I love God more than ever

as we made our way to the van with the newly-set-free captives wanping, liying and andy ong, i surveyed the hurt that was done to them.

some parts of their clothes were in strips as a result of the whippings. most of their clothes were stained with red blood. and they had whipping marks on the faces, hands, and legs.

they were staggering across the parade square.

and then we finally made our way over the fence wif much difficulties.

great i thought. the van and the car were still there. and pastor and weiwei had come back safely with adelene, weehuat and liangzhi. i heaved a sigh of relief.

 

WAIT.

where are VIVIAN AND ANDROS? i thought.

they were supposed to have made their way here after we saved them from the cages!

"PASTORDANIEL! DID U SEE VIVIAN AND ANDROS around when u arrived here???" i asked anxiously.

"No.......why would i see them?"

oh no..goodness..

"why..what HAPPEN?" pastor looked at me stunned.

"they were supposed to make their way here....." and then i was cut off my my phone's ringing.

i fumbled through my pockets. oh no oh no..is that vivian? or andros? i picked up rixiang's phone which was with me and saw "Vivian Calling..." appearing on my phone screen.

pastor daniel, rixiang, wanping, liying, andy ong, sunil, kongsheng, daryl weiwei, adelene, liangzhi and weehuat looked anxiously at me.

i answered the phone..and the conversation went like this.

"heloo"

"rixiang!......please come save us....we are hiding.....they saw us......"

"im sylvester...!where you all???"

"we were waiting for you all at the van when we were foun dout by two armed officers.....and so we ran and i dunno when we are now.. some place in the jungle..please..God...oh no..please.."

"calm down...so u mean they saw our vehicles??"

"YES!"OH No....come help us.."

oh no i thought, we had to get outta of here fast.

"OK TELL ME WHERE U R.EXACTLY."

"oh no.......shhh...oh no.......they are.....coming...." vivian was whispering now. i could andros weeping in the background.

and then all was silence.

i held the phone closely to my ears...straining to hear what was going on.

all of them watched me with big eyes.

"BANGGGGGGG!" a gun fire sounded on the other side of the phone.

and similarly the people with me heard the gunfire coming out of the jungle behind us.all of us turned towards the direction.

birds were flying out of the thick canopy of trees in the distance.

they are near.

I OPENED My mouth and eyes so big, i thought it was going to tear.

"QUICK! STOP OPENING UR EYES SO WIDE! WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!" pastor was shouting now.

and all of us got into our vehicles in a second. pastor daniel, wanping, liying, andy ong, weiwei got onto pastor's peugeot car, while rixiang, sunil, kongsheng, daryl, adelene, liangzhi and weehuat got onto the van.

"oh no oh no....God God God...help us..help us please please..God God..im so scared...please please...GOD!!" adelene was trembling and crying so loudly, it made me real scared. i have never seen her like this before, so scared, and unsure. she used to be very very sure all the time.

and all of us prayed and spoke in tongues as rixiang drove the van at full speed, out of the jungle, away from the camp, and back to Chinatown, with pastor's car in the front.

vivian....andros....

why???

first it was james lin. now vivian and andros have become martyrs too. GOD!! WHY??

i was so sick in the head now. i buried my head and face in my own hands.i could not think properly. i mean these people went out with me, cared for me, talked to me, had fun with me, and were my church FRIENDS!! how could they be gone now??

i cried and cried so much. i did not know what was happening. and i felt a pat on my shoulder.i looked up and it was my disciple.

he had never been so sensible before until of recent times...i thank God for him.

sigh.

what could a mere man like i do? i could not save the souls of my friends. only God could and had.

it was already 5am in the morning now...

i was so tired..

i havent slept properly the past hours. i looked around, everyone except me had fallen asleep. even kongsheng my disciple had dozed off with his hands still on my shoulder. 

i felt so burdened then..but then my heavy eyes were betraying me. i was falling asleep.

Jesus, take away this yoke. i wan Your yoke..,make me rest in You.

that was the last prayer i made before i fell into deep sleep.

 

^matthew11:28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

i was suddenly woken up by a jerk.

i realised i was on the van. and all the bad memories started to flood in my mind again.

how i wish i was sleeping forever.

i was starting to miss SNL and cell group sessions, where everything was safe, happy, joyous, loving, caring and peaceful. and i was beginning to experience heartaches for the deaths of vivian, andros and james lin.

they are with God now. i was so sure.

because God gives us FULL ASSURANCE that we can approach the throne of grace by His death. and no matter what, if we pulled through till the end, He would save our souls.

the van had come to a stop.

pastor daniel, wanping, liying, andy ong, weiwei got off pastor's peugeot car, while rixiang, sunil, kongsheng, daryl, adelene, liangzhi weehuat and i got off the van.

we had reached Chinatown, the shophouse, where more Christians were kept in safety under the eye of nana.

the 13 of us closed the vehicles' doors behind us and began walking towards the main gate of the shophouse.

rixiang took out a bunch of keys he usually carried around, and opened up the metal gate, and then the main door.

as soon as the door was opened, nana ran towards us in her usual bright yellow tee shirt and biege bermudas.

