CHRIST CHOSEN DISCIPLES: FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR STATUS AS DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST, AND CITIZENS OF HIS ROYAL KINGDOM; WE MUST BE OBEDIENT EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH, AND NOT STIFF-NECKED LIKE THOSE OF NOAH’S GENERATION. WE ARE TO LEARN A GOOD LESSON FROM THE PARABLE OF THE “TEN VIRGINS” AS IT IS WRITTEN. (MATTHEW, 25:-1-13) DESPITE ALL THE WARNINGS AND SIGNS GIVEN TO THEM, THEY IGNORED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT AND CHOSE THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION FOR THEMSELVES. EVEN THE ANIMALS RAN TO SAFETY, BUT THE SONS OF MAN SEEK DESTRUCTION. THEY COULDN’T CARELESS. BEING JUST A BELIEVER IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO SAVE ANYONE FROM THE TORMENTS OF SATAN AND HIS MINIONS. ONE HAS TO BE ALWAYS FAITHFUL AND OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH. SATAN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR POSITION IN THE CHURCH. BE IT REVEREND, PASTOR, BISHOP. ETC. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR WORLDLY POSITION., HOW WEALTHY YOU ARE, OR YOUR FINANCIAL DISABILITIES. NEITHER DOES HE CARE ABOUT YOUR INTELLECTUAL ABILITY. WHEN HIS COMING FOR YOU, YOU BETTER HAVE GOD AT YOUR SIDE TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME HIS TEMPTATION. ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH JEHOVAH GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST IS A GONNER. THEREFORE REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN DAYS OF THY YOUTH, WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT. (ECC. 12:-1) IN CONCLUSION: THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND; LET US DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO RUN EXCELLENTLY, THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US THAT OUR NAMES MAY BE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. (REVELATION, 20:-15)