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            The Christian faith is being mocked and scorned in these times as being nothing more than "blind faith." However, our faith is not blind but is based upon truth and light. There is evidence - eye witness, historical, mathematical, and anthropological, including in my opinion the Shroud of Turin which accurately depicts the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - that confirms the truth of the Christian faith. Jesus said that we shall know the truth.      The apostle Peter wrote that we should keep in our remembrance the words of the prophets and the apostles, who prophesied and testified of the truth of the Lord and Savior, Jesus. Peter also wrote of scoffers in the last days, who desire to continue walking in their own lusts, who are willingly ignorant of the Lord's return and the judgment that will accompany Him. These scoffers say, "Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all thi...

     There is much speculation about the timing of the Rapture and the return of the Lord. While we do not know the day nor the hour, we are expected by the Lord to pay attention to the signs of the times. What are His appointed times, and how are we to consider them?      The prophet Habakkuk was given this command from the LORD as the prophet waited for what the LORD would say to him: "Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, so that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time , but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith." (Hab. 2:1-4). "Appointed time" used here is the Hebrew word, mo'ed , which means "appointed time, set time, feast." It also refers to the tent or tabernacle of meeting, where the people of God assembled before Him. In genera...