One day soon a startling event will happen. One that's never happened before resulting in confusion and panic in every town, village, and major city around the world. News channels will have nonstop coverage of this event. Every "who" will be a welcomed guest - as the "who" offers an explanation for the disappearance of people who were going about their daily lives ... moms taking care of babies, a daycare once filled with children, office workers missing, grocery clerks gone, a church congregation lacking in attendees, and the list goes on.
This unbelievable event will be devastating to many while a victory for others. I'm talking about a moment when people will disappear from this earth, leaving everything behind.
WHAT IS THIS EVENT:
It's called the RAPTURE of the church. Rapture means "caught away" or "caught up" and it's described in I Corinthians 15 as the catching up of the church (believers) from the earth to meet the Lord in the air.
Barbara Henderson's article titled Post Rapture Panic says:
A chilling mood has suddenly gripped the entire world. Even the multitudes, which know nothing of the Holy Bible or Jesus Christ, are tantalized with the feeling that they have missed a Divine event. Reporters are searching to understand what has happened. Phones are ringing off their hooks with hectic callers looking for disappeared friends or loved ones. College students, still gripped with their hangover from parties the night before, are jostled with the startling news. Grandfathers, grandmothers, parents, and some friends that were very different are missing and they have left no trace of their whereabouts.
Within a short time, the reports are coming fast and furious. Cars are simply sitting at stoplights or beside the road -- still running -- but containing no trace of their drivers. Some have occupants that are stunned into a stupor because their drivers or passengers have disappeared into seemingly thin air. Many cars are involved in massive wrecks but drivers are not found in those vehicles that caused the wrecks. Several planes have crashed. Their pilots did not answer the airport towers as they veered off course and finally went down in fiery crashes. Hospitals are shorthanded because of missing nurses and doctors, while the emergency rooms are stampeded with the injured and the terrified.
HOW WILL THIS HAPPEN?
1. Jesus will come from heaven with a shout
2. With the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God
3. The dead in Christ will from the graves
4. Then those of us alive, will be caught up with them
5. We will meet the Lord in the air
6. And we will be forever with Jesus Christ
I Thessalonians 4:16-17
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
JESUS PROMISED HE WOULD COME:
And He keeps his Promises! “I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:3)
THE GLORIES OF THE EVENT:
1. We will be visibly united with Christ
2. We will be taken to the Father's house in heaven
3. We will be united with loved ones who have died earlier
4. We will be removed from all stress/distress, persecution, oppression, troubles, sickness, and pain.
5. We will be removed from this earth - escaping the Tribulation to come.
6. We will never be taken from the presence of the Lord.
7. We will be with Him in heaven for all eternity.
This is our glorious hope. This is a portion of our gospel message to the world. Our neighbors need to hear about this Most Unbelievable Event.
WHEN WILL THIS EVENT HAPPEN:
Any day now ... any moment... perhaps while you are reading this blog.
Let's all be ready!
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