i wasn't sure where to put this post, but after speaking to my momma when she told me that "jesse duplantis said he was taken up into heaven", i laughed outloud. i had hung up the phone first though. i have spoken in detail to my momma about things i have learned and been shown / led to by God on bt and forum, so i have learned to let it go. she refuses to believe that God will allow "unbelievers" to get into heaven without believing in Jesus Christ on this side of life. she said she had been watching her "Christian shows" (usually tbn) and jesse duplantis came on. he was talking about being taken up into heaven by God. i asked her if he meant in a dream, or had he been injured and thought he woke up in heaven, and my momma said, "no, he was just taken into heaven and God showed him that these are the end times". well, we are in the end times to whatever degree God has us, and who knows if God took jesse duplantis into heaven to show him the end times message or not. i guess he believes He did. my momma is 81. the last time i had a heart felt open/closed discussion with her when i was visiting her i was rereading lof pt4 about the fall harvest feast of tabernacles. that conversation ended with my momma saying "claudia just stop, i have believed what i have believed all my life and i am not going to change". so, i took my toys and went to my room. actually, i just picked up the large 3-ring binder i have put the lof series in after printing them and went to bed to finish reading the section. i had to let go of the deep desire to show the wonderful and freeing truths that are studied on the bt / forums to all my family members. the only one i can speak to regarding what i have studied and learned is my daughter, but even she gets overwhelmed with all the knowledge. i have a sister who lives about 20mins. away whom i see pretty often. she and i have spoken about different things on the website. i even saved the website for her in her favorites section on her computer, but, she has never opened it. good thing it isn't my "job" to draw others to Christ, because i'm not very good at it. but, i put the bee in their bonnets. if they ever think about our conversations and want to know more, they know where to go to learn. anyhoo, i just thought it was a hoot that jesse duplantis was taken into heaven to be shown that we are in the end times. my momma didn't tell me anything about what jesse is supposed to do with his information.
love to all my
brothers and sisters
in Him,
claudia