Although we know that Paul was speaking of walking in wisdom with those that do not know Jesus. He is saying that we need to endure hardship and love those that do not know Christ, redeeming the time, or using the time that we have with them to reach their souls for Jesus.

This is a similar thing that I will be talking about, but it will be on a much larger scale and a greater thing than has ever been done before by mankind. The reason I have chosen this scripture on redeeming the time is because we do have a little time before the greatest hardship the world has ever seen will begin. We need to redeem the time that we have and use it to accomplish everything that we can do to save the lives of millions in the near future. This time will also be a great time of salvation, a time that the Spirit of God will draw men to Christ like no other time before. But it will be the time of hardship as well.

This message is directed to anyone that would like to help the Lord in preserving life and is willing to do a few things to see it accomplished, especially in the area of prayer. As most know Israel will be invaded by the Antichrist or Mahdi at the middle of a seven year peace treaty. He will have with him a person that claims to be Jesus risen from the dead. Of course this person will be a false Christ or Messiah to persuade people to follow and accept the Mahdi. The Mahdi will meet with Israeli officials and demand to negotiate through a priest of the orthodox Jewish faith. Through this meeting he will negotiate a seven-year peace treaty. A thing that has been promised through Islamic prophecy concerning the Mahdi. It is said that if the Jews do not keep their end of the bargain that the Mahdi will invade and kill the Jews and it is said that even the rocks would cry out that there is a Jew hiding behind me come and take off his head. The Bible tells of a similar story of a seven year peace treaty, of an invasion at the middle and the Antichrist pursuing Christians and Jews in an effort to cut off their heads.

Jesus said in Matthew 24:
15: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16: Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house
18: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20: But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22: And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23: Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25: Behold, I have told you before.
26: Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

In verse 16 Jesus said; he that is in Israel flee to the mountains. He goes on to explain that no matter where you are in Israel that it will be a time to run, a time to escape. This warning is to everyone in Israel. But it should be a warning to all the Christians and Jews living all over the Middle East where the Radical Muslim presence is. Like I said this main event would occur in Israel when armies surround the city of Jerusalem it will be time to run not fight. I know that it will be very hard for some people especially if you are an Israeli to realize that sometimes God wants us to retreat in order to win. It will be a must for Israel to escape when the Islamic armies come down against Jerusalem at the time of the Mahdi because it will be a time for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled. It is also important to realize that the Mahdi's army is going to be so large that Israel won't stand a chance. Without other nations helping them at that exact moment they will not be able to stand. At that moment they will be without assistance and will be very vulnerable. Shear brute force and numbers will overcome Israel. Jesus said: Run! The Israeli mentality today is to stand and fight to the last man, but Jesus says; Run! God will give Israel back their nation at the end of all of this hardship but if God says that it will be a time to run then we need to listen to him.

I am very concerned about all of the people that live in that part of the world, Christians, Jews or Secular believers living in any Muslim country will be forced to convert to Islam or lose their heads. If we have any wisdom at all we will use the time that God has given us now to prepare. Before all of this begins we need to have a plan to help people escape those nations along with helping Israel escape when the invasion occurs. This means anyone living in Israel, Christians, Jews, Palestinians, Arabs, etc as long as they do not agree with Radical Islam. Anyone that doesn't agree with Radical Islam will be killed if caught. We must help them to escape. Jesus said in Luke 21:36 to pray that they would be accounted worthy to escape all those things and to stand before the Son of Man.

The mentality of most American Christians is one of complacency because they believe that they will not be here anyway so why should we concerned about those people? It is also interesting to note that Satan has filled their hearts with such a desire to escape that they are leaving the responsibility to take the Gospel to the world to only a hundred and forty four thousand Jews and a flying angel. It is amazing. It is believed that God is going to rapture them out before the greatest work that has ever been set before the Church can be accomplished. I believe that America has many good Christians, it is that we have been lied to for so long and are spoiled to the point of blindness.

In 70AD an invasion happened to Israel that Jesus had warned about. This story is an anti-type or a shadow of a similar story that is to happen in the future and this is what we are warning about. In 70AD Titus encircled Jerusalem and destroyed the city. It is recorded that 1,100,000 Jews were killed and thousands were drug off and scattered into the nations of the world. But there is an interesting thing that happened that most people are unaware and not educated about concerning this event. Josephus and Eusibus recorded from that time period that all of the Christians living in Jerusalem at that time and those living around that area escaped to a city called Pella. Josephus in his writings about this marveled that before Titus came that Cestius Gallus brought his army to Jerusalem, surrounded and besieged the city. All who were inside the city was trapped including thousands of Christians. All of sudden without any cause Cestius Gallus withdrew his army. No one knows why, but when he did all of the Christians within the city walls escaped the city and went over Jordan to a place called Pella. Eusibus a writer from that time also confirmed this story.

