The Final Flight

The Chief Designer gave me a plan for building a personal aircraft that would, at a specific time, carry me to the Heavenly country across the ocean. According to my faith, I was gifted a Green Card giving me the right to relocate and obtain citizenship of this state. I received a clear instruction for assembling the aircraft, which detailed the history of previous builders, the changing of aircraft parts, and provided wise advice and recommendations for installing important nodes and assemblies. I have a sketch of the exterior, a description of how this flying machine should look and what color it should be painted. I make a covenant with the Chief Designer and begin my work.

During assembly, I experience many falls and disappointments in myself. I see what a failure I am in this entrusted process, but I am given a Spiritual Mentor who constantly comforts me and teaches me not to give up, but to move forward. I work and learn. My friends in faith are engaged in the same work, and we often gather together to discuss some assembly questions, share the experience of new discoveries, and support each other. In this communion, we become spiritually related, and some even create families, but each continues to build their own aircraft.

Unfortunately, there are always those who look at the surrounding world and try to bring some advice into our life and work. We sometimes marvel at the similarity of parts and accept them, but then realize that this is all a forgery of the true plan and refuse such cooperation. And worldly friends leave our ranks, leaving their unassembled aircraft as sad monuments to themselves.

Many of our friends leave life before the planned flight, and their bodies rest in the earth until the time when the Chief Designer sends His beloved Son to take all those who were faithful builders to the Heavenly country and make them full citizens of the Heavenly Homeland.

But some are destined to make this flight themselves, and special requirements are placed on such people. They are given detailed instructions for assembly and refueling of the aircraft. And this issue of flight became so responsible and important that the Son Himself decided to participate as a Flight Instructor, and for this purpose He personally comes to each builder's home, knocks on the door, offering His services, and enters to those who recognize and accept Him. He carefully explains what oil should be used to fill the aircraft's vessel so that no fuel shortage occurs during the flight, and no one perishes in the darkness. And in the process of this communication, we become close friends, eat together and discuss future affairs. I learn details of upcoming trials, and my Teacher gives me driving lessons, through which I get to know my Heavenly Friend better, begin to understand the aircraft's structure more deeply, delve into the art of managing this complex mechanism, and become a very happy pilot.

My Heavenly Friend informed me that the flight to the Heavenly country is scheduled for the near future, and 144,000 pilots have been assigned to the squadron, who are now busy assembling their aircraft all over the world. And during the flight, each pilot will be able to overcome obstacles by faith, and the Heavenly Instructor will maintain radio contact with each of them, reminding them of the rules from the Aircraft Operation Manual.

How joyful it is to listen to these instructions! My heart burns, my hands work, my mouth praises and thanks my Designer. I study the oil composition, learn where it is sold, pay with my time, my soiled clothes, and myself. I fill the aircraft's vessel and wait, reflecting on the peculiarities of driving and the complexities of the flight. I understand that without proper oil reserves, my aircraft will not reach its destination.

Beside me are careless friends who have built everything but for some reason postpone refueling, believing they will always have time. I try to convince them that it's better to do it now, or the refueling station will close, and it will be too late. Some listen, while others accuse me of fanaticism and pharisaism. I ask that everyone verify that their aircraft is assembled correctly, refueled with the right oil, and their pilots have passed the Agape Driving School with the Teacher Himself. Some agreed, while others began to make excuses that they bought a field and want to look at it, some have a wedding, and some simply have no time. I understand everything well.

We live in a business world with its own requirements and standards to be a successful entrepreneur, but if I was warned from above that this world is doomed, it's worth moving to a place where everything is stable. I managed to combine aircraft construction with worldly affairs, which made me very tired, sank into numbness, and made me want to sleep. My careless brothers are already snoring, while I struggle and try to pretend that I'm awake. But while we were all sleeping together, the enemy of the soul came and caused significant damage to those who worked superficially, so that they had no fuel reserves left. We did not anticipate such a scenario.

Early one morning on a specific day, a loud voice awakened all of us, and we were given a takeoff command. The unwise friends began to ask us for oil, but we could no longer give them anything, as we had jointly gone to the runway and were taking off to the Sky one by one. Dark clouds with some colorful ulcers were approaching us, but we raised our gazes in faith, and no harm was done to us. The flight was prolonged and dangerous, but knowledge of the Instructor's rules and promises supported us in the air, and nothing could approach us, though thousands and tens of thousands of ignorant people fell and disappeared into darkness on the right and left. We moved forward by faith through clouds and hurricanes, relying only on the aircraft's instruments and the knowledge received. Earthly authorities sentenced us to death as traitors of the Homeland and sent all their forces in pursuit, but could not overcome the protection from above, though in their rage they desired our death.

I firmly held the steering wheel and understood only one thing. Everything I managed to learn and remember from the operation manual would help me now. By faith, I relied on the fact that if everything was done and built correctly, we would reach our cherished goal. It was a very sorrowful time, but we passed through and survived all trials worthily. The aircraft withstood all loads, and no one had a single breakdown on the way. And before the finish, we saw the glorious procession of the Second Visit of our Teacher to Earth. He gently landed us on His airfield, and then showed us the power of His word, commanding all deceased friends to leave their graves and rise to Him.

What a wonderful meeting took place in the air! What a joy of victory resounded through the Heavens! Here is life in abundance!!! Here is our Teacher!!! Our gazes meet, and we rejoice like children.

How good that we left behind all the small, earthly things to receive everything big and Heavenly. Then we only believed and weakly imagined this celebration, but now our eyes see what was promised to us. And now we know that things will be even more interesting ahead.

Questions for Reflection on this Chapter

1. Please read Matthew 5:6; 20:14-16; 25:1-13; Revelation 3:18-20; 22:18-19; Luke 13:24-30; 14:16-24 in light of this chapter.

2. What did you understand from this chapter?

3. Do you understand the principle that any parable does not reveal the full picture but tries to highlight important details to pay attention to?

4. Are you actually going to build a real plane, or will our preparation be of a spiritual nature?

5. Why is it so important in preparing for the last events to be faithful in one thing, not forget about another, and pay due attention to a third?

6. What is more important: building the plane, refueling it, or learning to control it?

7. Why are we not invited to one common airliner but advised to have a personal preparation experience?

8. Did you notice that the address in the Laodicea message is directed at me, not a group of people?

9. Is it important to heed God's advice?

10. Is there anything in common between the Laodicea message and the parables of the ten virgins and the wedding feast?

11. Why are not all interested in studying the symbols of the address to Laodicea?

12. Does Jesus have other important messages about the last time for those who do not want to study the message to Laodicea?

13. What will happen to those who ignore the message to Laodicea but are active missionaries and Bible readers?

14. Are you glad that the Agape Love School is in your life? Is studying in it a special blessing for you?

15. How do you see the fulfillment of Bible prophecies about the end of time in our days?