This week I sat for my "Skippers Ticket". What's that you ask? Well, where I live, if you wish to operate a powered boat, you need to pass a written examination, and then go out on the water with an assessor, and successfully demonstrate your ability to perform nine or so procedures. You are given two practice runs for each procedure, and then you are assessed. Any verbal or practical errors on each procedure, and it's game over aaaaaand back to the boat shed.

It was a nerve wracking encounter. Plus, I had to have eyes in the back of my head, as there were boats everywhere this particular day. This was ok, because most of the time I'm sure the assessor thought I was speaking out the back of my head as well. I had never actually driven a boat proper before, so it was a very steep learning and testing curve on the day.

Anyway, after three and a half hours of jangling my nerves and terrifying sea animals and other innocent boaters, I PASSED. With my heart rate slowly returning to normal, and my assessor well pleased with himself for managing to go the distance with an idiot in the boat, we headed back to the marina. More relaxed now, we began talking.

He explained that he was sending his children to a Christian school. So, I asked him if he was a Christian. His answer was that he believed he was a Christian (which was open to debate) but many Christian fundamentalists at the school where he took his children didn't regard him as a Christian, AND SO REFUSED to talk to him. I was appalled.

But you know, this is all too common. In fact, most of my adult life, many so called Christians have refused to have much to do with me. Why? Because I have played in bands professionally, been involved with non Christian musicians who had a very worldly lifestyle, had homosexual friends, liked a beer or glass of wine, enjoyed loud music and going to a pub to hear good musicians, never have gone to church every week, and often befriended those others considered oddballs or weirdos. I was even thought of as possibly being a homosexual myself, or a carousing, womanising friend of dubious characters. Still am in fact, by some.

The truth is, most of my best friends have been non Christians. The best times I have had, have been with non Christians. The biggest laughs I have had, have been with non Christians. The most loyal friends I have had, have been non Christians. Most of the more simple, giving and nice people I have known, have been non Christians. I'm not advocating reverse snobbery here, just telling you MY experiences.

Don't get me wrong. I am eternally grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ for saving me and I look forward to spending eternity with Him. I am forever glad I am a Christian and I don't advocate lifestyles contrary to God's guidelines, but I have spent hours praying to the Lord to save my non Christian friends, selfishly motivated by the desire to spend eternity with them, rather than the many self righteous Christians I know. The truth is, I am no better than any other Christian, and no better than any other non Christian. Neither are you.

So, to all those perfectly precious pious people out there, next time you go waltzing down the street thinking how superior and holy you are because you are a Christian, pitying those sinners you are secretly glad to have on the other side of the road, ....don't.

You're the ones to be pitied.

(....Keygar)

Once upon a time....When I was beaten by all of my foes

When I was weeping with demons around

As I gave up and cried in despair

I noticed a figure standing there

Slowly but slowly He lifted me up

And gave me refreshment from out of His cup

And break of His body for me to eat

And set me back on my feet

It was Jesus my saviour, He was there all along

He washed me and fed me and gave me a song



When I was hurting from all of their blows

When I was aching from their cruel demands

As I began to let go of my soul

I noticed a pair of nail scarred hands

Slowly but slowly He lifted me up

And gave me refreshment from out of His cup

And break of His body for me to eat

And set me back on my feet

It was Jesus my saviour, He was there all along

He washed me and fed me and gave me a song



While I was fighting those thoughts of despair

While I was pushing those devils away

When I came close to ending it all

I heard a kind voice from somewhere

Slowly but slowly He lifted me up

And gave me refreshment from out of His cup

And break of His body for me to eat

And set me back on my feet

It was Jesus my saviour, He was there all along

He washed me and fed me and gave me a song



As I had finished the race I had run

As I lay fighting for life as I knew

While I did glimpse a blinding white light

I noticed a person clothed in white

Slowly but slowly He lifted me up

And gave me refreshment from out of His cup

And break of His body for me to eat

And set me back on my feet

It was Jesus my saviour, He was there all along

He washed me and fed me and gave me a song


( Thanks again Yeshua.... Keygar )

One of the major benefits of being a bible believing, prophecy studying Christian is.....knowing.

Ask most people in the street where they think humans came from and they'll sort of shrug and say "I dunno, I guess we came from monkeys didn't we, some big explosion, I'm not sure. Who cares anyway".

Ask the average person if they believe in life after death, and they'll look a bit uncomfortable and say, "I dunno for sure, yeah, I guess there might be, but anyway, I'll be with my friends below heh heh, and we'll all drink together and have a laugh. Maybe we just die and that's it."

Ask the average bloke down the road what they think is on the political or economic horizon and they'll say, "Oh, who knows, you can't trust those politicians you know, but perhaps the economy will pick up. I'm sure the middle east will sort itself out, I hope, and things might get back to normal in time."

Ask someone if they think there'll be another world war and they'll say, "Well, I certainly hope not, but who knows. It only takes one trigger happy politician and boom eh? I guess time will tell."

Be glad and grateful you are a Christian if you are one. Next time someone asks sarcastically, "So you are a Christian eh? What makes you better off than me?", you can put your hand up and say.......

"I know."



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

Where I live, school children are currently on holidays. They are everywhere, like grains of sand swirling around in a strong wind. And like grains of sand, they seem to get anywhere and everywhere, and the discomfort they can cause is also similar to grains of sand, as any beach goer will know.

Recently I have witnessed several amusing episodes of children throwing fits in shopping centres because they can't have what they are screaming for, while their poor bedraggled mothers stare upwards red faced and embarrassed seeking either divine help or hoping to turn invisible. Of course, the inept social engineers have now made it a crime to smack or even scold, so the parents of such monsters have to resort to bribery, trickery, hapless smiles or simply just resign themselves to a migraine.

The miniature perpetrators of course fear none of this, and scream even louder till in order to avoid eviction, the parents usually give in with a mutually agreed upon slight reduction in the child's demands, just to retain a transparent veil of authority over their loud lunged offspring.

As Christians however, we find God has not been got at by the fools the world puts forward as smart, and He not only does not bow to our demands, but also takes the rod of correction to us as well. We can demand healing, prosperity, spiritual gifts, signs and wonders and whatever, till we tear all the relevant verses out of the bible, but God will take no heed.

He will instead, if our hearts are actually in the right place to begin with, discipline, shape, purge, bend and twist us till we are no longer like the miniature loud lunged perpetrators of shopping centre mayhem, but instead, we are selfless, humble, quiet, faith filled givers of ourselves and our resources to others. So next time we get through demanding this and that from God, we may as well assume the position and bend over because........

correction is afoot!

( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

I used to play in a country and western band at one of the leading entertainment hotels in the state where I live. It was great fun. The interaction between us musicians and the crowd was very satisfying and I do on occasions miss those days, especially the camaraderie and being part of a team presenting a product that the people wanted and enjoyed.

Every time we played at this venue, there was a lady off to one side of the dance floor in a wheel chair, accompanied by a friend and helper. This lady was a gifted maker of quality leather products and had permission to sell them from her wheel chair when ever bands were playing and the crowds were there.

One evening between brackets, I wandered down to see if she had some nice leather wallets for sale. I was delighted to find an exquisitely embossed and extremely strongly stitched wallet and purchased it. It went on to last me years and I was always happy to take it out of my pocket and just look at it and feel its quality. But oddly enough, very few people bought these wonderful leather goods from this lady. I believe because she was in a wheelchair, many people were for one reason or another loathe to approach her. It must have frustrated her enormously knowing she had a quality product to sell at a very reasonable price, but no customers.

Eventually I noticed she no longer would show up at the venue and it saddened me. There were we, selling our music that lasted only an evening, receiving praise and warmth from the crowd, and there was she, having tried to sell products that lasted a lifetime which nobody would buy, and finding it no longer even worth while trying.

Years later, I find myself in the same frustrating predicament as that lovely lady in the wheel chair. I look around and see that millions are visiting and buying from websites selling songs and memorabilia associated with today's stars of music and entertainment, while comparatively, almost none are coming to my internet store where I am not selling, but giving away information on how to obtain eternal life and peace and joy, products that last forever, but which so few want.

Often, I feel like just not showing up like that talented lady, like taking my product and just locking it up in my shed and forgetting about it. But something keeps me going. Is it a noble thing like the prompting of the Holy Spirit, or is just stubbornness on my part and a proud refusal to admit defeat? Or is it a determination to fight the good fight and finish the race as the apostle Paul admonished us to do? To be quite honest, I just don't know. My motives are questionable at the best of times. As I look at my store ledger, I see there have been very few sales lately, and even fewer enquiries. Oh well, must press on.

There's always next week.



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

In this new year, will we see the middle east erupt into nuclear war? Will Syria carry out it's threats to wipe out Tel Aviv? Will Iran procure a nuclear weapon if it hasn't already? Will the rapture of the church occur plunging the world into chaos setting it up for the appearance of the antichrist? Will the U.S. president keep dancing to the tunes piped by the world's financial elite? Will Israel go it alone and take out Iran's nuclear development sites? Will anti-Semitism continue to rear it's ugly head from the media all the way up to the united nations? Answer.....who knows?

Here in Australia, will the general "duh" population wake up to the fairytale of the carbon tax? Will it become obvious that this country is being led by a "green" homosexual with same sex marriage one of his main aims, whilst a gullible prime minister follows him for the sake of power? Will a politician with some real understanding of the games the U.N and U.S.A. are playing with them, emerge? Will the gods of Australia continue to be money, sport, sex and booze, or will a genuine spiritual awakening occur? Will Aussie television get any sillier, boring, ruder, cruder and uninforming? Answer.....who knows?

Will the euro fly out the door like a burst balloon? Will the American dollar finally fall through the trapdoor prepared for it? Will there be more bank runs and share market collapses or will there emerge a way out of the financial glue pot? Will gold continue its bull run or will those holding large amounts see it melt through their fingers? Will property values continue to fall as many homeowners now see their assets running behind their debts trying to catch up? Will a new world wide economic order emerge, or even a new world currency? Answer.....who knows?

Will we finally make contact with "extra terrestrials" and will people get sucked into the subsequent deception? Will earthquakes and freakish weather continue to increase? Will lawlessness and violence increase? Closer to home, will we find a way to stop roaming packs of youths whose main utterances are "can you give me some money" or "huh", from vandalising everything in sight? Will old people continue to get beaten and murdered in their own homes? Answer.....who knows?

So, in summary, considering all of the above questions and scenarios, who DOES know all the answers?.........

God only knows.

 
( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

Most people have at one time or another heard about Jesus Christ, or heard the name at least. But the majority just assume He was a historical character who had fanciful stories made up about Him, and that He isn't really much more important than the bloke down the street these days. They certainly don't read the bible to try and learn more. It would interfere with their internet surfing time or their TV watching.

Besides, evolution and even the vatican's acceptance of extraterrestrial life have pretty much proved that the bible is just full of imaginative stories with a few cool ideas about being nice to each other. So it really doesn't matter that Jesus actually claimed to be God, or that He talked about a place of horrible punishment for those that ignore Him, because they are just myths. Besides, the ones who talk about Jesus and all that on TV are crooks. Some have even gone to jail. Religion and Jesus stuff is just a scam to rip you off.

As for sin, what a joke. If it isn't hurting anyone else, just do what you like. What's the big deal. Sin is just a scary old concept made up to frighten people and control them. Forget it. That's all in the past. We can put men on the moon now. We have computers, iPhones, iPads, laptops, 3d TV's, and cars that talk to you. All that Jesus and sin stuff is way behind us. We've moved on.

And so the world in general has rejected Jesus Christ and what He said in the bible. That's ok, you can do that. Jesus won't stop you. But there's something in particular that Jesus said that may be of interest. Look it up for yourself if you want. Of course if He's dead, it doesn't matter what He said. But Jesus told those who went looking for his body after He was killed that He was no longer dead, and that He was in fact returning to heaven where He came from.

