The Mission - Getting you to heaven (and keeping you out of hell)
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 Why concern yourself with this Bible stuff?   Because we are out of time!
  click on the timeline graph at the left for a BIG picture and find the "you are here" point on the graph. We can't show it any plainer than that. Jesus is coming soon, like possibly within the next ten years. ! If you still get a small image you can't read well then put your mouse arrow in the lower right hand part of the picture and an orange blowup button with arrows in all 4 corners will appear. Click on the orange button to get the readable big picture that takes up a third of your screen. Then scroll at the bottom all the way across to be able to see the whole graph from start to finish.

What you need to know about getting to heaven and staying out of hell.
This site is the result of thousands of hours of research and study over many years to determine the important things we need to know about our life here on earth as well as our life in the hereafter. Our life on earth is very short, but our life in the hereafter is infinitely long. There are things we need to know in order to make that transition successfully, ensuring we end up in the right place.  It is not an issue to be taken lightly nor one to be ignored. The information here is non-denominational. We do not currently belong to any particular affiliation and we are not trying to wrangle you into any. We find both truth as well as error in most all affiliations.

I used to start out with  how we know God exists  and how do we know the Bible is truly God's word.  .  But as time is short and the world becomes more twisted by the day I have to change focus to the parachute; why you need it, how you get it, and how you keep it.  The Bible does not preach a gospel of good times.  It preaches the good news of hoped-for redemption. We want to address the crucial redemption issue as that determines our fate at death; whether we end up in heaven or in hell. Everything else is just nice to know information.

Do all good people go to heaven?  Can you get to heaven on your own good deeds and by being a good person? Did you ever wonder about how good you would have to be to make it to heaven without Jesus? Well, God has told us how well we would have to do to get into heaven. He has revealed the passing grade in His class of life. Do you know what it is?  Jesus said: "Be perfect, therefore as your Father, which is in heaven, is perfect" (Matthew 5: 48).  There it stands! That's the passing grade! The amazing thing  is that God doesn't grade on a curve. God says, "Be perfect"!   Is that possible?  Well, no, in fact it is absolutely impossible.  But God HAS provided an “out” for us sinners, His son, Jesus; Yahshua our Messiah.

The “out” – another way to get heaven without having to be “perfect”.
If you willingly accept Jesus as your savior (one who does for you what you cannot do for yourself) His righteousness is substituted for your sinfulness in the eyes of the Father. This is called grace, a free gift that can’t be earned and isn’t deserved.  But you DO have to accept this gift and show your belief in that acceptance by your changed thoughts, words, actions, and deeds regarding your behavior.  Grace is not a license to freely sin and there is a difference between knowing Jesus and knowing ABOUT Jesus. But putting your faith in Jesus is the pathway to heaven.

 What does it mean to "put your faith in Jesus Christ?"  It means to personally trust in Jesus the same way you’d trust in a parachute if you had to jump 25,000 feet out of an airplane. The parachute being the only support device that would allow a safe landing.  You wouldn’t just "believe" in the parachute; you would put it on! In the same way, the Bible says, "Put on the Lord Jesus Christ..." and you will be saved. There are millions of people who "believe" Jesus exists . . . but they have not put on the Savior—there’s a BIG difference. And the difference will be obvious when you “jump” through the door of death. That's our focus now; the parachute. Little else is important except the parachute and learning why you need it, how you obtain it, and how you keep it. 

What is the parachute?   The parachute is Jesus of course, the substitution of His righteousness for our sinfulness in the eyes of the Father. If you don’t accept Jesus as your Savior and show that belief by your changed behavior; your thoughts, actions, words, and deeds; then you will go to hell and either stay there or be burned up and annihilated in the lake of fire at the end of the millennium – the only two recourses. Being a good old boy doesn’t get you to heaven because you are not perfect; God’s only passing grade. Only having the parachute on gets you to heaven and keeps you out of hell. Less than 10% of the people who obtain the parachute, keep it on. That means 90% of all those who make the altar call to accept Jesus as their savior take their parachute off at some point in time afterwards and backslide into sin. That's sad. 

I’ll give you the punchline here, on this page, as most will never make it past this page into the study guides and will therefore pass through the door of death without their parachute and land smack dab in the middle of the jaws of hell. Once in hell, there is no escape. It's a one way ticket only, no recourse, no changing travel plans. You either got your parachute strapped on all the time or you lose everything.  Depending upon interpretation of Rev 20:14 you will either stay in hell until you are terminated in the lake of fire at the great white throne judgment at the end of the millenium; or you will suffer “everlasting punishment”; Mathew 25:46.  The play on words is; does that mean everlasting punishing or annihilation in the lake of fire that is permanent extinction and final? Can you afford to find out? If you end up in the jaws of hell you can never say you weren't told what you needed to know.

Forget about religion, forget about which affiliation teaches what, forget about praying to your angel or the saints or the Pope (you are only supposed to pray to Jesus or God the Father anyway - 1Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus"), or buying crosses and necklaces and pictures and figurines to show your allegiance (the second commandment forbids that also), or learning everything there is to know about the Bible. That is only nice to know information. And learning about the Bible may help you to keep the parachute on after you get it, but it doesn’t get you saved. Getting to heaven and staying out of hell is simple. Just understand what is on this one page. It is all that matters when all is said and done. Learn the parachute and teach the parachute to others. Especially stay away from religious arguments regarding interpretations that can poison you with doubt and tempt you to remove your parachute.  Focus on what gets you saved and keeps you saved. That’s what this page is all about.

This site is designed for people (like me) who want to know the truth about God's word, to sort out what we really need to know about how to get to heaven if there is a heaven, how to stay out of hell if there is a hell, and object to being told to "just believe" instead of having proof of our creator's existence and His plan for us.  This is a double edged sword; as Jesus told Thomas when Thomas said he wouldn't believe until he put his fingers in the holes in Jesus' hands and feet; "Blessed are they who believe without seeing."  There is a stigma associated with the "proof" thing. But this website contains the proof folks, and there is lots of it!

Heaven or Hell?   
Please know, Heaven is real and Hell is also real.  These are not mythological places. Both realms exist today. Purgatory is a mythological place, invented by Rome to extract more money from people. Great concept, but it doesn’t exist. Nowhere in the Bible will you find the word purgatory or even the concept of purgatory as a stopping off place to be purified in before going to heaven. Even Catholic priests today admit there is no such thing as purgatory. You will not go to some middle ground prison in purgatory to work your sins off; you will go to either heaven or hell upon death, period.

We are comprised of spirit as well as flesh and blood. One minute after you die on this earth, your spirit will arrive at one of those two destinations, heaven or hell, and there is no changing travel plans once you arrive at the wrong destination.  

Some affiliations teach that there is no hell. That there are only two options at death, only two fates listed. Sinners will perish, but the faithful will receive eternal life.  John 10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." I agree with that part; as the wicked are never given immortality. Only the righteous are give immortality as a gift from God.  The problem is the when. The when for the righteous is at the second coming per 1Cor 15:50-54. But when will the wicked perish? The answer is a thousand years later, after the millenium, at the Great White Throne judgment when death and hell is cast into the lake of fire per Rev 20:14  So what happens to the wicked, the sinners who didn't accept the salvation of Jesus, up until that point in time where they perish? I believe, and near death experiences support this, that there is a real literal hell they go to today where they are under torment until that point in time when they are annihilated and they literally perish; forever.

