The Rapture Of The Church (Part 2)

In my last post I covered some of the reasons God has chosen the rapture as part of His plan for the end times and what is required of a person to go in the rapture.  In this post I want to talk about some of the signs of His coming and what will happen after the rapture.

THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING

Over the years there has been much speculation as to whether or not we can know when the Lord will return.  Although no one knows the “day” or the “hour,” there are signs that would indicate His soon return.  Signs such as earthquakes, famine, pestilences, distress of nations, and men’s hearts failing them for fear (Luke 21:11, 25-26).  Other signs include the increase of travel and knowledge (Daniel 12:4), perilous times and people being lovers of themselves (2 Timothy 3:1-5), and scoffers or those who say where is his coming (2 Peter 3:3-4).  Although none of these in and of itself would indicate the Lord's return, we can be assured that the proliferation of all these certainly indicate Jesus will return and it could be at any time.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE RAPTURE

After the rapture takes place there will be many disturbing and tumultuous events take place here on earth.  Some them include:

•  A figure, whom the Bible refers to as the "antichrist," will present himself as Christ and the Jews will sign a seven year covenant with him.
• It's during this time that a seven year "tribulation" will occur on the earth.  It will be a severe time of judgments and it will be like nothing anyone could imagine.

You must be ready for the rapture.   The greatest day that this world will ever see will be that day when Gabriel presses heaven's golden trumpet to his lips and he sounds that mighty blast that shatters the cemeteries and the dead in Christ will rise and then we which are alive and remain will join them in the air.

Any day, Jesus is all of a sudden going to split the atmosphere and suddenly the gravitational pull of this  world will let go of us and we will all rise to meet the Lord in the air, where we will have a great reunion with all the saints that have already died and gone on before us.  You don't want to miss that day!  I pray you are ready to meet Jesus when He comes, no matter the day or the hour.  But if you're not, today is the day for you to come to him and ask forgiveness and start a new relationship with the Savior of the world.  He's ready if you are.

Pastor Temple