Podcast # 15: The Chosen Ones – Part Three
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 fifteenth in the series, and is titled ” What Should We Do ?”. Hello Allan and welcome to the Podcast.
Thanks Scott. It’s good to talk to you again.
Scott: So Allan, what do you plan to talk about today?
Well Scott, I’d like to wrap up the topic of “The Chosen Ones” by posing the question “What should we do?” And for those folks who may have missed my last Podcast, perhaps I should start off by giving a brief summary of what exactly I am talking about.
As I have mentioned in my book, as well as on my Blog, the ancient prophets predict that our present world age will end in a series of cataclysms brought on by a close encounter with a comet, at which time the earth will also be struck by an asteroid.
Because of the catastrophes that will afflict the earth at that time, and the devastation caused by the global earthquakes and Tsunamis that will follow, the ancient prophets referred to this event as “The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord.”
According to these prophets, this Terrible Day of the Lord will be followed by a seven year period of terror and destruction that will end in the return to earth of the long-awaited Saviour, who will lead the world into a new Golden Age of peace, that is predicted to last for a thousand years.
Although billions of people will die on that Terrible Day of the Lord, the prophets predict that one group of people will be spared. They will be miraculously taken out of their bodies, and will not have to endure the disasters that are coming. These people are what the Bible calls the “Chosen Ones.”
In earlier Podcasts, I explained who these Chosen Ones were, and why they would be chosen. And this brings me to the subject of today’s discussion. If these disasters really are about to happen on the earth, then what SHOULD we do about it?
Notice here that I am not posing the question that most people would no doubt like an answer to, which is the question “What CAN we do about it.” And that is because it is more important right now to learn what we SHOULD do about it.
Scott: Why is that Allan?
The reason is that these two questions deal with diametrically opposite aspects of our lives.
If we ask the question “What CAN we do about it?”, the answer obviously is “Plenty”. For there are literally hundreds of things we could decide to do if a comet was heading our way. And this is something I will definitely deal with closer to the time.
But whatever we did decide to do, these decisions would undoubtedly deal with our outward lives, and would involve things like our physical bodies, our possessions, our jobs, homes, families and the like.
Whereas the question “What SHOULD we do about it” deals with the spiritual aspect of our lives.
For Jesus made it plain that when the events of the Last Days began, it would be our spiritual condition that would matter most, rather than how much money we had, or how many possessions we had acquired, and so on.
In his famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is recorded as saying:
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.”
So based on these words of Jesus, when the events of the Last Days arrive, what we SHOULD be doing is focusing on our Souls, rather than on our physical bodies. And just to emphasize this fact, Jesus goes on to say in that same Sermon on the Mount:
“Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
“But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and of His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
Scott: So Allan, are you saying that there is no point in doing anything practical beforehand, because we are all going to die?
Definitely not Scott. Although I have no doubt that everyone would take action if they knew for certain that a comet was bearing down on the earth, there really would be little point in doing ANYTHING beforehand, if we are all doomed to die anyway.
But that is what this series of Podcasts is all about. We are not ALL doomed. For as I indicated in Part One of The Chosen Ones, some people WILL be spared. They are the people the Bible calls “The Chosen Ones”.
And the reason they will be spared is because of their Spiritual qualities, rather than in how much money they have, or how many possessions, and so on. You will recall that in Part One of this series, Scott, I listed what sort of qualities these people would have.
And here I should clarify what I said earlier about spiritual qualities. I didn’t mean that we’re all going to be judged by a shopping list of items. Instead, the determining factor in deciding who will be saved will be the motivations that people have in their hearts.
So the qualities that will decide who will be saved, and who will not, will be the FRUITS of the spiritual path, rather than the path itself.
Scott: I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
What I mean Scott, is that the qualities that we think of as being spiritual, are the FRUITS of spiritual progress, and they occur naturally, just like the fruit that grows on a tree. In fact, Jesus used this analogy himself when he talked about the Last Days in his Sermon on the Mount.
As St Matthew writes in chapter 7 of his gospel:
“You shall know them by their fruits. Every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Every tree that brings evil fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. Therefore by their fruits shall ye know them.”
So to recap, when the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord arrives, we don’t know who exactly will be saved and who will be doomed. What the Bible tells us is simply that those who will be spared will be the “Chosen Ones”.
Jesus said that at the time of the end, people would be divided into two groups. One group would consist of those who listened to his warning and acted accordingly, while the other group would consist of those who ignored these warnings.
Those who ignored his warnings would simply carry on living as they had before. And, as Jesus pointed out, they would make up the vast majority of people alive at that time. Those who acted on his warnings would be the wise ones.
In fact, Jesus ended his Sermon on the Mount with the following words:
“Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock; And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the wind blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.”
Scott: So did Jesus give any explicit advice about what people should do at this time?
Yes Scott, he did. He urged his followers to be watchful, and to be prepared. He also told them to pray that they would be spared from the plagues of the Great Tribulation. In the 21st chapter of the gospel of St Luke, Jesus tells the people:
“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come on you unawares.”
“For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the son of Man.”
So Scott, his message to us today is to watch – and pray. And I would urge all listeners to take these words of Jesus to their hearts. For there is no limit to the power of prayer in transforming a contrite heart.
So no matter what we may have thought or done in the past, if we are truly sorry for our misdeeds, and are committed to changing our ways, then our prayers will be heard, and we will be saved, even at this late stage.
However, I should also emphasize that not all those who will be saved will be among the Chosen Ones.
Scott: Once again, Allan, I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
According to the Bible, about one third of all the people who are alive on earth at the time of the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, will die in the disasters that will happen on that day.
And as I have indicated previously, this will be followed by a period of seven years in which the forces of darkness will dominate the earth, leading up to the final battle between Goodness and Evil that will culminate in the return to earth of the Great Redeemer, who will usher in the thousand years of peace.
And according to the Book of Revelation, about one quarter of those who are left upon the earth will be killed by means of what have come to be known as “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. In verse 8 of the 7th chapter, St John writes:
“And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
So Scott, there will still be many people who still be alive on the earth to confront these terrors. But even they are not all doomed, for there will be some who will be purified as a result of their experiences, and they will join the Chosen Ones when the Great Redeemer returns to the earth.
For as we read in the 13th chapter of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah:
“And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, it is my people: and they shall say, the Lord is my God“.
And according to the 12th chapter of the book of the prophet Daniel:
“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried: but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
So I want to emphasize again Scott, that even though they may not be among the Chosen Ones who will be spared these disasters, there will still be many who will triumph in the end, having been purified by their experiences during the seven year period of terror.
Scott: So does this mean that there will be two groups of people who will be saved. The Chosen Ones at the beginning of the seven year period, and others at the end when the Saviour comes?”
Exactly Scott. I couldn’t have put it better myself. But obviously those who are saved at the beginning will be spared the horrors that lie ahead. And that is the reason Jesus warned his followers to be prepared.
And, as the Oracle of Tolemac says in my book:
“Let those who would be saved continue to watch and pray. For no matter how advanced a person may seem to be upon the Path of Returning to Everlasting Light, they do not know if they will be able to withstand the fire of the Great Initiation. Pray that you will be given guidance in the days that are to come.”
And that pretty much sums up the situation Scott. None of us can be sure we will be included among the Chosen Ones. All we can do is to pray that we will be spared, and do the best we can in the meantime to live according to our faith, and our inner guide.
Meanwhile, the other thing we all need to do is to watch out for the signs. And these signs refer to the events that are unfolding in the world today. And that is what I plan to talk about in my next Podcast, which will be another in the series “Signs of the Times”.
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 another in the series titled “Signs of the Times”.