So let's just assume for a moment that He is alive right now and look at this one other thing that He said. It's in Matthew chapter 10, verse 33. To sum it up, He said this, "If you reject me, I'll eventually reject you". Now if this is true..........

guess who comes off second best?



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

In this age of rebellion, perversion, apathy, dumbing down, lawlessness and lunacy, the latest truth to be called a lie by the intellectually challenged who feed and instruct the other mentally miniaturised hordes, is the bible testimony that Jesus Christ was born to a virgin. There are two types of people in the world. Those who take the bible seriously and those, including many deluded folk who mistakenly think they are Christians, who don't.

In the book of Luke, it's made abundantly clear that an angel appeared to Mary, A VIRGIN, and told her she was going to have a baby. Tough to understand I know, but there you have it. Yet most teachers and students in seminaries don't believe it. God help us, and more urgently, them.

One theory put forward by apostate teachers about the virgin birth is that Mary was raped, and then suppressed the memory. My theory is that such ideas come from people whose intellect has been raped and their minds have subsequently suppressed reason. Others quote verses out of context to prove their argument that Mary was not a virgin, a common and now almost boring practice by the faithless these days.

Others say that the original Hebrew word "almah" can mean virgin or young maiden, so it MUST mean young maiden here. Right, that's logical. So if a cow can be black or brown, then it must be brown. That's real good teaching. Let's ignore the fact that the word used here has been translated "virgin" since the third century before Christ was born.

With the abandonment of scholastic excellence in seminaries and schools these days, it's no wonder most students can't spell or put a sentence together. But they do have marvellous piercings.

The best defence against those who discredit the bible and it's message, is to study it for one's self and see what liars and deceivers they really are.

Nothing changes the facts that God came to earth from heaven, was miraculously born to a virgin named Mary, and that He came to save a lost world, including the spiritually barren who teach and believe otherwise. In rejecting the plain truths about Jesus staring them in the face, they have rejected Jesus Himself.

What will you do?



( A HAPPY and HOLY Christmas to you all..... Keygar )

Sharing our faith with others, commonly known as "witnessing", is a crucial component and activity of our belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins. Christians can "witness" in many ways. From handing out welcome newsletters to visitors as they come through the church doors, to preaching on television to an audience of millions, it's all of value to the Lord, and equal in his sight. Some regard the TV preacher as more important, but that simply is not the case. Much is expected from those to whom much has been given, but I believe the blessing for service is the same, be it significant or unnoticed in the world's eyes.

But just how we witness is crucial. It can even be detrimental to the recipient. If we hand out a leaflet written in Japanese to English speaking people, what's the point? So, all that to ask this....

Why did the lady who approached me in the mall the other day "witness" to me by saying enthusiastically, "Hello, please come to our church. There you will miraculously be able to speak in another language, possibly even Swahili, and if you're sick, you'll definitely get better. Here's our address. You'll have a great time."

Without getting into the subjects of "tongues" and "healing" which are covered elsewhere on this website, what's the point of saying such things to a non church going sinner? One, they'll either think your antenna is not picking up all channels, or Two, they will come to your church, but for all the wrong reasons.

Shouldn't the message to a lost world be, "Did you know God came to earth as Jesus Christ, and was killed in our place as a result of our sin, because he truly loves each one of us? Then He rose from the dead and is now alive, and if you have faith in Him and what He did you for, and if you follow Him and His teachings and turn away from wrongdoing, you will be spared from your deserved punishment, and share eternal life with Him in glory." Surely that's the information non Christians really need to be given, isn't it?

Next time you hear someone speaking in Swahili, ask them if they are doing so because they are truly saved by Jesus Christ, or is it because........

they're having a great time?



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

When I worked for the Police Department, even though I was not a front line officer, I was quite often privy to situations where altercations broke out between gangs of young men, usually racially or economically triggered. Often the two or sometimes three groups would meet in a hotel car park at night, armed with knives, pickets, machetes and anything else they could get their hands on. Always at first, it was just an insult slinging match with neither group really wanting a fight. But unless officers arrived quickly, inevitably, one or two protagonists would lose it, and push the limits to breaking point and an all out brawl would result, sometimes with tragic consequences.

After it was all over, and the interviewing began, most of the youths would say they never really wanted it to end in violence, but it just all went crazy before they could stop it.

Over in the Middle East at the moment, we have multiple groups of not youths, but leaders of countries, exchanging insults and threats with each other. Syria to Israel. Iran to Israel. Israel to Syria. Turkey to Syria. Egypt to Israel. Jordan to Syria. Russia to America and on and on. Instead of waving sticks and knives around, these leaders are waving warships and nuclear weapons at each other. And there are no policemen to step in at present.

No one country is strong enough, smart enough or willing enough to stop this bickering, not even the good (or bad) old USA. So tell me, where do you think this will end? Well, it will I fear, end up as in the car park. Sooner or later one of these leaders will lose it. There are too many egos and too much hate for it to end peacefully now, unless of course, this is the antichrist's time to appear, which I don't think it is just yet.

The Middle East will erupt, probably with nuclear weapons involved this time. Then, the rest of the world may turn away from their TV sets for a time, and realise that this age is winding up. The bible says men will literally have heart attacks through fear alone, as they see horrendous events unfolding on the earth. It's going to get real ugly down here.

My advice is one, keep out of the car park, and two, make yourself known to the one policeman who will eventually show up to restore order by force, so that when He arrives He knows you're on His side, because this super cop isn't going to take any prisoners.

His name is Yeshua.



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

Sometimes we Christians of considerable years and experience, tend to think that we have come a long way on our spiritual journey, and have passed several important heavenly examinations. We remember the apostle Paul's words about baby Christians moving on to become adult Christians, and feel a sense of satisfaction that, yes indeed, we have progressed substantially along the enlightened road. That is when God usually gives us a wake up call. I got one this week.

Late one afternoon, my wife came to me and said "Love, I need to get to hospital". It was a situation we had been through several times before and my reaction was not Christ like at all. At this news, I thought silently, "Oh no, not again, it's a long drive, how can I get around this?"

I knew my concerned wife wanted me with her, and I was well aware from past experience that this could get quite serious, but I began to think of other ways I might get her there without me having to take her myself. I even rang a taxi company, but the price they quoted for the trip would have had me looking for another job the next day just to pay for it.

Covering my reluctance with an insincere willingness, I gathered my wife and her necessities, and thus drove her to the hospital, silently steering up the now dark, endless freeway while wondering just what sort of a Christian I really was, to be so selfish towards my own wife, who I love dearly, and who has helped steer me through my own darkest hours.

The truth dawned that I had in fact not travelled very far along my spiritual road at all, and that indeed, sadly, I remained one of Paul's "baby Christians". So much for pride.

So, next time you feel you have arrived as a Christian, and that you might actually be someone others can look up to, just keep your spiritual phone nearby because.........

you'll be getting a call soon.



( ..... Keygar )

The following was sent to me by a regular visitor to Rapture Notes. I don't know who the author is, so I can't give that person credit here unfortunately, but I hope this piece touches you, like it did me.



There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.

She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see the world, I would marry you.'

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.

He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he too was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying, 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear one, for before they were yours, they were mine.'

This is how the human heart often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they can't have any.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance on their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

And before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin and we will all answer to one MAKER.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and thank God you're still alive.



( Thanks Bob..... Keygar )

This week I began servicing our two motor vehicles. It's an annual event in our household. I always perform this task before the really hot weather comes and when my bones have loosened up after the winter months. I prefer to service them myself because I don't trust acne faced youths with earphones on to do a decent job, and because I'm reluctant to give the moths in my wallet their freedom.

Now don't think I know everything about cars, because I don't. But I do know how to service the basic items and change the oil and water etc. How do I know even this much, or little? Simple, I read the vehicle manuals and follow the instructions. I figure the people who made the car know more than me so I do as they say. As a result, I get the job done.

I can't remember how many times I found my dear old Dad before he went to glory, with a new gadget in one hand, the instruction book flapping un-opened in the other, topped off with a wide eyed murderous look on his feverish face, partially hidden by steamed up glasses. I would say, "Dad, did you read the instructions?", to which he would through flared nostrils and gritted teeth mumble, "No need to son, should be easy enough".

Many Christians get completely flummoxed when asked a question about their beliefs, even with a bible in their hands. They get bewildered when faced with problems or trials and usually end up getting bad advice from young Pastors with acne, wearing earphones.

Even more sad is the fact that many Christians have no idea what is happening in the real world from a prophetic point of view, but they do know who won "dancing with the stars" or "which celebrity is going out with who". A lot of church goers don't even know what stance they should take on abortion or same sex marriage. It's lamentable.

So, whether you are servicing your car, or struggling as a Christian, I say.......

READ THE BOOK !!



( my two cents worth..... Keygar )

When my children were just kids, they loved to play a computer game called "Tetris". They played it so long and often that they were being treated for repetitive strain injury and I was on sedatives.

The noise was incessant. Pops, squeaks, tinny music, clunks and thumps accompanied the rattle of joystick levers in a never ending cacophony of motion and noise. The object was to control the descent rate and orientation of falling objects to produce a perfect, neatly filled container with no gaps or spaces between the pieces, and thus pass the test of skill.

L.A. Marzulli recently wrote a book called the "The Cosmic Chess Match" in which he likens the past few thousand years to a game of chess, that is, move and counter move between God and Satan. If I were to write a book, which undoubtedly would be out of print within a week, I would call it "The Cosmic Tetris Game".

God has been allowing the pieces of His overall plan and prophetic puzzle to spin and fall under His timing and control accompanied by I'm sure, much activity in the heavenlies. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast, often spinning in many different directions, the falling pieces have now almost perfectly filled the divine chalice, and soon the trumpet of God will sound and a non-computerised voice will boom through celestial speakers saying........

"GAME OVER!!"

I know a couple of people who like a good laugh. They must do. They have spent most of their life going around seeking out church folk and Pastors who they can offload their troubles and burdens to. Pouring out their woes to others and getting a pat on the back with a "there...there" seems to satisfy them for a time.

Especially gratifying to them are people who agree with them that all their woes are due to someone else, or an unpleasant incident that occurred in their life, or because someone has wronged them and not apologised.

These people are gross under achievers because they are preoccupied with themselves and their need to be positively stroked. BUT, heaven help anyone who tells them a few home truths about themselves. Whoa, hang on. These people who like a good laugh then really get their backs up and indeed start to say to themselves and any other fool who will listen, "well, what do they know anyway, they are hopeless, they don't understand how hard I've had it".

These folk are not much good to themselves or anyone else, and the condition is often life long. They usually have few friends, and often lose the ones they have. Their life just goes around in never ending circles of utter unproductiveness. But they do like a good laugh. They must do. After all, their main activity seems to be going about getting.......

their ears tickled.



(my two cents worth..... Keygar)

This week, my mother broke through the thin, fragile membrane separating this world from the next and went to be with Jesus. She was the rock upon which my earthly family was built, and Jesus was the rock on which she built her own life.

Her faith was the glue that held our family together and she imparted that faith in Christ to her husband and sons as a true hand maiden of the Lord does. But that is not the essence of this message.

God's mercy, kindness and attentiveness to His children is what I would like to focus on today. He loves to hear our prayers. If we could only grasp the reality and enormity of His love for us, what assurance and peace we would have. Three days before my mother was promoted, I earnestly and fervently prayed to God to either restore my mother's quality of life, or take her to Himself very quickly so she wouldn't have to endure prolonged ill health.

