The Rapture of the Church

Signs of the End of the age

Mathew 24:4-39, ; 36-44( No one knows)

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Scoffers

In 2 Peter 3:3-4, Peter says, “Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep…”—or literally “died”—“…all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.’”

So they were saying, “There’s no ‘coming again’ of the Lord! It hasn’t happened yet. It won’t happen in the future.” They were mocking the concept or the doctrine of the return of Jesus Christ.

There will also be mockers in the last days, and those mockers have arrived.

As Christians, we believe in
1. the Incarnation, that God became a man in Christ;
2. we believe in the Crucifixion, that Jesus died on the Cross for our sins;
3. we believe in the Resurrection, that Jesus rose victoriously and bodily from the grave;
4. we believe in the Ascension, that Christ ascended back into heaven;
5. and we believe in the exaltation, that Christ is seated at the right hand of God the Father.

But that’s not the end of the story; 6. we also believe in the return of Jesus Christ. He is coming again.

We focus so much on His birth and on His death and on His Resurrection, but we forget that He is ascended, exalted and will come again.

Jesus promised to come again.

In John 14:2-3, Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”

I believe His promise. Jesus always keeps His promises. If He promised He is preparing a place and He promised that He would come to “receive” us, I believe that’s a revelation of the rapture of the church.

He said that He will take us to His “Father’s house,” and I believe His promise will be fulfilled.

When was the last time you thought about Jesus return? Are you prepared for it? Should the rapture occur today, where will your soul be headed?

Kindly watch the video below and be reminded of what signs the Bible warns about as we await our Saviour’s return. He is coming again!

Glory Hallelujah!!!

Rev. Ron