The Rapture

Someday, without warning and at a time completely unknown, God the Father is going to turn to Jesus Christ, His Son, and give the command to go forth and catch up the Church into Heaven. Precisely at that moment (the rapture), everything we are currently doing, thinking, or planning will suffer instantaneous nullification. In other words, as we are raptured into the heavenly realm, everything earthly will cease to matter, become of no effect…will be kaput.
In Heaven, every Christian will summarize his or her entire life on earth by answering a single question: "What did you do to advance the kingdom of God?" Whether you happen to be one of the richest people in the world or one of the poorest, in heavenly calculations, you are both of equal status. Only those deeds that you carried out in love, in charity, and to the glory God's name will be translated into heavenly wealth.
Far too often, we Christians, who know of the better world to come, allow ourselves to become distracted by the pitfalls of this life. The unsaved have no awareness of the eternal kingdom and have a good excuse for being distracted. This is the only existence they're aware of--but what's our excuse?
I really don't think many of us realize what an incredible transformation the rapture implies. Any situation in your life that appears to have you in its grasp will remain down here the day you're caught up into glory.
Some people take great exception to the idea of anyone looking forward to the rapture. One popular refrain scolds rapturists for being "so heavenly minded they're of no earthly good." Is being heavenly minded really a problem? The opposite appears to be true. I can't find a single passage of Scripture in the New Testament in which Jesus or any other author warns us not to get too worked up over Christ's return. In several passages, however, we are commanded to watch and wait:
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 21:36).
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober
(1 Thessalonians 5:6).
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh
(Matthew 25:13).
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come
(1 Thessalonians 1:10).


For many Christians, the cares of this life are all that matters. I'm afraid when Jesus comes in the air to call up His bride, He may have to use a crow bar to pry a few reluctant believers from their earthly possessions. As the world grows more and more corrupt, many will be left behind because they loved this life too much.
One of the greatest lies the devil spreads is that our existence here on earth is more desirable than life up in Heaven. Going to Heaven is often compared to going to the dentist. You know you will eventually have to go, but hopefully not today. The truth is, if anyone were to spend just five minutes in glory, I'm certain that he or she would regret having to return to this sin-tainted world.
But as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him"
(1 Corinthians 2:9).
The next important event we Christians need to be mindful of is the pre-Tribulation rapture. Every day, we think about food, work, money, or sex, but how much thought do we give to eternal matters? The rapture is infinitely (in a literal sense) more important than any of these carnal distractions. It is critical for all of us to be ready for this glorious event. Most of mankind will not be ready when the call to, "Come up hither," is given. The problem will not be that God failed to factor man into His plans, but that man failed to factor God into his plans.

Praying in public

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