The raptured church will be a purified church....without spot or wrinkle or blemish or any such thing. IT WILL BE A CHURCH THAT IS WAITING AND WATCHING for the return of the Heavenly Bridegroom. Jesus said in Matt 24: 42-44, "Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known what watch the thief would come, he would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh."
Are you ready for the day of His coming? Am I ready? We do not know the day nor the hour or even the year for that matter... the disciples didn't understand either; when they were asking Jesus about events that they thought He meant in Acts ch. 1:7 (they thought He was talking about Israel as a nation) He was talking about far greater things, He was talking about the birth of the church and also at the same time, His return because He said, "it is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power." Then He said something that has revolutionized the world and is still doing just that. He said, "But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Hallelujah! This is what Jesus said just prior to the birth of the church which occurred on the day of Pentecost at the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. Interesting to note the connection in the context that the scripture links together because these last words of Jesus while He was on the earth in His flesh occur ed at His ascension. If you read the rest of the chapter 1 of Acts, you will realize that He was immediately caught up into heaven and two angels stood by the disciples(the KJV calls them men dressed in white apparel) and they said to these disciples, "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." Yes, He is coming back, so by all means......be ready!
Are you ready for the day of His coming? Am I ready? We do not know the day nor the hour or even the year for that matter... the disciples didn't understand either; when they were asking Jesus about events that they thought He meant in Acts ch. 1:7 (they thought He was talking about Israel as a nation) He was talking about far greater things, He was talking about the birth of the church and also at the same time, His return because He said, "it is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power." Then He said something that has revolutionized the world and is still doing just that. He said, "But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." Hallelujah! This is what Jesus said just prior to the birth of the church which occurred on the day of Pentecost at the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. Interesting to note the connection in the context that the scripture links together because these last words of Jesus while He was on the earth in His flesh occur ed at His ascension. If you read the rest of the chapter 1 of Acts, you will realize that He was immediately caught up into heaven and two angels stood by the disciples(the KJV calls them men dressed in white apparel) and they said to these disciples, "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." Yes, He is coming back, so by all means......be ready!
posted by Randall | 4:01 a.m.
2 Comments:
Hard to even add comment to such a Word of warning as this. I pray that I am living, watching for that day.
A little chorus we used to sing, "I'm going to live the way He wants me to live" . . . easy to sing but to live . . .
Blessings on you for sounding the alarm!! We will have no excuse on that day for not being ready.
Good day,Randall
A church without spot or wrinkle,
do you think there is any churchs
today like that.
I think that we all better get some spot remover{JESUS}because we
all have wrinkles.
We have to start looking up,the signs of His coming is all around us.We don't need to start running
around looking for Him here or there because the word says He will
come from above,and we all will see Him.
For now we must do as you said,go out and give the word to everyone we can.It is up to us to be ready and to help other to get ready for His coming.Jesus wants His church
to be full when He comes,and He wants us to help do that.
C.M.
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