Podcast # 13: The Chosen Ones – Part One
Scott: My name is Scott Paton. I am talking today with Allan Colston. He is the author of the book “The Last Days of Tolemac”. This is a book dealing with prophecy.
For those listeners who may be new to this topic, today’s podcast is the thirteenth in the series, and is titled “The Chosen Ones”. Hello Allan and welcome to the Podcast.
Thanks Scott. Good to be with you again.
Scott: In our last Podcast, titled “Signs of the Times”, you ended by posing the question: If the ancient prophets are correct, and our modern world is about to be destroyed, then are we all about to die?
I did Scott. In fact I called it the key question of our times, because sooner or later, everyone who is really serious about the subject of prophecy has to deal with the implications of this question.
What I said in my last Podcast was that the ancient prophets predict that there will be a new earth and a new heaven. Our existing world will be destroyed, and will be replaced by a new one that has been cleansed by the catastrophes that are coming.
According to the prophecies that I explain in my book “The Last Days of Tolemac”, our present world age will end in a series of cataclysms brought on by a close encounter with a comet. These catastrophes will begin on a day that the ancient prophets called “The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord.”
This Terrible Day of the Lord will be the start of a seven year period of terror and destruction. It will end in the return to earth of the long-awaited Savior, who will lead the world into a new Golden Age of peace that is predicted to last for a thousand years.
Scott: So, to get back to your original question. Are we all going to die in the catastrophes that have been predicted?
Well Scott, my answer to this question is: No, we are not all going to die.
However, when the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord arrives, many of us will. In fact, out of the seven billion or so people who are alive on the planet today, I fully expect one third, or about two and a half billion people, will lose their lives within the first 24 hours.
After all, when you consider the damage that will be inflicted upon the earth, even that number may prove to be conservative. For when the asteroid strikes the earth, or to be more accurate, when it strikes the ocean, several things are going to happen.
Firstly, the shock wave generated by its impact will reverberate around the planet causing tectonic plates all over the world to buckle. These convulsions throughout the earth will spawn nation-wide earthquakes with magnitudes of 10 or more on the Richter scale.
Secondly, tsunamis created by the asteroid impact will surge around the world, with wave crests hundreds of feet high, that will swamp the coastlines of every continent, and devastate coastal cities everywhere.
This will be a time when humanity will once again relive the words of the Biblical Psalms. The Psalms of the Bible tell of past cataclysms that have happened within the recorded memory of humanity. For example, in Psalm 18, we read:
“Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; And he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Then the channels of waters were seen, And the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord,
Again in Psalm 97
“The Lord reigneth; Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord.”
And in the 114th Psalm we read:
“When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
As you can appreciate Scott, world-wide catastrophes that cause mountains to melt like wax and hills to skip like young lambs are not the sort of things that are taught in our school history and geography classes today.
Devastation on that scale would require forces far greater than normal earthquakes or tidal waves, fearful though these may be. What the Psalms have recorded are the consequences of earth’s past encounters with comets and asteroids.
Scott: It all sounds pretty terrible to me.
It certainly does, Scott. But many people will survive. For as I have already pointed out in earlier Podcasts, this is not the first time that the earth has experienced an extinction level event.
As has happened in the past, there will be those who will find ways to survive the horrors of that initial day of terror. Yet these survivors may well be regarded as the unlucky ones. For they will have to deal with undreamed of challenges just in order to survive.
For they will have to confront what the Book of Revelation calls the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They will have to face the spectre of famine, disease, war and death.
And they will have to do so in a world that has been wrecked by earthquakes and swamped by Tsunamis. They will also have to deal with a world stripped of law and order, where marauding bands scour the land looking for anything they can find to survive.
And from what researchers like Velikovsky have uncovered, it was equally terrible for those few who were trying to survive earlier extinction level events. However, this time things will be different.
They will be different because instead of having to deal with long centuries of disintegration and decay, as they did after past catastrophes, those who ultimately survive will inherit the greatest period of peace and happiness in the history of our tormented world.
It will be a time of wonder and joy beyond anything that we can presently imagine. But, before anyone can inherit the coming Golden Age, they will have to prove that they are worthy. They will have to pass the tests of the Spiritual Graduation day that is coming for all humanity.
