The Rapture revisited: part 1   

 

I had a dream some years back about the rapture, as I was ascending, I remembered looking back at the things I had left behind. I remember being given the choice to stay, or to continue ascending. There really wasn’t a choice for me personally, but it got me thinking. Can you honestly walk away from the thinks you have acquire if God calls you at a moment’s notice? Secondly, why was I looking back and not forward? Am I totally committed or serving but not with all of my heart? Are things controlling me or am I in control? I thought about the people I failed to reach; I will never have the chance to reach them ever again. If not but for your daddy’s grace this day will bring great joy and at the same time great sadness. Why you may ask?

 Revelations 21:4 Is a good place to start: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. This isn’t contextually accurate, but I wanted to point out the need for God to wipe away our tears. See also Isaiah 25:8

 I posted this dream back in May 2013, I wanted to see if anybody else was having dreams about the rapture. I did indeed fine many such dreams, however mine was different no one else mention being given the choice to stay in witness. In this dream I didn't see Jesus, I only heard his voice, If I would have seen him perhaps my focus would have been on Him and only Him. That’s why this dream has trouble me all these years.

 The wiping away off tear, is the focal point, why?

 Luke 17:29. But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all.

30.  So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

31.  On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

32.  Keep in mind Lot’s wife.

33.  If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

34.  I say to you, in that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.

35.  Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.

36.  Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

I gave you this scripture because I wanted to make a point, most teaches focus on things, but there is one other reason Lot's wife could have been looking back.    

 Lot just before the destruction of Sodom

Gen 19:12   Then the men said to Lot, are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;

13.  For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

14.  And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

15. And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

16.  But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

17.  And when they had put them out, he said, go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

 26.  But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

 It is believed by some, that Lot had four daughters only two of them escaped with their parents, the other two were left behind.

 

Conclusion:

 Consider what it will be like at the rapture, the joy of seeing the lord but the sadness and lost for those unreached, especially your loved ones, and the guilt one might carry from those missed opportunities.  Make every effort to win the lost. especially those in your circle of influence. But most importantly is to keep your eyes on the prize, the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Judgment

 

Are you ready for judgment, are you prepared, when hardship comes will you remain faithful, Heat and pressure is needed to produce a diamond? Are you a diamond, or just a lump of coal? Judgement is coming it is inevitable. I want to be clear I not referring to judgment day, the day of the lord, but the judgement of this nation, when her sin has reached its tipping point. Israel was a prime example, let us look back 2000 years ago.

 

The Jewish nation, rejected the Lord, and chose to follow the Satan who instigated the lord’s demise, (threw the religious leadership): They rejected the truth, in spite of the miracles. He walked in their presence, they experienced His love, His mercy, and His grace first hand but instead they chose the Deceiver and murderer because they loved their sins more then they loved God, the only hope of salvation. And so, 70 years later the romans came an destroyed the things they coveted most.

 

Matthew 23:13-36 (Leadership)
a. their works were done to be seen of man
b. they choose the best for themselves
c. they loved their titles, they felt they were better, and exalted themselves above others
d. they were hypocrites, and pretenders

e. they took advantage of the poor
f. they were motivated by greed and not GOD
g. they neglected the law, justice, mercy and faith.
h. they looked the part but, on the inside, they were full of extortion and self-indulgences

verses 29-36,

If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. (These are the same people responsible for the death of Jesus) verse 31, you are witnesses against yourselves, that on you may come all the righteous bloods shed on the earth.

 

Let us look at America and her leadership historically, (Christian leaders)

a. the framer of the Constitution broke the very laws they created from the beginning, (if all men were created equal, how come all non-white were not. They even discriminated against non-Christians, or Christians who did not practice their same beliefs system).

b. the American Indian’s land was stolen, so that whites could have it.

c. History was changed or distorted to perpetrated and elevate one race above another. 

e. Music, Invention and patents were stolen or taken because all men were not treated fairly, a good example is Thomas Edison, He tried to steal one of Granville Woods patents for the early train warning system.

 

Prejudice and Discrimination

 

These Sins have plagued this nation for far too long, but now I believe God is taking notice. Genetics have proven we are all one, there is no difference, race does not exist scientifically.

Therefore, you are without an excuse to hate without cause. Scripture and Science agree, where two or more agree a thing is established, not that the Word need Science. So, discrimination has no foundation, it is all based on lies. Those founding fathers did not practice what they preached, Lincoln didn’t free the slaves because it was the right thing to do, but to save the union. He even paid reparations to Washington slave owners for their losses.

 

Prejudice and Discrimination is the foundation on which Trumpism is built, (Make America Great or, White must come first). Have you listened to their dialogs and their reasonings for doing what they do? Where is the love and compassion for our brethren, all I am hearing are accusations? 

 

Not everything they are saying is wrong, like abortion is murder, and homosexuality is sin but so is fornication and adultery and all other sexual sins outside of marriage, but hate without a cause is a much greater sin because you are passing judgement, and you will be judge based on how you judge others. Secondly God will save Israel not America, we aren’t even mentioned in scriptures. This leads me back to Matthew verses 29 to 31, the cup is full, the lies of the past have produced a harvest, called deception. Did you hear what the protesters who invaded the capital were saying? They've rejected the truth and they have chosen the lie instead; they have rejected the evidence and preferred fiction. Why? because they've been trained by their parents and by misguided leadership, who were trained by past generations. They have been made, formed, and shaped by ideas created in the pit of hell. They believe that it is God's divine order that they be in control because they are superior to all others, but a foundation built on lies, is no foundation. A harvest of bad seed produces a harvest of bad fruit. Only truth is eternal and unchanging and God is truth. A repentant and loving people will only save this nation, but they don't want to change, because our nation, just like Israel, his rejected Jesus. So, Judgement will Come.   

 

 

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