"oh thank God all of you are back here!" she exclaimed as she began to hug some of them there.

all of us knew we had lost some friends along the way, but we did not wan to say much.

"yes, i guess everything is gonna be alright for now. i heard from a reliable source that tomorrow the nationwide curfew would be lifted and life would go on as usual again." pastor was talking now.

"BUT..." pastor was raising up his finger, "i heard that they are going to find more Christians who are still around and persuade or force us to accept the chip."

oh no. i thought. would all of us here be in danger? would the police be looking for us? i mean we disrupted the ceremony at the Padang and even infiltrated into a government camp. i was really wondering why we had not been caught or been tracked down. really.

 

as the day went on, i explored the little shophouse we were in. Christians of all ages were there. i even made a head count of YI people who were there. there were JIEMING, MY DISCIPLE, KONGANN, HUIJIN, KENI, HUAT, ADELENE, PASTOR, RIXIANG, SUNIL, WANPING, LIYING, NANA, WEIWEI, LIANGZHI, ANDY ONG, DARYL ONG AND JOSIAH.

we had 400 plus people, and this was all we had left.

3 had already left us. james lin, vivian and andros.

cynthia, yanqi and my mom were last seen there at the Padang. there could be more YI people hiding everywhere.

the shophouse's first floor back door was tightly sealed and nailed with long pieces of metal and wood.  windows on the first floor were all sealed and nailed with long pieces of metal too.

i went up to the second floor. some people were sleeping, some were praying, some were reading bible and others eating and resting and there was a room which said "storeroom". i guess the food supplies and necessities were found in there.

i thought of how long the supplies would last for us.

when we had enough food last time, this was never a problem. my cell group friends and i would go out to town for good, expensive food, and were always full. famines were unheard of in our homeland. but now, we were surviving on can foods. i really thank God for kenneth who actually made me and huijin eat canned foods at the airport when the days were more fun.

now canned food was not for fun. they were for survival.

i wondered how the next day would be like. would it be chaotic? would things be worse, or betteR?

i began to pray. only in times such as these would we rely so MUCH ON GOD. silently, i was guilty of the times when i just push God aside my everyday life.

now i need His hands to be with us.

really.

the gates of hell are opened now.

it was a brand new day.

in the shophouse, after a few days of chaos and disturbing events.

i heard from pastor that the government has lifted the nationwide curfew. life would go back to normal for most people.

except the Christians.

i jus woke up from my sleep. and i could hear the hustle and bustle already going on outside our hideout.

cars moving on the streets, people walking outside pass our shophouse. life was going on as usual.

the difference was, people hate christians now. and all of them would wan us to accept the mark of the beast, which is a chip inserted into one's right hand or forehead, which works like an identification card, and also for one to purchase items.

and we were not supposed to have that chip.

i was beginning to worry about our food supplies.i mean. HOW LONG CAN THAT LAST???

water was no problem, because, the taps were still running.

one had to have the chip to be able to buy food.

remembering then, 

And [the Antichrist] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:And that no man might buy or sell, save [except] he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Rev 13:16-18 KJV

it was all coming true.seeing the Word of God coming literally alive in these dark hours did comfort me somehow. though times would be bad, i knew that i was on the right track.

i thought of how the Bible describes him, the beast FORCING everyone to accept the mark.

the beast was the leading voice in The World Union, headed by nations like The Eurotian (the european continent) Russia, China, India and Pakistan.

the time of tribulation has begun.

and then i went down to the 1st storey of the shophouse. still half-awake, i saw that people were preparing for a service. people of all ages were trying to line up in rows so that pastor daniel could start preaching and sharing.some had worried faces, some had confused looks.

we used to be so blessed.i thought. we had carpets for our sanctuaries, compared to the hard concrete floor of the shophouse now. we had air-conditioners. we had nice plastic chairs compared to now not having any chairs. we had a beautiful stage in the front. we had beautiful lightings. now we had just a few white lamps on the ceiling. we had beautiful glass paintings on the walls, now all that was around the shophouse were peeling walls, dying potted plants and a few old tables.

we had nice sound systems.but now i guess pastor just had to use his own voice. we had all the instruments in the world. but now, we merely had a few classical guitars.

i thought. our world was fallin and crumbling.and i could feel the atmosphere of despair hanging around.it was that kind of "i-feel-so-hopeless-yet-i-have-to-carry-on" feeling.

and i remembered Psalm 119:71 we read, "It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees." Sometimes i guess God must put us down to bring us to the basics.in times of tribulation, God's word become more precious and real to me.

every moment i am learning about God more and more. and even falling deeper in love with Him.

as all of gathered in lines and sat down on the conrete floor for a mini service, pastor daniel began to stand up in front to speak. he took a deep breath, prayed, and began.