I sensed a great peace at the end of my supplications. A sure knowledge that God had heard me and would grant me my request, rested upon me and an unearthly peace ensued. Three days later, He suddenly scooped her up into His arms, to be with Him forever.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you can see no way out, or your loved ones are suffering and you can't find or anticipate a solution, or you have reached a point of exasperation where your despair overwhelms you, it may just be that you haven't a prayer, and that is exactly...........

the problem!



(See you soon Mum..... Keygar)

Along with bible prophecy, one of the least preached about subjects in churches today is, DEMONS! Apparently Jesus cast them off the earth when He returned to heaven. Would be nice, but it didn't happen. Perhaps they just sit around hell playing pool. Nice way to pass a day but I don't think so.

The "good book" says we fight against unclean spirits more than flesh and blood. Perhaps it was a typo. No, I don't think so. If the Bible's full of errors, we may as well hang up now. Nothing in the Bible indicates that demonic activity ceased at any time since Jesus left. On the contrary, after He left, the disciples still went around casting demons out of people. They were either overly theatrical, stupid, or simply knew their enemy and did something about it. All the evidence points to the latter.

But it's not only the Bible that makes me believe in the activity of demons, it's personal experience. I have seen people behaving in such a manner that cannot be explained by any professor, PLUS, I have seen the same behaviour stop, simply at the mention of the name of Jesus. No pills, counselling, surgery, psychology, psychiatry, herbs, naturopathy or whatever. Just the name of Jesus.

I have witnessed demonic manifestations in a house cease after the unclean spirit was sent packing by the name of Jesus. So, we must not underestimate the presence and activity of demons. If you come across someone whose behaviour defies all scientific and medical logic, at least consider there may be an unclean spirit behind it. If you witness objects trotting across a room under their own steam, at least consider there may be demons at work there. But never be afraid of demons, because under heavenly protocols, they must buzz off at the name of Jesus.

So next time you feel like sinning and really getting into the spirit of it, consider what spirit you are getting into.........

or rather, vice versa.



(my two cents worth..... Keygar)

Last week, I had a gripe session in Keygar's Korner. This week, I'll try and be a bit more positive.

I have just been for a l-o-n-g- walk around where I live. It's great to just wander along the river's edge, thinking about this and that, watching the kids playing, seeing dogs of all sizes and sorts taking their owners for an involuntary lunge. Seagulls perch on cafe tables timing their swoops to perfection and robbing people of their chips and cakes before flying off to the next eatery on their route.

I usually stop and have a coffee somewhere and often get into conversation with someone about anything. Sometimes the conversation is even sensible and actually leads somewhere, but that is the exception rather than the rule. Anyway, back to the point.

On my way home, I had to divert to post a letter, and then divert again to have my sore big toe x-rayed (true!). This took me a long way off the beaten track, and as I headed back home, I could just see the roof of my house in the far f-a-r distance.

My heart sank, or was it my stomach. I thought... "I'll never make it, specially with this big toe throbbing to a Latin beat". But, I started off, telling myself that with each step, I was getting closer to home, even tho that rooftop certainly seemed to take a step backwards each time I took a step forwards. On and on I trudged, over and over telling myself "one more step". I think I must have entered some sort of altered state because all of a sudden I looked around, and there I was, HOME! The relief as I threw my toe onto the bed was immeasurable.

HEAVEN is a bit like my rooftop. It seems so far away at times, as tho we'll never arrive. But one day soon, suddenly, we Christians will truly enter an altered state, look around, and find ourselves ........

T_H_E_R_E



(my two cents worth..... Keygar)

Today I feel like having a gripe. Why not, as long as I don't let the sun go down while I'm still angry eh?

I'm tired of internet sites that constantly make molehills into prophetic mountains. They are everywhere it seems. Almost everything that's happening is a sign to them that Jesus is returning tomorrow or that a comet will hit us on the way to work. Or a hidden planet has been captured on film (good trick) and is going to turn the earth upside down any minute, so we'd better nail the furniture down.

President Assad from Syria is the antichrist no doubt, you can tell by his eyes, no hang on, it just might be Netanyahu. It's definitely not Obama anymore, or then again?

The never ending websites that have a revelation about how the end times will play out, but you'll need to buy their book to get the real picture, only $19.99 if you get it from their website, today, may as well purchase it now while it's on special.

I wonder why these knowledgeable Christians with so much insight and conviction about what's going to happen soon, don't just offer their books for free download. Why does everything from a sermon to a booklet have a price tag. If it's because it's their only source of income, then why don't they get a real job PLUS share what they think they've discovered?

And I'm fed up with Christians telling me to donate to their ministry because by doing so, I'll get a good reward in heaven and possibly even get to rule a whole country for eternity. Wow. Where's my cheque book? Apparently, by sending them my dollars, it may even help me avoid feeling depressed in heaven when everyone else is collecting their winnings while I'm left alone with just Jesus.

Well, that's my colonic irrigation done for today. I feel much better now. Sorry about you. I'd better go and shift the car before the planets line up. Bye.



(..... Keygar)

One of the most visited pages on RAPTURE NOTES is "crowns". It seems many Christians are preoccupied with what rewards and crowns they might get in heaven. To me, it's an attitude of covetousness that borders on replicating the materialism that rules particularly western society here on earth. Jesus definitely says that we should concentrate on serving Him and thereby accumulate results and rewards of an eternal value, but He emphasises that the main reason for doing so is that heavenly treasures don't depreciate or get stolen as they do on earth.

But I fear many Christian's carnal nature kicks in (and yes, I include myself here), and we begin to lust after our possible eternal rewards and positions rather than serving Christ out of love and appreciation. We don't deserve redemption, let alone rewards.

When my children were little, sometimes they would come home with a picture or a drawing or something they had made for me in school, and eagerly they would give it to me, with their first attempts at writing across the top struggling to say "I love you daddy" in smudged crayon. I still have such pictures. Why, because those drawings were motivated by pure and simple love. Later, when teenagers, they would give me something or say something that was an obvious "con" job to get something out of me, money or a lift to a friend's house or whatever. I could see through them straight away and responded accordingly. Do we not think Jesus, who designed us, can see through us? You bet He can, and does, and will.

Let's not get obsessed about eternal rewards, crowns, and positions in God's kingdom we may attain. That's God's business and we couldn't begin to understand His thought processes in these areas as to who gets what and who does what in eternity. Learn from a couple of the disciples who asked Christ if they could sit next to Him in heaven. They were diplomatically told to "mind their own business".

Occasionally, let's just look into our hearts and reappraise our motives.



(my two cents worth..... Keygar)

Lately, I have been researching several Christian websites which deal primarily with the end times. Much valuable material I have gleaned from them, and much insight into areas of expertise beyond my sphere of knowledge. In the main, I am in agreement with their prognosis and predictions.

HOWEVER, I am disturbed somewhat by those Christians who are constantly encouraging me to buy ten acres of land in the bush and bunker down. And those that advise me to procure three years supply of dried non perishable food together with all the pharmaceutical needs I may require for a long long time. Build underground shelters they tell me and army myself with weapons and learn how to use them, to kill accurately and quickly I presume. Don't they realise ninety five percent of Christians are simply unable to, and cannot afford to, follow their advice even if they wanted to?

Why all the fear? Why all the panic? Yes, I know, they say it is using one's common sense to buy and learn how to use radio transmitters in case a world wide blackout occurs and the like, but come on, let's get real. How many Christians have the time, money or expertise to do all the things they recommend? Is Jesus only going to protect or respect the five percent of Christians who are able to follow their advice?

Didn't Jesus say, "don't worry about tomorrow, today has enough evil in it". Doesn't the bible say to "cast our cares on Him, because he knows about them and will take care of them?" Didn't Jesus say over and over "fear not"? Does so called common sense prevail over the words of Christ? Recall if you will, the utter evil, violence and filth that Lot lived amongst at Sodom. Did he bury himself underground? Consider Noah, did he crawl under a rock and shake like a jelly, or did he trust his God and bravely finish the work God had set before him? Did not God protect him and his family, and feed them and deliver them?

If you live in a bunker with heaps of food and water and guns, do you really think in a time of tribulation and chaos, nobody is going to come and take it all off you anyway? If someone knocks on your door asking for food, what are you going to do as a Christian, shoot them dead? I surely wonder sometimes who these fearful Christians ultimately trust in, their own intelligence and cleverness, or our Lord, Saviour, Rock and Strength,

........Jesus Christ.


( my two cents worth... Keygar! )

Where I live, there is a marina full of huge sailing and powered boats of all sorts, worth millions upon millions of dollars. Surprisingly, many of them appear to be seldom used. They're just bobbing up and down as a way of telling onlookers how wealthy their owners must be.

Almost all people walk about with movie cameras in their hands, filming everything that pops up in front of them, specially each other. High powered expensive cars roar along the riverside as their owners express their pride in their polished chariots by roaring their engines as loudly as they can.

When I finally sit down at a boardwalk cafe for a coffee after a long walk with my canine companion, the surrounding tables are usually overflowing with beautified ladies and tanned gentlemen, furiously trying to be overheard by the others as they recount stories of their last overseas trip, or babbling excitedly about their next holiday destination abroad.

Susequent conversation often then turns to what clothes they have just bought and how difficult it is to buy quality products these days. Or, perhaps it is that they are going to sell up, and move to a bigger house, or somewhere nearer the ocean or the golf course.

Inevitably, out comes the new mobile phone, and everyone giggles about how cute and shiny it is, and how they must get one just like it.

When night time comes, and people are alone in their house, and all is quiet, does anyone anywhere anymore ever ask themselves.......

IS THAT ALL THERE IS?


( ... Keygar! )

The birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ are the "turning points" in world history. It is fitting, therefore, that Jesus Christ is the separation of "old" and "new." BC was "before Christ" and since His birth, AD (anno domini), we have been living "in the year of our Lord." Now the intellectually challenged have stepped in.

A spokesman for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, responsible for developing the national curriculum from kindergarten to Year 12, said BCE and CE were to be introduced to replace BC and AD, because this was an increasingly common standard for the representation of dates.

This is of course simply another intellectually absurd attempt to write Christ out of human history.

Australians, particularly recent generations, are in general, a Godless and irreligious lot. They won't raise any objection to this most recent attack on our Judeo Christian heritage. As long as mostly overweight Aussies have a heavy duty couch to sit on, a beer in one hand, a flat screen TV, an iphone and a bunch of remote controls, then as far as they're concerned, the rest of the world can go to hell.

The problem they face is........

they're going along as well.

It deeply saddens me to see what is happening to America. As a young Australian boy, America was almost what I imagined heaven to be like. All these years later, what possessed the American people to put a Muslim (my opinion) in the WHITE HOUSE? What caused the USA to go from a nation under God to a nation under slavery to Satan. Strong words? Yes indeed, but that's as I see it. One answer springs to mind......PRIDE.

The guide book to life says "pride comes before a fall" and America under God's blessings seems to have deluded itself into thinking that it was God's chosen nation. But it isn't, never was and never will be. ISRAEL alone is the apple of God's eye, and America is now learning that the hard way. Oh, I don't say Australia is any better, after all, we are basically culturally, an offshoot of the USA, having long since severed our emotional ties to Great Britain. It's America we Aussies trust to save us in a war scenario, but I now truly doubt America has the moral will, inclination or even the ability to do so.

Can America, or Australia return to the good old days? Personally I don't believe so. The trains are too far off the tracks. The leaders and the people have ignored too many warnings. The tsunami of God's judgement is building, and as we have seen sadly over the last decade or so........

NOTHING CAN STOP A TSUNAMI.



( my two cents worth... Keygar! )

Today we took our dog for a play down at the beach. I love going down there. The wind from the ocean tinged with salt and spray seems to blow away the cares and stresses of this tiresome world. Any sense of claustrophobia fades away as one surveys the endless horizon. The noise from the breaking waves blocks out traffic, sirens, radios and people. It's hypnotic.