There is strong evidence to believe our spirit goes to heaven or hell when we die even though we do not have immortality at that point in time.  Our immortal resurrection body is not part of the package at the time of death if our death is prior to the first resurrection. Only God Himself has immortality at this point in time (1Timothy 6:16). 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 tells us when immortality is given to us; at the second coming, not at the end of physical life, unless the end of physical life occurs also at the second coming when we are “changed in the twinkle of an eye”.   Others preach that body and spirit (soul) remain in the ground un-separated, knowing nothing until the second coming. I now seriously doubt that. My research into near death experiences has shown me otherwise. Although you will NOT have a resurrection body at the time of death when your spirit departs, it is an ethereal or spirit body, you will have all five senses. You will be able to see, smell, hear, speak, touch and feel pain if you end up at the wrong destination. Your free will, your acceptance and belief in grace and salvation, and how you handle your life now and show that belief, especially regarding keeping the ten commandments and forgiving others and your treatment of others, determines your travel destination right here; right now, on earth, before death.  It is just as important to not get the ticket to hell as it is to get the ticket to heaven. Eternity is a long time. I am going to tell you outright how to make sure your journey at death takes you to the correct destination.

Journeys of others to heaven and hell 
At www.spiritlessons.com and www.bibleprobe.com/nde.htm  and in the folder “Libros de Cielo Y Infierno” on my Spanish Bible lesson CD  and Heaven and Hell books on my English CD  under NDE and NDE2, are many documentations of near death experiences which lend strong evidence to a Hell that exists today, deep within our own earth, has souls being tormented, tortured and burned there today, is receiving new occupants daily and is expanding everyday. In fact, just as the Bible states, MOST of the people that die on this earth every day go to hell.   Why? Because these people did not accept or believe in Yahshua (Jesus) as their Savior.  They may have known ABOUT Jesus, but they did not believe that Jesus IS God, that He came to earth in human form and died for our sins on a wooden cross, and was resurrected on the third day after death as was prophesied, and ascended back into heaven. These people are not covered by His shed blood. Their sins are not substituted by His righteousness. They do not understand the concept of what a savior does. And because they are not perfect and flunked God’s Class of Life, Satan gets them by default. Contrary to popular opinion, there are not multiple paths to the Father and His Kingdom.  There is only one; via Yahshua (Jesus).  False religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, New Age Spiritism and false deities only take you via the wide road to hell. Read about a Buddhist’s near death experience at www.bibleprobe.com/nde.htm  entitled "Back from the Dead" where he met Jesus in the afterlife, not Buddha.  

Using near death experiences to peek around the veil is not the same as actually being on the other side. It’s the destination, not the transition that counts. These NDE experiences do seem to confirm that at death the soul separates from the body. But we do not get immortality at that time. We only get that at the second coming. Just as Jesus is light, the devil can mimic light also. We cannot accept without scrutiny what people claim to have seen behind the curtain. Near death experiences may or may not reflect the true conditions of life beyond death. God gave Stephen, just before he was stoned to death, a glimpse of heaven. This was unique because it was before he died, not at death. Here was positive encouragement that heaven was ready to receive him. Same with Paul. He was caught up into paradise 14 years before he actually died, when he was stoned at Lystra and left for dead outside the city.   Maybe he had a "revived from death" experience. We have to analyze if all these NDE’s conform to the Biblical picture of the hereafter.

God condemns channeling. 
Saul lost his life and that of his sons due to channeling.  But today’s new agers in trying to convince you there are multiple paths to heaven outside of the salvation of Jesus, all use channeling to get their information; all coming from demonic sources. Satan only fears one person; Jesus. If you are covered by the shed blood of Jesus (you have your parachute on) then Satan doesn’t get you. Therefore it is his job to tell you and convince you that you don’t need Jesus or the Jesus parachute to get to heaven. That’s his lie and if you believe that, he wins your soul. 

I just finished a book entitled “Mathew - Tell me about heaven”  by Suzy Ward. Her 17 year old son died in a jeep accident and tells her about heaven telepathically via channeling so she can write books about it. Interesting book, and it contains many things she could not have made up which tells us she IS in fact channeling some spirit somewhere;  but the book  lacks Jesus. The salvation of Jesus message isn’t there. He speaks of reincarnation, of Hatonn, Ashtar and other characters of the Galactic Federation whom we know to be fallen angels. In my opinion she is channeling a demonic impersonator who knows all about her son and his goal is to convince everyone through her books that Jesus is not necessary to get to heaven. That’s a big lie. Satan is using her to create deception and steer people away from Jesus. Yes, there are evil spirits that pretend to be good spirits who tell us lies.

The whole message of the good news of the Gospel  is that our only pathway to God’s Kingdom is through Jesus.  Each one of us has broken every one of God's ten commandments; His law. You say, but I haven’t murdered anyone; but the Bible says to have anger and hatred is akin to murder.  Ever been through a divorce or child support issue? You say I haven’t committed adultery; but the Bible says to look at a person with lust is the same as the act. Have you not ever wished for something your neighbor had that you lacked? Have you not ever told a lie, no matter how small?  Have you not ever, even as a child, taken something, no matter how small that was not yours? Have you never cussed? The Bible says that if we break just one commandment it is the same as breaking them all. We cannot get to the kingdom on our own deeds.  God is a just judge. He is not a corrupt judge. He will not let you go without just punishment. Thinking that your God will let you in with sin on your soul because you were basically a good old boy is worshipping a false God. The real Yahweh won’t do that. Someone has to pay for those sins; whether it be you; or someone who pays that price for you. No other alternatives. That's why we need a savior. Jesus paid the price for our sins for us with His own death on the cross, because we simply cannot keep God’s laws, all of them, no matter how hard we try. His righteousness is substituted for our sins in the eyes of the Father. That’s what a savior does. He does for you what you cannot do for yourself. He paid for our ticket with His death on the cross. We just have to accept it, and show that we have accepted it by changed behavior reflected by our thoughts, actions, words and deeds.  

Grace versus works – which is it; it can’t be both, right? 
Our works, no matter how much we try to do good on our own, will never get us to heaven.  Grace is the only thing that gets us to heaven. We are all sinners and God punishes sin. Grace is the gift of God, undeserved by us because of our sinful nature.  But grace is not a ticket to freely sin. It is NOT a free ride. Grace only churches today are preparing people to go to hell. Backsliders after being initially saved still end up in hell. Accepting grace comes with responsibilities; repenting of our past sins, and being careful about committing new ones. We show our belief in God’s grace and our acceptance of the salvation of Jesus as our savior by our works; allowing the holy spirit to work within us. If the holy spirit is truly in us, our behavior changes. If no works or fruits of the holy spirit are shown, it means we do not really have the belief, we have not really accepted the offer of grace; and no belief, no salvation. Head knowledge doesn’t cut it. Only knowing Jesus, allowing Him to be our Savior and following the narrow path leads us to heaven.

Statistically, out of every 200,000 people that ask God for the gift of grace and eternal life; only 15,000 to 18,000 stick with the program and are saved. That's less than 10%. Only these few keep the parachute on and stay with Jesus and remain saved.  The rest backslide back into their sinful ways and forget all about Jesus; some thinking that grace is a free license to sin now and others because they just become caught back up with the materialistic world we live in and the sinful influences Satan has provided to steal their salvation.  I personally believe a large reason for this is that the people were never taught from the git go the truth about the torments and fires of hell or the truth about how being good does not get them to heaven.  It is one reason I emphasize so much about what hell is like. They never went through the presentations I have for you below.  The evangelists that brought them to that altar call preached about the glory of God, how good God is, how loving God is, how God would not send them to hell; but they didn’t talk at all about how God is a just judge and the punishment for sin is hell.  They preached nice instead of necessity. They didn’t properly explain what the term savior means and exactly why Jesus as our savior is absolutely necessary to our salvation. No savior, no parachute, no heaven, we go to hell; no alternatives. Keep a daily walk with Jesus and don’t be a backslide statistic.  And there’s more to it than just repenting our past sins, forgiving others  and accepting grace.  Full immersion baptism to be born again and witnessing our faith to others so they might be saved also is part of the package if you want to do it right.