"this is the moment...."he took another deep breath."..that all of us had been talking about. tribulations, sufferings, and the hour of evil. this is the moment so clearly seen.and we thank God that we are stll alive here doing His works on earth. i believe all of us here had suffered greatly. some of us lost our relatives, some of us lost our dearest friends, and some of us were betrayed through and through by our loved ones."

and pastor stopped. he began to tear.

i knew he must had been through a lot like all of us. he was jus like us.a human being with struggles and emotions. my heart began to ache again as i thought of my mom and siblings. where were they?

and pastor continued..."...but we are sure that our loved ones who died for the cause of Jesus Christ are with Him now,standing in glory with Him, and awaiting for the final battle and revelation to begin."

"cut your crap!!!!" a man suddenly shouted from the crowds of people.

"just tell me what we should do now? we do not have the mark! are we just gonna wait here and die??? i wan to go out there!!! i wan to save my family...."and the man began to weep and wail loudly.

"the food supplies will last us for a month the most.i cannot lie to all of you.after which, we will live day by day in His grace and mercy."

there were mumblings and groanings coming out from the multitudes.

i looked around.there were about 40 people around.

i suddenly remembered the back pack i had. i ran upstairs and immediately rummaged through the bag. there were 6 canned foods! and then suddenly i had an inner struggle.and i was so sure there were people out there who had the same struggle as i had.

should i keep these canned foods for myself?? for my own survival? i mean 6 canned foods sound very little, but in times like this, IT WAS A LOT TO ME.i was struggling. i knew i was very selfish.that i had a selfish heart.

and i heard a small still voice, "all that You have belongs to Me.You are not your own, and the things are not your own.You are here for a purpose and when I died for you, you died in me and you died to your self interests..."

i dropped my canned food back into the bag. i was stunned and guilty. how could i have been so self-centred and evil.right there and then, i repented and asked for forgiveness from God.and i ran downstairs with my canned food in my arms.

"here! i have 6 more canned food to spare." i shouted from the back of the room.all eyes turned to me.

and then another raised her hand, "i have 4 too."

and then another, and another, and another. we had about 50 more canned foods! praise the Lord!

and i suddenly had a new understanding of the principle of obeying God and then He can bless us and the people around us.

and then, pastor daniel began to lead us in an hour prayer session and a mini praise and worship unto God. we could not be very loud in fear that people outside might hear us.

i sat down beside my cell members.and i silently prayed for them to be faithful.

i just hope that this day would pass quick so that my Lord Jesus Christ would come down from the clouds in glory to rescue us.

 

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it was just like Jesus feeding the 5000.

it was really an experience. Everyone was provided with food yesterday. And we realised that we had much more than we expected.

it was the 3rd day in the shophouse. all of us hiding in there did not step out of the shophouse at all. and so far, no one out there i guessed, suspected that it was a christian hideout.

i had been fasting for these dark hours the last 12 hours. i took out my Bible and flip to Isaiah 58. i remembered the verses, 

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, 
and your healing will quickly appear; 
then your righteousness ^[a] will go before you, 
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

the past one week was madness for me. i lost my family, my house, my church, my church friends in a week. i was actually quite traumatised and depressed.

but after i fasted, i experienced the glory of the Lord, assuring me, and cleansing me through and through of my hurts and depressions.

i mean, things could REALLY just turn nasty in a week. who knows? we might all be killed the next?

as i sat there on the 2nd floor of the shophouse, my disciple approached me and sat down beside me.

"hai..you know what. i am really worried for shuen and shuching and my parents.but i still thank God that kongann is safe.at least i have one of my family members with me man." he said.

"yup its true. i do not even know the whereabouts of my family.thank God in everything, i guess."

and huijin, weehuat and liangzhi walked towards us, and sat beside us.

we kept silent for awhile. we did not find any need to joke or to say anything. just being alive and together was good enough i guess. i looked at their faces and was reminded of happier times.

the fun we had, the freedom we had, the laughter we had, the privileges we had. all were different now. they looked tired and worn out. but i knew that the Joy of the Lord would keep them going to the end.

i looked around. adelene was frantically trying to call her siblings andy and audrey. she was pacing aroung the room. keni was at a corner with jieming trying to come to terms about their injuries, keni's half-shaven hair and why everything happened so quickly. wanping was trying to reach her family members. liying and weiwei were praying. kongann was trying to comb his hair. i literally rolled my eyes at him.(as usual i thought).pastor, rixiang and nana were discussing some things. sunil was looking for some stuff in his backpack with andy ong sitting beside him looking blur. i guess it was the trauma.  josiah and daryl ong were chatting casually and even laughing at times. well.at least they still could smile.

i began to lie down. and i stared up the ceiling. nothing seemed to matter at that point of time. i jus wanted to talk to God every moment.

the outside world was still going on as usual.

i was so deep into thoughts. thinking about how the Book of Revelation was taking place.

and then i sat up

everyone around me looked to me.

