HOW SHOULD THE RAPTURE INFLUENCE BELIEVERS TODAY? Monday, October 7, 2013 HERE IS THE “COMFORT” OF CHRIST’S COMING AGAIN: “1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 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. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 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. 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. 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. THEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS.” And with that shared, I just feel like something GOOD is about to happen, I just feel like something good is on its way; He has promised that He’d open all of Heaven, and brother it could happen ANY DAY… When God’s people humble themselves to call on Jesus, and they look to Heaven expecting as they pray; I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING GOOD IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, and brother, THIS COULD BE THAT VERY DAY (i.e. Bill Gaither). When we as believers suffer the loss of family members or dearly loved friends, we have in Paul’s descriptions of Christian death and resurrection all that is needed to comfort one another in these losses. Christian death is not permanent; it is merely a “sleep.” A time is coming when we and our loved ones will be reunited in a rapturous meeting, when Christ Himself calls us out of this world or out of our graves to be with Him forever in an ecstatic relationship of eternal love. That is why Paul tells us we should comfort one another with reminders that, for Christians, what we call death are nothing more than a temporary sleep before we are called into our uninterrupted relationship with Christ forever. CHRISTIAN DEATH IS NOT PERMANENT; IT IS MERELY A SLEEP.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:26:56 +0000
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