The warm sun soaks into your bones and eases away aches and soreness. The squealing gulls make you look up into an empty blue forever, taking with it your problems and concerns.

Our dog took off in all directions, and ran and ran in joyous liberty, chasing real and imagined prey. She then laid beside us with satisfied exhaustion.

I think when I get to heaven by God's grace, I will go berserk for a few hundred years exploring and enjoying, then I'll curl up under the tree of life, content, while readying myself for the next adventure......

CAN'T WAIT!



( my two cents worth... Keygar! )

Many seem surprised at the mindless and uninhibited violence in London over the last week or so. Sadly, I'm not. I mean seriously, it's all laid out in the GOOD BOOK isn't it. In the last days, LAWLESSNESS will become rampant. So where's the surprise to a Bible reading person with an egg cup of intelligence? There should be no surprise.

And if you think this is bad, wait till after God takes His church out of the way and the last seven years of this age begin. The violence and looting and killing and thieving we've seen in London will be THE NORM. But it will be like an afternoon tea with Skippy the bush kangaroo compared to what's ahead. Unless you've got a tank, nuclear armoury in your basement and food and water enough for several years, you'll be the target of the roaming thugs that will infest the streets.

During the last seven years, you'll have two enemies with supernatural abilities coming after you as well. One will be Satan, who is always looking to destroy you anyway, and the other will be the God of Israel who will be rolling up His sleeves and punishing the earth's people for rejecting His sacrifice for them.

I mean, hey, get smart, get a Bible, read it, act on it, and above all else during those last seven years.......

DON'T BE HERE!


( my two cents worth... Keygar! )

My Bible tells me that during the Millennium, a thousand year period in the future, the earth will be in pristine condition. Genesis 8:22 also tells me "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease".

That's hard to reconcile with an Australian politician's view I heard recently. He stated that in just a few decades the planet would be uninhabitable as a result of man's overuse of the earth's energy resources. Thus, our ignorant and dishonest politicians have now slugged us all with an extra Carbon Tax, to reduce our comical Carbon Footprint.

Man may well be polluting the earth and harming the environment in specific areas and ways, and the Bible does clearly say that it will, at some time in the future be scorching hot, and the earth will be subject to massive climate upheavals and earthquakes, specially during the final seven years of this age we live in.

But it will not be mankind's Carbon Footprint that will bring calamity down upon itself. It will be man's utter and rebellious rejection of Jesus Christ's sacrifice at Calvary.



( my two cents worth... Keygar! )

I received an email this week from someone I respect as a Christian and a student of the bible. He included an article in which he argued that the biblical bride of Christ will exclude Christians who have achieved little or nothing for Christ's kingdom, even though they will be saved and have a home in Heaven. He presented some compelling arguments, but I finally had to disagree with his conclusion.

In my humble opinion, either all of the church, that is, all born again Christians are Christ's bride, or no one is, setting aside other arguments that Israel or Jerusalem is the bride of Christ.

A husband doesn't separate his bride into pieces, and reward some bits and not the others. He doesn't sit next to part of his bride at the wedding feast, and send another part of his bride outside on her own. He wouldn't want part of his bride to be filled with joy at their marriage, but another part of his loved one filled with tears because she didn't measure up in some way.

But, there will be different measures of rewards for Christians based on their commitment to Christ and service to Him. That I do believe, and many will be a bit embarrassed at their inability to show Christ evidence of any real effort they have made on earth on His behalf. So if you feel you haven't done much for Jesus out of appreciation of His sacrifice for you, DO SOMETHING NOW!

And if you do see a red faced individual in glory, looking happy but a little embarrassed, come up and introduce yourself.... I'd love to meet you :)


( ... Keygar! )

Just before American Harold Camping's predicted date of the rapture, which was May 21st 2011, traffic to this web site went through the roof. Christians and non Christians alike jumped on the band wagon and followed the story closely. For the first time I can remember, even the liberal media in Australia got hold of the story and threw up "end of the world" banners and "prepare to disappear in the rapture" headlines. I've never seen such interest, benevolent and malevolent, in the rapture and the predictions of the bible.

Of course, true students of Bible prophecy knew the prediction came from a false prophet, but that didn't bother the media or gullible Christians. They just picked up the ball and ran, straight into a brick wall. Now, we who knew Camping is a fruitcake are left to pick up the crumbs.

Since that debacle, traffic to this site has fallen sharply. True Bible prophecy has become much harder to sell. More than ever, if you believe in a rapture or the Bible or prophecy, one is considered a candidate for a rubber room. This whole scenario is of course further evidence of the fact that we are indeed in the end times. The Bible says that towards the close of this age, most would mock any claim that Jesus was going to return, and brand those that believed He would, as idiots. Well, we've arrived.

It's tempting to call it a day, throw in the towel, and leave the pearls to the swine. After all, it takes much time and money to keep a site like this going. But we're not quite licked yet. We're still on the winning side, and time grows even shorter. On a previous occasion, I stated that almost no one, including most supposed Christians, can be trusted these days. Mr Camping has demonstrated that fact to perfection.

Stand firm, be patient, trust Jesus, ignore the scoffers, and we'll soon hold the cup aloft.



( my two cents worth.... Keygar! )

I don't believe in extra terrestrial beings. I do however believe in extra dimensional beings, that is, demons, who perhaps in the future will indeed masquerade as spacemen and deceive many. But that's another story.

But if a little green man from another planet did appear to me and say, "g'day mate, I've moved here to earth to live and was wondering if you could give me one good piece of advice to help me succeed here," then my advice to him would be, "Green man, DON'T TRUST ANYONE!!!"

Why would I say that? Because there is not one good person on earth, specially me.

Truly born again Christians are probably the most moral people on earth, but even they can't be trusted totally. Non Christians are extremely untrustworthy, because they don't even follow the teachings on morality as provided by Jesus Christ. And leaders, in general, not only are non Christians, they are also corrupted further by power and money. No matter how nice a human being may appear, the simple truth is, they can't be trusted completely.

So, if you need real help, if you have a secret that must be shared, if you have a personal problem that has to be addressed, if you have hit rock bottom and your life hangs in the balance, the only person to turn to, who is totally trustworthy is...

JESUS CHRIST!

( my two cents worth.... Keygar! )

You can only say so much about any subject. Even the Bible is limited in size. God told us all we need to know, and now leaves the rest to us. A recipe in a cook book can only be so detailed in how to make a certain dish, but if the cook won't read it, or follow the directions, then I'd hate to be the one eating the result. This website, Rapture Notes, cannot really add much more to what it already presents.

It seems the whole world has pretty much heard about Jesus and how to be saved, or at least has had the opportunity in this technological age, and it would appear that the world's people as a whole have rejected the message and directions.

The sermon of evolutionism, false gods and self, has also been preached around the globe, and it's apparent that nearly all have listened carefully and decided that's the philosophy for them. We have reached then somewhat of a stalemate between one set of directions for success, and another set of directions for the same result.

What we need now then, is some exceptional arbitrator to step up and provide or reiterate the true and correct directions we must follow for the wellness and future of mankind, and forcibly ensure those directions are carried out.

I can just about hear the footsteps of that Arbitrator now......

( .... Keygar! )

When you were a child shopping with your Mum, did you ever lose sight of her, and feel terrified? Have you seen children in a park screaming with pale, tear stained contorted faces, frantically looking left and right for their parents? Have you ever felt that sort of almost tangible panic?

One day when my daughter was a toddler, she refused to come when called as we were leaving to go home after a day at the beach. Finally, waving wistfully, I called to her, "well goodbye, we are going home now", and headed for the car. She stood her ground stubbornly for a time. As we became smaller while she gazed after us, the tears and screams suddenly bust forth in the distance as she realised she was losing her protection, her providers and those who loved her. Suddenly she bolted towards us and grasped our hands tightly with no intention of ever letting go again.

Have you as a parent ever received a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning, after laying awake wondering if your children were safe, and on opening the door, been filled with dread at the glimpse of a dimly lit eerie uniform?

If you have ever felt such stark and gut wrenching terror as described above, then you have experienced a tiny fleeting sense of what it will be like for someone to see Jesus turn and walk away, as they themselves are drawn into HELL.

( my two cents worth.... Keygar! )

I would abandon Christianity and my belief in Christ in a flash, if mankind could and would show me something better. I'd throw my Bible in the ocean if I read a book that better summed up our existence here with sensible reasons for the past, together with accurate predictions for the future.

If a leader appeared tomorrow who did away with pain, dishonesty, unfairness, and especially death, I'd bow before them and close down this web site. If I saw non Christians genuinely full of joy and peace and utter unselfishness, possessing provable and demonstrable answers to this world's ills, I'd change to their side quicker than a politician can break a promise.

It's a no brainer really isn't it? That's why you're reading this.

( .... Keygar! )

Last night I had a really frightening and disturbing dream. No, it wasn't a vision or anything supernatural, just a really nasty dream. In it, millions upon millions of people were suddenly plunged into darkness, circling confusedly and bewildered like a mammoth herd of wildebeest. There was an awesome sad depressing air of knowing that suddenly normalcy had ended.

Things as they had been would never be that way again. it wasn't that possibly a catastrophe had happened, it was a realisation that normal existence as previously known, had been terminated forever. The overwhelming atmosphere was dark and full of dread. I awoke drained, with a strange sadness that it wasn't just a dream, but in fact.......

A PREVIEW!

( my two cents worth........ Keygar! )

When a coach recruits a new player for his team, he not only evaluates the player's ability and skills, but he also looks into the character of the person. How the player reacts to pressure in his personal life, and whether or not he has good morals. Is the new recruit of honest disposition or is he involved in questionable pastimes or have friends of dubious reputation? The coach must do this as it can determine the eventual success or failure of the player on the field, as well as off the field. The coach cannot afford to have a player bring shame and disrespect to the coach himself, the other players and the whole team in general.

As Christians, God cannot use us to full measure on His team if we have some character flaw that could bring shame upon His name or the name of His other children. That is why many of us have never achieved what God could have otherwise done through us. It's because of perhaps just that ONE flaw we have. The one flaw that perhaps no one else knows about except ourselves, and God. If we don't deal with that flaw, or sin, we will never reach the heights of service to God that we may have liked to. We must deal with that flaw, or the Coach will have no alternative but to overlook us, no matter what abilities we might have. If that happens, we can blame only.....

OURSELVES.

( my two cents worth........ Keygar! )

Yesterday I watched a western movie. An old prospector discovered gold in the hills and rode into town, where he took the nugget to the assayer's office to cash it in. He let slip to the assayer that he had drawn a map of where he found the nugget. The assayer paid the old prospector the nugget's worth, and smilingly offered to ride out with him to where he found the nugget and help him stake his claim.

The old prospector was delighted at the young man's enthusiastic offer of help, but we, the viewer, knew that the assayer had a dark motive. He planned to kill the old man, steal his map, and get the gold for himself. I found myself frustrated that the old man couldn't see through the younger man's grinning exterior.

Often I question why my prayers aren't answered. I tell God that if He blesses me, if He just gives me the winning lotto numbers, if He would just help my house go up in value, if He will only influence someone to leave me a bag of money in their will, then I promise I will use it for His glory and kingdom. I even quote God's own promises He's made to us, back to him. I claim my desires by faith. I clasp my hands together in a show of sincere willingness to help Him.

But all the time, God's watching the movie I'm in, and He sees my true crooked motives, and bemused, and unheard by me, He say's, "no thanks", and in the setting sun, He rides off back to His throne alone.

( my two cents worth........ Keygar! )

Obama has just abandoned Israel. Of course in doing so, he just abandoned America to an existence without Israel's God's protection. I would be much more afraid right now to be an American than I would to be an Israeli.