"what happened?" jieming asked from the other end of the room. other men and women and children looked to me.

"i heard a bang on our metal gate."

all of us stayed silent and listened intently.

"BANG BANG BANG!!"

"ANYONE IN THERE?"

oh no.all of us picked ourselves up and ran down the flight of stairs to the first floor, making our way to the door quietly.

"ANYONE IN THERE??" the shouts continued.

i could hear that there were more than one person out there. how many i did not know. there were some murmurings and the bangings continued.

my heart was beating so fast now.all of us huddled closely in front of the door.then pastor, rixiang, nana and wanping came running down from the 2nd floor and stood beside the 40 over of us, looking intently at the door.

they were wondering who it was outside and what to do next i guess.

have they caught up with us?? oh no.. where to run next?? where???

and then Pastor turned and face us.

"ok keep calm.now, rixiang go check if the coast at the back door is clear.all of YOU ALL, make your way quietly to the van and my car at the back now. guys go to the storeroom, grab as many canned foods as you call can, NOW."

i knew no questions should be asked then.i did as i was told, making my way to the storeroom and started to pack the canned foods into my bag. i packed a total of about 30 canned foods.

and the people started to make a beeline for the back door.

then rixiang came running back, panting.

"PASTOR! their police cars have surrounded the back yard too!" he exclaimed.

all of us turned to pastor daniel, with a now-what-? look.

some of the children started crying. some adults started kneeling down and praying and wailing to God..

"i don't wanna die God i don't wan to!!! GOD GOD GOD!!" a woman was crying hysterically.

it made me shudder. i was at death's doorstep.

what now?

the bangings continued, as if taunting out helpless situation.i could see liying looking really frightened now.some of the YI people began to hold hands to pray.

ok God now what??

 

 

 

"bang baNG BANG!" the slamming of the metal gates grew louder and fiercer.

then suddenly pastor spoke up, " the underground room!! in the storeroom!"

ok finally pastor took up his calling.

and all of us rush toward the storeroom. people were panting, weeping and struggling through the crowd. and then a little girl tripped and fell. and she began to wail and cry.

i looked around. and people were still rushing for the storeroom.

no one cared about the little girl. how could anyone be so selfish??? even Christians! and as i thought, the others continued to packed in canned food into their own bags and made their way down the ladder to the basement.

suddenly i felt a pull at my arms. weiwei and daryl ong pulled me to the little girl and the 3 of us helped the little girl to her feet amongst the mini human stampede.

how selfish can people get in troubled situations?

and we made our way to the basement as the bangings continued. i prayed so hard in my heart, asking God to lead the police away.and then i turned and saw pastor locking the storeroom door.

"quick! get in!"pastor was shooing me into the basement. i grabbed a few more canned food in my arms and went in, with pastor closing and locking the door to the basement.

and everything was darkness. and then someone switched on a torch light. i could see fearful faces illuminated in the dark basement. eyes that tell me that they were so frightened.

i could still hear the bangings up there. i looked up..it was so dark i could not even see the ceiling of the basement.

i looked around. the Yi people were huddling together. i kept praying.

i told myself..God Your glory will guard us..You will be our refuge..YOU PROMISED SO...God...please please..help us.

and then all went silent.

the police had left.

God really answered my prayers.and when night time came. the torch was switched off.and we there we spent the whole night there.

 

the next day, all of us climbed out of the basement and into the first floor of the shophouse. i squinted my eyes to the change of lighting. no one had come into our shophouse. the police had left without forcing in the shophouse.

i did not know why.there was divine intervention. i was sure.

and then i started to look around. i heaved a sigh of relief to see the usual faces again. i scanned my eyes through the people.

JIEMING...MY DISCIPLE...KONGANN...HUIJIN...KENI...HUAT, ADELENE...PASTOR...RIXIANG...SUNIL...WANPING....NANA, WEIWEI...LIANGZHI.....DARYL ONG...JOSIAH.

thank God they were all there. and i began to scan through the crowds. for a moment i thought there were fewer people than before. i smiled to myself. i must be too tired and my mind was playing tricks on me. i really hadnt been sleeping well.

and then my smile faded.

