The Three Days of Darkness

As I have written about recently in my article about the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, the resurrection of the dead, which includes the rapture of the Bride of Christ, is imminent, and all indications point to it actually happening this month during the Feast of Trumpets on September 23rd or 24th. 

However, immediately before the rapture, there will be three days of darkness that will occur globally, and you must prepare yourself for this time, especially spiritually, because it will be a terrifying darkness that can be felt, as God allows demons to be unleashed upon the earth.

Here is what the prophet Isaiah prophesied about this period immediately preceding the rapture:

“But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer.” (Isa 26:19-21) 

In this passage, Isaiah speaks of the resurrection of the dead, and the rapture, as well as the fall of planet earth.  Let's look at each one of those things separately:

Resurrection of the Dead

“But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy… the earth will give birth to her dead…”

That's pretty clear, and does not require any explanation. This is the moment when the dead in Christ, followed by the living saints, will be changed suddenly in the twinkling of an eye.

"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." (1Co 15:51-53)

All the saints who are ready-- the Bride of Christ, will receive their glorified bodies. Our natural bodies will be transformed to be like the glorious body of Jesus. As Paul said:

"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body." (Php 3:20-21).

Are you eagerly awaiting our Savior from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ?

Rapture

The expression, “your dew is like the dew of the morning” seems to be a reference to both the resurrection of the dead and the rapture of the living saints, since dew evaporates and rises to the sky when the sun comes up. It disappears from the earth. Likewise, the bodies of the dead in Christ and those of the living saints who are ready will disappear from the earth, as we rise to meet the Lord in the air, just as the apostle Paul explained in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, indicating that the rapture (Gr. harpazo, catching away) of the living saints will occur right after the dead are raised. He wrote:

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." (1Th 4:16-17) 

Three Days of Darkness

Isaiah also prophesied about the three days of darkness in that same context regarding the resurrection of the dead and the rapture. He wrote: 

“Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.” (Isa 26:20).

This will be like the plague of darkness that happened right before the exodus of Israel, except this one will occur right before the exodus of the Church: 

“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.’ So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.” (Exo 10:21-23).

Back to the passage in Isaiah now. During this time, as Isaiah said, the saints must go inside their houses, shut the doors behind them, hide themselves for a little while (three days) until the wrath of God has passed. This is the only period of God's wrath that we will experience, which is actually the birth pains leading up to the rapture that will be followed immediately by the Great Tribulation, a seven-year period of terrible suffering on earth during which God's judgments and wrath will be poured out.

Isaiah 26:19 in the Greek Septuagint version (LXX) says literally: "Resurrect the dead and rise (arise) in the tomb and celebrate (cheer) in the earth; the for dew the from (by, alongside) of you (your) healing (remedy) he (him) be though (while) earth the irreverent fall."

Now let me translate that...

Here is my own personal and very literal translation: "Resurrect the dead and arise in the tomb and celebrate (cheer) in the earth; for your dew is healing him while the irreverent earth falls." 

Deep AI Labs translation of the koine Greek (much better than mine): “The dead will rise, and those in the tombs will be raised, and those on earth will rejoice, for the dew from above will be their healing, but the earth of the ungodly will fall. The earth of the wicked shall fall.” 

That is what Isaiah prophesied in 26:19, according to the Greek translation of the Old testament known as the Septuagint.  

Videos

Please don't think this is a myth, because it's not. See these videos below on the three days of darkness that will happen right before the rapture. So if the rapture occurs this month on Sept 23rd or 24th as all signs indicate it will, making it a "high watch period," then the 3 days of darkness would immediately precede that time. So please prepare. If you are traveling, it would be wise to plan to be back home to be with your family BEFORE the three days of darkness begins, so that you can help them through this terrifying time of testing for the saints, as well as the world.

Video 1

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Video 4

I also listened to the video testimony of sister Hlengiwe Mchunu on the Centtwinz TV, which was outstanding. This sister in Christ testified that the Lord told her during the first week of January 2024 that the rapture would happen on September 23rd or 24th of 2025, but she didn't tell anyone until now. In fact, she had not heard anything about the testimony of brother Joshua Mhlakela until two weeks prior to her interview on this program. And when someone first told her about it, she didn't want to see it, because she was still fighting with God about knowing the season of the rapture, and was herself very skeptical of what she had heard about brother Joshua. But she said that after she watched his testimony, then she knew this was from the Lord and that she had to come out and disclose what the Lord had shown her last year. She saw the days of darkness in a vision and speaks about that toward the last part of the interview. Key parts of the interview are at the following time stamps in the video: 35:00 - 42:48 and 52:47 - 57:10, as well as 59:52 - 1:01:18. 

