A message to those left behind.
Suddenly millions of people have disappeared from the earth. Perhaps, you are wondering what happened? Where did everybody go? What's going to happen next? I can tell you what happened. The Rapture of the Church has taken place. This is Jesus fulfilling His promise that He would return to get His people and take them to the place that He has prepared for them (see John 14 below). The truth about this mass exodus will rarely be heard. Instead, you will fictionalized accounts about what had happened. These stories will range from people being transported by aliens to the earth cleansing itself of negative energy to people being transported to another dimension. However, it is all a lie. What happened is the fulfillment of the following prophecies:
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In 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. 3 And 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.” John 14:1-3
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “ O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?” –1 Corinthians 15:50-55
55 “ O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?” –1 Corinthians 15:50-55
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.[b]
15 For 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. 16 For 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. 17 Then 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. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. –2 Thessalonians 4:13-18
15 For 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. 16 For 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. 17 Then 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. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. –2 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Think about the people you know who have disappeared. Weren’t they all Bible-believing Christians? There may be some who have died incidentally to the Rapture, for instance, due to planes crashing because their pilots were raptured. But for the most part, the majority of the missing will be children and Christians.
Where did they go? They went to Heaven. They are with the Lord and are receiving their rewards for the work they’ve done on the earth. They will return in around seven years.
How can you join them? Trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You are a sinner (someone who has fallen short of God’s standard of perfection). The wages for sin is death. Jesus came to earth to die that death. He was then raised from the death three days later by God. According to Romans 10:9-10, if you believe that and confess it, you will be saved. You will not immediately join them in Heaven but God will write you name in the Lamb’s Book of Life and you will join them there one day; or perhaps, by the grace of God, you will be here when they return.
What to do next? Get a Bible and read it, particularly Revelation (the last book). There are many other books, videos, and podcasts that will explain what else you can do. Try to find other believers. Do not follow the new world leader. DO NOT accept the mark of the beast. Pray and persevere and, Lord willing, we’ll meet on that day when Jesus comes back (Revelation 19:11-21).
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