What is About to Happen
What is about to happen?
If the veil separating the physical and the spiritual could be lifted for a moment, what a sight we would behold! Everywhere we looked, we would see preparations taking place. God is busily PREPARING. The ANGELS are busily PREPARING. Hell is busy PREPARING. During the six days of creation God PREPARED. And now, at the CLOSE of this AGE, He is diligently preparing for the END.
What’s next? The Bible is very plain about the events that will take place at the close of this age. If we know the Word we will know what is going to happen. If we know the Will of God we will know what to expect and when to expect it. God never intended for His children to be ignorant of His End-Time plan. God never intended for His children to be caught by surprise. God wants you to know what is going to happen and approximately when it is going to happen. Now, if you do not care, you will not know. If you are lazy and carnally minded, you will not know. If you are caught up in the world system, you will not know. If you are bound up in religious bondage and dead doctrine, you will not know. However, you can know and you will know if you open your heart to the Holy Spirit right now!!
First, we are living in the End-Time. There is no doubt about this. Look at what the Bible says concerning events that will be taking place at the time Jesus comes again. From what I can determine from the Bible, there is not ONE PROPHECY left to be fulfilled before Jesus Comes Again. His appearance is IMMINENT. His Return is At Hand!!
The NEXT EVENT will be Jesus coming in the clouds to take His Church out of the earth. “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; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (harpadzo) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord…” 1 Thes 4: 16-17.
Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come… Mat 24:40-42
This is referred to as the Rapture of the Church. It is a “catching away” or a “snatching away” of all true Believers from the earth at a time when it is least expected by the world. It will be world-wide and it will be sudden. It will be blessed for those are saved and it will be tragic for those who are lost. According to the Bible, the Saved who have died and gone to be with Jesus will be reunited with their bodies and they shall “rise first” and then those of us who are alive and remain shall be taken up together with them in the air.
Suddenly, all the TRUE Christians will be gone from the earth.
Suddenly, all Christian influence will be removed from the earth.
Suddenly, all the church buildings and facilities of True Believers, will be vacant and empty.
Godly men and Godly women and Godly young people will ALL BE GONE. Mothers will leave unbelieving children. Daddies will leave unbelieving children. Brothers will leave unbelieving brothers. Sisters will leave unbelieving sisters. Families will be divided. Friends will be separated. Only those who are READY will be taken. Those who are living in disobedience, in rebellion, in open sin… those who are lukewarm and lazy will be left. Those whose lamps are not trimmed and whose lights are not burning will be left. The True Christians will all be gone. No one left on earth but the lost, the backslidden, the unbelieving, the skeptic… “the lawless and disobedient, the ungodly, the sinner, the unholy, the profane, murderers, manslayers, whoremongers, those that defile themselves with mankind, kidnappers, liars and perjurers…” (1 Tim 1:9-10)
All goodness will be gone. All love will be gone. All kindness will be gone. All compassion will be gone. All mercy will be gone. The TRUE CHURCH will be GONE and the world will be left to the powers of hell and destruction. There will be no restraining force against evil and wickedness. Antichrist will emerge and begin to rule and millions will be tortured, persecuted, abused, murdered. There will be another holocaust… but this one will be world-wide and it will cause blood to run in every street in every city in every nation on the earth. Demon forces will be loosed on earth and suffering will be supernatural. These events are plainly detailed in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 18.
After the Rapture, there will be NO ESCAPE.
The suffering and torment that will be experienced by those who are left behind is indescribable. Men will cry for the mountains to fall on them and for the earth to swallow them up… they will scream for death but death will not come. “…and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand?…” Rev 6: 15-17.
This is called the Time of Tribulation. And it will last for a period of 7 years. The first 3 1/2 years will witness the rise of the antichrist. The last 3 1/2 years will perfect his rule and reign. The entire 7 years, the antichrist will reign and the earth will be ruled by demon forces. There will be a continual series of Judgments… 7 seal judgments, 7 vial judgments and 7 trumpet judgments…
Millions will die as this 7 year period of Tribulation ends with the Battle of all battles… the Battle of Armageddon.
“And another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.” (184 miles) Rev 14:17-20. See also Rev 19: 11-21. While these events are taking place on earth during the 7 years of Tribulation, those of us who were Caught Up at the Rapture will be in heaven with Jesus. We will be preparing for the Millennium. We will be getting ready to return to earth with Jesus and to rule with Him for 1000 years. There are two events that will take place in heaven while antichrist is ruling on earth.
First, we will go with Jesus to the Judgment Seat of Christ. It is here that all Believers will be rewarded according to their faithfulness while they lived on earth. We must each stand individually before Jesus and answer to Him in regards to our conduct on earth.
For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He shall reward every man according to his works… Mat 16:27
…for we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God… Rom 14: 10-12
For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad… 2 Cor 5:10.
And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be… Rev 22: 12.
It is here that we will be rewarded and receive our crowns which will be laid at Jesus’ feet. It may be a time of great rejoicing and it could be a time of great regret. We will be judged and rewarded according to our works. We are not saved by our works, but we will be rewarded according to our works. The rewards we receive and the crowns we are given will be cast at the feet of Jesus as we honor Him and worship Him. It will be all that we have to GIVE to Him.
Next, we will accompany Jesus and all the Saints of all the ages to the Marriage Feast or Marriage Supper of the Lamb. “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God…” Rev 19: 7-9.
Now, the choice is YOURS TODAY. Which will it be, Tribulation or Triumph? Suffering or the Marriage Supper? If you could miss the wrath of God that will be poured out without mixture… surely you would. If you could instead be guaranteed a place at the Marriage Supper, I know you would accept. I am sent by God to make you an offer. I am His messenger (angel) to give you that invitation. What will it be? What will you do? God extends to you a request for your presence… will you accept?
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