DATE WITH THE GODS

198 DATE WITH THE GODS

himself. At the Last Supper, he said, 'Let not your hearts
be troubled. You believe in God, and in my Father's
house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you;
I will come again and receive you unto myself, and where
I am there you will be also.'
Those who actually practice the teachings of Christ
have been waiting for this moment, this glorious Rap­
ture. The Rapture is the gateway to Eternal Life. When
Jesus promises he will come, he'll do so to spare the
bodies of those believers. The cataclysmic events of the
Tribulation period and Armageddon are the great ful­
fillment for those who have followed his teachings.''
"What about those people who call themselves Chris­
tians and they're not. I mean, they believe in Christ, and
they worship him, but they don't really follow his
teachings.
What about them?
What happens to them?
"They'll miss the boat to Eternal Life. If you recall,
Jesus said that in order to be saved, belief is not enough,
but the following of the Commandments."
"The Ten Commandments given to Moses?"
"Yes, but Jesus Christ came up with a simpler, newer
and shorter version of them."
"What's that?"
"Two things only: One, understand and love God;
two, love your fellow human beings as you love your­
selves. Jesus stated very emphatically that all the laws
and all the prophecies were summed up in these two
principles. Here, check it out." She pointed to verses 37
through 40 in the twenty-second chapter of Matthew.
"I've had Christ shoved down my throat all my life," I
said, the words pouring out of my mouth, jumbled and
emotional. I felt my hands curl into clenched fists. "I was
told if I wasn't good, I was going to hell. And yet what