DO NOT go outside during the three days of darkness, as the enemy will have things to bait people into going outside, so they can be attacked and possibly killed. Stay inside with the doors locked and windows covered. Spend time in worship and prayer, rejoicing, watching and praying, and do not open the door for anyone, not even black-eyed children (demons in disguise) pretending to need help.

I have also created a playlist, and will add more to it as I go along, so you can check this link later in case I have added more to these above four. Link to playlist.

I hope you will take time to read my previously mentioned article on the Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, which highlights 34 compelling confirmations that the rapture of the Bride of Christ may occur this month on the 23rd or 24th. I made a short video introducing this article that has received thousands of views by the grace of God, which you can find here at this link. And I encourage you to read the related articles about the converging events like the Seven-year Peace Deal at September UN Summit and the signs indicating that the time of Jacob's Trouble is about to Be Fulfilled, also known as the Great Tribulation.

Scriptures

In addition to what I have already shared from Isaiah, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 Corinthians, here are some additional Scriptures to consider:

Jesus said, "Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'" (Mat 24:29)

"But in those days, following that distress, "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;" (Mar 13:24)

"'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'" (Act 2:17-21)

Closing Words

Look up, saints, for your redemption draws near!

I recommend that you please take this article with all of the other prophecies and revelations to the Lord in prayer, and ask Him to confirm to you for yourself whether they are from Him or not. Let's not be like the Sadducees and Pharisees, whom Jesus criticized as hypocrites, because they could not interpret the signs of the times, even though they could discern weather patterns in the sky (Mt 16:3; Luke 12:56).

We should always be ready for Jesus' return at any time, watching, praying, and keeping our lamps burning (see video); but I think these many confirmations should put us all on high alert for the rapture this September. I am not saying the rapture will occur in September, although I think the probability is extremely high that He will do so. In fact, I think the chances of the rapture not occurring this year are approaching zero, and I would be very surprised if it doesn't happen. I sense in my spirit, as most of us do, that the time of the rapture is very near, and certainly hope it happens this fall.

Whether you believe it or not, one thing is for sure -- Jesus is coming back soon! You need to get your life right with Jesus right now. Give your life to Jesus before the rapture happens and before the Great Tribulation begins. Repent and return to the Lord with fasting and prayer, seeking His face with all your heart, proving your repentance by your deeds.

Disclaimer: You must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows the day or the hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.  

Attribution Notice: Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission.  

Author's note: Many Revelations Concerning September 2025 Rapture, Jacob's Trouble About to Be Fulfilled, Woman Has Vision of Only Few Being Raptured, Rapture September 2025 Confirmed Twice!, How to Prepare for the Rapture, Advance Preparations for the Bride of Christ, No Man Knows the Day or the Hour - The Feast of Trumpets, How Christopher Came to Know the Lord, Woman has Vision of New Jerusalem - Jesus Coming Soon!, Dreams and Visions: Tsunamis, Asteroids, Nuclear, Earthquakes, Chaos, Are You Rapture Ready?, Rapture Dreams: Jesus is Coming Soon!, God Gives Little Girl Revelations of Christ's Return, The Great Shaking of 2025, and Warning Dream: The Tribulation Follows Rapture, Left-Behind Christians Hunted. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org

Christian Soldiers Executed

On November 14, 2010, a Christian lady named Sue Love wrote in her blog:  I lay in bed praying when I had a vision.

THE VISION: I saw the face of a black man. The man was facing west. His face evolved into the face of Obama, and then Obama’s face evolved into several other faces of black men. Then, I saw an angry face of a man facing forward (or south). This man was wearing a football helmet, and his face evolved into several other angry faces. Then, the football helmet changed into a soldier’s combat helmet, and that face also had various transitions.