"what happened?" my disciple came forward and tapped me on my shoulder.

i turned my head back to the crowds.

JIEMING...MY DISCIPLE...KONGANN...HUIJIN...KENI...HUAT, ADELENE...PASTOR...RIXIANG...SUNIL...WANPING....NANA, WEIWEI...LIANGZHI.....DARYL ONG...JOSIAH.

the names ran through my mind. oh no...

something is wrong

someone is missing

in fact 2 are missing.

where are LIYING AND ANDY ONG??

i ran my eyes through the crowds again, frantically searching for them.i ran back to the basement, grabbing the torchlight from an uncle on the way there, confident that they would still be down in the basement. my disciple followed right behind me.

could they have fainted because of exhaustion?

i was in pitch darkness once again. i shone the torchlight around the dark basement.

"Liying! Andy Ong! You 2 there?!" i was so scared to find 2 dead bodies there or something. my disciple went in front of me to search with the guidance of the ray of light from the torch.

"what is happening down there???" pastor was shouting from the first floor into the basement.

wherever i shone my light, my disciple would go over there to search.

"shine here DISCIPLER! shine here sylvester! here here!"

i immediately shone the light to where kongsheng was. and i saw that he was bent down, and his hands were holding some thing.

"whats happening down there! you all better come up here quick.its prayer time"pastor was getting impatient up there.

i opened wide my eyes. and looked to what kongsheng was holding.

he stared back at me. and gaped in wonder.

he was holding the tee shirt and shorts, socks and shoes that andy ong was wearing.

then i saw something red in the distance behind some boxes. i shone my light there. my disciple went.

and he held up the blouse, pants and shoes that liying was wearing.

OH MY GOSH.

my disciple's mouth was so WIDE OPEN, i thought flies could have gone in.

but i realised mine was too. and i decided to close my mouth.

liying and andy ong HAVE DISAPPEARED.

thay have vanished into thin air....

1 Corinthians 15 says

⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— ⁵²in 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. ⁵³For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."^[g]
 55"Where, O death, is your victory?
      Where, O death, is your sting?"^{[h] 56}The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

the rapture and the resurrection of the dead!! it has happened. it has! i thought. how else would you explain the disappearance of liying and andy ong?? i was thrilled and i ran towards my disciple to shake his hand and to shake him all over.i was EXCITED!

i was laughing! i could not imagine. it had been so long since i was so delighted. and my disciple laughed along with me.spastic, i thought.

i pushed my disciple up the stairs into the first floor and i began to break the good news to all the people. and i began counting the people who were there. we had only about 30 of them. that means about 10 of them had gone up in glory!

and then from outside the shophouse, i heard the sound of trumpets.oh man.what was happening? i wished i could just run out and take a look.I WISHED I COULD JUST LOOK UP THE SKY AND SEE THE ANGELS!

and suddenly, the earth beneath us shooked. all of us were thrown off our feet. and as we laid there, we looked at each other in disbelief and shock.

"QUCIK EVERYONE, get onto your knees and praise our Holy God..QUICK!" adelene shouted.

and all of us got onto our knees,and some of us prostrated ourselves onto the ground, and started to sing praises and worshipped Him, shouting in unison "Holy Holy Lord God ALmighty! WHo was, is and is to come!" and we raised up our hands and spoke in wonder and awe of our true mighty God.

and as the trumpets continued to sound, i thought, the 2nd Coming that the world has scoffed, scorned and challenged about, is near and here.

He is coming back any moment. im ready to receive my dearest Lord Jesus Christ. are you?

 

the story has assumed a mid-tribulation kind of rapture.its the author's own preference and interpretation.it cannot be taken as biblical truth.

it has been a day since the Great Rapture happened.

i was so anxious. what was going on outside? ARE PEOPLE CONVINCED NOW??? tell me about it man, i thought. now i was so sure, that the world would shut up and admit they were wrong.

i wanted to get out of the shophouse, to satisfy this curiosity. and also, i wanted to find my family members..

i talked to pastor daniel about my decision, that i really wanted to go out and take a look, and to even search for more people to rescue. after A LONG talk, he finally allowed me to go out, on the account that i was worried for my siblings and mom. he also told me to bring 2 people along with me.

the wonderful thing was rixiang would be driving pastor's peugeot car, to ease our movement around.

i decided that i would bring my disciple and weiwei along. i mean one was my disciple, and the other was so skinny, she could hide anywhere and run fast.

so we gathered whatever we need into our backpacks, peeped through  the peephole and made sure that the coast was clear, and opened the door and loaded our stuff into the car.

as i stepped out of the shophouse, i had this dreadful feeling that no one could understand. it was like going to war, that you might die any moment.