No, the rapture is not going to happen on MAY the 21st. There are lots of rapture jokes around at the moment because of that well known prediction. The biggest rapture joke of course is Harold Camping who made the forecast.

If this so called Christian is indeed a Christian, Jesus must be thinking "with followers like this, who needs more enemies". Perhaps Camping and Obama should form a comedy duo, if it were not for the tragic consequences of their act.

( .... Keygar! )

I used to spend a lot of time fearing for the future of my unsaved children, friends and relatives. I'd pray constantly for them, uneasily, hoping that they would be ok and that God would protect them. I never had much peace about it though, and would repeat the prayer on a daily basis believing that it was necessary to keep getting God's attention about the matter so He wouldn't forget to look out for my loved ones. It was quite stressful.

Now I have learned to worry much less, and I don't feel the need to pray so often. After all, am I going to fear for them all the time, or am I going to have faith that the Lord will save and protect those I love? Faith or Fear. Which one will it be? The two are in direct opposition to each other. More and more I am relaxing, and choosing....

FAITH!

( just a thought.... Keygar! )

Today I went fishing. When the fish heard I was heading their way, they didn't panic. Instead, they laughed their fins off as they know I'm the worst fisherman in Australia.

While putting another piece of prawn on the hook to feed the giggling gilled goaders, I remembered how the disciples were having trouble catching a feed once and Jesus told them to throw their net out on the other side of their boat. At the time they didn't know for sure it was Jesus as he had just been crucified, but they probably thought oh well, give it a try, so they did, and consequently caught a whole mess of fish.

As I stood there watching other obviously dishonest fishermen catch a bucket load, I had two more thoughts.

One, I wished Jesus would tell me where to cast out, but alas no voice came from the heavens. Two, I thought of how now and then we hear a still small voice whispering to us to do something, but we dismiss it as a figment of our imagination, or because the outcome seems impossible. It saddens me to think of the miracles I have probably thus missed seeing because of my unbelief.

( just a thought.... Keygar! )

Every day it seems this old world becomes more and more unlikeable as anti Christian sentiment becomes more and more pervasive. Wickedness, evil, immorality, greed, lies, compromise, deception, idiocy, apostasy and just plain dumbness pours in from myriad widening holes in the walls of decency, common sense and faith.

I wonder why as a result, I don't despair or panic, but rather, have this peace and solid joy in me that just seems unbreakable. Then I remember Philippians 4:7

( .... Keygar! )

Sometimes we need to change our message. If we wear a T shirt saying "repent or go to hell", even though the message is true, we will probably only get a few people asking us to elaborate.

If however we were to occasionally carry a sign saying "heaven's a fabulous place where you'll never feel bad again and you can have anything you want to make you happy, for ever. See me about how to get there", then we'd no doubt get a few more enquiries.

( just a thought ...... Keygar! )

Many times I have said things I should not have said. Often out of vanity I've lied and I've misled.

I've spoken as a wise man but acted like a fool. I've told others how to live, but broken the same rules.

Lord, please undo the damage that I've done and heal up the wounds I have caused. Please repair the hearts I have broken and lift up the ones I've let down.

( ...... Keygar! )

I'm led to believe that John Cleese, the famous English comedian, was once asked when it was that he realised life was NOT just one big comedy full of laughs. He apparently answered... "when I realised those in government and authority had no idea what they were doing".

It certainly is a wake up call when you find most people you trust are just flapping around like headless chooks in the dark.

I think of the Middle East and the mindless blindness and ineffective confusion being exhibited amongst western leaders such as Obama, Sarkozy, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and the UN's Ban Ki-moon.

Here in Australia I think of the compromising Julia Gillard, the power driven Independents who gave her control, the moral-less and naive Greens Party, and the media barons who throw lies and inane junk entertainment at their consumers 24 hours a day because it makes them a buck. I certainly empathise with Cleese.

The worry is, Cleese's comedy TV shows were known to be just a deliberate temporary distraction from normalcy and reality. But the farcical show being put on by the afore-mentioned leaders is meant to be serious.

That is why their show is in fact not even a comedy. It's a tragedy.

( ...... Keygar! )

This week we took possession of our new puppy. Now everyone knows that puppies came from rain falling on rocks, at least, that's what evolutionists believe. Perhaps the water and the rocks were sourced from under the evolutionist's craniums.

Evolutionists run around in ever increasing circles trying to push God out of existence. All they do, is tire themselves out while God stays in the middle bemused by their actions.

Are you tiring yourself out? I suggest you stand on the one TRUE rock that produces life ..... Jesus Christ. 

...... Keygar!

With so much turmoil happening in the middle east, earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, tsunamis wreaking havoc and loss of life, record floods in Australia, Libya being invaded and on and on, my head is spinning.

The world is like an audience at an orchestral concert. The conductor has turned and seen that most of the audience has fallen asleep. So He has decided to up the volume and the pace of the finale, in an effort to get some attention.

But still, the audience sleeps. The conductor seems to be getting frustrated now, and just a touch angry.

If I wasn't a Christian, I'd be feeling a little uneasy.

.....keygar

It's essential that Pastors and Church Leaders keep both feet on the ground. Often, but not always of course, Pastors are held in high esteem by their church members, to the point of almost being worshipped themselves. They live in an illusionary mist of adoration, where the flock lives on their every word and where gifts and monies are given to them with no questions asked, or performance criteria met.

Frequently, overseas trips to conventions for the Pastor and often their partner, are paid for by the congregation in the name of "furthering Christ's work". The value of most of these conventions is at best, questionable. Words and actions directed at the Church leaders are filtered for anything offensive, before being delivered. The Pastors are in effect wrapped in cotton wool and spoilt to death.

All this, while their church members face ridicule for their faith, sweat all day to earn a dollar at one job or often two jobs, work overtime for a holiday where possible, and confront filth and immorality everyday and everywhere.

Pastors, like the Apostle Paul, should work, at least part time, to help support themselves and to always remember what it's like in the "real world" away from their pandering followers. This would be of great benefit I believe to the Pastors themselves, and the churches they lead.

.......my two cents worth, Keygar!

In the U.K. the High Court has prevented a Christian couple from adopting a child on the grounds that their beliefs may harm the child.

YES, IT IS TRUE!!!

The court ruled that because the couple would not portray the perverse lifestyle of homosexuality as normal to the child, then the child would suffer.

Idiots, fools, devils and demons surely sit on the High Court bench in most countries around the world, but particularly so in Britain it would appear. What a moral cesspool of a country it has become.

A leader in the Western World indeed when it comes to lunacy and depravity is our mother country, England.

What a spiritual harlot mum's become.

.....Keygar

Australia's Prime Minister is pushing through a carbon tax, being nudged by the intellectually and morally starved Greens Party. Australia's contribution to greenhouse gasses is about as noticeable as a fly's bum as it whistles past, but, we must pay more tax to help out. China, who comparatively is a swarm of flies, pays nothing.

Man caused global warming is a con anyway on top of everything else. But it's a really good theory to get people warm, fuzzy, scared and united about, so they'll conform with what the pollies want. Why do these idiot politicians get voted into power?

It's because people just don't do their homework before waving their pen around in the election booth. Most voters are too lazy, too easily mesmerised by a dishonest, ill informed media and too eager to just get back to their beer and football to really examine the issues and the people they are putting in control of their lives.

For exactly the same reasons, most people elect not to do their homework about eternity. They just eat, drink, laugh, believe lies, delude themselves that all will be ok, die, and wake up in hell.

Problem is, there are no more elections in hell.

... Keygar

I've heard it said that people are basically good. I beg to differ. After several decades on this earth, I believe people, myself included of course, are basically bad.

Why else do we need police, laws, rules, regulations, fines, penalties, surveillance cameras, courts, lawyers, prosecutors, armies, firemen, signs, paramedics, bouncers, body guards, gun control, and on and on and on?

Why just recently, a local where I live let a passerby pat their dog. They turned around, turned back, and the dog and the passer by were gone.

Basically good? Give me a break. Basically bad is the truth, with laws in place to make us behave more or less civilly. But our hearts always remain essentially bad, and don't let's kid ourselves of anything different.

... Keygar

Susan awoke after a short fitful sleep. She reached over to Dave, her husband. He wasn't there. She got out of bed and went downstairs. The house was silent. A sense of foreboding was beginning to descend on her. She rushed to her son's bedroom. Empty. Now foreboding was replaced by panic. In the distance she heard shouting and yelling as if coming from an out of control party. The TV was still on, as was the computer Dave had been sitting at when she sleepily retired for the night.

A stern faced news broadcaster was announcing a breaking story. Thousands, if not millions of people, had seemingly in the last hour or so, just gone. Susan looked upwards and screamed a grief stricken "GOD!". She looked at the web page open on Dave's computer. He had been looking at that crazy site again on bible prophecy and how the end of the world as we know it was coming. She fumbled with the mouse using shaking fingers as she skimmed through the pages glaring at her from the computer screen. A few ideas and explanations began to fall into place in her whirling mind. Cynicism began to evolve into a frightening realisation.

... Keygar ( that's why I have this web site.., for people like Susan )

I love dogs. Since our own dog died last year, I've really missed having a canine companion. Many well respected Christian scientific minds believe all current dog breeds originated from an original pair of wolves or similar. That makes sense to me because of dog interbreeding etc. However, evolutionists scoff at this and say we Christians must be loonies to believe that.

They insist that eons ago, dogs and all life resulted from rain falling on a rock.

TELL ME.......WHO ARE THE LOONIES??

......Keygar

I love old Western movies. Life seemed so simple. A horse, sheriff, baddy, goody, saloon, bank, a hold up, a good woman and possibly an Indian attack.

Very often, there was also a runaway stagecoach, hurtling through the desert surrounded by towering mountains.
I sometimes think of this world as that rocking and tossing stagecoach.

The coach is full of the world's people being thrown from side to side just hanging on. The driver is Satan. With a smirk on his face, he whips the horses into a frenzy as they pull their load faster and faster.

The horses are the politicians and the media who willingly obey their driver and are happy to sweat and lather on his behalf.
The people in the coach experience a mixture of fear and excitement as they race along, unaware of the huge canyon that lays just in front of them and the unswerving direction their driver and horses are headed in.

just a thought.......Keygar!

Do you ever feel out-numbered? I do. I'd say out of 50 people, you might find one or two genuine Christians. Most people are going to hell. I didn't say that, Jesus did. It's unnerving at times to be a minority. Christians are a bit like a football team that is really struggling to put a win on the board. There just seems to be more players on the other team and we seem to be swamped before we can even get rolling.

But if a bad football team has just one SUPERSTAR player, occasionally that star can cut loose and drag the rest of the under dog team over the line to victory. Folks, we out-numbered Christians have a SUPERSTAR on our team. He has a funny sounding name, YESHUA, but man can he play. The good news is, in the game of life and the earth's history, we have the sports results ahead of time. YESHUA went berserk in the dying seconds of the game, and led the Christians to victory. They're still singing his praises. I'll stick with the minority thanks. Can't wait for that winning moment........Keygar!

Recently I bought a new mobile phone. I love gadgets and this phone had lots of bells and whistles.  I was in paradise. Then it stopped working! How many times I have purchased the latest and the greatest only to have it break or fail in some way I can't remember, and everyone I speak to has a similar story. It's the story of life in general in some ways. So many things we look forward to as being "the thing" that will satisfy us, fail to measure up. Why is this so?

Well, it's because humanity is basically flawed, so anything that springs from it will be flawed in some way. Only God is not flawed, so we'd all be better off setting our efforts and ambitions towards eternity, where nothing will fail, everything will satisfy and all will be as we so often want it be here and now, but it never is. 

my two cents worth ... Keygar!

In the 1970s, I read a book by an American prophecy teacher who was and still is considered the GURU of bible prophecy. He implied very strongly the rapture would probably occur in the early 1980s. I was young and impressionable at the time, and made some seriously wrong life decisions based on a faith in the
infallibility of this person.

