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AN INVITATION FROM THE AUTHOR
The Spirit of God closes His Book of prophecy, the Bible,
with an invitation:
“The Spirit and the bride say, `Come!’ and
let him who hears say, ‘Come!’ Whoever is thirsty, let him
come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the wa-
ter of life”
(Rev. 22:17).
Although there is no comparison between my humble
book and God’s, I feel that I should follow this pattern, and
close mine in like manner. I would like to begin with two pas-
sages from the Bible, each in the form of a question:
“How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation”
(Heb. 2:3)?
“See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they
did not escape when they refused him who warned them on
earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who
warns us from heaven”
(Heb. 12:25)?
A permanent escape from God’s fiery judgement and in-
dignation has been provided. He poured out His wrath on His
Son, Messiah “Ben Joseph”—who was humanity’s Passover
Lamb, the sacrifice for all of us (Heb. 9:28). God did this so He
would not have to pour out His wrath on us. His sole condi-
tion, our part, is that we accept Christ’s sacrificial death upon
the cross as forgiveness for our sins. Thousands of already ful-
filled prophecies give us assurance that we can believe every-
thing the Bible tells us.
The Bible states:
“You must be born again”
(John 3:7)—
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