last goodbyes were said, and we made our way. our first destination was Raffles Place, as it was near and it was the business district with plasma screens all around reporting about the latest news.

i shaded my eyes from the sunlight. it had been a few days since i saw light. ouch, it actually hurt my eyes. and rixiang drove the car from the shophouse as fast as he could, just to avoid suspicion.

as we made our way down the street in the car where our hideout was at, i realised, we looked like anyone on the street.

that was because the mark of the beast is under the skin, and there would be no difference in outward appearance between a beast follower and a christian.

but we had to be very careful, in our conversation, our behaviour.

and then we saw the first crowds from our vehicle. people rushing around in the heart of Chinatown. it was lunch time, and people were scurrying around. people in office wear, people in tee shirts and pants.

it seemed like life was back to normal.

or so i thought.

we had a bigger mission in our hearts. to rescue more Christians stranded everywhere and to collect more information what was going on.

as soon as we reached the CBD heart, we alighted and made our way to the place where news was aired to the public during lunch time.

as we walked pass a bus stop, we saw people just walking through the exit and entrance of the bus without paying !

then i remembered, they have the chip in their hands! nothing needs to be paid! the deduction of money would be done just by walking under a scanner.

that was quite an eye opener for me.

i mean, within a few weeks of tribulation, the government actually had all people to input that chip.

and then i saw people walking out of 7-11 shop with bags of goods in their hands.

truly, the world was becoming one, just like at the tower of babel, where rebellion occured.

and then right there at the city heart, we stood in front of a plasma screen hanging outside an office block. the afternoon news talk show was on. there were other people crowding round to catch the lunchtime talkshow too.

Interviwer: And up next, is the follow-up news story of the sudden disapperance of millions of Christians all around the globe. Reports has it that this is one of the long-awaited signs of the Christian Messiah's return, which is also termed the Rapture. truth of fiction? let us pass the time to expert in cosmic disturbance studies, Mr Andrew Golanis.

the voice boomed from the screen.

Interviewer: Hi Mr Andrew Golanis, what do you have to say about the recent disapperance of Christians all around the globe?

Mr Golanis : ok first of all, i have to say that the disapperance has 2 possible causes. first of all, the area which im most familiar with, cosmic disturbance. in simple terms, cosmic disturbance is where the whole universe undergoes a sudden change in variables, in forces...... as you all can see, there were so much reported earthquakes and meteor showers all around, this could suggest that the universe is undergoing BIG TIME CHANGES, and that there might even be a possiblity of people being so called "sucked up" to the skies, and ultimately to space because of sudden change in gravititional forces in certain areas.

Interviewer: so you are saying that this things are jus like happenings are just due to sudden change in gravititional forces on earth and nothing to do with some 4000 year old prophecy? 

Mir Golanis: yup most probably, just like the cases you see in Bermuda Triangle. same. i think. another reason would be there it is all a conspiracy, that the peace-haters CHristians have hid or even slaugtered their own people just to bring the whole world into a confused state and to believe in the book lof lies.

Interviewer: conspiracy? it is very possible. since they were capable of bombing the Dome of Rock with the Jews, they are capable of promoting more terrorism and destructive ideologies.

i looked around.the people around us were all nodding in agreement, as if in a trance. it was maddening.

WHAT????? i thought as i watched the talk show right there at the city heart.A COSMIC DISTURBANCE?CONSPIRACY?? how could anyone be so BLINDED??? the BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE RAPTURE! satan really has a way to lie through his skin. the four of us, rixiang, weiwei and my disciple looked at each other in disgust.

what was the world becoming??? even when the biblical signs are presented to them, they can twist it to another thing! NOW TELL ME, i thought, what CAN CONVINCE THEM???

i could literally picture Father God sitting in His Throne in Heaven and shaking His head, and angels mourning at that point of time.

i thought of how Jesus actually healed people in front of the multitudes and people can actually say that the healings were fake.

at that point of them, i was totally convinced that only God draws men to Himself. not signs and wonders, not persuasive speech, not intelligence nor angels or demons.

because the Rapture happened right in front of them, and they can even explain it as a "cosmic disturbance" and a conspiracy!

