ARE YOU RAPTURE READY? (GET OUT OF THINKING YOU HAVE TIME)

ARE YOU RAPTURE READY? (GET OUT OF THINKING YOU HAVE TIME)

DOC LYNCH

ARE YOU READY? #getyourlifetogether #dontbelate #comeslikeathiefinthenight #heywhereiseverybody

This may very well be the most important question you will ever be asked.

It is also THE question that many reading or listening to this today may NOT want to have to contemplate answering.

Why?

Because they KNOW they are NOT ready.

Ready for what?

The brief return of Jesus Christ to gather and take His Church from planet earth to be with Him.

This is commonly known doctrinally and theologically as "The Rapture".

There have even been movies made about this spiritual phenomenon, such as "Left Behind" starring Nicholas Cage.

Yes. Even Hollywood is intrigued by it.

Be that as it may, there is still the lingering question of whether YOU are ready.

Are you? Or will you literally be "LEFT BEHIND"?

Let's check out the Scripture on it.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (AMP) – "Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed) 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed)."

Sounds fantastic doesn't it? Too amazing to be true isn't it? Well, not really. It's GOING to HAPPEN at some point. What about the Bible isn't fantastic and amazing. You believe in the Virgin Birth? The Resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ? You're going to hedge on the Rapture? Please.

The Word says "In a moment". That means at any time. No warning. Just the blast of a trumpet #Gabrielblowthathorn.

When we hear that sound the graves will open and every believer who has ever died and was buried will be resurrected in a new spiritual body and taken first. Then the believers who are alive will follow. Imagine that? Some will never die. We will just go with Jesus as we are. Transformed immediately. Gone.

Are you ready by the way? Do you KNOW if you would go? Or do you know that you would not? Or don’t you believe in it?

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (AMP) – "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord."

Do NOT confuse these passages with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. That is a completely different event. The Second Advent occurs at the end of the Seven Years of Tribulation. The Rapture occurs at the beginning and before the Tribulation starts.

Our Lord is a merciful God. He is also just. The Tribulation is a judgment of man by God. Jesus tells us that believers in Him will not come under or be subjected to judgment. This is why we are being "Caught Up" or Raptured before the judgment starts.

John 3:18 (AMP) – "He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name]."

So…how about you?

Are you done yet? Done with heaping more and more pagan ignorance upon yourself? What do you think your fate is taking into consideration your present lifestyle?

Imagine being drunk when the trumpet sounds. Or entangled in an illicit relationship. Or in the act of debauching yourself in some other way. Or in a place that doesn’t discuss it, or warn about it?

Look at your life today. Good, bad or indifferent, at the end of the day it is always going to be what Jesus thinks of you. It's all that matters.

Romans 1:18 (AMP) – "For God’s [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative."

Is that you to any degree today? Do I have to run off the list from the rest of Romans chapter 1 which points out in detail who DOESN'T make it?

Nah. YOU can figure it out or read it for yourself. Rustle up a bible and turn to the end of the chapter and see if YOU'RE on the list.

Most folks already realize where they are.

As for me?

"I'm ready, I'm ready as anybody can be".

If you're ready too, do what Paul says here:

1 Thessalonians 4:18 (AMP) – "Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words."

“Ready” means you’re a strong disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I know people who used to believe strongly in the Gospel and were in love with Jesus, and were sold on the doctrine of the Rapture. Sadly they ended up in places were they were dumbed down into the Bible equivalent of “fake news”. Now they are just ignorant and deprived of the Truth.

I'm Pastor Doc Lynch from Revival Life Church 21 Executive Center Drive New Milford, CT 06776. We teach and believe in the Rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ. We also know how to prepare you to be ready for when it happens. Sunday morning worship is at 10:00 a.m. Come and join with us! You can go home again!

Be blessed and be READY! This pastor believes it’s sooner than we might think!

~Pastor Doc Lynch~