Beware of “grace only – once saved, always saved”  churches who preach that the new testament covenant doesn’t depend on promises or obedience from us. A covenant is a contract involving two parties, not just one. God is one side of this contract; we are the other. These people teach that Jesus “fulfilled” the law with His death and nothing is required of us in this contract. A careful analysis of that word “fulfill” from Greek using a concordance shows that word should have been more accurately translated “establish”. These people are claiming Jesus did away with the law by “fulfilling” it. The truth is, He came to “establish” the law, the ten commandments; He didn’t do away with them. In fact He clarified the law even further by stating that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us; which is in essence what the last six commandments require of us in relating to our fellow human beings.  In the new covenant God’s blessings are ours when we place our trust in Jesus. True. But the teaching that our own behavior and performance are not involved in our acceptance into the new covenant is a dangerous erroneous teaching. Jesus IS our salvation; our ONLY pathway to the Father. But again, if our changed behavior doesn’t reflect that belief, it means we have head knowledge only. We know ABOUT Jesus, but we don’t really KNOW Jesus and we have not really accepted the offer of grace in order to be saved.

Accepting Jesus means you have a lot of freedom. It is not expected that you will lead a sinless life. It is expected that you will sin a lot less than before though and that you will resist sin and temptation much more so than before. It lets you focus on getting others their parachute without worrying about your own salvation any more. When you slip and fall, Jesus makes up the difference, picks you back up and you continue on. Say you’re sorry and you’ll try not to do that again and move on. When your own salvation is secured, you are better able to focus on helping others get saved also.

It is more important that you know Jesus than to know facts about Him!  If you believe that Jesus is coming again, you will watch for His coming. If you earnestly watch for His coming you will purify yourself before Him by being obedient to His commandments, loving your neighbor, and witnessing your faith to others so that they might be saved also. You will commit some of your time and financial resources to that end also. The door the five wise virgins who carried extra oil for their lamps entered through is a symbol of the rapture. Remember five of the ten didn't get to enter. They weren't ready. The wedding banquet is the wedding feast of the Son of God and His Bride. Not all Christians get to go to this feast, therefore, not all Christians are part of the Bride of Christ. Only those that have taken the time to get to know Jesus will be allowed in. That is why he said, "I do not know you." These Christians will be left to be refined as gold during the great tribulation that is about to unfold instead of being protected by Yahweh by having His seal or mark during this time period.  (Document 2 tells what just what that seal is). Some Christians obey God; and some do all the things the world does, even the evil things. Those who obey now will be rewarded. The rest will discover they should have. If you are not praying, giving, and working in the "Harvest Fields" for Christ, YOU DON'T BELIEVE HE IS COMING, no matter what your Church doctrine teaches! If you believe there is a literal Hell, where men and  women go that do not know the forgiveness of sins, and you are not making some attempt to warn them, YOU don't believe He is coming back

Many people know little about Jesus,  correctly named Yahshua, which means “Yahweh saves”.  Yahweh is God’s proper name. Yahshua is Jesus’ proper name. J didn’t even enter the English language until around the 15^th century. Who is this man Yahshua, translated as Immanuel, and presently known as Jesus?  Why is He so important? Why is He the most written about person in the history of mankind? If He died here on earth 2000 years ago why will He affect where we end up after we die?  If you don’t know the story about Jesus, I strongly suggest you go to http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages/index.html  and watch a 2 hour video of his life. It is available there in hundreds of different languages and many speed options from a slow dial-up connection to T1 speeds. You need to know the story of Jesus to understand His importance as your Savior to you. If you do not have a computer or internet access, contact me and I will copy you a VHS movie of the Life of Jesus. Free.

To better understand just WHY it is necessary to know Jesus in order to be saved and avoid going to hell, there isn’t a better short summary than can be seen on this quick power point presentation found at  http://upchucky.com/worship/save.html  HOWEVER, before you view that presentation , please click on the small box underneath on that page that says "Are you a good person; good enough to go to heaven"  and go through the questionaire.  It sets the stage to show us WHY we need a savior and makes the main presentation at http://upchucky.com/worship/save.html much more meaningful. If you don’t have internet access and can’t access this important presentation, I have copied the contents of this presentation in print and you will find it in the “Savior-why do we need one” folder.

When you get done with that  go to  http://www.livingwaters.com/listenwatch.shtml and click on "Hell's Best Kept Secret". There are several viewing speeds to choose from depending upon your internet connection speed.  It is the best 37 minute explanation you will ever listen to. If you don't get what this is all about after spending time with these three links; all the lessons on this site cannot help you to be saved.  This is the gospel message as clear and precise and in as short a time period to absorb as you will ever hear it; anywhere. A transcript of this 37 minute video can be found at www.detailshere.com/hellsbestkeptsecret.htm  and is also included on this CD in the Hell folder.

The near death experience documentations  found at www.bibleprobe.com/nde.htm  support the concept that hell is a very real place; a place we don’t ever want to go to. It also supports the glorious life that awaits us in heaven.  One of the most intriguing realities to come out of studying the NDE cases is just how important our ability to forgive becomes in pleading our case. Preachers, men of God, who were dying and repenting of their sins as they were dying, did not have their prayers listened to because they harbored unresolved forgiveness issues. Once saved, always saved does not work.  It takes a daily walk with Jesus to stay on the narrow path to the kingdom.  I want to teach you the daily walk, either by blatantly showing you the realities of hell, or by showing you the incredible life that awaits us in heaven.

Modern medicine has reached a point where some people who are pronounced clinically dead; no heartbeat, no brain activity; can be brought back to life in a 4 to 6 minute period after true death.  And others have come back to life after even longer than that. The stories of where these people went and what they experienced show a different scenario of what happens to our souls at death than the soul sleep version being preached by churches who don’t want you to step out of your comfort zone today.  I have to hold the distinct possibility that one minute after we die our souls or spirit will enter heaven or hell and once there, there is no changing travel plans.

A fascinating site can be found at www.bibleprobe.com  (many of these are copied into the “Heaven and Hell Books” folder under NDE and NDE2 for you on this CD), which documents and also has videos of many NDE -near death experiences -  which allude to a real heaven and a real hell that exist today.   http://bibleprobe.com/hell2.htm   has the videos interviewing these people.

One of the strongest reasons for a Christian to believe in hell  is that Jesus Himself believed in it, and taught about it strongly, clearly, and frequently. Jesus Himself talks about Hell over 70 of the 162 times it is mentioned in the New Testament. Free will is one of the most convincing reasons for the existence of hell. Jesus Himself, in Mathew 25:46,  tells us, in the same sentence, that the righteous will have life eternal and if you don’t choose that door your other option is everlasting punishment; “ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.” The question becomes: will hell be a permanent annihilation as some interpret Rev 20:14 to say or will it really be everlasting torment for eternity????  Do you want to wait until you die to find out? The parachutes are free!  

