The book is a warning why there will be so few when Jesus returns. Throughout the book, Scripture is used to show that noncompliance is simply disobedience, and God wants those who obey. So, if the book exposes an area of disobedience, that is the very warning it was written to give.
This book can cause discomfort and stir what we think we already know. It remains a conundrum to me how we all affirm the Bible as true - every word - yet when confronted with that truth, a person can see plainly that their behavior is disobedience to God and still resist any possibility of changing. A change - the only change possible - for their soul to be saved.
People act like obedience is optional, as if the outcome depends on their feelings, their
preferences, or their interpretation. If they don’t obey, the outcome is already fixed. This is why the old man says no one will read this. More precisely, they may read the words, but no one will listen or act upon what they just read.
There could not be a more comparable analogy than the days of Noah. And what do we have? Jesus giving a very specific description from the days of Noah compared to the last days. Peter goes as far as to point out only eight people were saved. Lot and his daughters, the only ones saved.
Why, oh why, are people so convinced that these last days will NOT be as Jesus said they WOULD be? To believe something other than what Jesus says reveals a heart that was never shaped by His Word.
Before you begin, this book is not like other books. It does not teach, argue, or persuade. It simply reveals.
It is written in a voice that assumes the reader is willing to listen - not to the author, but to their own heart.
If something in these pages feels uncomfortable, that is the point. If something feels familiar, that is also the point. If something feels like it is speaking directly to you, that is the purpose.
Read slowly. Read honestly. Read without defending yourself.
The book is not trying to convince you of anything. It is trying to show you something you may have forgotten.
Della Rue
The one who received the manuscript.
Della did not set out to write anything.
She was studying, volunteering, and moving quietly through her work when the manuscript came into her hand.
What she found was not simply a collection of pages, but something preserved with intention. It did not ask to be interpreted or improved, only to be seen clearly and left as it was.
She chose not to change it. Only to keep it.