End of Times?

Greetings to all!

I pray that this new year will bring peace into the heart of all regardless of circumstances. I also pray that for all who are in dire straights that their lot will greatly improve and that during the time of bad circumstance their faith shall increase rather than decrease.

Amen!

I am perplexed over the excitement of the year 2012 and the end of life on earth. So much of the world including Christians seem to be fixated on the end times. Scientists, self-proclaimed prophets, astrologers and philosophers are all abuzz over this issue that is to occur on December 21, 2012. There are several things wrong with this fixation;

1. Jesus Christ Himself stated that we cannot know the time of the end of ages, even He Himself, the Son of God, the Word of God, the great I AM said that he doe not know, only the Father knows the time. As Christians we should already know this and not be concerned.

2. If the world is about to end and in fact does end, what are we, you, or I going to do about it? Nothing! Almighty God is in control.

3. On a personal level, in our own daily life, we cannot know from one breath to the next whether we will draw another, we cannot know from one blink of the eye to the next if we will blink again. Our own personal end of times can happen in our very next heartbeat.

Should not these things be our concern? Should we not be preparing our salvation with every breath? The scriptures that we read tell us that if everything that Jesus Christ taught was written down, the books would fill up the world. However, there is quite a bit of information that is written and contained within all of this information is in my humble opinion a very simple message that we must at all cost pay heed to and it is this;

1. Love God first.

2. Love your neighbor a yourself.

3. Repent and be baptized.

4. If you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood you will have no part in me.

5. I pray that they will be one as we are one. Do you know who prayed these words?

The very last words that the Apostle John spoke to anyone in public when he was carried out in a chair to speak were these;

My brothers, remember to love one another.

I don't care what group you belong to, I don't care how elite you think your group is, the message is still simple, heed it. It is your very life.

In Christ,
Monk Michael
Rev. FR. Michael Valentine
American Orthodox Church/North American Orthodox Church
New Warrior Ministries

Repent!

My Friend,

I realize that the time has been long since I have had direct communication with you, I am working on getting things in order in our new place but it is no easy task here where we are staying currently. I have moments where I may get a message out and so I send it quickly to the many people that I work with in the Lord. Remember, if you are doing God's will then you have been called by God; do His work with your whole heart and think on Jesus Christ and how you may be able to get closer to Him. Be fair in your dealings with everyone, remember the women and the children and be sure to care for them who are weak in health and teach those who are weak in faith, I am sending out a warning, God has placed this on my heart to get this message to everyone, the message of repentence, please be sure to pass this to everyone, all must repent, the church will be purged, do not be alarmed, those who repent will see God but the times here will be tough for the repentent because the world will not repent and those who claim the Christ but live for the world will not repent either and they will be even less merciful on the repentent than the pagans will be.

Keep up the faith and the courage to withstand the evil one, do not be fooled by one who comes and claims that he is the Christ and performs miracles in the sky for all to see. When the true Christ comes He will not have to perform miracles in the sky or anywhere else, the world will know immediately and all will be transformed in the twinkling of an eye, there will be no doubt. Do not be fooled by the miracles and visions that are coming, they are false no matter how real they seem, it is the Anti-Christ.

I hope that this quick message finds you doing well, I am sure that the political church around the world through Christendom has you alarmed. The church at large is a sham in my opinion. My message for the moment is this; the Angel of Repentence is here, the church and mankind is running out of time to repent, it is the understanding of the modern church that God will never run out of patience, I guess that the world has forgotten that man was cast out of the Garden and later that the world as it existed was destroyed by a flood.

Israel was left how many times because of sin? It was final repentence that brought them back into grace every time but nevertheless, they were cast aside for hundreds of years at a time because there was no repentence. The patience of God will run out, the Angel of Repentence is here and in case any one in the church at large has forgotten, the Angel of Repentence guards the Gate to Eden, the Garden of Paradise with a flaming sword, no one gets there without repentence.

The time is now!

In Christ,
Monk Michael