According to Sam Bacchiocchi, a respected Adventist theologian (see his whole chapter on “ Hell - as eternal torment” in the Hell folder or at the blue link) : The "eternal punishment" of Matthew 25:46 is eternal because its results are permanent. It is a punishment that results in their eternal destruction or annihilation.  The only way the punishment of the wicked could be inflicted eternally is if God resurrected them with immortal life so that they would be indestructible.  But according to the Scripture, only God possesses immortality in Himself (1 Tim 1:17; 6:16).  He gives immortality as the gift of the Gospel (2 Tim 1:10 & 1Corrinthians 15:50-54) to the righteous at the second coming, not to the wicked.  In the best known text of the Bible, we are told that those who do not "believe in him" will "perish [apoletai]," instead of receiving "eternal life" (John 3:16). The ultimate fate of the lost is destruction by eternal fire and not punishment by eternal torment. But even with this version, mortal souls will suffer torment in hell from when they die until the Great White Throne judgment at the end of the thousand years.

However, according to Erwin Lutzer, in his book “One Minute after you Die”, the fire does not annihilate the wicked but torments them. There will be no periods of rest during which the wicked are unconscious of torment.  The beast and the false prophet were thrown in the lake of fire BEFORE the millennium at the second coming. But Satan, who was chained in the abyss during that time period was also thrown in the lake of fire to join them AFTER the millenium. Notice the beast and the false prophet were NOT annihilated in hell during that thousand years. Eternal conscious torment is clearly taught; 
there is no other honest interpretation of these passages.

Hell may not be a politically correct topic  these days, as many churches sweep the issue under the rug, but many people enter hell everyday. Out of the 150,000 people that die everyday, most end up in hell. Hell is a real place despite the fact that people laugh and say that they want to go there. They simply don't understand how terrible hell is. Just because you've never seen hell doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you only have time for one book, read Katherine Baxter’s “Divine Revelation of Hell” in the Heaven and Hell Books folder. Yahshua took her to hell 30 different times to make sure she got it right and that she explained it right for you. Hell is intricately described there in very blatant graphic detail.

Did you know  that if you do not belong to Jesus Christ you belong to Satan, by default? You don't have to be a card carrying Satanist to serve Satan. You don't have to be a murderer, drunkard or drug addict, either. But you’ve already broken all of God’s ten commandments and all you have to do is ignore Jesus Christ; or fail to have a relationship with Him and call upon Him to be your savior.  He isn’t big on lip service.  If you don't have Jesus in your life and in your heart today, you are deceived and hell bound--you are a child of hell, a child of the devil.

How many times have we heard someone say, "A loving God wouldn't put His creatures in hell." Well, God doesn't put anyone in hell--their sins put them there. God is a just judge and sins require sentence. The Bible tells us all have sinned. ALL! Not ONE of us can get to heaven by our own accord. Satan gets you by default if you don’t have a savior.  Know ye not that hell was not created for man? Hell was created for the devil and his angels—but it is also home to unrepentant sinners who have not called upon the shed blood of Jesus to save them. That’s what we need to teach you; that not having Jesus as your savior to keep you out of hell at death is simply not an option unless you want to toast and roast.

Savior – Why do we need one?  Savior – derived from salvare – to save
Refers to a person who is a redeemer, deliverer, rescuer, who saves someone else from danger, harm, loss, peril, or destruction. A savior is someone who can do for you what you cannot do for yourself.  Jesus, as our savior, allows us to achieve salvation, which we cannot achieve on our own. Salvation gets us into the kingdom and keeps us out of hell.  Salvation is the act of being saved from the fires and torments of hell. Salvation buys us the ticket to pass through the pearly gates  into heaven. And yes those huge gates, all twelve of them, are each made of one huge pearl.

Example: In the United States from the 1640’s until 1865 when laborers were needed to plant, nurture, weed and harvest the cotton, sugar, and peanut plantations of the deep south, Negro slaves who had been purchased or shanghaied from Africa against their will were shipped across the Atlantic to the South to provide the large workforce to do this. These people were bought and sold just as we handle cattle, pigs or chickens today. The internal slave trade became the largest enterprise in the South outside of the plantation itself.  A Negro slave at that time had virtually no money of his own and was essentially bought and paid for by the plantation owner. He was considered property. He was in servitude to that plantation owner until he died or could buy his way out of slavery. For most, that was never a possibility. But for some fortunate slaves, someone else came to their rescue; a savior - a relative, a friend, a person who didn’t believe in slavery, and paid the plantation owner whatever sum it took to buy their freedom so they were no longer slaves, but could become free men. The vast majority of black slaveholders were free men who purchased members of their families or who acted out of benevolence to free their compatriots.  They were the saviors of that era.  They did for the slaves what the slaves could not do for themselves. If you will remember history, the civil war was essentially fought over the issue of slavery and human rights and ended with the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all the slaves. But the point is; without a savior, the slave could never escape slavery.

We are in the same boat as those black slaves.
Different set of circumstances, same need for a savior if we want to be emancipated from our sins in the eyes of Father Yahweh. We CAN’T get there on our own accord. We do not achieve His passing grade of being “perfect”. We have broken every one of His laws; sometimes unknowingly, sometimes accidently, sometimes in anger, sometimes in rebellion, sometimes in sorrow and oftentimes in remorse; but we have done so.  We need someone to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. We need to exchange our sinfulness for our Savior’s righteousness in the eyes of the Father or we simply aren’t allowed into His kingdom. If we don’t get into the kingdom, our sins send us to hell. No alternative.  Please take this seriously, your afterlife depends upon it. "You shall not steal."   "You shall not lie."   "You shall not make for yourself any idol."  "You shall not take the name of God in vain."   "Honor your father and your mother."   "You shall not murder." The Bible says, "He who hates his brother is a murderer," (1 John 3:15).  We can violate His Law by attitude and intent.  "You shall not covet."  "You shall have no other gods before Me." Have you ever failed to put Him first in your life? How many of us can honestly state we put God before our spouse?  Another tough one.  "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy."  "You shall not commit adultery." I say to you that whoever looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.  The Bible says that adulterers (having sex with someone other than your spouse) and fornicators (those who have sex outside of being married) will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Who can say that they are not guilty of breaking these Commandments?
Virtually all of us have broken ALL of them at one time or another no matter how hard we’ve tried not to.  The Bible tells us that everyone has sinned.  There is nobody that is without sin.  This is what the Bible means when it says, "All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God."

Can you see our predicament?
You are guilty of sinning against God Himself, and, because you have a conscience, (con-with, science-knowledge) you have sinned "with knowledge." Isn't it true that every time you lied, stole, or lusted, etc., you knew it was wrong?

Does the fact that you have sinned against God scare you?
It should. You have actually angered Him by your sin. The Bible says His wrath abides on you, that you are an "enemy of God in your mind through wicked works."  Perhaps you think God is good and because of his goodness He will overlook your sins?  But if you knew of a human judge who turned a blind eye to the crimes of a guilty murderer or rapist... would you describe him as a "good" judge? No.......... That would be a "corrupt" judge. God could never be a corrupt judge.  He will punish all the rapists, murderers, and thieves.  But he won't stop there. He will also punish all liars, the lustful, adulterers, fornicators,idolaters, and blasphemers.   The place of eternal punishment is Hell.

