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Do You Know The Lifeguard With The Red Beads?

And in that exact moment, for me, Heaven and Earth met, and I saw Jesus in the face of Lifeguard Sydney as she spoke.

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10 years ago

June 16, 2016

Geoffrey Grider

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As soon as I hit the water I began to swim out but all that spinning had disoriented me and I was swimming in the wrong direction. That’s when I met Lifeguard Sydney with the red beads.

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25,26 (KJV)

Here in North Florida, we have a really cool waterpark called Adventure Landing. It was about 100 degrees here yesterday, so I thought it would be fun to play hooky from work and take the kids there to splash around. It was, we had a blast. There was one ride in particular called Eye Of The Storm, affectionately known as the ‘toilet bowl’, where our story today takes place.

The Eye Of The Storm water ride in an enclosed tube attraction that rises up about 50 feet up in the air. The idea is you walk the five flights of steps up to the top, climb into the completely dark tube, hold onto the launching rails and cast yourself off into complete darkness at what feels like 60 MPH. You swirl down at lightning speed and are deposited at the top of a very large bowl and you spin around in circles before falling through a narrow opening at the bottom leading to an 8 foot deep pool. Pretty intense if you ask me.

The Eye Of The Storm:

The first 20 seconds of this video is of someone wearing a GoPro camera while traveling through the Eye Of The Storm ride. It will give you an excellent idea of what the experience is like!

So when it came my turn to go, for a brief moment, I nearly chickened out. I stood there for a second, motionless, and wondering just how much I trusted the creator of this ride. And just like our last story of the renegade balloon, it was at this exact moment that the Lord started talking to me. I love when He does that.

Yes, just how much I trusted the creator of the Eye Of The Storm ride was indeed the issue. Because if I did trust that whoever it was that built it had built it well, it would be a great experience. But what was first required of me was the willingness to take the ride. The last thought that went through my head was how what I was about to do was a great metaphor for the ride we are all on called Life, and what would be waiting for me on the ‘other side’ of the journey. And off I went!

I felt my body twisting and turning as the river of water covered my on all sides, traveling at hyperspeed, and I couldn’t see a thing. Suddenly, like an explosion, the light came back on as I found myself careening across the top of the bowl, round and round till I slipped through the opening at the bottom and into the receiving pool. As soon as I hit the water I began to swim out but all that spinning had disoriented me and I was swimming in the wrong direction. That’s when I met Lifeguard Sydney with the red beads.

Lifeguard Sydney stood in the gap, and expertly waved me over to where she was standing. I readjusted my course and headed out, and this time in the right direction. As I got up and out of the pool, she called my attention to the beads that she wore around her neck. I noticed that there were 10 red beads, and one white one as she began to speak.

“See these red beads?”, she said. “Each one of those red beads stands for someone I saved by pulling them out of the pool when they got in trouble.” As she spoke, the Lord said to me, “see my red blood? It is able to save all those who apply it.” I batted away the tears I knew would flow, hoping Lifeguard Sydney wouldn’t notice. She continued.

“See this white bead?”, she asked. “Yes”, I said, “what is the white bead for?”

“This white bead means I am certified to save people.” Oh boy. The Lord said to me, “see my Son wearing His robe of perfect whiteness?” “Yes, Lord”, I said in my head, “I sure do.”

“That means He is able to save all those who call upon Him.”, the Lord said to me.

And in that exact moment, for me, Heaven and Earth met, and I saw Jesus in the face of Lifeguard Sydney as she spoke. The ride I had just taken is exactly like the ride I have been taking these past many years. Life happens sometimes at hyperspeed, endless twists and turns, and sometimes it feels like we are operating in pitch black darkness. Feeling our way through and hoping it all comes out well on the ‘other side’. The Eye Of The Storm water ride is a pretty perfect metaphor for life, and so is Lifeguard Sydney.

“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:” 1 Colossians 1:13,14 (KJV)

How about you? Have you met The Lifeguard of the Universe? The One who created everything just by speaking it into existence? Because we are all eternal souls who, after our ride in the eye of the storm is over, will spend eternity in one of two places. Heaven or Hell. If you want to wind up in Heaven, you’re going to need a Lifeguard.

