Get in the Car

I grew up in a small town in Kansas; in a region known as tornado alley.

When I was about 12 years old, my teacher took his class camping.

The campsite was several miles outside of town. We got on the highway, then turned off on a dirt road to get to the campsite. When we got there, we immediately started setting up camp. Before we got everything unloaded, our teacher told us to quiet down. Not an easy thing to do for a bunch of excited kids, but we did.

Calm Before the Storm

That’s when I noticed, and I’m sure some of my classmates noticed too, just how quiet everything was; unnaturally quiet. The air was still. The trees weren’t rustling. The birds weren’t chirping.

The teacher said, “Get everything back in the cars. We’re leaving!”

Of course we grumbled. But the signs were clear. For sure, the teacher knew the signs well enough to see that we needed to get out of possible harms way.

I guess we weren’t moving fast enough because our teacher hollered, “Get in the car!”

We loaded up and headed back down the road kicking up more dust than a dirt devil. Before we got to the highway, we saw the first sign; a cloudburst of torrential rain. The second sign appeared. Bolts of lightening pierced the clouds. We turned onto the highway. That’s when we saw the big danger daddy of signs swirling between us and our destination.

A tornado towered between us and our destination. It’s tail was whiplashing chunks of debris. We pulled over to the side of the highway. Up ahead in the distance, we saw that a semi trailer truck had pulled to the side of the highway also.

The tornado lifted for a moment, then landed directly on top of the truck. The twister picked it off the ground. The trailer fell back to the asphalt, but the cab was sucked up into the twister. We saw the red cab spinning around as it was lifted higher and higher. Then it seemed like the tornado didn’t like the taste of the truck, so it spat it out in the wheat field. The tornado took a big leap and landed on a barn. The barn exploded into pieces. Then the twister plowed its way toward our campsite.

Safe at Home

Some of us pleaded with the teacher to find out if the truck driver was inside, but he said he had to get us back home. The teacher did what he was supposed to do; he got us all home safely.

What I saw in Kansas many years ago was the calm before the storm, then came the storm. What I’m seeing today around the world is beyond the calm. I’ve been looking at prophecies written in the Bible that accurately, no, exactly describe the turbulent signs of our time. The scriptures go even further and warn us of the coming storms called ‘The Tribulation.’ It will literally be a swarm of epic, some supernatural, storm-like events of true Biblical proportions.

I say to anyone who has ears to hear, “Get in the car!”

The car represents Jesus (no offense to the Savior). If you’ve been wondering around out in the wilderness, you’re invited to get into the car with us. There’s plenty room.

If you’ve ever been in the car, but walked away, please get back in the car.

But you better get in now! Jesus is coming soon to transport us out of here before the tribulation events strike the earth like a bat on a baseball. Our escape is called the rapture. That’s when we’ll meet the Lord in the air. He will get you home safely.