World-renowned evangelist Billy Graham passed away on Feb. 21, 2018 at the age of 99, and his daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, believes God invited His soldier to heaven that day for a significant reason.
Lotz spoke during her father's funeral and said there is a prophetic significance behind his death. "When he died, that was something very strategic from heaven's point of view," Lotz said during her eulogy. "I know that before the foundations of the world were laid, Feb. 21, 2018 was the date that God chose to take my father home. Why?"
When she looked into that date, Lotz discovered that Feb. 21 is the same day the Jews study the Scripture regarding the death of Moses. "Moses was the great liberator," Lotz said. "He brought millions of people out of bondage, slavery, got them to the edge of the promised land, and God took him to heaven."
After Moses passed away, God then selected Joshua to lead the Israelites into the promised land. "My father was also a great liberator," Lotz continued. "He brought millions of people out of bondage to sin, and gets us to the edge of heaven, the edge of the promised land, and God has called him home."
Now that Graham is gone, Lotz is wondering when Joshua would appear and if he would lead people into the "promised land" - heaven. In the New Testament, Lotz said that "Joshua" is actually translated as "Jesus."
"I believe this is a shot across the bow of heaven, and I believe God is saying, 'Wake up, church! Wake up, world! Wake up, Anne! Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming,'" Lotz said.
Meanwhile, Lotz's brother, Franklin, shared on Facebook one of the passage from the Bible that their father asked to be read during his funeral. It came from Ephesians 2:4-9, and it was ready by his pastor, Dr. Don Wilton.
The passage read, "But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."