God does not want you to perish.
He is rich in mercy and compassion, and has provided a way for you to be forgiven. He has invited you to come to Him for a full pardon and receive the free gift of Eternal Life. You cannot earn it, and you do not deserve it, but God is offering it to you as proof of His love for you.   Imagine you are standing in front of a judge, guilty of multiple serious crimes. All the evidence has been presented and there is no doubt about your guilt. Your apologies and good works cannot erase your crimes; therefore you must be punished. The fine for your crime is $500,000 or imprisonment, but you don’t have two pennies to rub together. The judge is about to pass sentence when someone you don't even know steps in and pays your fine for you! The court accepts the money and declares that you are free to go. The law has been satisfied, your debt has been paid in full, and the stranger’s sacrifice was a demonstration of his love for you. That’s what God did for you 2000 years ago.   The Bible says that the God of the Universe became a man (Jesus Christ), and suffered and died on the cross for your sins and mine so that we could be set free. It's as simple as this.... we broke the Law, and Jesus paid our fine. "God demonstrated His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)   "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us."  (Galatians 3:13)

Do you see God’s great love for you?
Do you see your need for His forgiveness? Do what He commands and “Repent…that your sins may be wiped out and times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” (Acts 3:19)  You must turn away from sin and turn to God. Desire to have NOTHING to do with sin, and surrender your life to the One who can save you. Jesus died to set you free, and then he rose from death to be your Lord. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” If you will confess and forsake your sins (repent) and trust in Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, God will forgive you and you’ll pass from death to life.  If you are not sure how to pray, read Psalm 51 and make it your prayer.

You can pray something like this
Lord Jesus Christ, I know I am a  sinner and do not deserve eternal life. But I believe you died on the cross for my sins and arose from the grave to purchase a place in heaven for me. Lord Jesus, come into my life and take control of my life. Forgive me my sins as I forgive others who have sinned against me and save me. I repent of my sins, and I will turn away from sin, and I will place my trust in you for my salvation. Please forgive me, and grant me your gift of everlasting life.   In Jesus’ name, amen

There is nothing magic about these words
It is the attitude of your heart that God cares about.  God will transform you from the inside out. You will think and feel differently as you learn to trust and obey Him. God will give you new strength to live right and love Him above all else. Read your Bible daily and obey His Word. You can trust God—He loves you and will always be faithful.  If you've decided to reject the gift of forgiveness and you die in your sins, there is no hope for you. There is no purgatory. The wrath of God abides on you and you will spend eternity in Hell. Please take the time to read the Heaven and Hell Books in the “Libros de Cielo Y Infierno” folder, translated into Spanish there so you know what to look forward to in hell.

What does the Bible say about Hell?
Hell is a place of eternal damnation for those who rejected the Gospel of Christ. It is described as a horrifying place. Matthew 18:8-9 describes the eternal fire of Hell.  Matthew 3:12 speaks of unquenchable fire. Revelation 20 describes the lake of burning sulfur and place of perpetual torment. Mary Baxter describes Hell’s burning pit in her visitations to hell. Hell is a place of constant agony, unbearable heat, great stench, darkness, and ugly demons of all shapes and sizes whose job it is to torment the occupants. Hell is set aside for all of those who reject Jesus Christ. No person on earth would willingly walk into hell. But so many people are doing just that. Despite warnings, people continue to live in denial and are walking straight into Hell at death.  If this is you, please consider heeding the warnings of Scripture and answering the call of the Holy Spirit by accepting Jesus as your personal Savior.  1 John 1:9 promises, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Why would a God of love send someone to Hell?
Many people waver whether or not to become a follower of Jesus because of this question. How can a God of mercy allow people to go to Hell?  Each and everyone of us is born with a sinful nature. The sad thing is we are destined for Hell. The Bible says “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"   But..... What if God has provided the way of escape?  Wouldn't that display mercy?  It is God's desire that no person would suffer an eternity in Hell. The Bible says, "He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2 Pet. 3:9).   God could not allow sin to go unpunished. But being merciful, God sent His very own Son to be the final payment for the sins of those who believe. It only takes faith. God gave so much but required so little. That is the epitome of a God of love.

Will the person who goes to hell cease to exist?
The body of the person who is lost or refused to accept Christ as Savior will be resurrected from the grave at the second resurrection after the thousand years. Some say this body is barely put back together enough to be tossed into the lake of fire, and the lake of fire will be permanent annihilation, that body and spirit will then cease to exist forever and ever.  But others say that this body will be supernatural and indestructible. It will join with the person's soul for eternity in “everlasting punishment”.  "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev. 20:12-15). It is a state of dying eternally, but death will never be achieved. Jesus warned about those headed for eternity apart from God and the second death.

Is Hell eternal?
We are brought into this earthly world as eternal beings. Our life here is simply a stop in God's plan.   We can't even begin to get a glimmer of what Heaven and Hell are really like. The only thing that we can comprehend is that each and every single one was created by God the Father. God wishes that "none of us should perish."

Because of God's great love for us, his children, He gives us free will.  We are given the choice to either accept or reject Him.  Just as we want our children to come to us willingly and lovingly, God wants us to come to him that same way, and as much as we love our children God loves us, plus more. The choices are either Heaven or Hell, accepting what His son Jesus did for us on the cross or not. It is that simple and each is "forever".

God doesn't send anyone to hell, we choose our final home. Hell has to be forever because Heaven is forever. What would be the reason for anyone to choose Heaven if we knew we would eventually "get out" of Hell? Hell is a consequence of a choice we make.  The Bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:  “Shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2)   “Everlasting punishment” (Matthew 25:46)   “Weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 24:51)   “Fire unquenchable” (Luke 3:17)  “Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” (Romans 2:8,9) “Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thessalonians 1:9)   “Eternal fire...the blackness of darkness for ever” (Jude 7,13)  Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: “He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone...the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night."

Honestly, I don’t know today whether hell will be annihilated in the lake of fire at the end of the millennium as some interpret Rev 20:14 to say, or if it will go on forever and ever somewhere.  Both views are a matter of interpretation using the same scriptures. It makes sense to me that a loving God wouldn’t punish people forever for their short time of disobedience here on earth. But then purgatory makes sense also except that it simply doesn’t exist. What makes sense to us is not always how it is. The point is, can you afford to gamble and find out the hard way when it is so simple to just get your parachute, keep it on, and ensure your salvation today and everyday?

Are you beginning to get the jist of this salvation thing?

Wow – we inherit this sinful nature from the first humans, Adam and Eve, who first sinned in the garden of Eden, so it is our nature to sin even if we don’t want to. God gives us His law to obey if we want to be considered righteous but as simple as these ten little rules are, we just can’t seem to follow them. We end up breaking all of them at one time or another during our lives. We know that if we are not righteous we will not enter the kingdom of heaven when we die.   If we don’t go to heaven, we know we will go to hell.  We know that hell is real and a very, very bad place to end up at, a place of everlasting punishment. There is no purgatory in the Bible where we can work our sins off. What a dilemma!

The Problem and the Solution
Let’s go over this one more time to make sure you get it right!  If you want to get to heaven on your own good deeds without the Jesus parachute, you have to be perfect, God’s only passing score. That’s not a possibility for any of us as we have broken ALL of God’s ten commandments; ALL of them. Every one of us.  Romans 3:23 “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”  Sin is transgressing God’s law, and includes such things as lying, lust, cheating, deceit, anger, evil thoughts, immoral behavior, and more; essentially breaking His ten commandments.   And because of this man cannot save himself.  If you wanted to save yourself by good deeds, you have to be as perfect as God Himself?  Mathew 5:48 “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.”  With such a high standard, no one can save himself.  However, in spite of our sin…

There’s only ONE solution. No other options. That solution is the Jesus parachute. You put on Jesus and you keep Him on until you jump through death’s door. The Bible tells us how we can know for sure that we will have eternal life and will be with God in heaven. 1John 5:13  “These things I have written unto you…that ye may know that ye have eternal life.”