To this day, the same man continues to make predictions and prophetic announcements that turn out to be false. The internet is full of other experts who predict the time of the rapture, often with long and complicated arguments, which seem very convincing.

The fact is none of us knows the year or even the decade in which the rapture will occur, so folks, let's just get on with life, serving God as best we can, and planning for our own lives and our children's lives as we normally would. If the rapture occurs tomorrow, it's a bonus, but if it doesn't, at least we won't have wasted time sleepily looking up into the heavens whilst forgetting about out our earthly and heavenly chores.

......Keygar

I used to live on the top of a hill in the country, overlooking a vast valley to the horizon beyond. In the summer, the air was usually alive with the sound of birds, farm animals and the wind in the trees. Occasionally however, all would go eerily silent. From beyond the horizon, tar black clouds would roll in slowly eating up the sunshine and casting a soundless gloomy pall over the hill on which we dwelt.

We would just sit outside in the heat and wait. Suddenly all hell would break loose. Lightning, thunder, searing winds and hail, together with screeching parrots scattering.

Prophetically, we are now sitting out the back in the silence, waiting as the world gets darker. Again, there's a storm approaching. One like no other. This time the preparations we must take are spiritual. Have you heard the warnings? Have you taken appropriate measures?

.........Keygar

This week I met an elderly Australian gentlemen with a much younger Thai wife. At first I was a little uneasy. Their union seemed a little unnatural to me at first and I pondered on how such a marriage could work. But it soon became obvious that she loved him and wanted only to please him. He in turn was very protective of her and told me he was delighted to have her as his wife and share his wealth and belongings with her.

I thought of how little God has in common with us, after all, He created us. Yet he delights in sharing Himself and His creation with us in return for our love and acceptance of Him.

Just a thought ..... Keygar!

Just who and what is a "liberal". A liberal is usually regarded as someone who is tolerant of all positions in a debate, someone who is accepting of change and adopts the attitude that each person can do what they want as long as it doesn't interfere with them or others. Thus being a liberal often means that a person condones and / or accepts abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage etc, which are all anti-Christian in principle.

In Australia, the definition is blurred somewhat because of the "Liberal" political party which is actually made up of mostly non-liberal or conservative thinking type politicians. But in general, a "liberal" is someone who is more likely to hold views that accept and tolerate non Christian ideals. Of course there are many who call themselves liberal Christians.

These people are a little spiritually naive perhaps, to put it kindly.

 .... Keygar

Truth is dismissed by those who are brainwashed by the media and their peers. Truth is subsequently violently opposed by those who are inwardly aware of their need, but unwillingness, to accept it.

However the truth just doesn't go away and it will win out, often after long and bitter confrontations. This can be at a personal level, a national level or at an international level.

Soon, this world will reel under God's judgements simply because truth was dismissed for so long. And once again, as always, truth as only God knows and reveals it, WILL PREVAIL !!

I'll stand by Israel because our Messiah is Jewish, the writers of our blessed book called the Bible were Jewish, and "salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). The roots of Christianity are Jewish, thus the olive tree (Romans 9-10-11). Her critics are in the millions. Her friends are a tiny minority, scoffed at by the intellectuals and scolded by the religious Left and other liberals of all persuasion.

The cameras, lights, and action are turned precisely on the nations and issues God’s Word foretold will be at the centre of deteriorating world conditions as the time of Christ’s return approaches. Jesus told the disciples who are alive at the time these things come into view to be watchful (Mark 13:37). Certainly, there is much to watch in these troubling, though exciting days.

Today, the architects or manipulators of the government, society, and the economy are quite narrow minded in their goals. They want to control everything, and they will not turn from their goal. They have no thought for what is actually right according to the absolute truths of the Bible. Their eyes are fully on their goals, and God have mercy on those who get in their way.

We understand that Israel is surrounded by 22 Islamic nations (and 1.4 billion Muslim's worldwide) and occupies about one-sixth of 1 percent of the land that the Arabs say belongs to them. It seems to me that if the Palestinians want a place to live, they have plenty of places from which to choose without occupying Israel.

I have torn apart the Book of Ecclesiastes many times and have spent countless hours reading Solomon's summation of this life. In looking back over his life, having had all that anyone who lives in this world could ever want, the word that Solomon used over and over was "meaningless." As he looked back, he realized that in the end all of the temporal things of this world were exactly that, meaningless. It is, actually, a pretty negative book until you get to the next to last verse. As only the wisest man who ever lived could, in 6 words Solomon summed up what this life is all about, "Fear God and Keep His Commandments."

A principle of motivational compensation holds that when you give people something they haven’t earned and don’t deserve, you don’t gain their respect, you gain their resentment. Never before has God given the world so much more than we deserve, and never before has the world resented His presence more than today.

Isn't it interesting to say the very least, how absolutely outraged the mainstream media and all the "lefties" are, that an abortionist named George Tiller who killed thousands of babies, was himself murdered in cold blood recently?

Once government sells the idea that "hate" is a crime, it can start defining what "hate" is. Pretty soon, the "hater" won't have to commit a crime to be punished. The mere act of "hating" will become the crime.

There’s a well known quote, and I don’t know who said it but it certainly is a good one. It went something like this “The greatest victory Satan ever won was convincing the world he isn’t real.” Never were truer words spoken. If there’s no Satan then there’s no sin and you have no need of a saviour. It’s really rather simple.

Satan couldn’t care less if you don’t believe in him. In fact he prefers it that way. You become easier to manipulate because you never realize you are under attack. And that’s just the way he likes it. He knows that ultimately you’ll be sharing a long eternity together, so who cares if you believe in him?

The key problem with the whole atheist movement is that it's an empty shell. The atheists’ hatred of God is the only thing they have in common. If religion is the result of ignorance, atheists should be doing their best to educate people. The death blow to Christianity will only come from neglect. This is what killed off thousands of other gods; they died when people quit believing in them. If you want to remove a God-based religion from society, you need to replace it with a better system.

Michael Jackson, the so called “King of Pop” has passed away. One day, all of the mindless hoopla surrounding these flawed individuals will also pass away. But, the TRUE King, Jesus Christ, who alone merits praise, honour, and glory.....
He will never pass away!!!!!

With due respect for the family of the just-departed Michael Jackson, the frenetic, worldwide hoopla over the self-proclaimed "King of Pop," when considered against the infinitely more important news going on at the time, punctuates the insanity infecting this generation.

This morning 100 Christian houses and churches were set on fire by local Muslims in the city of Kasur South, east of Lahore, Pakistan. The riots were incited by broadcasts from local mosques. This incident is similar to a February 1997 attack when thousands of Christian houses and churches were burned and hundreds of Christians were injured.

Tolerance is a one-way street that flows away from Jesus.

We should rejoice in our salvation, pray about everything, be fearful of nothing, and give thanks for anything. This alone will give us peace.

Lying in the underbelly of this monstrous, ungodly and very pervasive homosexual agenda is something else, something even more sinister. The homosexual community, which is made up of many zealots, is prepared to fight all the way to the highest courts in every country and province where they will push their agenda of legitimacy to the extreme, all in the name of equal rights?

Like many diplomats and intellectuals, Solana appears to regard a Palestinian state - whose establishment under viable terms, it apparently needs stressing, Israelis support - as some kind of regional cure-all. Reading between the lines, it's as if he believes that the mullahs in Iran will stop grabbing for regional hegemony, stealing (rigged) elections, and pursuing nuclear weapons; that Arab autocrats will guide their polities toward tolerance and representative government; that Shi'ites and Sunnis will stop blowing each other up; that Kurds, Copts and Baha'is will gain equality.

The Taliban in Afghanistan will liberate women from their burqas; North Africa's Islamists will lay down their weapons; al-Qaida will disband. And millions of restive, alienated Muslims throughout Europe will find a sense of belonging, allowing tranquillity to prevail in the continent's inner cities... If only the Palestinians had a state.

Some days I wonder why I bother with this site I must be honest. Few people care about the bible or prophecy or anything that doesn't relate to their stomach or what's on TV it seems. Liars selling themselves or their products seem to be on every corner. As soon as you ignore your wallet, they ignore you. Life is so fragile, with friends and loved ones dying regularly, leaving nothing but a few vain meaningless achievements gotten with a lot of sweat. Oh well, I guess I'll keep the site up and running a little longer. You never know, someone may be reading it. It's all vanity anyway eh? Bye for now....Keygar!

To all those who have recently contacted me expressing appreciation for this site...THANKYOU! We all need encouragement at some time. We all need each other, especially in these times when genuine love for our fellow man has flown out the window and evil has flown in. We must brace ourselves, grit our teeth and look to the heavens for HIM, our Redeemer. Come quickly Lord Jesus. .....Keygar

Today's newspaper featured a beaming lesbian couple with their new baby. Their smiles were broad. Ignorance is indeed bliss. The journalist of course was overboard in praise of this breakthrough in a new moral code of acceptance and tolerance. Most journalists are of course on a bus to hell, and eager to play their part in filling up all the seats. Only the baby is innocent in this farce. My heart goes out to it. ...Keygar!

Where I live, violence is exploding, lawlessness is growing, young males and females are flaunting themselves grossly in the media with no shame, and our politicians lie and cheat with no apology or even a sense of guilt. The experts have no answers except those they manufacture in front of the TV cameras on the spur of the moment, answers that shift the blame from the guilty to those who can't answer back or to impersonal causes such as upbringing or environment. We are surrounded by stumbling fools. Be careful you don't trip over one. ....Keygar

Life is largely a lottery really isn't it? We can't control who our parents are, where we are born, our appearance, our inherited genetic defects or many of our personality traits. So much we'd like to change but just cannot. One thing we CAN choose is how we'll be in the next life, assuming you believe in one. Get that choice right because after that, ...... Keygar!

I saw a car today and the rear window was plastered with "THERE IS NO GOD", WHO IS GOD" and "ATHEISM RULES" stickers all over it. There were more anti God stickers on the bumper. I was amazed. I mean, if you believe there is no God, why bother putting anti God stickers everywhere. It implies you are anti nothing. To me it was almost a cry for help by this car owner. They certainly need some. ...Keygar

Genesis 8:22 tells me "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease". That's hard to reconcile with an Australian politician's view I heard recently. He stated that in a few decades the planet would be uninhabitable and we'd all be "fried chips ready to go" as a result of man's overuse of the earth's energy resources. Sorry, but I'll believe the Bible any day over an Aussie pollie. ...Keygar

After a couple of ambulance rides, uncountable injections, hovering staring faces attached to busy hands and the incessant beeping of heart monitors over the last few days, I have a slightly corrected outlook on life today. One, our time here is so fragile and could end so quickly and unexpectedly. Two, so many people are so much worse off than me. Three, we must be ready to meet our Maker before our last breath whispers goodbye to our mortal body. Four, there are still many caring and lovely people about. Five, "Rapture Notes" is not quite finished yet. ...Keygar

I think God has just about finished giving the world over to it's desire to self destruct through rebellion towards it's Maker. As usual in Australia, leading this rebellion are "The GREENS", a political party devoid of morals and spiritual awareness. They are strongly pushing for men to be able to marry men, supported by as usual, Satan's media. Yes, is that a trumpet I can hear? ...Keygar

Where I live, violence is rampant. Bus drivers are refusing to travel certain routes because of attacks on their colleagues, and because large rocks are being thrown through their bus windows on a daily basis. Children are attacking other children and videoing it on their mobile phones to share with their mates. Police officers are assaulted almost every other day and the courts treat the offenders as the victims. Car drivers are ramming each other and assaulting fellow motorists over trivial incidents.