Then, to the east I saw soldiers without helmets or hats. The soldiers were facing east. One by one I saw each soldier either praying or reading the Bible and then immediately the soldier was shot in the head and fell, it appeared, to his death. Some fell into a hole in the ground (like a fox hole), and another soldier fell into the arms of a fellow soldier. I saw wings, like the wings of an angel after one of them was shot. [In here somewhere I saw a woman standing and speaking and I saw what looked like angel’s wings after I saw her, too.] I then saw one or more of the soldiers crying out to God. I heard in my mind the words to this song:

Mystery of Mercy / Caedmon’s Call

I am the woman at the well, I am the harlot
I am the scattered seed that fell along the path
I am the son that ran away
And I am the bitter son that stayed

I am the angry man who came to stone the lover
I am the woman there ashamed before the crowd
I am the leper that gave thanks
But I am the nine that never came

You made the seed that made the tree
That made the cross that saved me
You gave me hope when there was none
You gave me your only Son

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
When all my love was vinegar to a thirsty King?

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
It's a mystery of mercy and the song, the song I sing

My God, Lord you are
My God, my God, Lord you are

Following this I saw the face of a small bird. It might have been a crow or a blackbird. The bird was facing east. Then I saw a bird in the east with its mouth open upward and someone or something was continuously feeding (dropping from above) something into the bird’s mouth.”

For the rest of this blog post by Sue Love, and her interpretation, please see Like the Wings of an Angel on Sue Love's blog.

Return to The Antichrist on Signs of the Times.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission. This blog post by Sue Love entitled Like the Wings of an Angel was reprinted here by permission.

Author's note:  You must take responsibility for your own actions. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.

I also recommend reading The Antichrist, Pope Frances Supports Homosexuality, The 311 Moment, The Mark of the Beast - 666, Dreams and Visions: Tsunamis, Asteroids, Nuclear, Earthquakes, Chaos, Rapture Revelation to Ayodelle Sawyerr, and Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano. You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory. You may access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

_________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

The Contractions Are Coming Closer Together

In August I posted a survey on Twitter asking people if they thought the solar eclipse that went across the entire United States of America on the 21st of that month was a sign of God's coming judgment on this nation. Would you believe not one single person took the survey? I don't know how to interpret that for you, except to say that nobody thought there was any connection between the eclipse and the judgment of God. Since nobody paid any attention to my question, perhaps nobody thought it was relevant. But I do know one thing for certain, that God's judgment on America has immediately followed the eclipse. As I highlighted in my article, News Headlines Reflect the End Times, the past thirty days have been devastating for the U.S. and other countries in the region. Just think of all that has happened in such a short period of time.

Sink hole in Houston from Hurricane Harvey

On August 30th, 2017, the Texas coast was devastated by Hurricane Harvey, leaving 47 people dead, and tens of billions of dollars in damage. Some said it would take decades to recover and that the cost may be as much as $120 billion. Surely this will impact the entire nation, since the oil industry is centered in Houston, Texas where they were hit hardest.

Then a few days later on September 11, 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed Florida, after devastating the Caribbean islands. The Florida Keys were hit the worst, but many other areas were affected terribly across the state, including Jacksonville, which saw record flooding.

Then right on the heels of Irma came Hurricane Maria on September 26, 2017, causing "apocalyptic" destruction in Puerto Rico, as well as Caribbean islands that had recently been hit so hard by Irma. In fact, FEMA reported that there were 10,000 federal workers in Puerto Rico at the time Maria hit the island, and they had been there to bring emergency relief to the other US territories like the Virgin Islands that had been devastated by Hurricane Irma. And the morgues in the hospitals there were filling to capacity. The damage to Puerto Rico is estimated to be in the billions of dollars. Some estimates says it will cost $30 billion, while others place the cost between 45 and 90 billion dollars!

In fact, it has been estimated that all these hurricanes are going to cost the United States $200 billion, which could set the economy back decades. All this is happening to a nation that is already trillions of dollars in debt! Every time another disaster happens, the federal government promises to give billions of dollars to aid the recovery. But money cannot get us out of this one. Where is that money going to come from? This country does not have it, so is the government going to produce it out of thin air? Will they print more money? Some trust in horses and some in chariots, but we trust in the Lord our God.

In the midst of all these hurricanes, on September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Central Mexico, leaving 300 people dead and thousands homeless. That quake came more than one week after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck off the southern coast of the country, killing at least 90 people. Meanwhile, as Mexico recovers from all this, they are nervously watching a very active volcano called Popocatepetl that is spewing out smoke and ashes near Mexico City.

