My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Is There A Rapture

Thessalonians 4:16-17, For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangels call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from Heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who  are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air and so we will be with the Lord forever.

Some people are a little confused about the Rapture, and what happens at death. 

Ecclesiastes 12:7,  and the dust returns to the Earth as it was and the breath returns to God who gave it.

In plain English, the spirit goes to God, the body turns to dust, the soul is no more. At the Rapture, the dead receive a body equipped for Heaven and Eternity, and the Believers who are alive are likewise transformed for eternity. At the time of the Rapture, the whole world will see Jesus in the clouds as He calls His people home.

Some people do not believe the Rapture will happen before the Great Tribulation. It seems as though there is a very good case for Believers escaping the tribulation. Let's take a look at what the Bible says, not what anyone thinks.

Revelation 3:10, Because you have kept My word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the Earth. 

1Thessalonians 5: 9,  for God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 21:36, Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:36,  but about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of Heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Only those who truly repented and accept Jesus as their Savior in their hearts will be taken up. All of your good work will not qualify you. Just knowing Jesus exists will not qualify you to enter Heaven. The sun Himself, Jesus the Christ, knows who belongs to Him. Know Him, repent of all your sins, ask Him to come into your heart and mean it, and you will be saved.

As far as skeptics claiming the Rapture is not true, remind them that eternity is real, and the qualifications for entry to Heaven are the same as has always been written in the Bible. The words in the Bible never change, or get so-called updated, because God Himself never changes. God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!’.

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins, and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. 

Praise the Lord! 

Amen