School teachers are now so regularly attacked by students they have called in the Police to help with the situation. The Bible says that when it's getting close to the end of this age, lawlessness will increase markedly and beyond what is normal. Well, we're not close to the end of this age, I think we have in fact arrived!

There's an unbelievable apathy in Australia when it comes to spiritual matters. This country has been blessed for so long it's simply unconsciously taken for granted. Very few visitors to this site are Australian. Here, the rapture is more understood to be the feeling one has with a belly full of beer, and when one's football team has won. Christian simply means boring, or a do gooder, or a church building.

Yes, Australians are tolerant and generally fair minded, and usually not out to create trouble for people, but that's no excuse for ignoring God and His sacrifice at the cross. It's a kind of blissful ignorance that prevails here, but as we all know, reality eventually prevails. That reality will take most Aussies by complete surprise, sadly.

Regular visitors to this site will have noticed a slowing in the number of articles posted. This is because there is simply only so much one can say on any given subject. Even the Bible is limited in size. The Lord God has said all that needs to be said and can be said, for man to know the answers to his biggest questions. The truth is therefore out there available to all who seek it. The fact is...... few do.

Recently whilst in hospital, I had time to think on how wonderfully put together the human body is. It is inconceivable to me that it evolved from a mud pool, or came together as a result of an explosion. I mean, really, I think one would have to be a cretin to believe that. It's like concluding that your mobile phone came into existence as a result of an explosion in an electronics store. I'm sorry evolutionists, but your theory is just plain DUMB! I must go now, my phone is ringing on its own.

In the past few days, I have come up against people who have seemed to be going out of their way to make life unpleasant for me. Their attitudes, ideas and actions can not upon examination, be seen to be founded on reason, fact or truth. They have a blind determination it would seem to simply try and cause me distress. Upon reflection, I have concluded that as the Bible says, often we wrestle not against flesh and blood, that is, normal human beings, but against Satan and his agents, be they demonic or human.

On such occasions we need to come against these entities IN JESUS NAME and send them packing. We Christians will often come under attack from Satan and his deluded followers, but we same Christians WILL ULTIMATELY WIN, with JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF being our secret weapon of mass destruction.

If it became law tomorrow that everyone had to be homosexual, and the whole country turned "gay", and same sex marriage became compulsory, the feral homosexuals who strike fear into the heart of morally deformed politicians in Australia still would not be happy.
WHY?
Because way down deep in their spiritual gut, gays know that how they're living and what they're doing, is and always has been.....
WRONG

If Obama and Rudd are the best leaders that their countries can offer, and if what's on the news each day is the best the papers and TV stations can offer, and if what's going around in the way of entertainment is the best that industry can offer, and if the explanations of why man is here and where we are going by the worlds most so called illuminated minds are the best they can offer, then my heart's just not in this world.
Read the pages of this website for something immeasurably better!!

I have seen a world where children never die. I have seen a world where mothers never cry. I've seen all the soldiers burn their weapons and return to their own lands and I've seen streets that again were places filled with joyful happy sounds. I've seen peace and justice and safety throughout all the lands. I've seen this world after Jesus returns.

Sometimes when individuals or situations or problems get me down, or pre-occupy my mind to a point where I'm feeling up against it, I take a step back and remember how short and insignificant this life we have, really is. There is a huge plan unfolding for mankind, that God is in control of, and the most important thing is to contribute to that plan and be a part of it.
God's in control. I am His child. That's ALL that matters!

We've all had our own battles, some worse than others, some easier than others. We are all really helpless marbles in life's lottery. But in the end, God's handing out the prizes, and He'll make sure everyone is compensated the right amount and everything will be evened out. The last will be first and the first will be last. Can't wait.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to forcibly filter our internet here in Australia. This is one of those sugar coated poisoned apples. It is meant to appeal on the outside, that is, he tells us it's to protect our children. The poison takes effect later, when the filter is used for the purposes of those in power, to stifle free speech, opposing views, and liberty. Throw this bad apple back to Canberra, where it belongs with the other ones!

Poor foolish Ahmadinejad. He is the one who is doomed. Fancy challenging Yahweh and His people. Unremarkably there is a growing number of intellectually challenged and spiritually dead people in the western world who agree with Ahmadinejad about the Holocaust the Jewish people suffered through. Satan is alive and well, and recruiting fools by the thousands daily. This bloke who "leads" Iran is amongst his brightest apprentices.......Keygar!

Yesterday, I went to our local zoo. The variety and beauty of so many animals and birds made me realise that our God is so many things. Yes, He is almighty, powerful, everywhere and all knowing. But He is also a wonderful artist. His designs are beautiful and wonderfully thought out. Yes, heaven will truly be a stunning and awesome place to behold. If you are an arts lover, be sure not to miss out on your ticket to the greatest show ever.

Remember, you can only get a pass from one Person.

U.S.A. President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Without wishing to offend any American visitors to this site, I can only describe this occurrence as...
laughable!

Thankyou for travelling with us folks. We're almost there. We know the road has been a little long and bumpy, but we're sure that what we have in store for you now, will more than make up for it. You are about to have the greatest experience in the history of mankind, one that will change you forever and one that will fulfil all of your dreams. As you get off the bus please present your ticket to the attendant.

Remember, your ticket must have "PAID IN FULL" written on it, IN BLOOD, in order to enter, otherwise I'm afraid you will not be allowed to go in.
Now to all of you who have correct tickets ready, please show them to the attendant, go on in, and ....WELL DONE!

A religion of peace? I'm fed up with political correctness!!
Muslim terrorist wannabes are busted again and again. And we're told that Islam's a religion of peace. The world's and the media's non condemnation of Islam in response to the Ft. Hood attack mocks the memory of the dead.

I recently was in Hawaii. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to go there. It seemed like paradise in the TV shows set in Honolulu. Now, when I finally got there, it did indeed seem like the paradise I expected. Warm days and nights, gentle breezes, towering palm trees, the music from steel guitars wafting along Waikiki beach and much more.

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to go to heaven too. It seemed like paradise from all the things I read in the Bible. It took a long time to get to Hawaii, but I got there. It's taking a long time to get to heaven, BUT I WILL GET THERE. It will be like a billion Hawaii's all rolled into one.
Each day it gets closer!!!

A few of my friends and relatives have recently died. Death always forces me to evaluate the worth of my life. NOTHING we accumulate through lust, greed, pride, envy, fame or reputation is worth a cow pat when we leave this earth. So why do we strive so hard for the wrong things, myself included. The answer of course is that our hearts are essentially wicked and selfish.

My resolution is to achieve more things of an eternal value. What's your resolution for next year?

As far as Christian websites go, Rapture Notes is insignificant. It's impact is in my estimation minimal and I have little evidence that it has been very effective at all. I believe that if it is going to be of any notable value, it will be AFTER the rapture, not before.

BUT...at least I'm having a go. I was inspired to start this site by Todd Strandberg of RAPTURE READY. In Heaven, Todd will certainly get a "well done". I'll hopefully get a "certificate for trying". What will you get?
I have a feeling that we are in the last few years of this age as we know it. If you are going to do anything for Christ, anything at all...
DO IT NOW! .... Keygar!

The mind is the Devil's playground. Nearly all actions originate with a thought. Certainly most sinful ones do. One can spend a life time trying to stop doing a particular shameful or wrong act with no success, simply because we fail to stop the originating thought for that action IN OUR MIND FIRST.

Is this easy? No, but I believe it can be done the more we read the Bible and gain knowledge of how to defeat Satan and our own lusts by closing our mind off to wrong incoming thoughts that lead to wrong actions.

2 Timothy 3:1-4 says....
"Make a note of this, there will be very difficult times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God."
Sound familiar? Could these be the last days? Could the Bible be right?

These are stressful times to be sure. We need to comfort ourselves with the faith by which we were first saved by God's grace.
Look beyond the chaos in the world to a time when the lion and the lamb will lie together in peace. Ah yes, PEACE.
The "Prince of Peace" is poised to return.

If you're a Christian, and you express your opinion on abortion or homosexuality in Europe or Canada.....LOOK OUT! The left wing liberals and the crooked politically correct politicians who need a spine transplant, will come after you.

But if you're a Muslim in one of these countries, and you beat your wife or daughter for fraternising with a Christian, then just put your feet up.
No one will hunt YOU down!!

Often as Christians we feel a total failure. We feel as though we just let God down time and time again. How could God possibly forgive us "again"? We feel frustrated, unworthy and insecure.

Satan loves it when we beat ourselves around the head with our mistakes, because then we lose our joy and our effectiveness. Remember, that why Jesus came, because we are human. Our sins ARE forgiven. There's no need for the ongoing guilt trip.

As the song says, we need to just "pick ourselves up, dust our selves off, and start all over again", ....with a smile :)

Those of us who are accused of being narrow minded are simply believers who pursue the true Word of God. We like to hear about God and the Bible with no man derived nonsense added. We want to avoid the latest fads in the contemporary church that are feel good centres. We are not interested in the dollar or attendance numbers. As a result, we are called some pretty nasty names.
But I don't care, TRUTH WILL TRIUMPH!

Christians should assert that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and that Jerusalem shouldn’t be divided.
Christians should call on politicians to stop pressuring Israel to make unwise and dangerous concessions.
Christians should call into radio and TV talk shows in support of Israel and keeping Jerusalem united.
I fear for the future of America who under Obama has turned its back on Israel and God.

Patience is a hard thing to incorporate into our daily lives. We want everything NOW.
But NOW is but a drop in the ocean compared to forever.
The Bible teaches that becoming patient is part of the process of becoming perfect, so it must be pretty important. We certainly need patience at the moment. Come quickly Jesus.

See what I mean :)

It amazes me how America has turned on Israel. Has Obama completely abandoned morals in favour of oil, appeasement and globalism? At least here in Australia most favour the under dog, who here is seen as definitely Israel.
America is being seen here as the bully and deservedly so. Hooray to Israel and a big "boo" to America.

If Easter prompts a Christian to remember the death and resurrection of Christ and be grateful for it, that's a good thing eh? Who cares whether its the actual date of Christ's death or not. If non Christians wanna give eggs and whatever let em. But I think if we remember the core reasons of what Easter is about, that's all that matters. God sees each persons heart at Easter, not what date it is or whether chocolate sales go up.

All He cares about is the heart. I think Christians who criticize others for celebrating Easter and giving a chocolate egg to their kids are legalistic and narrow minded. They'd be better off doing something that in fact reminded people of the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter, that is, use Easter to be a witness rather than a critic.
My two cents worth......Keygar!

The Bible tells us that thousands of years ago God created the animals and then man, and it was very good! Evolutionists still search for the missing link and they must find one, because otherwise they must the God of the Bible and they don’t want to have to answer to Him. The Darwinist are trying to make a monkeys out of us, and I for one will not succumb to their ridiculous assertions!

When I was a little boy, we Australians used to think of America as a sort of imaginary wonderland. A place not far removed from Heaven itself. America carried off our imaginings on a whirlwind of wonder, amazement and even envy. It was a land far too good and wonderful for us to ever even hope to emulate or visit.

Now it is somehow shameful, soiled and uncovered. It's like discovering your sweetheart has been sleeping around. It's heartbreaking. It's a monumental loss.
Most of all, it's a warning to Australia.

The sceptic asks, where is the promise of Jesus's coming, for all things continue as they always have? As I see it, based on my world-view, we're seeing the birth pangs of the end. It appears, from where I'm sitting, that prophetic events are indeed accelerating. Only time will tell for sure, however I believe we are seeing signs warning us that what is coming upon the earth soon...
IS THE TRIBULATION!

THE great fraud has been found out, and Australia saved - for now - from the biggest of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's follies. Following is the worst lie that Kevin Rudd, perhaps our most deceitful Prime Minister ever, once told about global warming and his Emissions Trading Scheme.....
"The biggest challenge the world faces in the decades ahead is climate change. It is the great moral and economic challenge of our time."