Eternal Life is a FREE gift.
Romans 6:23 “…the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”  And because heaven is a gift, like any other genuine gift,  it is not earned or deserved.  No amount of personal effort, good works or religious deeds can earn a place in heaven for you. Ephesians 2:8-9  “For by grace are ye saved by faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.”  sin…

God is merciful
And therefore doesn’t want to punish us, and He says….Jeremiah 31:3  “I have loved thee with an everlasting love”.  But the same Bible that tells us God loves us also tells us that God is just and must punish sin.  He says:  Exodus 34:7 “…(I) will by no means clear the guilty”   Ezekiel 18:4 “ … the soul that sinneth, it shall die”.  We have a problem.  God loves us and doesn’t want to punish us.  But He is just and must punish sin.

God solved this problem in the person of Jesus Christ;  Yahshua our Messiah.
Who is he? The Bible tells us clearly He is the infinite God-Man, God the Son.  John 1: 1,14  “In the beginning was the word (Jesus), … and the word (Jesus) WAS God. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…”.  Jesus came to earth and lived a sinless life, but while on earth he died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and arose from the grave to purchase a place for us in heaven.   Isaiah 53:6  “All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned, every one of us, to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him (Jesus), the iniquity (sin) of us all.”  Jesus Christ bore our sin in His body on the cross and now offers you eternal life (heaven) as a FREE gift.

This gift is received by FAITH, saving faith.
Faith is the key that opens the door to heaven.
Many people mistake two things for saving faith.

a.     Saving faith is not mere intellectual knowledge, like believing certain historical facts. The Bible says that even the devil believes there is only one God, so believing that there is one God is not saving faith.

b.    Saving faith is not mere temporal faith, that is, trusting God for a temporary crisis, such as family, financial or physical needs. These are good and you should trust Christ for these, but they are not saving faith.

Saving Faith is trusting in Jesus Christ alone for salvation and eternal life.
It means resting on Christ alone for what He has done rather than in what you or I have done to get us to heaven.  Acts 16:31  “Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”.  You have just read the greatest story ever told, about the greatest offer ever made, by the greatest person who ever lived;  Jesus Christ.  The question that God is asking you now is:  Would you like to receive the gift of eternal life?

Because this is such an important matter, let’s clarify exactly what this involves.  It means that you need to:

1.       Transfer your trust from what YOU have been doing to what Christ has done FOR YOU on the cross.

2.       Accept Christ as your savior. Open the door to your heart and invite him in.  Rev 3:20  “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears my voice, and opens the door I will come in to him…”.

3.       Receive Jesus Christ as Lord; give Him the “driver’s seat” and “controls” of your life, not the “backseat”.

4.       Repent of your sins.  Be willing to turn from ANYTHING that is not pleasing to Him.  He will reveal His will to you as you grow in your relationship to Him.

You can go to God in prayer, right here, right now, right where you are.
You can receive God’s gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ right now.  Romans 10:10,13  “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  If you want to receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ, then call on Him, asking Him for this gift right now.

Here’s a suggested prayer.
Lord Jesus Christ, I know I am a  sinner and do not deserve eternal life. But I believe you died on the cross for my sins and arose from the grave to purchase a place in heaven for me. Lord Jesus, come into my life and take control of my life. Forgive me my sins as I forgive others who have sinned against me and save me. I repent of my sins, and I will turn away from sin, and I will place my trust in you for my salvation. Please forgive me, and grant me your gift of everlasting life.
In Jesus’ name, amen

If this prayer is the sincere desire of your heart, look at what Jesus promises to those who trust and believe in Him.  John 6:47  “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

Welcome to God’s Family!   
Today is your spiritual birthday; a day you will want to remember. The Bible speaks of those who receive eternal life in these words. John 1:13  “Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God”.

Are we done???  Is that all there is to it???  Well, no. It isn’t.

Consider the term “Backsliding”.
Out of every 200,000 people that make the altar call and ask God to save them and give them eternal life, only about 15,000 to 18,000 keep the parachute on and stay with Jesus and remain saved.  That’s less than 10%. The rest backslide back into their sinful ways and forget all about Jesus; some thinking that grace is a free license to sin now and others because they just become caught back up with the materialistic world we live in and the sinful influences Satan has provided to steal their salvation.  I personally believe a large reason for this is that the people were never taught from the git-go the truth about the torments and fires of hell or the truth about how being good does not get them to heaven.  They never went through the presentation you have been shown above.  The evangelists that brought them to that altar call preached about the glory of God, how good God is, how loving God is, how God would not send them to hell; but they didn’t talk at all about how God is a just judge and the punishment for sin is hell.  They didn’t tell us just trying to be good doesn’t work. They preached nice instead of necessity. They didn’t properly explain what the term savior means and exactly why Jesus as our savior is absolutely necessary to our salvation. No savior, no parachute, no heaven, we go to hell; no alternatives. Keep a daily walk with Jesus and don’t be a backslide statistic.

Grace is not a license to freely sin. |
It is not easy to explain to someone that although our works will not get us to heaven; if we do not show good works by our thoughts, actions, words, and deeds; it simply proves we lack the belief that we have been saved.  James 2:17 says "In the same way, faith by itself, if not accompanied by action; is dead".  Mathew 7:21 is pretty explicit ," Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven."  Whoever has the faith can't help but show it by his/her actions.  Logically, eternal salvation is provided for man solely by God's grace through the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. Man is saved through faith alone in Christ alone, independant of his works, but good works are a necessary result of true faith;  like doing the rest and worship thing on Sabbath, keeping the ten commandments as well as you can, treating your fellow man with respect and forgiving his faults against you, witnessing your faith to others, and being baptized by full immersion are all part of being born again.

Slipping into sin occasionally like a white lie here or a slip of the tongue there, staring too long at a low cut blouse, wishing that yellow corvette across the street was yours, or getting angry with your kids but realizing it and reconciling soon thereafter; these things are expected. God doesn’t expect us to be perfect like He is. We are covered by Jesus’ righteousness as long as we continue to wear the parachute and we pick ourselves back up, quickly repent, and try not to do it again. We keep His commandments as best we can.  We forgive our fellow man when he trespasses against us. We treat our fellow man as we would want to be treated.  This is MOST important in retaining your status of saved. We put our relationship with Jesus above all else. We pray daily. We open our Bibles and study some daily. We don’t just ask Jesus to grant us grace and then put Him on the shelf.

Baptism
If not already, you need to be baptised; full immersion Baptism to be specific. Full immersion means going completely under the water, just as you see John the Baptist doing at the river Jordan in the Jesus movies, not sprinkling. See the document “Baptism”  for a full explanation of why this is also a necessary requirement to get into heaven.  Christ emphasized, baptism is necessary! It's in the Bible. (See John 3:5).  " I am telling you the truth," replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven without being born of water and the spirit".

Baptism demonstrates true repentance. Such repentance is a turning to believe, follow, and obey Jesus Christ, and is the only kind of repentance that will save us. True repentance must lead a person to the waters of baptism. In baptism we identify ourselves with the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Jesus died, bearing our sins and paying the penalty for them in Himself. He was buried, taking our old life into the tomb with Him. He was raised from the dead, that He might give to us by the power of God, His new life, a supernatural resurrected life of peace, joy and victory over all that previously bound us.

Are there any prerequisites for it? Among the prerequisites for baptism noted in the Scriptures are belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God (Acts 8:36,37) and repentance (Acts 2:37,38), and being of sufficient age (usually ten or older) to know what Baptism is really all about. Baptism isn’t about being dunked in a pool of water. It is about taking off the old self, getting rid of all sin, and starting anew; giving your life over to Jesus, letting Him have the helm. It’s about letting God’s Holy Spirit come upon you and show you what to do.  It’s a serious step in your life. Being baptized lets you show that you understand what the parachute is all about and you have made the decision to put it on and wear it.  God’s Holy Spirit working within me allowed me to cast out demons in a possessed woman in Jesus’ name; a day in my life I can never forget.

