Do I Believe In The Rapture?
1 Thessalonians 4, 16 says, For the Lord himself will descend from Heaven with a shout. Have you ever wondered what he will be shouting?
I believe he will be shouting our name! A good example would be when he called Lazarus forth? by name.
I believe that will be the final use of the gift of tongues in this age, one shout, and every believer dead and alive hearing only one thing...his or
her name.
You know, the gift of tongues sometimes includes a miracle of hearing as well as of speaking.
We see that in Acts chapter 2 where the 120 were speaking in unknown tongues, and each person in the crowd (a crowd that numbered in the 1000's heard) only
heard one dialect, the one they spoke.
The Bible tells us Jesus will come with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God.
Why does Christ bring an archangel with him when he returns?
We get a clue in Jude 9 where we read of the archangel, Michael being associated with battle. We see that in Daniel 10:13 as well.
When the body of Moses was raised, Satan was there to oppose his resurrection.
Guess who else was there?
Michael was there.
It is to be expected that Satan will oppose the resurrection when we are raised as well.
The Bible tells us the dead in Christ will rise first, and then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Paul said, Behold I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
One day Jesus will call MY NAME.
Do I believe in the Rapture? Absolutely!
You know, Jesus said by our words, we will be justified, or by our words, we will be condemned. That is a frightening thought for most of us. During the course of a lifetime we speak many words, and we do not always choose our words wisely.
The wisest choice of words we can ever make is to confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is the risen Son of God. If we come to God on those terms, with a truly repentant heart, we are promised eternal life.
A broken and contrite heart, he will not despise.
Here is what it all boils down to. Our God is merciful and loving. He doesn't unnecessarily complicate things. Romans 10:9,10-13 says that if we confess
with our mouth (words), that Jesus is the Son of God, and believe in our hearts
that God raised him from the dead, then...
We,
Will,
Be,
Saved.
