There’s a fascinating event described in the Bible that many people probably don’t know about – a global event that will affect everyone, in a terrific or terrifying way. It will affect YOU, whether you believe it or not.
It’s called “The Rapture.” A faster-than-the-twinkling-of-an-eye event where two kinds of people on earth will be caught up in the clouds to join Jesus Christ in heaven – while cataclysmic things will happen on earth.
Those who are raptured out by Jesus will have glorified bodies – immortal, perfect, immune to sickness and disease, the best versions of ourselves.
There are two kinds of people who will be raptured or caught up in the clouds, and taken away by Jesus:
1. Those who the Bible calls the “dead in Christ” – meaning, people who, before they died, personally accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior; and
2. Those who are still alive and have also accepted Jesus Christ into their lives as their Lord and Savior. These people won’t experience physical death. They’ll go straight up to the clouds to join Jesus, when The Rapture happens.
Everyone else will be left behind – specifically those who never committed their lives to Jesus Christ. The Bible calls them the “unbelievers.” They’ll be left behind to experience seven years of what’s called “The Tribulation” where the world will be ruled by one person who will establish a one-world government.
This one-world ruler (the anti-Christ) will bring global peace for 3.5 years (that’s why the world will gladly accept him as their global leader). However, after 3.5 years of peace will come 3.5 years of untold horror and terror, global famine, extreme pain and suffering never before experienced by man.
It will be so horrible that men will try to kill themselves. Billions will die – 1/3 of the world’s population will perish in plagues that will come one after the other. This is all told in the Book of Revelation, the only part of the Bible that’s waiting to be fulfilled.
For sure, I don’t want to be around when The Tribulation happens. Let’s see how the Bible describes The Rapture:
“We tell you this directly from the Lord: we who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet Him ahead of those who have died.
For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.
First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, those who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.” (1 Thessalonians 4, verses 14 to 18)
To be clear, The Rapture isn’t the end of the world. But it will usher in the end times. During the end times, God will pour out His wrath upon the earth, specifically on those people who never committed their lives to Jesus Christ.
The Greek word “harpazo” which means “to snatch” or “to take away” was used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – to describe The Rapture. In the Latin Vulgate, the word used is a form of the Latin word “rapturo” or “caught up.” This describes how believers or followers of Christ will be instantaneously snatched up into the clouds by Jesus.
Imagine this in your mind’s eye – Jesus will literally snatch up His followers to remove them from this earth so that they won’t have to undergo untold suffering.
One day, billions of people who’ll be left behind on earth will be utterly shocked and horrified when suddenly, billions of people will disappear right before their very eyes – without a trace. Leaving the world in total chaos.
Airplanes will crash because there’ll be pilots who’ll suddenly disappear. Cars will crash into one another and pile up on streets, roads and highways. There’ll be countless accidents with cars and machines because their drivers and operators will suddenly vanish.
Imagine – people from all walks of life will suddenly disappear: doctors, nurses, lawyers, engineers, ship and plane crew, IT people manning our computer systems, your garbage man, your dentist, heads of state, your friends and family members who tried to persuade you to become a serious follower of Jesus.
Bible scholars say that there’s no exact date mentioned in the Bible when The Rapture will happen, but they say that it can happen anytime now. Anytime now.
The Rapture is the next big thing that’s supposed to happen, according to the Bible’s timeline.
Therefore, if one is wise, one had better make sure that one is qualified to be raptured out of here, into safety. It’s the biggest, wisest decision you’ll ever make in your life. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Humble yourself now before Jesus Christ, and say this prayer to Him, sincerely:
Dear Jesus, I admit I’m a sinner and I cannot save myself. I can never go to heaven on my own. Please forgive me for all my sins. Thank you that You died on the cross to pay the penalty for ALL my sins – which I cannot pay for. I ask you now to come into my life, into my heart, as my Lord and Savior. I accept your gift of eternal life. I believe that one day, you’ll bring me to heaven with You.
I commit my life to you, Jesus, and will obey you for the rest of my life. Thank you for being with me forever, from this moment on. Thank you, Jesus. In Your mighty Name I pray. Amen.
If you prayed that prayer sincerely, Jesus is now in your heart, in your life forever, as Your Lord and Savior. He’s the only One Who can bring you to heaven.
You are now Rapture ready.
