Amongst what we today call “churches”, some are serving money, others are serving men, others are serving institutions, and still others are serving mother churches. What an abomination! And in the middle of all this, one believes to be amongst

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those who will be raptured. How foolish! Know that Jesus Christ is coming to take Overcomers and not Christians. There are millions of Christians on earth today, but just few Overcomers. The other Christians will remain on earth after the rapture, and they are those who will be conquered by the antichrist as said in Revelation 13: 7. Know it before it’s too late, that the rapture is for Overcomers. “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7. We learn from this passage that if you sow greed, pride, and compromise, you will reap great tribulation; and if you sow the fear of God, holiness, and faithfulness, you will reap the New Jerusalem. “And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinner?” 1Peter 4: 18; “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22: 14. Now that it is clear that not all Christians will be raptured, let us go through what can hinder the election, and how to avoid them.

GREED: AN IDOLATRY It is not in vain that the Lord Jesus Christ said that “No man can serve God and money” Matthew 6: 24. It is because there are two great Gods, Jesus Christ Himself, and money. Money is a god, a great god, though dead, who unfortunately is more worshipped than the Living God Jesus Christ. The Gospel of this generation has become the gospel of money. Some crazy people have already specialised as preachers of ‘prosperity’. You find today many demented preachers, who go round with pre-printed envelopes, in which Christians should put money if they have prayer topics, or if they want to receive some miracles. And blind “Christians” who no longer want to put God’s word into practice, and who no longer want to carry their cross, by living in holiness and by relying on God every day, as Jesus commanded, but who prefer easiness by seeking shortcut, follow them. You therefore “Christians” who run after those merchants of illusions who promise prosperity (2Peter 2:1-22), we remind you that the only secret of prosperity and success is found in Joshua 1: 8; Psalms 1: 1-3, and Matthew 6: 33. If you travel round the whole world, you’ll hardly find a Church who expels greedy people from among them. All of you churches, you’d better delete the passage of 1Corinthiens 5:11-13 from your Bibles. There are many people in churches today whose hearts are full of love of money, but they are there, occupying honourable seats. What an abomination! And even some carnal Christians, to back their greed up, keep on babbling that “silver and gold belong to

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our God”. Others support their foolishness by arguments such as: “a Christian must be rich; if a Christian is in rags and tatters and preach the gospel, no one will listen to him.” You blind people! How long shall it take you to understand that, it is only the Holy Spirit who touches hearts, and not the useless riches you indulge in. Let’s look at what the word of God says: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,…”Mat. 6:19. “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15. “SELL YOUR POSSESSIONS and give them to the poor..”. Luke 12:33. “In the same way, any of you who does not give up EVERYTHING he has CANNOT be my disciple.” Luke 14:33. “All the believers were together and had everything in common. SELLING their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” Acts 2: 44-45. “…but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get RICH fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction…” 1Timothy 6:6-10. “Keep your lives free from the love of money and BE CONTENT with what you have, because God has said: never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. Go through ‘churches’, watch the leaders after a service, they all rush towards the tithes and offerings’ boxes, in order to discover the amount of the turnover. Discuss with some church leaders during the week, you will find out that their main concern is to know why the amount of tithes of this week is less than what they had the week before. Catch some pastors, and ask them the amount of tithes and offerings of the last five Sundays, they will give an answer in few seconds. Ask them the last time they meditated on their Bible, they won’t know. They still have in store the old notes they received from Bible schools and Bible colleges. Today, in Christian’s jargon, there is no such sin as greed: it is pitiful!

REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! You who think that you are a Christian because you attend a church, and all of you who are happy with the fact that you have been baptised in water, you who rejoice because you speak in tongues and prophesy, and you also who deceive yourselves because you preach, or because you are elders in the “church”, you who are blinded by titles such as

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deacons, leaders of the choir or leaders of praise and worship, you who are trapped by the titles of leadership, you who are proud because you are one of those who “founded” the “church”, and all of you whose assurance is based on the number of years spent “in the faith”, we remind you that Lot’s wife who was happy to be among those who were saved, did not escape. Be careful! You who cling to titles, know that no title will justify you before God. Stop compromising and become a Christian before it’s too late. Matthew 7: 13-23. Some proud wander from Church to Church, seeking where they can be given the title of pastor or any other title they covet. Others walk round with their CV in order to negotiate the position they held in their previous “church-enterprise”. You who seek your own glory under the pretext of seeking God’s: You Fools! Who told you that one can deceive God? Examine your hearts, rebellious peoples, and repent before it’s too late. God knows you. He knows the wicked and dishonest intentions of your hearts. Stop pretending, and become real with God. Hebrews 4: 13. You who remain in dustbins to safeguard human relations, know that God honours those who honour Him. 1Sam. 2: 30 and you who do not want to come out from corrupt groups for fear that you will be disgraced, be fully aware that in the next few days you will be disgraced. Meditate on Mat. 10:32-39. Some callous people with perverted heart are not happy to see their brothers succeed, and they spend their time praying for their brothers’ misfortune. They are not ashamed to use the time God gives them, to pray that what happened to Elimelech (Ruth 1:1-3), should also happen to their brothers. And with a heart so full of jealousy, malice and pride, they still think they are Christians. 1John 2: 9; 1John 3:15. Stop deceiving yourselves with the number of years spent “in faith”. Expose your wicked hearts to God in other to be forgiven. Otherwise you will not escape.

COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM You who keep on hardening your heart, we remind you that you will have NO excuse before God. If you did not know it before, praise the Lord! You do know it now. Know that you have the duty and responsibility to come out from all the rots that they today call by aberration church.. “Therefore COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6: 17. And if you are among those who prefer to stay there and grumble, know that you will not be spared.

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You who are still in those sects where they put some drops of water on people’s heads by way of baptism, come out immediately. Baptism is by immersion, that means into water, in the name of Jesus Christ. (We emphasise in the name of JESUS CHRIST because there are some sects who baptise into water, but in other names like the sect of Mormons who baptise into water, but in the name of Joseph Smith, even though they mention the name of Jesus Christ to catch people napping). Matthew 3:6; Romans 6:1-4; Colossians 2: 12. You who are in those rots with women as pastors, come out immediately. You blind people! Open your eyes and see! Read your Bible! God has strictly forbidden women from having authority over men. 1Timothy 2: 12. You also find some rubbish where the pastor’s wife is also assistant pastor herself. What an abomination! There are “churches” where you find people who are untouchable and protégés. People are respected either because they belong to the family of the pastor, or are relatives of the “founder” of the church, or president of the “church”, or because they are known as those who “finance” the church. If you are in such dustbin, come out quickly. God does not show partiality. James 2: 9. There are churches where marriage has become a joke, where people can marry, divorce and remarry. If you find yourselves in such social clubs, come out. Mark 10: 2-12. There are churches where they accept people who live together without being married. If you belong to one of those dens of vice or houses of prostitution, come out. Ephesians 5: 5-7. If you are in churches who give account to mother churches, or who depend on mother churches, or who are submitted to mother churches, or who are administered by mother churches, come out. You find no where in the Bible such relations as mother churches-daughter churches. There are churches where people accept to cohabit with sorcerers, come out from all dens of sorcery. Come out quickly from all the dustbins. If you don’t want to come out, stay there. In the next few days, you will understand. As a matter of fact, you are warned. How great is the number of Christians who spend their time today grumbling because of what is going on in their “church”. Many are even discouraged. If you are aware of the fact that your leaders are playing with God, you no longer have an excuse before God. Know that those who play with God are enemies of God, and those who associate with enemies of God

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