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“And there will be great signs from heaven ... and there
will be signs in the sun and moon and
stars.” (Luke 21:11, 25)
ASTRONOMERS say they have been stunned by the amount of
energy released in a star
explosion on the far side of our galaxy, 50,000 light-years
away.
The blast occurred on the surface of an exotic kind of
star - a super-magnetic neutron star.
The flash of radiation on 27 December was so powerful
that it bounced off the Moon and lit
up the Earth’s atmosphere.
The explosion overwhelmed satellites and space-borne
telescopes, but caused no harm to the
earth. If it had happened within 10 light-years of
us, the scientists say, it would have literally
fried the planet.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” said Dr Rob Fender,
of Southampton University, UK. “We
figure that it’s probably the biggest explosion observed by
humans within our galaxy since
Johannes Kepler saw his supernova in 1604.”
One calculation has the giant flare unleashing about
10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts. Or
as Dr Fender said: “We have observed an object only
20 km across, on the other side of our
galaxy, releasing more energy in a tenth of a second
than the Sun emits in 100,000 years.”
The energy burst was not visible to humans, and the gamma
rays were blocked by the Earth’s
atmosphere as they rushed by. But NASA’s new observatory -
named Swift for its speedy
pivoting and pointing - is among the instruments that
detected the flare. It was
launched last November to probe the workings of black holes.
The initial burst of high-energy radiation subsided
quickly but there continues to be an
afterglow at longer radio wavelengths. “We may go on
observing this radio source for much
of this year,”
Dr Fender said. BBC /18 Feb. 05
What an awesome event! What power - even though most of
us did not see it, or even hear
about it! “When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars,
which You have set in place, what
is man that You are mindful of Him, and the Son of Man that
You visit and inspect Him?”
(Psalm 8:3-4)
The universe out there, however, is not only awesome in
its beauty; it is also violent. And
the above is just one report of many signs in the
sky. My dear reader, look at these
two prophecies regarding coming upheavals in the universe in
the endtimes: At that time
His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “once
more I will shake not only the
earth, but also the heavens.”
(Hebrews 12:26. Also in Haggai 2:6)
“Men’s hearts will faint from terror, being apprehensive
of what is coming upon the world; for the
very powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will
they see the Son of Man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory.” (Luke 21:26-27)
My dear reader, as I come to the end of this issue which
has focused on alarming events on
the earth, and in the universe, and that has quoted many
prophecies concerning these
endtimes, I echo the urgency and exhortations of the
Scriptures: “Come, all you who are
thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine
and milk without money and without cost …
“Seek YHWH while He may be found. Call upon Him while He
is near. Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him
return to YHWH, and He will have
compassion on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon.”
(Isaiah 55:1, 6-7)
“And there is no other God besides Me, a righteous God
and a Saviour. There is no one
besides Me. Turn and look to Me and be saved, all you ends
of the earth; for I am God, and
there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:21-22)
My dear reader, if you have not yet received God’s pardon
for your sins; if you have not yet
received the salvation of God; if you do not know the
Messiah, Jesus, as your personal
Saviour, will you please call to Him while there is time –
while He is still calling you?
“For YHWH, the Almighty God so loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten (His
one-and-only, unique) Son, so that whoever believes in Him,
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” (John 3:16)
“For when we were still weak, the Messiah at the right
time died for the ungodly. Now very
rarely will someone die even for a righteous man,
though possibly for a good man someone
might even have the courage to die. But God
demonstrates His own love for us, in that
while we were still sinners, the Messiah died for us
.” (Romans 5:6-8)
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first
importance, that the Messiah died for our
sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was
buried, and that He was raised on the third
day according to the Scriptures.” (1 Corinthians
15:3-4)
Yes, when the Lord Jesus died on the cross, He paid the
penalty for your sins. And now He
is calling you to Himself, to receive His pardon, and His
gift of eternal life. My reader,
“We are ambassadors for Messiah; it’s as though God
was right here personally appealing
through us. We implore you on behalf of the Messiah;
be reconciled to God! He made Him
who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we
might become the righteousness of
God ... now is `the well-accepted time’; now is `The Day of
Salvation’ .” (2 Corinthians
5:20-21. 6:2)
Reader, the way of salvation is so simple that a child
can understand it. Jesus is the Saviour,
who paid our penalty. We need to turn from our past
life, and believe in Him – to ask Him
for salvation, and to trust Him to save us this very
moment. “If you confess with your
mouth Y’shua as LORD – the Son and manifestation of
the
Eternal Deity - and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in
righteousness, and with the mouth he
confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture
says, whoever believes in Him will not be
disappointed.” (Romans 10:9-11)
My reader, if you have not yet received Jesus as your
Saviour, will you pray to Him right
now. Don’t procrastinate – don’t put off your
decision. Receive Him today. Pray in words
like the following. Pray sincerely, deliberately, and
with faith in the Saviour.
DECISION PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I come
just as I am, a sinner, condemned
by my sin. I believe that You love me and have provided a
way for me to receive Your pardon
for my sins. I believe that Jesus is that Way, and that He
paid the penalty of
my sins when He died on the cross. I believe He is the
Saviour, and that He rose from the
dead. I believe that He is the living Saviour.
Lord Jesus, I receive You as my Saviour, and Master. Take
over my life, I pray, and make me
what You want me to be. Be my strength and my life; and
Master, keep me in Your powerful
hands until the day You return to take me to the Father’s
House.
Thank You Master for Your love and great sacrifice. Thank
You Father for Your salvation;
thank You for making me Your child. Thank You, Amen.
Signed …………………………..date …………..
Reader, if this is your prayer today I would love to hear
from you. Write to me, Don
Stanton,. And Yahweh bless and
keep you.
A FINAL WORD TO ALL BELIEVERS
“Be careful how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
redeeming and making the most of the time -
buying up each opportunity, because the days are
evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand
what the will of YHWH the LORD is. Do not get drunk
with wine, for that leads to unrestrained
behaviour, to a breakdown of morals and to wastage.
Instead be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
(Ephesians 5:15-18)
“… awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Master, Y’shua the
Messiah.” (1 Corinthians 1:7)
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