HOW STUBBORN CAN MEN BE! remembering,

Psalm 81:12
So I (God) gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

i thought that men was really on their way to destruction, by their own ways and stubborness, and God was not going to care much about it, though He would still continue to try to draw men by His wonderful works.

the hours were getting darker. the tower of rebellion was getting high and proud, but God would come and destroy it.

this excerpt is purely fiction and there is no intention to harm, defame. any resemblance to events or characters is purely COINCINDETAL.

and so we left the city heart where that talk show was playing. it was plain ridiculous.
cosmic disturbance? the disapperance of Christians? i call plainly the Rapture. they call it a cosmic disturbance.
the father of lies.he who belongs to hell fire. may he be condemned forever.
we continued to walk.

esplanade was just within the distance to walk. so we decided to walk over and have alook.

there was nothing much going on at the esplanade.and so we made our way to the Intergrated Resort at marina bay.

i still remembered how the Christians in our nation had spoken up to try to stop the building of the casinos, but to no avail. then was different. anyone could say anything about the casinos.
now? i guess if i started opening my mouth to say things against the casinos as a Christian, they would have me chopped up.
as we moved towards the casino, i caught a glimpse of a crowd gathering at the podium where there always used to be live band performances.

i motioned kongsheng and weiwei to move faster.

and we pushed through the crowd of about a hundred, to the front.

and there in the centre, we saw a man kicking a teenage boy on the floor lying.

the man was ranting and shouting.

"stupid christian! protest about the casino somemore la! PROTEST SOMEMORE LA! its being built now! what can you DO?" the man rained more punches on the boy lying down.

oh no..the boy on the floor was already bleeding.

the crowd watched on. some of them even clapped and made cat calls.

"yes yes! beat him up.stupid Christian!"someone shouted from the crowd.

and the man grabbed the boy's hand and pulled him along on the ground, swinging his motionless body everywhere.

this man has sure extra strength. i thought, he's demonised.

and he lifted the boy up above his head, and slammed the body right onto the ground. there was a sickening "thud" sound as the body hit the ground.

"ooooo..." was all the crowd could say.

i so wanted to go up there and stop the brutal man.but weiwei grabbed my arm and hinted to me not to be rash. yes i thought, there were far more people here than us, it would not be wise to act rashly.

and then some people from the crowd went forward to spit on the boy and threw eggs at him. by then, the boy was conscious and groaning in pain.

"now right in front of the Casino, we shame you Christian. pray to your God la. the casino would be destroyed in THREE DAYS?" a woman was shouting.and the crowds laughed and cheered on.

"you christians are so mad. responsible for so many terrorist attacks, and now you want to create havoc in this FREE land of ours? FAT HOPE!." another squealed.

terrorist attacks? which Christian in the right mind would kill innocent lives? and then i remembered a book entitled Al-Qaeda and the Brotherhood. it clearly stated that when muslim extremists carry out their plans, they bring along with them crucifixes and Bibles, and i thought they did so just to push the blame onto Christians once their tasks were accomplished.

it might not be the muslim extremists. it might just be one of the Beast's accomplices, determined to sabotage Christians.

and then suddenly police officers came running towards the crowd and dispersed the crowds. they handcuffed the Christian and led him away.

they did not even handcuff the man who had beaten up the boy.

and i looked towards the Intergrated Resort, as it stood proudly on the bay of marina, with its lights shimmering against the waterfront. signboards screamed about the latest games in the casino that would rake in big bucks. bunny girls wearing skimpy bikinis pranced around at the entrance of the casino.people were drinking and merrying, toasting each other at the cafes outside the casino. there were even strip teases outside the entrance, where men and women would just gather and pay people who perform strip teases.there were people meditating yoga openly, with candles lit and the whole works.

Jude 1:4
For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

surely, these people are due for condemnation. godless, bold and slanderous against God. i closed my eye and made a silent prayer. and the 3 of us moved on.

and as we walked along marina bay, looking at the ruins opposite which was a result of the earthquake a few days ago, i thought of God's wrath and also His mercies.

Genesis 18:32 

³² Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten (righteous men) can be found there?"
      He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it."

God is merciful.He is would spare the world if only people would repent!

it was getting dark, so we decided to walk around more..

hopefully, we would not be noticed as christians.

weiwei, my disciple and i continued to walk. all along, i fixed my eyes on the casino.

it was already night time.

we continued walking down to boat quay by the singapore river. from the corner of my eyes, i saw 2 police officers walking along the river just a few metres in front of us.

they were conducting some kind of spot-checks. they had a metallic scanner in their hands. we continued to look on.

"what do you think that is?" my disciple whispered into my ears.

weiwei and i shrugged.

as we watched, the 2 officers approach a group of monks who walked past. the officers motioned for the monks to stretch out their right hands. and there and then, they placed the metallic scanner above the monks' hands. a green light beaming from the scanner scanned across their whole hands.

and after a few moments, the officers nodded and the monks were allowed to go.

i turned to look at my disciple and weiwei.

"are you thinking what i am thinking?"

"yes i think so..those are chip detectors.right?" weiwei answered.

"yes and we better get out of this place fast.avoid the officers." i whispered.

and then we turned and began to walk the opposite direction, praying that the officers would not notice us and spot check us.