Lifeguard Sydney was waiting for me at the end of my ride, and though I was never in trouble, it sure was comforting to know that she was standing there in the gap watching out for me.

Who is watching over you, right now, as you breathe God’s air and feel the blood beat in the heart He kickstarted for you on the day you were born? Do you know The Lifeguard, Jesus Christ, who wears the white robe and offers you the red blood that was shed so that you could go free? He has never lost a single soul, and He won’t lose you either if you trust Him to get you safely to the other side when this ride of life comes to an end.

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:27,28 (KJV)

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Chaplain Marshall At The Leon County Detention Facility Says The Need For Bibles Is Urgent As Inmates Are Being Turned Away From Lack Of Supply

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2 days ago

February 14, 2026

Geoffrey Grider

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The Leon County Detention Facility in Florida is struggling with an inability to keep their inmates supplied with Bibles as the need is great but the supplies are few

As many of you know, our whole family was hit with the Subclade K super flu this week, and all activity here at NTEB basically stopped. Lori and I want to thank everyone for your fervent and effectual prayer for our recovery. This is why we are a praying people, so thank you, everyone. Well, while I am not yet fully recovered, I thought I had better dust off the keyboard and write about something. Nothing in the news really interested me, and then I saw an email come over from Chaplain Marshall at the Leon County Detention Facility in Florida. What he had to say snapped me right to attention. Time to write.

“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:36 (KJB)

Dr. Marshall’s email says “We really need your help. We are struggling with constant requests for the bible. We have over 1000 inmates. I am reaching out because we should never have to turn an inmate away who is seeking Gods word. The need is urgent so please send us as many bibles as possible on an ongoing basis. May God Bless You. We can only accept PAPER Bibles.” This is the very reason for which Bibles Behind Bars was raised up for, to send God’s preserved word into as many jail and prison cells as possible. They need a thousand Bibles are quickly as possible, and with your help we can do it. The cost to send these Bibles out is $4,550, please pray about joining with us to get this done. Bibles Behind Bars is the chaplain’s lifeline that allows them to do the work God has called them to do. Help us to keep the gospel supply lines open!

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If God has prospered you, please take a moment to click on the donate button to help us in this monumental task of providing King James Bibles, New Testaments, scripture portions, gospel tracts as well as Spanish Bibles to inmates in jails and prisons from Florida to Alaska, and every state in between. We need your prayers, we need your generous financial support, and we need you to stand with us in the closing days of the Church Age. Thank you so very much, TO THE FIGHT!!!

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

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Super Bowl Sunday LX 2026 Is An Excellent Illustration Of The ‘Falling Away’ Complete With Games Played In A Roman Colosseum Under An Egyptian Obelisk

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1 week ago

February 8, 2026

Geoffrey Grider

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No matter which Super Bowl LX 60 you pick today, or which Halftime Show you watch, you will be celebrating that which God hates

America is not a Christian nation, and it is filled with professing Christians who know less about Bible doctrine than most industrialized countries. They will go to a stadium and “bang their heads for the Lord” for hours on end, and yet spend not a fraction of that time in God’s preserved word. If you watch any of the Super Bowl XL 2026 proceedings today, and I do not recommend you do, what I am telling you will become instantly apparent if your know your Bible.

“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalms 19:7-10 (KJB)

We had no Sunday Service this morning due to the fact that the Type A flu has hit me and my family pretty hard, and your prayers for a speedy recovery for all of us is very much appreciated. But after 17 years of reporting on the ‘woke’ Super Bowl and the Christian Nationalist Super Bowl, I would be remiss in my duties if I didn’t once again throw the NTEB end times hat into the ring. Now, the ‘woke’ Super Bowl is sad, pathetic, and instantly connects you to Romans 1 in your King James Bible. The Christian Nationalist Super Bowl, while ideologically better, instantly connects you to Acts 20, 28, and 2 Thessalonians 2:3. This year we have a treat! The NFL is providing a highly LGBTQIA-friendly Halftime show while Turning Point USA gives us the ‘let’s drink whiskey and set stuff on fire for the LORD’ Halftime Show’. We get both. If you think that the choice is an “easy one”, you’d be quite mistaken. They both lead you away from God and away from the Bible, and to the Vanity Fair found in The Pilgrim’s Progress.

