Seeing the great light and being introduced to Jesus the Christ and Savior of the world.

Acts 26:12-15

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“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” Acts 26:12-15

Paul was occupied with persecuting, jailing, and giving permission for the followers of Jesus Christ to be murdered [by the commission of the chief priests]. He was heading towards Damascus to do the same to the Christians there. During that time, before arriving to Damascus, Paul saw a great light from heaven, not the sun but brighter than the sun. The light was shining all around him. Paul was sharing this with king Agrippa, an expert in Jewish affairs, but he had surely never heard anything like what Paul was describing. The great light also surrounded those with Paul.

Today, the non-Christian experts in religious affairs have no understanding or experience of seeing a great light. It must sound strange and mentally unstable to them to hear a born-again Christian talking about seeing the Light, a great Light. Seeing a great Light is ludicrous to them because it implies that we have noticed that “…something is rotten in Denmark…” referring to the social culture we live in today. Others around us are surrounded by that great light too, as they notice “...something is rotten in Denmark…” referring to the invasion of what they call “socialism” or “communism”. The difference between born-again Christians and others is that we know that what they call “socialism” or “communism” is the global government of the beast and its global culture. We see the great Light of the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, while others see the great light of an earthly battle between political ideologies.

Everyone surrounded by the Light falls down to the earth, referring to acknowledging the subduing power of the great Light. The difference between those who fall in the awareness of seeing the invasion of “socialism” or “communism”, we fall down and hear the voice of our Lord Jesus Christ speaking to us. “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” John 10:27 In the process of our born-again experience, we hear Jesus speaking to us, “Why are you persecuting Me” We may not have ever physically hurt a Christian, but by living in the ways of this world we are enemies of God, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” James 4:4

The phrase, “‘It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’” refers to the difficulty of subduing and forcing Christianity to go away. Even when the Roman Emperor Nero brutally persecuted and had Christians killed, the way of Christ survived and has now reached global proportions, being on all seven continents of the world. We know we are living in the days of the global government of the beast because there has been a great falling away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ after the United Nations was formed in 1945, as described in Daniel 8:1-14, and Revelations 17. The United Nations brought the government of the beast with it. Click here for a post on the global falling away and the “man of sin”. “It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb…” Revelation 13:7-8 The “him” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast.

When we first see the great light surrounding us, and we become aware that “…something is rotten in Denmark…” and we begin to understand who Jesus is. We gain that understanding by reading the Bible and we realize that what is happening in the world is described in the word of God. As we began searching to know more about Jesus, within our heart, mind, and soul we are asking, “Who are You, Lord?” Jesus replies, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”

The great light that I saw led me to understand Jesus as the Christ and my Savior, and to see exactly what was driving the people and nations of this world. The Holy Spirit showed me this verse, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 I came to realize that this is the one that has power over physiology to give people what to speak, think, feel, and do. This entity sets within the temple of God, our body, as if it is God. But our body is made to be the home of the Holy Spirit, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” 1 Corinthians 6:19 Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1