Jesus said, "All these are the beginning of birth pains." (Mat 24:8, NIV). He also said, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains." (Mk 13:8, NIV)

It should be obvious to anyone who is watching that the birth pains that precede the return of Christ are becoming more intense and coming closer together. When a pregnant woman's contractions suddenly get more intense and more frequent, that is called transition. That means we have turned a corner and transitioned into a new period. When that happens to a woman in labor, she knows she is very close to giving birth. She does not expect it to get any easier, but rather for the contractions to intensify even more, and happen even closer together until she brings forth the child.

Therefore, with all the devastating events happening in this part of the world lately (especially the US) at such a rapid-fire pace, it can leave you breathless, wondering what is going to happen next. It should signal to everyone who is watching that we are in a new phase, and it will only intensify from here on out. It will only get worse and the disasters will come more frequently until the Lord comes back in power and glory.

The message for us all at this time is this: Repent for the kingdom of God is near.

Attribution Notice: Scriptures from NIV where noted. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. AP Photo of Houston sink hole used per the Fair Use Act for commentary and educational purposes only.

Author's note: You must take responsibility for your own actions. Nobody knows the day or the hour, and in no way am I date setting. This is only to provide you with information, so that you can make your own decisions, for which you will be accountable to God.

I also encourage you to read Urgent End Time Warning from the Lord, Prophetic End Time Warnings from Little Children, America’s Destruction is at Hand, Word of Warning for America, The Coming Wrath of God, Rapture Revelation Given to Sister Claire Andoun, Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano, Rapture Revelation to James Agboola, Rapture Revelation to Angelica Zambrano, Grieve and Lament for the Church, Sequence of Signs Preceding the Coming of Christ, Peace, Safety, and the Thief in the Night, and The Timing of the Rapture.  You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

_________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

The Amazing Sign of Jonah

"I can't believe in God unless I see some kind of sign that He exists." I've heard people say things similar to this before. Maybe you have heard this from someone you love or even said it yourself. This is what the religious people wanted to see from Jesus -- some sort of sign to prove his divinity.

Jesus said, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away. (Mat 16:4) Also see Luke 11:29, 30.

In fact, Jesus compared himself to Jonah, and said that the sign of the prophet Jonah would be given to this adulterous generation. This study examines that sign, comparing and contrasting the experiences of Jonah and Jesus on the sea. I'll put these comparisons side by side, so you can see them one by one, first about Jesus, and then about Jonah. (All references to the book of Jonah will be abbreviated Jon)

Jesus	Jonah
Son of God gave the order to go across the lake to the other side (Mat 8:18)	God told Jonah to go to Nineveh (Jon 1:2)
Jesus got into the boat to cross over and the disciples followed him (Mat 8:23)	Jonah got into a boat and fled from the Lord’s presence. He disobeyed God, heading away from Nineveh (Jon 1:3)
Without warning, a furious storm came up on the sea. (Mat 8:24)	There was a great storm on the sea (Jon 1:5)
The waves swept over the boat (Mat 8:23)	The ship was about to break up (Jon 1:4)
Jesus was sleeping in the boat (Mat 8:24)	Jonah was sleeping in the boat (Jon 1:5)
The disciples in the boat cried out in fear for their lives to the Son of God (Mat 8:25)	The sailors in the boat became afraid and every man cried to his god (Jon 1:5, 10)
The disciples went and woke Jesus (Mat 8:25)	The captain approached Jonah and woke him (Jon 1:6)
The disciples expected the Son of God to save them from the storm (Mat 8:25)	The captain expected the God of Jonah to save him and his crew from the storm. The sailors called on the Lord to save them. (Jon 1:6, 14)
Jesus is the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land (John 1:1-3)	Jonah feared the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land (Jon 1:9)
Jesus rebuked the wind and the waves of the sea (Mat 8:26)	Jonah was thrown into the sea (Jon 1:15)
The sea became perfectly calm	The sea stopped its raging (Jon 1:15)
The key to the sea becoming calm again was Jesus being in the boat	The key to the sea becoming calm again was getting Jonah out of the boat (Jon 1:11, 12)
The disciples were amazed at the power and authority of the Son of God. They took note that the winds and waves obeyed Him. (Mat 8:27)	The sailors feared the Lord greatly after the sea became calm, and they offered sacrifices to Him and made vows (Jon 1:16)
A fish has represented Jesus for centuries, because of the Greek Ikhthus (ΙΧΘΥΣ) acronym (Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior) that means fish. The Lord ordained that Jesus would be crucified and die on a cross. (Mat 20:18,19 and Luk 9:22)	The LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah (Jon 1:17 and Is 53:10)
Jesus died to save us from God's wrath. Yet, unlike Jonah, He never sinned, and the wrath was on account of our own sins. (Rom 5:91 and Thes 1:10)	When Jonah asked them to throw him into the sea, he was willing to die to save them from the wrath of God. (Jon 1:12) Jonah seems to have died of drowning before the sea creature swallowed him (Jon 2:5-7).
Jesus was in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. (Mat 12:39, 40)	Jonah's body was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (Jon 1:17)
Jesus went down to the dead. In 180 AD, Irenaeus of Lyons wrote, “…the Lord went away into the midst of the shadow of death where the souls of the dead were…” In 350 AD, Cyril of Jerusalem wrote, "(Christ) descended into the subterranean regions so that He might ransom from there the just...” (1 Pet 3:19 and Ac 10:40)	When Jonah died, he cried to the Lord from Sheol (the subterranean world of the dead). (Jon 2:2)
Many people repented at the preaching of Jesus (Mat 12:41)	The men of Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah (Jon 3:1-10)
After three days in the heart of the earth, Jesus rose from the dead. (Luke 24 and John 20, and 1 Cor 15:3-5)	After three days in the belly of the sea monster, the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. He was raised back to life again by the Lord. (Jon 2:6, 10)

