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[Gailon Arthur Joy]

                           White Horse E-News - 07-23-2012
                           Reflections on the Colorado Movie Massacre By Steve
Wohlberg
                           Today is Monday, July 23. The sun shines brightly in
beautiful Priest River, Idaho. A cool breeze is blowing, and the weather is
absolutely lovely. About an hour ago I took a short break from work at my office
for a peaceful walk in the pine-studded forest nearby, picking a few wild elder
berries growing along the path. They were delicious. Yesterday my son Seth
celebrated his eight-year-old birthday. About ten of his young friends came to
our home, and my Sunday afternoon was spent happily watching children frolic in
an inflatable pool, zip around in a small toy jeep, and bounce on our
trampoline. Yesterday was a picture-perfect day too. As birthday presents, Seth
received a new bike, his first real pocket knife, and a feathered-topped walking
stick for hikes in the woods. His happy, boyish face still thrills me, as do the
gleeful smiles and laughter of our precious 4-year-old daughter Abby, who
received a new stuffed rabbit so as not to feel left out.

  On my walk, I not only thought about my wife Kristin and our children, but
also about little Veronica Moser, who just four days ago might have been a
friend of Seth. If so, she might even have attended his small birthday
gathering. The news reported: "She was a vibrant 6-year-old. She was excited,
she'd just learned how to swim. She was a great little girl, excited about life
-- she should be at 6 years old."

  Today, to her family's unimaginable horror, little Veronica's lifeless body
lies motionless in a Colorado morgue. Three days ago -- along with 11 others who
just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- she was brutally
gunned down in cold blood in a Colorado movie theater rampage at the hands of
24-year-old Jason Holmes, who until Thursday night, most of his acquaintances
thought was just a normal guy. Entering the theater dressed in full attack gear
during the premier of the new film, "The Dark Night Rises," Holmes shot 71
people, killing 12, and wounding 59.

  What can one say about such a nightmare? Do I see it as another "sign of the
times"? Tragically, yes, for Jesus Christ Himself predicted that immediately
preceding His return the days of Noah will be reenacted, when "the earth was
filled with violence" (Genesis 6:11; see Matthew 24:37-39). The Colorado movie
massacre is also an indication that, just like "Satan entered into Judas" (Luke
22:3) so long ago and inspired him to betray his Lord with a kiss, even so is
the same cruel devil still invading human hearts who give him a foothold.

  When will such awful tragedies end? The truth is, not until "the devil and his
angels" (Matthew 25:41) are "cast into the lake of fire and brimstone"
(Revelation 20:9) and sin itself is completely destroyed. After the Day of
Judgment and the Lake of Fire (where every unrepentant soul will be held fully
accountable for every departure from love and virtue), the Bible's last book
predicts,

   And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
 death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for
the  former things are passed away. And He that sat upon the throne said,
"Behold, I  make all things new." And He said to me, "Write: for these words are
true and  faithful" (Revelation 21:4,5).

  Dear reader, this is our only hope. Only God Himself can eliminate sin, Satan,
mass murder and death -- permanently. In the wake of the recent Colorado
massacre, may we all fix our minds upon the last words of The Holy Bible:

   Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you
all.  Amen (Revelation 22:20,21).








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[amazinggrace]

During Prayer and Praise time in my Sabbath School class today, Evelyn, one of the class members, gave a testimony about the Colorado massacre.  Her son and his family in Aurora, Colorado, were planning to attend the Dark Knight Rising midnight premier at the same theater as the massacre.  However, across the country in Florida, Evelyn and some her friends decided to pray hourly throughout Friday night starting at 8:30 and every hour for nine hours. 

The next day Evelyn received a phone call from her son telling her about the massacre and what had happened.  It turned out that before Evelyn's son took his family to the theater he became very sleepy and decided not to go as he was afraid he would fall asleep in the theater and waste his money.

If he had taken his family to the movie premier, they would have been in the room where Holmes murdered and wounded so many people.  They could have been one of the victims.  Even if they had not been shot, it would have been a very traumatizing experience. 

Never stop praying for your family.  God does answer prayers.

[Murcielago]

Why is it that an incident in the USA where a few people are killed is a sign of the end of times, yet hundreds of people can be killed in Africa, central Asia, or some other hot spot in the world and it is not an issue to the prophecy proclaimers?

[Gregory]

Did you mean to say that your friends prayerd every hour through Thrusday night.  By Friday night the killing had taken place.  People had died and the police had arrested a person of interest.

[amazinggrace]

You're right.  It must have been through Thursday night. 

[Gregory]

I wasn't attempting to pick at you. Your story is powerful if it was Thursday night, but not so if Friday night.  I just wanted you to clairfy.

[Snoopy]

During Prayer and Praise time in my Sabbath School class today, Evelyn, one of the class members, gave a testimony about the Colorado massacre.  Her son and his family in Aurora, Colorado, were planning to attend the Dark Knight Rising midnight premier at the same theater as the massacre.  However, across the country in Florida, Evelyn and some her friends decided to pray hourly throughout Friday night starting at 8:30 and every hour for nine hours. 

The next day Evelyn received a phone call from her son telling her about the massacre and what had happened.  It turned out that before Evelyn's son took his family to the theater he became very sleepy and decided not to go as he was afraid he would fall asleep in the theater and waste his money.

If he had taken his family to the movie premier, they would have been in the room where Holmes murdered and wounded so many people.  They could have been one of the victims.  Even if they had not been shot, it would have been a very traumatizing experience. 

Never stop praying for your family.  God does answer prayers.

What an amazing story, amazinggrace!  Thank you for sharing!!