Witnessing to others
Are you ashamed of your new status of being saved? Do you want to keep it a secret? Do you think your friends will laugh at you if you tell them you asked God to give you eternal life so your spirit doesn’t go to hell when you die?  God never promised easy. In fact He says you will be mocked and scourned because of Him.  Don't keep it a secret because people might think you are a little strange talking about God and what's right and what's wrong. When he tells us to share the good news; he means just that.   I get angered at the people who badmouth the Jehovah's witnesses or Mormons for their house to house tactics.   I certainly don't agree with everything these people had to say to me over the years, in fact both groups have serious flaws in their doctrine and belief system, but I have to give them an A for effort in trying to share the "good news"; because many people are just downright mean to them and slam doors in their faces; or issue profane words at them for bothering them, or call them kooks and cultists; it takes a lot of guts and fortitude to continue witnessing under those demeaning circumstances. With that, why would you want to witness about the salvation of Jesus to others?  Maybe a better question is; knowing what you now know about hell; why wouldn’t you want to keep others from going there?

If you are not praying, giving, and working 
in the "Harvest Fields" for Christ, YOU DON'T BELIEVE JESUS IS COMING, no matter what your Church doctrine teaches!  If you believe there is a literal Hell, where men and  women go that do not know about eternal life as a FREE gift and the forgiveness of sins, and you are not making some attempt to warn them and teach them about salvation, YOU don't believe He is coming back. Witnessing your faith to others is all a part of knowing Jesus. See tracts  at http://www.detailshere.com/tracts.htm for more about witnessing along with sources of witnessing tracts to hand out.  In fact, in the book The Divine Revelation of Heaven by Mary Baxter, which you can read in the “Libros de Cielo Y Infierno” folder on the Spanish Bible lessonCD, she was shown that angels are actually keeping track of who and how many each of us bring to Jesus through our witnessing efforts. Witnessing to others may not only affect getting into heaven but may well affect what your reward is once there.

Entering into the Kingdom of Heaven is by grace only,
but the test of that faith in the salvation of Jesus, manifests itself in obedience to the will of God.  "Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven."  "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves," James 1:22

The kingdom of God is a Spiritual realm, 
attained by walking in the Spirit, and producing the fruit of the Spirit; which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.   We need to study the love walk and how we're to walk in love as if our Kingdom citizenship depended on it, because it does. Why does citizenship depend upon love? Because if we don't learn how to forgive and love, we can't claim to know Him. Pay particular attention to the word documents on this cd  or on this website “Saved – How do I know” and “Saved – grace or grace plus works”. It’s a touchy but important subject. You must learn that works cannot save you, only faith in salvation can save you; but if works are not manifested in your life, it also then shows you don’t have true faith but only head knowledge.

This website is a collection of both bible evidence and bible lessons to teach you the important things you need to know to develop your faith and be on that boat to heaven. It is non-denominational information sticking to pure scripture. We will not try to wrestle you into any particular church. We don’t even attend a particular affiliation today. It is our opinion ALL churches teach both truth and some doctrines that are not scriptural. This CD contains empirical evidence showing the bible is NOT a bunch of mythological tales but is an accurate record of historical events that actually occurred, that the people involved actually existed, and that the places where the events occurred also existed.

This is presented for anyone who will develop a greater spirituality for God by being shown the "proof"; and for fence sitters who "think" God might be real but are not sure and in case the bible is a collection of mythological stories  they don't want to spend too much time on it or waste good worktime going to church on Sundays (actually the Sabbath, the required day of rest, falls on a Saturday, the seventh day of the week. It was changed from Saturday to Sunday during the Roman persecutions of Christians and in 321AD when Roman officially took on Christianity but erroneously changed Sabbath to Sunday in an attempt to bring more pagans over to their church who were used to worshipping the sun god on Sunday).  Satan thrives on bringing fencesitters over to his side by default as he slowly takes away your money, and increases your indebtedness and workload so you have no time to do anything else except work, complain, argue, and turn your attentions away from God. He hopes you never learn about Jesus the Savior.

In the words of Ron Wyatt, "Occasionally someone will say to us, "I don’t need to see all of these discoveries - I believe by faith." And that’s wonderful. But, after seeing all the things I’ve seen which confirm even tiny little details of the Bible, I can say without a bit of doubt that nothing will ever be able to shake my confidence in the Word of God. And years ago, there were times when preachers and writers had me thinking that just maybe, some parts of the Bible really were a little "messed up"... I mean, after all, it’s been thousands of years since the Biblical writers lived, and well, maybe the Bible wasn’t all that correct. Do you know what I mean? But that's not true; the discovery of the dead sea scrolls (writings 500BC to 118AD) proved that the word has been faithfully transposed all the way down the line as they provided the proof for an almost thousand year gap in scriptural writings.

Eternal life is not a matter to take lightly - the things God has revealed are exciting, but they also have a purpose. These are God’s works. And because He has revealed all the wonderful evidences that have come to light in the last century, we must know that He has a purpose in this. Sure, we all believe by faith. But how strong is that faith going to be if the time comes when we are forced to make a decision based on that faith which may require us to lose our home, our family or maybe even our life (remember the prophecy that if you fail to take the mark of the beast you may be beheaded)? Is our faith that strong? Look around you, at the world we live in. It’s all almost over. And we are living in the time when our faith will be tried to its utmost - Satan knows his time is short and he is furious. So let us be thankful for the gifts Yahweh (proper name for God)  and Yahshua (proper name for Jesus) are giving us which increase our confidence in His Holy Word. And as the end gets nearer, and the trials we face seem unsurmountable, remember His promise: REV 2:10 "...be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life".

On a positive note , if you die by sticking by Yahshua (Jesus’ proper name)  and refusing the mark of the beast ; you will have the reward of being resurrected as soon as Christ returns in the clouds at the end of Tribulation at the first resurrection along with the rest of the righteous dead, and not 1000 years later when the wicked people are resurrected for judgment and it is possibly only a judgment of damnation. One theory says all people going to heaven go at the second coming at the end of Tribulation ; this includes the righteous dead who are resurrected at that first resurrection and the righteous living who are raptured at that time.  There is NO second boat to heaven, no second rapture, no second judgment with a chance to go to heaven. You are either “saved” or “lost” at the second coming.  Revelation 20:4-7, 1Corinthians 15:51-54 

Another theory says that at the second resurrection, those that never had a chance to know Yahshua and choose to follow a righteous path, will get that chance. That doesn’t include those that had a chance to know Jesus but failed to do so.

Now folks, I don't want to scare you with "end of the world" stuff; but we are living in the end times, a judgment time, and have been since around 1850 when the 2300 year time period spoken of in Daniel ran out and cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary began.  We're in the fifth seal timewise now, the time of persecution, as near as we can tell.  Jesus said that the end times would be like it was with Noah.  It took Noah 120 years to build the ark and all the time he preached to non listeners.  We are overdue. This mark of the beast thing should be seen in our lifetime yet; especially with Planet X (Niburu) headed our way ( see www.detailshere.com/niburu.htm ) or click on the "Planet X "  Word Document file on this CD for that event. 

