Those who will be left behind....

[PrisonerOfHope]

I was just wondering how the rest of you are feeling about people you know who will be left behind after the rapture. I guess we're so close to the finish line, I've been sort of "categorizing" people, and wondering where they'll be after the rapture...and beyond.

There are some I'm trying desperately to reach before it's too late - people I love (most Catholic) who I'm trying to get through to because I can't bear the thought of them going through the Tribulation...especially since I know that most of them - if they really understood the truth - would never reject Jesus. Thankfully, several of them have been responsive, and have admitted they're disillusioned with Catholicism. I worry about my Isaiah 54 kids; well, they're grown up now, and I've lost touch with them - but I pray that if they're backslidden the Lord will do whatever is necessary to get them back on track.

There are a few really hard-boiled cases: an agnostic Jewish former BF, whom I still love even though we both married other people. Some very Catholic cousins, an uncle, and an aunt. A libtard, atheist cousin. I have no idea of how to get through to them; I sent the Catholic cousins tracts and recently sent them a book about Jesus. As for the libtard cousin, I did the same for her, and also find myself doing as much as I can for her; for instance, it's her birthday next week, and I have a really nice bunch of gifts to send her and will also make her some special gluten free caramel brownies. (None of the relatives live anywhere near me.) Her getting saved is a real long-shot; sometimes I wonder if I'm not trying to make her life here a bit better, so that maybe she'll have some nice memories to hold on to for eternity, when she's in torment...not that that makes sense...she's so far gone, it would take a miracle akin to the parting of the Red Sea for her to get saved...but I won't give up praying for her as long as I'm still here.

Then there's another group - those who abuse kids, animals, the elderly - anyone weaker than they are; those who think the world revolves around them and care nothing about anyone else; those who don't care who they hurt; the dirtbags and scammers, including the politicians and pulpit pimps. To be honest, I don't feel the least bit of pity for them - they've decided who they're going to serve.

What about the rest of you? Do you give it any thought?

[aiw]

This topic, I am certain, affects us all. Since we are in the world, yet not of it, we are surrounded by many who are so lost and so regrettably blind.

My best friend from high school found me online after not speaking for over 15 years. She and I had been very close and she knows of my love for Jesus. She had a passing interest in Him when we were teenagers, but she has totally turned her back on Him and embraces the “if it feels good, do it” mentality. She told me the other day how a homosexual woman that she works with has been cheating on her “wife” is a “devoted Christian” and “really loves Jesus”. I was devastated. Does she think I serve that same Lord? I wondered exactly how much of the Bible this co-worker is familiar with…she seems to be missing some key points! My high school friend, (as well as a younger cousin of mine) is on my heart constantly. To have such a hedonistic love of self boggles my mind. It breaks my heart to imagine them standing in line to receive the Mark. I know that it will happen, however, unless they run to Him.

I often try to imagine the first hour after the rapture. Will I be here in my office having a normal day when *suddenly* POOF! we are just………gone? My boss, who is one of the most precious women I know yet a non-believer, what will she do? How will my unsaved co-workers react to such a terrifying (for them, obviously) event?

I see the growing darkness every day…the yoga classes my company offers…the “tolerance” policies, the Interfaith Concept that they push….so sad to see such nice people so very lost.
What I wonder is how lost are they? Are we so late in the season that those who are lost would choose to be so? Have they been given over to deception to the point they will no longer listen? I try – I tell the Truth, yet they act as if I am on the fringe of insanity. Will they have the ability to remember what I have said the first hour after Jesus takes us Home?

Inquiring minds………..

[mitchrg]

I feel your frustration, POH. And yours as well, AIW. Especially because you are my wife, lol. But I am in the same boat with friends and family especially since the family I speak of are my own children.

[PrisonerOfHope]

Well, I pray for the good, decent people who just don't know the Lord...but there are so many evil ones that I don't have it in me to pray for them anymore - I'd rather spend what time I do in prayer for those who might respond...and my hard-core libtard cousin and my former BF (he's a brilliant plastic surgeon whose new "specialty" is gender reassignment - breaks me heart). They're heavy on my heart, and I hope it's for a reason.

Sometimes I'll think of praying for someone, and it's like the Holy Spirit says, "No - don't bother," and stops me.