But now Rudd has decided "the greatest moral challenge" of our time, was after all a con job. It was just "a" challenge, he said.

And with public trust falling in his ETS "solution" - a great green tax on gases - he's quietly admitted to the hoax of man caused global warming.

Sometimes, I wonder if there really is a God. So much misery abounds. Everyone seems to lie and distort in in order to gain an advantage for themselves. At every turn, someone is trying to extract my last dollar from me. Personally, I am lied about, treated as unimportant, lied to, harassed and bullied.

Come to think about it, that's what swings me back to my faith in God. He simply has to be there. There has to be an explanation for mankind's miserable existence. There has to be something better. The BIBLE provides all the answers. Yes there is a God.

Occasional doubt is normal, but believing there is no God is folly.

"In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what really makes me angry is that they quote me for the support of such views."
The above is a quote from ALBERT EINSTEIN, who most atheists still triumphantly claim was also an atheist.
Really??

What a mess!! This world is crumbling. Honest leaders...where? Integrity...where? Love for fellow man...where?
Lawlessness...everywhere. Anti Semitism...everywhere. Anti Christian...everywhere. Immorality...everywhere.
Solution...Jesus. When...soon. Judgement...swift. You...?

When the rapture occurs, the information on this site will be eagerly sought after. If after, or before that time, you would like to do something constructive for the Lord, please consider either mirroring this site, or downloading it onto a DVD disc for distribution.

Free programmes such as "wget" or "httrack" can be used to copy this website in its entirety. Just Google those programmes and you can soon have the entire Rapture Notes website on disc for family and friends.

Pornography distorts a person’s natural affection for fellow human beings. It gradually reduces normal innocent affection to a darker and more selfish desire to use and control others. Cigarette packets come with a warning that smoking is harmful to your health. Pornography should come with a warning that exposure to it is harmful to a person's emotional, spiritual and sexual health.

You can lead a Christian to the bible, but you can't make them learn from it. Many Christians are saved and that's about as far as they get. They don't live much differently to the world. They don't achieve much for God's kingdom. They don't spread much "light" or "salt" around. They are pretty much selfish Christians. Why do I say that?

Because they are happy to take the free gift of salvation but too self centred to give anything back to God in return. Sure they are saved, but their eternal bank account will have little in it. How's your heavenly retirement looking?

In Australia, our Prime Minister has been dumped and we now have our first woman leader. The Opposition party has had about three different leaders in the last year or so. With each change of leadership comes new hope of things being put right, of integrity finally being unearthed, of morality being brought back into Public office, and of the best interests of the people being catered to for a change.
With each new leader comes eventual disappointment, disillusionment, failure, self serving ambition, and a further distancing from the time tested and true principles as found in the Bible. The cycle continues.

But soon a new leader will burst onto the scene. He'll stand no more nonsense, he'll champion the downtrodden, right the wrongs, give everyone a fair go, punish the wicked and reward the good. His name is Yeshua. Then the cycle will finally stop.

I receive lots of emails from so called Christians who are semi-literate, foul mouthed, bad mannered and just downright rude when they disagree with some opinions expressed on Rapture Notes. Be careful of such people, as they do much damage to Christendom as they tear down, discourage and contribute nothing to Christ's work on earth.

I don't believe they are even Christians usually, but put there by "the other side" to try and negate those who are genuinely trying to forward an understanding of God's word.

In my case, I hereby advise them ...... "YOU ARE FAILING".

In parts of Australia there are worries about the growth of the Muslim community, the pressure not to criticise the aggression sections of it displays, and the simultaneous onslaught upon Australian values by the likes of Muslim cleric, Sheik Hilaly. Voters are stating unequivocally that they have seen through all the spin about multiculturalism, all the false arguments about the alleged economic advantages of mass immigration, and all the bullying and name-calling about racism.

The silent majority of sensible people in Australia and Britain have had enough of the immigration based emotional blackmail foisted on them by politicians and senseless do-gooders, and if politicians want to retain power, they'd better listen to that silent majority, and NOW!!

We have just moved house. What a nightmare. We packed for three weeks and were totally exhausted. We had to give our dog away. The removal truck was late. It was pouring with rain while they were shifting the furniture. They ripped our leather sofa. When we got to our new place, the internet wasn't working. We had so much stuff it wouldn't all fit in the house which is smaller, so we had to give a lot of things away at a considerable loss. There were no power points where we needed them and no phone points where we needed them etc etc. Mind you, we love our new little house, don't get me wrong.

But it made me think of a wonderfully smooth move coming soon. A MOVE UPWARDS. There'll be no problems at all, just sheer pleasure and delight and joy. No complications, just .....WOW!!!

I recommend you move with us, you'll be so glad you did :)

Generosity produces prosperity. Not tithing. Not giving to a television evangelist out of cheap hope or fear. Not repeating certain verses from the bible. Not claiming so called promises and Not saying a particular prayer. Generosity is the key. Giving is proof we believe God has endless resources and we trust Him to help us according to our needs .

Meanness is a sign we don’t trust Him so we keep everything we get.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Cor. 9:6,8)

Some may try to impress God with their holiness, but I just try to live temperately within God's guidelines, and be impressed with His holiness.

There are two supernatural forces pulling at the lives of every human being on planet earth. The first force is benevolent, the God of Israel, and the other is malevolent, Satan. They are directly opposed to each other and each person is caught between the two as the battle for their souls, talents, time and usefulness rages. If we could be more aware of this fact, more would become Christians, and those that are already Christians, would be far more effective.

Some Christians enjoy judging other Christians based on many criteria. Who they are seen with, where they are seen, if they drink alcoholic drinks, what music they listen to, what clothes they wear, how long their hair is, whether or not they buy lotto tickets, if they smoke cigarettes and on and on and on. Well if you're that kind of Christian, you are obviously superior and I dip my hat to you.

Personally, I just try to live modestly and temperately according to God's guidelines as set out in the Bible, and let Him be my assessor.

Well, the Australian people have voted and put control of it's ultimate legislation passing senate in the control of "The Greens" whose homosexual leader is Bob Brown. This means Australia is now in effect under the direction of a party that wants same sex marriage legalised and the homosexual agenda pushed like never before, not to mention a whole raft of other anti Christian policies that it's pushing. In effect, Australia today began taking a deliberate swing aimed squarely at God's face.

I am bracing myself for that moment when God catches Australia's hand just before it hits Him, and then lands His own finishing blow against us. Like the recipients of most "king hits", those Australians that brought this about will then say  "duh, where did that come from", presuming they can still speak that is.

Some times I feel God is such a long way away. The closeness and sense of the Holy Spirit seem to evaporate like a melting mist in the morning sun. I feel panicky, a little like a child lost in a shopping centre. Now I just dig in, and be patient during these times.

The reason is, I have learned from experience that often it is at these times that God is preparing a new course, or a new vision or a new door for me to go through. So if you're feeling a little lost at the moment, don't be afraid, rather get excited, because a fresh adventure may soon overtake you, that closeness will return, and your joy will be again be full.

Just a thought ...... Keygar!

If you say there should be a two state solution in the middle east, then you're against God. If you say Israel should give up land and allow a Palestinian state, you're against God. If you are pro Palestinian in attitude then you are anti Israel, which makes you against God.

If you are against God, you lose.

I always give the names of writers whose articles are featured on this web site where I know them. This week, I was contacted by the author of an article on RAPTURENOTES. He was annoyed that I hadn't given his name as the author and that people were finding his article on my site rather than his.

His attitude reminded me of the man in the bible (Matthew 6:5) who prayed loudly so everyone could hear him, and Jesus said that man had already received his reward and praise by bringing attention to himself.

Any thing we achieve for God with an attitude of pride and self glory, we have already received our reward for. Don't expect any more thanks in Heaven.

Now and then I get a bit depressed with the state of the world, specially when politicians get elected who I KNOW are bad for the people and their countries, which they so miserably lead. It is very frustrating when for decades you have seen the predictable results from ill conceived decisions happen without fail, yet those foolish decisions continue to be made.

That is when I must reassess and refresh, realising that "GOD IS in charge and His plans WILL be fulfilled and foolishness WILL eventually be done away with.

This week I have been quite ill. It began with a hacking cough all night, followed by a raging fever and a severe headache. Several days later my chest was very sore and then I developed an inflamed throat that made me feel as though I was eating broken glass each time I swallowed. All these symptoms were overseen by constantly aching limbs and chronic fatigue. Truly a fun week no?

In Heaven with Jesus there will never be a moments illness. Take the day you felt the very best here on earth and multiply it a thousand times and you get some idea of how we'll feel forever and ever. And no waiting hours in doctor's surgeries and taking out loans for the medications, (they actually have to do that in some countries you know).

Suddenly..........., I'm feeling much better!

You can blaspheme the name of Jesus every five minutes, burn Bibles, rubbish Christian opposition to homosexuality and abortion, remove Christian instruction from schools, ban praying in Jesus name in public, and generally attack Christianity from any angle and get applauded by the media or met with complete indifference.

But mention burning a Quran, or voice opposition to another mosque being built, or question Obama's origins, or quote Islamic beliefs that promote violence on non believers, or express concern at the power a minority of homosexual activists have, or disagree with same sex marriage, and everyone from the man in the street to the media either looks disdainfully at you or violently denounces you and even on occasion tries to have you put away.

It is so bizarre there seems to be no sense to it. But look deeper and the cause of this odd behaviour comes clearly into view......

SATAN!

Recently someone told me "But I don't feel saved, so how can I be sure I am?" Well, I guess if you had cancer and your doctor treated you for it, and then after several months the same doctor said to you "You are cured, there is no more cancer present, go and enjoy life", I doubt you would go and sit on the edge of your bed and refuse to go outside until you felt cured. More likely, you would shout with joy and go out and get your friends and really whoop it up.

The bible says, "If you declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that He rose from the dead, then you are saved". Would you believe God less than a doctor? So ......... are you looking for your bed, or are you ready to party?

I have recently been watching a television series on wars and famous battles this century. Now, in hindsight, it appears unexpected victory after unexpected victory eventually resulted in a political and social set of circumstances under which the nation of Israel was able to be reborn after 2000 years of extinction.

It could have so easily been so different, and no Israel would ever have existed again. God used every war and battle and general to bring about His purposes and fulfil the prophecies concerning Israel recorded in the bible..........

Awesome!

Why do people need "beads" to pray? If my own children only spoke to me whilst fingering beads and saying pre-determined repetitive phrases, I'd be hurt, confused and downright annoyed. "Come to the point!", I'd yell. Why would our heavenly Father want us to speak to Him using beads. It's nonsense in my opinion and an insult to God our Father.

There is no scriptural basis whatever for "the rosary" and using beads to say prayers. To me, it indicates an inability to think or express an original thought or idea.

Last week my uncle passed away. This week my father journeyed over into Glory. Both men believed in Jesus Christ for their salvation and passed that faith and belief on to their loved ones. Thus, both men were a blessing to this earth because they were salt and light to the world, (Matthew 5:13-16).

Time is so short for this life as we know it, that I am determined to follow their example and spread the word that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, anyone can be saved, and that they also can be carried by the angels into Heaven when their life here on earth draws to an end.

Are we salt or poison? Are we a light to others or a blanket of darkness. These are critical questions to ask ourselves.

Just a thought ..... Keygar!

This week a favourite Uncle of mine passed away. There was sadness in the hospital room of course as we awaited his leaving us, but also a tangible sense of his nearness to entering the presence of Jesus Christ whom he loved with a deep conviction for most of his life.

It was not a hope, or wishful thinking that pervaded the room, but a surety felt only when truly born again Christians gather together. I weep for those who will never experience it because of proud and hardened hearts.

See you soon Uncle!!