Living Your Life Now in the Light of Eternity

Matthew 24:37-44 (NKJV)

37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Watch and Be Ready

The Rapture

A Picture

John 14:1-3 (NKJV)

1“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

Parallel between a Jewish Wedding and the Rapture

Betrothal

The Preparation-

the groom prepares a room at the Father’s House

The coming of the groom to get the bride

The Wedding Ceremony

Jesus will come again

The Promise

I Thessalonians 4:13-17 (NKJV)

13But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15For 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. 16For 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. 17Then 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.

Dramatic

A Shout

A Voice of the Archangel

The Trump of God

The Lord Himself Will Descend

Purchased Possession

Ephesians 1:14 (NKJV)

14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

The Bible says Jesus is coming as a thief, unexpected. However, a thief takes that which is not his and Jesus takes that which is His.

The Reality of the Rapture

Matthew 24:38-42 (NKJV)

38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

How is the news media going to explain the disruption of the rapture?

Are you ready for the rapture?