When Titus came and encircled the city all of the Christians were gone because they had obeyed the words of Jesus and God had made a way of escape for them. They were also told to flee to the mountains and they did. One of these mountains was Mount Libanus. They escaped to other places but it was all according to the Word of the Lord. They had been found worthy. Some theologians today believe that instead of escaping to Pella that they escaped to Cochaba a city east of the sea of Galilee, but it doesn't matter to me.They all escaped this horrible destruction and went on to preach the gospel to the world. This all happened because they heeded the warnings of Jesus. Jesus told them that when they saw armies encompass Jerusalem to flee, not to waste anytime to get their coat or try and save anything but flee to the mountains for it would be a time of vengeance on Israel. This is what Luke 21:36 is talking about. That these people should pray that they would be found worthy to escape this horrible situation in Jerusalem and that they would possess their souls in doing so. To stand before the son of man meant to be justified through the blood of Jesus. Standing in his righteousness through grace in the day of Judgement.

So because of all the false hopes that so many have and because of the developments of situations in this world we are going to have to get our heads together and work together to be prepared when the time comes. We must be able to warn those Christians and Jews and all good people in Israel and in the Muslim nations to prepare themselves. We have a short time to work and we must redeem the time while we have it. I believe that America or any Western country across the sea from Israel and the Muslim countries will be safer than any part of the World.

When people begin to escape from that part of the World there will be millions, not thousands. This will require many ships, planes and any means that we can find to get people out the danger that they will be in. Do you remember the invasion against Germany during World War 2? In order to transfer thousands of troops to France for this invasion the English Channel was full of ships as far as the eye could see. In this situation were are talking about millions not thousands. This is going to be an enormous task but God will help us at that time to get it done. Not only is Israel going to escape but the nation of Jordan will be escaping as well. In Daniel we are told that Moab, Ammon and Edom would escape from the hand of the Antichrist. This is the nation of Jordan and the scriptures do not say that they will join him but rather they are going to run from him. We must help these people as well.

One of the problems that has developed in America is the border situation. Immigration has been out of control for a number of years in America. People coming across the border in large numbers, some are criminals and endanger the people living in America. Not that America doesn't have criminals of their own but it just adds to the danger. So I believe that by the time this escape will take place from Israel and the Muslim countries that it will be very hard to come to America because of immigration laws. I think that Satan has been working on that. So God is going to have to provide some way of preparing the American Government and the Governments of all Western Nations to open their doors at the time of this distress in order to save the lives of these people. He did it for the Vietnamese when America left Vietnam, many Vietnamese came to America to escape being killed and tortured. We are looking at a similar thing only on a gigantic scale, enormous to say the least. I advise Christians, Jews and all people who do not want to be killed by the Mahdi when he comes, to come to America or any Western country as soon as they can rather than waiting for this to happen. Think about how difficult this is going to be at that time.

Christians living in the Western nations will have to prepare to bring families into their homes. To feed the families when they arrive and help them for at least 3 1/2 years, until Jesus comes. Love is a must and will prevail if we trust and work with God. It is important that Christians from all over the world form a network so that we can help everyone at that time. If we work together we can do the will of God and see many people come through this horrible time and accept Jesus before he comes back.

I would personally like to hear from people that have any ideas or plans that we might be able to work with. Palestinian Christian's and Christians living in Israel or Jordan of any race could be a great asset to help if you are willing to help. All Christians are welcome to help from all over the World and will need to help, especially in those parts of the World that are in danger. This could work to the good of saving Israel along with you and families. If we from all over the world work together through prayer and God's guidance it will happen the way he wants and we will fit right into his plan and purpose. If you are not a Christian but would like to do something good for humanity then this is your opportunity and we can use your help. We are not asking for money, only some input on the possibilities to rescue people from the Muslim countries and Israel. Pray and ask God to show you what you can do to help rescue these people that are living in danger from the radical Muslims in different parts of the world.

Your brother in Christ
Tommie Spurgeon