"HEY YOU STOP THERE!"

we heard a voice from behind. i signalled to my disciple and weiwei to keep walking.i was trembling now, and my heart was beating so fast. we continued to walk at a normal pace.

and then we heard people running towards us..

should we run? should we should we??? all kinds of thoughts were racing in my mind..should we?? tell me God tell me!!!

 

and jus when i was about to take flight, the police officers ran PASS us.

what??

and then i looked in front. they were chasing a woman.

christian.

must be.

and then some bypassers ran behind the officers, determined to witness the humilation of the christian.

we followed suit.

"STOP!" the police officers were shouting even as they gave chase.

the woman was in a pair of jeans and a yellow tee shirt. she was running as fast as she could.she looked like she was in her early 30s.

we continued running behind the crowd and the officers.

and then an idea came to my mind.

and i stopped running immediately.weiwei and my disciple stopped too.

"why did you stop??"

"i tell you, we go down the underpass to clarke quay which is opposite the road, and we intercept the woman. we help her. " i was panting and talking at the same time

without any hesitation, we ran down the underpass towards clarke quay.

and when we were there, we hid behind some bushes by the park pavement. and then , we saw the woman running towards us, and the officers and the mob behind.

oh no.what am i supposed to do now God?

what now what now? my two partners looked at me with frantic eyes.

they were getting closer as we hid in the bushes.i started praying.

i prayed and prayed and prayed. and suddenly, i felt a cool tingling touch on the back of my neck.

i opened my eyes.

what was that? was it raining?

i looked up.

no. the sky was clear.

then more tingling feeling, and my back of the neck was a bit wet by then.

"is it raining??" my disciple asked a redundant question.

and then, we heard a mighty roar.

and we cupped our ears and closed our eyes. it was too loud for us to bear.

and the earth beneath us where we were hiding trembled.the roaring sound was still there. and it deafened us a great deal.

what was happening??

and then as sudden as the roaring came, GALLONS of water came crashing down on us.the force was HUGE. andwhen the water hit us, we were thrown off.

and i managed to squint my eyes and take a peep at what was happening.

and to my horror, i saw that water from the river had set itself up like a wall, and rising in height, and ready to come crashing down another time.

how can this be possible??? a tsunami in Singapore? at the river?

and then i remembered an article from the Straits Times, that an expert had predicted that a tsunami would hit Singapore. such possiblities are not zero.

and i knew it was the time. because it was near the end. it would be terrible.

and as the wall of water gained height, ready to come crashing down, i shouted on the top of the roaring.

"GO GET UP NOW GET UP NOW IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SUCKED INTO THE RIVER!!!"

my 2 partners looked at me with wide opened eyes and picked themselves up almost immediately.

and then i saw the woman, struggling to pick herself up.

the officers and the mob were gone.

sucked into the river already? i did not know. all i knew was we had to save the woman and ourselves from that terrible wave.

the wall of water was crashing........

and then i felt the tingling feel on the back of my neck again. droplets of water were raining down on us already, as the wall of water prepares itself to crash again.

"RUN!!!" and with that, we picked up the woman, and ran as fast as we could. away from the river, and towards dry land.

i looked back as i ran. water was bubbling out everywhere, bursting the banks of the river, flooding and destroying shophouses, discotheques and pubs along the rivers.

and then the wall of water, about 3 storeys high, came crashing down...

"ROARRRR...VISSHHHH....!!"

and the earth shook once again.

we were far enough by then.

to escape from the waves.

we continued running towards dry grounds, back to the Intergrated Resort.

we ran and ran and ran. and i could as if, picture myself at ground zero, where the twin towers in the States came crashing down that fateful day.

it was amazingly, similar.

and then it began to drizzle.

this cool feeling on the neck was different now.

it was kind of soothing, and assuring.

still traumatised by the ordeal and near-death experience, we sat down outside a 7-11 store.

we looked at each other.

unbelievable.

we had just sort of experienced what seemed like the parting of the Red Sea in Moses' time! the enemies were sucked into the sea, just like what happend, i presumed.

after about 10 minutes of silence. i began asking who the woman was.

"obviously, im a christian and i can see you all are too.brave young people.i was just trying to steal some food for my family.and they caught me.cos i do not have the chip."she began

"oh...."

"i really am desperate now. my younger brother is dying. he has serious flu. but i cant take him to the doctors.they will know im a christian and will force me to take the chip.even CHRISTIAN DOCTORS will advice me to take the chip..."and then she began to weep.

this is bad i thought. betrayers of Jesus. arent the signs clear enough now?

indeed the god of this age has blinded most of them.

and we chatted and we prayed there while it drizzled, with our eyes opened, so as not to attract unwanted attention.

and as the 4 of us planned on our next step, i really hope we wouldnt bump into more officers with the scanners.

really.