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Wednesday, 18 April 2012

WILL RAPTURE DAY COME SUDDEN TO GOD’S PEOPLE?

With the benefit of the Bible and the words of Jesus Christ, it is certain that “Rapture day” is unknown to Christians. That is, the day Jesus returns for His saints, His bride – the Church, with trumpet sound and the voice of an Arch Angel. This particular day or hour is not generally known to Jesus’ representatives or God’s people on earth.
But after studying the scriptures diligently, examining Jesus words closely and taking cognizant of contemporary revelations as given by the Holy Spirit, I am convinced and I can say that “true” Christians will not be taken unawares on Rapture Day. I believe somehow we (individually and as a body) will be pre-informed either by revelation or through the agency of the Holy Spirit; and so by this “act of mercy” (the bible says, it is by His mercy we are not consumed and His compassion faileth not) the church, the people of God will be or make herself “completely ready” or make herself “ready without encumbrance for take-off” to heaven, the city not made with hands or bricks (Luke 17:21).
In many scriptures of the Bible, Jesus warns Christians of His sudden return or unexpected appearance and as such there is the need of having the attitude of being constantly ready or prepared. I believe, it is, the complacent Christian or those who ignored or never paid attention to Jesus words that will be hardest hit or stunned at His return and of course the outright sinner, heathen or unbeliever who never believed, recognized or took Jesus Christ seriously as the only way to God, heaven or eternal life (John 14:6-7).
Here is, to my mind one of Jesus’ profound and scary warning to Christians or the church and mankind: “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” Luke 21:34-36.
Let’s examine the following words of Jesus; the statement He made while answering His disciples’ curiosity on His return to earth and the fate of Christians or the world. “And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together” Luke 17:37.
The same statement is found in Matthew 24:28 “For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” This statement is heavily pregnant and we need to decode it. It speaks volumes and may as well have answers to our questions.
In addition to the above, I believe the following scriptures penned down by men full of the Spirit of God are other good proofs that explain or let us know that “Rapture Day” will not take us, God’s children (John 1:12-13) unawares:
1.        “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approachingHeb 10:25.
2.        “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness” 1 Thess 5:4-5.
3.        By Jesus himself in Luke 21:28: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh and Revelations 3:10-11: “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”

So, if you ask me, I will tell you that the most striking, stimulating and thought provoking proof is the one earlier quoted, that is, “And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together” Luke 17:37. And the one found in Revelations 19:7: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made herself ready.”
Didn’t Jesus say or imply (as in above) that He was coming for a READY (or PREPARED) bride. Is not also implied that the wife (i.e. the church) on purpose makes herself ready? The key word is ‘‘hath made’’ and ‘‘ready’’.
So, it is a ready church or bride that will attend or witness or participate in the marriage super of the Lamb of God and have the privilege of wearing dazzling pure linen. Well dear reader, I leave you to draw your own conclusions or arrive at your own summations. One thing is certain as the existence of the heavenly Father, and it is that Jesus is coming back soon and you had better be ready and prepared to meet your God (Rev. 22:7; Amos 4:12). Hear what the Spirit is saying and be wise.

Maran’atha,
Ambassador RAY
NB. Bold and underlined scriptures are for emphasis sake by author.

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