“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” Matthew 15:8 (KJB)

Before we go further, let’s pull off to the side and see what the NFL and their Super Bowl actually represents. First and foremost, the Super Bowl is played on a Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead. Secondly, the players are called “stars” and “idols”, two expressions found in the Bible connected with idol worship. The Lombardi Trophy is an Easter egg on top of an Egyptian obelisk. Come on, now, you knew that the football represents the Easter egg from the Roman Catholic Church and ancient Babylon, right? Why do you think the NFL uses Roman numerals? Why does the NFL show you the Roman Catholic Church in all their marketing? Stay with me now, the water only gets deeper. Third, the hundreds of millions of viewers will be bombarded with just about everything that God hates. Immorality, drugs, alcohol, homosexuality, gambling, and lust just to name a few. Why do you think that the same corporations we claim to hate pay between $8-10 million dollars for a 30-second commercial. You know what that makes you? A sitting duck. You know what that makes your children? Groomed. Everything I just told you will be exactly the same no matter which Super Bowl you watched or which Halftime show you support today.

FUN FACT: Kid Rock is no better than Bad Bunny, he just sins with the stuff the Laodicean Church approves of. All sin is equally offensive and damning in the eyes of God, and requires a payment.

You know why your pastor doesn’t preach against all this, or any of this? They’re afraid of the pushback they would get. Gotta keep that Building Program going, even if it means selling out your congregation to do it. We have forgotten that God, according to the Bible, is not on the side of the great and mighty America. He is on His Side. I am 100% against abortion, but ask yourselves this. If you “stand for the unborn”, which is a good thing, and at the same time go to the bars with Kid Rock, John Rich, Joel Webbon, Doug Wilson, and all the others far too numerous to mention, is God somehow fooled?. Billy Sunday was a great preacher, and many got saved, but Prohibition did nothing but create a massive cash economy for the Mafia. Which destroyed peoples lives for generations and is still doing it. You say that we have to “Make America A Christian Nation Again”, right? Go ahead and try, and all you do is advance the kingdom of the coming Antichrist through the 7 Mountains Mandate.

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13

I’m not preaching to the choir, I am preaching to sinners, saved or lost, and calling you to pick a side before it all comes down. You have Christian liberty if you’re saved, but let me suggest you use it to preach the gospel. The LORD is watching, choose carefully.

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“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

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The Opening Ceremony Of The 2026 Winter Olympics Featured A Burning Cauldron With Everlasting Flames In The Middle Of The All-Seeing Eye In Hell

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1 week ago

February 7, 2026

Geoffrey Grider

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The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics was ripped right from the pages of end times events laid out in the book of Revelation

The world just can’t help themselves, can they? At the opening ceremony to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy last night, what was intended to be a beautifully designed version of the ‘Olympic Cauldron’ representing the ‘eternal flame’ for the duration of the games was actually a hellish depiction of the all-seeing eye of Horus coming out from the eternal fires of Hell. Ever see ‘Stranger Things’? They created the Olympic Cauldron as the Demogorgon come to life for our entertainment.

“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:” Revelation 14:10 (KJB)

A massive triumphal arch, a blazing, suspended centerpiece. The entire scene drenched in blood-red light with fire raining down from the heavens like a victory celebration for something ancient, pagan, and proud. Whether the designers intended “the all-seeing eye” or not, the effect is the same: a global spectacle built on awe, fear, and worshipful attention—centered on fire. The very same Hell fire now being mocked and denounced by people like Kirk Cameron. Christian, wake up!

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The modern world doesn’t merely tolerate darkness—it packages it. Stylizes it. Sells it as culture. Then tells you you’re “negative” or “conspiratorial” if you notice the tone. But Bible believers aren’t called to applaud the production. We’re called to reprove it. Reprove things like the wicked NFL Super Bowl and their Sodomite Half Time Show, and yes, the Turning Point All-American Halftime show promoted openly by Laodicean preacher Franklin Graham. It is nothing but wickedness everywhere you look, and that’s exactly as your King James Bible says it will be. Fill your pockets with gospel tracts and go out into the ‘highways and hedges’ and tell them about Jesus. Time is almost gone, make the most of it for the Lord, and get ready for the Judgment Seat of Christ. Amen? TO THE FIGHT!!!