Today we want to focus on “ARE THERE SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE RAPTURE?” In case you are wondering whether Jesus is really coming back as He promised or not, the Scriptures prove the certainty of HIS COMING TO TAKE HIS BRIDE. We read about the Rapture in:
1. In Luke 21:34-36 Jesus said, "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” 35 "For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.” 36 "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.”
2. In Acts 1:11 the angels said, “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.”
3. In John 14:2-3 Jesus said, "In My Father's house [dwelling place] are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will COME AGAIN, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. "
4. 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 reads, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed [transformed].”
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says, “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
6. In 2 Corinthians 12:1 Paul said, “It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one CAUGHT UP to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”
7. Ephesians 5:25-27 says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
27 That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (at His coming for the saints)”
8. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
9. In 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 Paul said, “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him,
10. In 2 Thessalonians 2:2 Paul said, “That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
11. Colossians 3:4 says, “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.”
12. 1John 2:28 says, “And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.”
13. In Revelations 2:25 Jesus said, "But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.”
14. In Revelations 3:11 Jesus said, "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man takes thy crown.”
Time is running out! Today, you have the great opportunity to change your eternal destiny. Your name must be in the Lamb’s book of life for you to qualify for the rapture. You are not going to be raptured because you are acting nice. You are not going to be raptured because your name is in a church register. You are not going to be raptured because you are a leader in the church. You will be raptured only on these conditions: (1) you MUST be Born Again (Jn. 3:3), and (2) live a holy life (Heb. 12:14).
Proverbs 27:1 says, “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth” (NASU).
So hurry, and make peace with God right now!
Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the Pulpit!
Your friend: I. I. MADUBUNYI (Senior Pastor)
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