My friend, you've got your sign.  Jesus, One Who is greater than Jonah, has come and walked among us (Mat 12:41, Luke 11:32).  He Himself is a sign, as Simeon said of Him to Mary, His mother, "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against..." (Lk 2:34).

After Jesus rose from the dead, he manifested himself (appeared) to the disciples by the sea where they were fishing. There he was by the seaside, cooking a piece of fish on the charcoal fire. He gave them some of the fish and they ate breakfast together. John 21:9

"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. (Luk 11:32)

The IKTHUS Fish
The Greek word for fish, ikhthus (ichthys in borrowed words), spelled, in Greek characters, Iota-Chi-Theta-Upsilon-Sigma (ΙΧΘΥΣ looks like IXOYE in Roman alphabet characters) is regarded as an acronym for Ιησως Χριστος Θεου `Υιος Σωτερ (or, in Roman alphabet characters, Iesou (Jesus) Christos (anointed) Theou (of God) Uios (son) Soter (saviour)), which means Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour.

According to "Knowledge Rush" encyclopedia, "One of the signs for Christianity is the fish. The reason for this dates from some early societies of Christians who protected themselves and their congregations by keeping their meetings secret. In order to point the way to ever-changing meeting places, they developed a symbol which adherents would readily recognize, and which they could scratch on rocks, walls and the like, in advance of a meeting. The fish was chosen as eminently apropos." 

What's Your Response to the Sign
When you are driving your car and see a road sign warning that there's danger ahead, you heed the road signs, because you know you could die if we don’t respond properly to the sign.

Jesus has given us in Himself the sign of Jonah. What should our response be at this sign?

First, we should repent with the same wholehearted fervor as the men of Nineveh.  If we do turn from our wicked way, then God will relent concerning the calamity that He had declared He would send on us and we will not perish. If we don’t repent, the men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn us.

Second, we should believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and receive forgiveness for our sins. Remember that Jesus said the sign he would show was that he would be in the belly of the earth for only three days and three nights, as Jonah was temporarily in the belly of the great fish. Just as it was a miracle that Jonah made it out of the fish alive, it was a miracle that Jesus came back out of the grave. This is the most remarkable aspect of the sign Jesus gave to the world.

The apostle Paul wrote: “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; (Rom 10:9). This means that there are two very important things you must do to be saved. The first is to confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord. That means you say out loud that He is Lord over your life personally and Lord of the Universe. And the second thing you need to do is to believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead.

This takes us back to the sign Jesus gave us. He is no longer in the grave. After three days, He rose again. What will be your response to this sign? Let me encourage you today to repent of your own sin and believe on Jesus Christ. Confess that He is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. And as the Scriptures say, “You will be saved.”

Will you repent of your sins, and put your trust in Jesus today to save you?

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.

Author's note: I recommend my other posts called, "Jesus Christ Descended Into Hell," "Trumpet Sounds Heard Around the World," "Something's Going on in 2012" You may also visit our Signs of the Times Directory, and access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.