You think we aren't in the end times and coming right down to the wire for the second coming? Take a gander at these two videos a few lines down.  We are closer to the end than anyone realizes.  St. Malachy in the 11th century before his death in 1148AD had a vision showing him a succession of 112 popes remaining who would reign from Pope Celestine in 1143-1144 to the end of times, only 112 of them. He was right on target. He didn't name them by name but by traits and every Pope's traits have fit, including #111 Benedict's olive leaf.  Pope John Paul II, the most popular Pope in history who just died in 2005 was #110.  How old is this current #111 Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger)?? 80 years old. Spend a few minutes with these YouTube videos and you can see that we are possibly looking at the Anti-Christ surfacing in the next few years, as the last pope, #112, is supposed to be the antichrist himself.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UThJkZuI1c&NR=1  and

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUH4fu4NheQ  

How strong is your faith on faith alone versus how strong is your faith with the addition of being  witness to all the proofs we can show you on this CD??   I will tell you these findings have made a tremendous impact in my faith and belief and relationship to others.  That's why I feel I need to bring this to you. I even reached the point of being able to cast out demons and heal. See the word document “Exorcism” on this cd for that story. It proves spiritual warfare is not a myth but a very real battle going on right now, right here today for your soul.

I was raised a Catholic, although I am not catholic today, in a somewhat Christian environment  and went to Catechism classes in my youth to learn about God, but to be honest with you I didn't have a clue as to what the Bible was all about and there appeared to be NO proof to me that God even existed; why should I believe in Him???  Because my mom, the nuns, and my Catechism teacher told me to???  Well let me tell you, the degree of belief in God from someone just telling me I had to believe compared to the discovery that there IS empirical evidence, and lots of it, supporting the fact the biblical events actually did happen and God is for real, is monumental. These incredible findings cannot be ignored. 

It is my hope that by bringing to you some of these discoveries that you too can become excited about Christ's return soon and can share an enhanced perspective of the bible, God's teachings and the meaning of Christianity with others you know who may be doubtful also because of lack of proof. I also learned that the Catholic Church as well as the Lutherans, Mormons, Presbyterians, and other religious affiliations have retained many pagan related customs, traditions, and changed many things from pure scripture to suit their needs along the way; man's doctrines not in tune with God's Laws.   This website covers some of those issues such as keeping Saturday as the Sabbath and praying ONLY to Yahshua (God the Son) or Yahweh (God the Father) - NO ONE else. Read this site with an open mind instead of a "my religion is right" attitude and you can be enlightened. NO affiliation has everything right today. All have bits and pieces of the truth mixed with untruths.  This is an extremely extensive CD of information.

As promised in the Bible, especially since we are now well into end times events; God is revealing many things to us to prove that the stories and events depicted in the bible are NOT just tales of myth but are events that actually happened. My website links page   www.detailshere.com/bible.htm  as well as copied information into files on this CD, will make available to you proof of the existence of Noah's Ark, proof of the existence of the Ark Of the Covenant which contained on the mercy seat  actual blood from Jesus the Christ and Messiah who was crucified 25' above the mercy seat of the Ark of the  Covenant which had been placed underground there 588  years previous to the crucifixion during a siege of Jerusalem.  That blood when analyzed only contained 24 chromosones instead of 46 like you and I (for you non scientific folks that's 23 from Mary and a y to make him a him instead of 23 from mom and 23 from dad to equal 46 like you and I have). Also discovered are the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, the place of the  parting of the Red Sea by Moses during the Israelite's exodus from Egypt, and scientific substantiation beyond the shadow of a doubt that the controversial Shroud of Turin actually IS the burial cloth that covered Jesus at the time of his entombment and resurrection.

Much archeological information comes from an "Indian Jones" type of man named Ron Wyatt, a biblical  archeologist responsible for bringing out the truth of many of these important finds.  He has an extensive but fascinating site upon which Ron shares with you the chronological events and biblical background history of each discovery which he has spent the last 20+ years  of his life working on.  Fascinating videos are available at his site www.wyattmuseum.com  and http://www.pilgrimpromo.com/WAR/index.html http://www.arkdiscovery.com/index2.htm
www.anchorstone.com
www.pinkoski.com
 
Robert Michelson

http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/RCM/RCM/5RCMArkeology/6Durupinar.html 
www.lipetsk.ru/~wyatt/    Russian (this is a huge site of pictures; use the translators above to put the words in your own language)

www.findelmundo.cjb.net   Spanish
www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/oxford/1163/index.htm  Spanish
to bring you a 20 year story in an couple hours of time. _____________________________________________________

If you want to know the truth about such issues as:
What happens to us when we die?
Are we immortal?
Do we have a soul or a spirit that goes someplace when we die?
When is the rapture?
What is revelation all about?
What is heaven like?
What is hell like?
What is the abyss?
Is channeling okay?
What exactly are Christian beliefs?
Who is the anti-christ?
What is the mark of the beast?
What is God's seal on his people?

You will find many of those answers in the lessons and files on this website. As this website is the culmination of many years, it probably has on it some files that are no longer correct or do not represent 
my most current viewpoint. I am not a final authority on the Bible. I provide for you choices and information. YOU have to choose what you will believe.

 Go to here for my endtime message and links to several timeline graphs.

Why is it a big deal that Jesus is coming soon? Because it may be the end 
of life on earth as you and I know it. It is the time for the removal of the tares (the wicked) from the earth. It is the time of the first resurrection, the resurrection of the righteous dead , and the rapture to heaven of the righteous living immediately following. Some preach the earth will be desolate following the second coming, void of human life, and others claim that after the wicked are removed God will restore the earth for the saved survivors that didn't do the will of the Father sufficiently to get to go to heaven. And yet others claim heaven will be right here on earth. The truth is a puzzle.
 
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says:
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Jesus will take righteous people who followed His commandments, loved their neighbor, and witnessed their faith to others to heaven at His second coming.
Others who did not give themselves over to Satan but also did not go out of their way to do the "will of the Father" may remain on earth during the millenium, the 1000 years succeeding the second coming but preceding the second resurrection and Great White Throne Judgment. This is not clear, at least to me.
Adventists claim that the earth will be barren of human of during the millenium. United Church of God and Christian Bible Church of God claim Jesus will reign over His kingdom right here on earth. 

There is little agreement amongst theologians regarding any "saved" who do not go to heaven at the second coming; if that option even exists. Some say the saved left on earth will be taught more about God before being allowed into heaven. Many passages in the Bible refer to the saved as those who accept the salvation of Jesus and willingly receive the gift of grace from God. In Acts 16:25-33, the jailer anxiously asked Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" Paul answered "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved ..." verse 31".  The question may be, how are you showing that belief; by the fruits of the spirit? Your deeds, thoughts, and actions ? 

The Bible also seems to make a distinction between the saved and those whose "fruits of the spirit" entitle them to go to the Kingdom of God. Mathew 7:21  says ," Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven."   
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves," James 1:22  Or is there such a distinction? It appears entering the kingdom of God is by obedience to the will of God, and the new birth is evidenced by obedience, not by lip service.

The big question becomes then; is there in fact only two roads, two gates, two groups of people, and two destinies - heaven or hell, eternal life or permanent death?  Or will some saved people who do not show sufficient fruits of the spirit allowing them into heaven at the second coming be left on earth after the wicked are removed  to gain knowledge and sufficient spirituality to be able to make the cut at the Great White Throne Judgment a thousand years later? This is a possibility according to some but not according to others who hold to the two roads only theory. Personally, I wouldn't gamble with that possibility. None of the books I have read regarding visitations to heaven or hell ever mention that third alternative.

The true plan of salvation is repentance towards God and faith in Christ Jesus (Acts 20:21). We prove our faith and repentance by our deeds (Acts 26:20). The Lord Jesus taught the road to life is "hard" and only a "few" will find it (Mathew 7:13,14). Many get saved, but afterwards fall away (Lk. 8:13; Jn. 6:66; 1 Tim. 1:19; etc.).