Since generations past, God has been raising powerful and
highly anointed men and women of God,
who day and night never stopped crying and calling mankind to repentance, to avoid coming to
hell, to face the wrath of God. To these messengers, God revealed the nature of the fire of
hell and the conditions of those found
in that state of torment. The sight of what they beheld could not allow them to
keep mute even in the face of fierce persecutions and death. With hearts full of
sorrows and tears and not desiring any one to step into this abyss of death or
lake of fire as the scripture rightly puts it, they never stopped moving from
place to place, day and night, with great lamentations admonishing men to think
of eternity. Hell fire is not a place to
be considered as an option to spend eternity. For Jesus son of David, it is
considered a better option not to even be born alive than to experience the
heat of hell. For the son of man is about
to be betrayed and go to his faith, but how terrible for that man who betrays
him Lk. 22 : 22, again he said, For
what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his
soul. But man in his stubbornness of heart shuns this call and even
sometimes devises ways and means to get rid of these messengers of God in order
to have enough air to enjoy life without anyone reminding him of eternity,
while many in their own cases do not give a dame at all, because for them life
and death end here on earth. Yet another set are those who actually believe in
life after death but are in love with this world and are carried away by the glamour
of this world.
Well, whether man wants to hear about eternity
or not, the truth is that this present world is coming to an end and the new
age begins which is the birth of eternity and in the new age, the eternity of
course, we have just heaven and hell, no
middle course. You either find yourself in heaven or in hell depending on the
life you lived in this present age. The Lord said today, I present to you life and death and I advise you
to choose life. How I wish all men will choose life.
Here is another powerful voice in our
generation, reminding humanity once
again about life after death, urging man to think of eternity while still in flesh and
blood. This oracle is not of flesh and blood but one inspired and revelled by
the one who never wished that any one should perish but that all may enjoy
everlasting life. Listen to this redemption cry and make due preparation for the everlasting journey. Remember, the
Lord’s anger is a storm, a furious whirled wind that will rage over the heads
of the wicked. Therefore, have a rethink and harken to this redemption call. This
book said it all with strong warning and admonitions and I urge you to read it,
meditate on it and preach it wherever man is found.
Rev. Fr.
Donatus Chukwu CSsR.