But there is one group of people who will be spared. They will be miraculously taken out of their bodies, and will not have to endure the disasters that are coming. They are what the Bible refers to as the “Chosen Ones”
In fact, on several occasions, we read that Jesus told his disciples that many would be called, but that few would be chosen, such as in Verse 14 of the 22nd Chapter of the Gospel of St Matthew.
Scott: Who are the Chosen Ones?
Well Scott, this is something that has confused a lot Biblical scholars. They have assumed that the people who will be saved from these catastrophes, will be a certain chosen few who will be specially selected by God when the time comes.
But these scholars have misunderstood what Jesus was saying. What he was pointing out to his disciples was that many people would be called, but that relatively few of these would actually choose to follow his teachings.
However, those who did so would be among those who would be saved during the end times. Again, they would not be people who paid lip service to his teachings, but those who actually followed his commandments.
In Chapter 7 Verses 21-23 of his Gospel, St Matthew writes:
“Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out many devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
And in Chapter 18 of his Book of Revelation, St John writes:
“And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying: Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of their plagues.”
This makes it clear Scott, that those who will be spared the wrath of God on that Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, will be those who possess the Fruits of the Spirit, and who have avoided the Sins of the Flesh.
Scott: What are these Fruits of the Spirit and the Sins of the Flesh?
In the 5th Chapter of his Epistle to the Galatians, St Paul describes the Fruits of the Spirit in the following way:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance“.
Against such, says St Paul, there is no law, meaning that they will be spared the punishment that awaits the remainder. However, those who succumb to the Sins of the Flesh will be the victims of the plagues that are coming. He describes these sins as follows:
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, and they are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, quarrelling, rivalry, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, revellings and such like.”
For those people guilty of such behavior, St Paul goes on to say:
“About these things I tell you again, as I have told you in times past, that those who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.”
Scott: So does this mean that only Christians will be saved?
No Scott, it doesn’t. Those Christians who are found worthy on that great and terrible day, will be among those who will be spared from these catastrophes, and will be taken from the earth.
But just as Jesus came to earth to share his message of love with all people, so those who are taken from the earth will be drawn from all the peoples of the world. It will not matter what faith people profess, or do not profess.
There will be Buddhists, Hindus, Moslems, Christians and all manner of other beliefs included among those who will be spared. There will even be some who profess no faith at all.
The test that will decide whether or not people qualify will be the character they display, rather than the extent of their education, status, wealth or possessions. In fact, in my book, the Oracle of Tolemac describes the qualities of the people who will be saved.
“The people who will be saved are the peacemakers of this world. They are patient. They are slow to show anger. They do not judge others. When any harm is done to them by others they are quick to forgive. They do not harbor thoughts of revenge.
“They do not make a show of the good works that they do. They do not push themselves ahead of others. They do not seek to be first. They do not search for fame. They do not make a show of their talents. They have simple needs. They are satisfied with whatever comes their way.
“These people lead considerate, sober, thoughtful and dedicated lives. They care for others, especially the poor and the neglected in life. They place the needs of others before their own. In times of hardship they are courageous, resourceful and optimistic.
“They seek the best in all things. They are not daunted by difficulty. They are not motivated by material gain. They do not seek to acquire great personal wealth. They are motivated by the desire to gain a deeper understanding of life.
“They strive to be of service to all those who turn to them for help. They are strong in faith. They are humble. They are meek. Their apparent outward weakness hides their inner strength. They are at peace with themselves and with the world.
“They share what they have with others without thought of whether they will be repaid. They are considerate of the needs of other creatures that share life with them. They do not oppress the weak or exploit the gullible.
“They do not trample on the rights of others. They allow others the freedom to live their lives as they think best. They are not easily misled. They do not indulge in excess. They do not search after empty pleasures. They do not shirk pain or seek to escape the realities of life.”
I will be continuing this topic of the Chosen Ones in my next Podcast, which will deal with the subject of “Answering The Call”.
And just a reminder for those people who would like to read my book, it can be reached here
Scott: Thanks Allan. You have been listening to Allan Colston, author of the book “The Last Days of Tolemac”. Do join us for our next Podcast, which will be Part Two of “The Chosen Ones”.
