Caught Up Together

No One Knows The Day Or Hour (Matthew 24:36-44)

“But of that Day and Hour NO ONE knows, NOT even The Angels of Heaven, but My Father (God Almighty) ONLY.  But as The Days of Noah were, so also will The Coming of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) be.  For 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, and did NOT know until The Flood came and took them all away, so also will The Coming of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) be.  Then two men will be in the field: One (Believers) will be Taken and the other (Unbelievers) left.  Two women will be grinding at the mill: One (Believers) will be Taken and the other (Unbelievers) left.  Watch therefore, for YOU do NOT know what Hour Your Lord (Jesus Christ) is Coming.  But 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.  Therefore YOU also be ready, for The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) is Coming at an hour YOU do NOT expect.” 

The Coming Of The Kingdom (Luke 17:22-36)
 

Then He said to The Disciples, “The Days will come when YOU will desire to see One of The Days of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ), and YOU will NOT see it.  And they will say to YOU, ‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’  Do NOT go after them or follow them.  For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under Heaven shines to the other part under Heaven, so also The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will be in His Day.  But first He (Jesus Christ) must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.  And as it was in The Days of Noah, so it will be also in The Days of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ): they ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until The Day that Noah entered The Ark, and The Flood came and destroyed them all.  Likewise as it was also in The Days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on The Day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from Heaven and destroyed them all.  Even so will it be in The Day when The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) is Revealed.  “In that Day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him NOT come down to take them away.  And likewise the one who is in the field, let him NOT turn back.  Remember Lot’s Wife.  Whoever (Believers) seeks to Save his Life will lose it, and whoever (Believers) loses his Life will preserve it.  I tell YOU, in that Night there will be two men in one bed: the One (Believers) will be Taken and the other (Unbelievers) will be left.  Two women will be grinding together: the One (Believers) will be Taken and the other (Unbelievers) left.  Two men will be in the field: the One (Believers) will be Taken and the other (Unbelievers) left.”

The Comfort Of Christ’s Coming (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) 

But I (Paul) do NOT want YOU (Believers) to be ignorant, Brethren (Believers), concerning those who have Fallen Asleep (The Dead in Christ), lest YOU (Believers) sorrow as others who have NO Hope.  For if We (Believers) Believe that Jesus (Jesus Christ) died and Rose Again, even so God (God Almighty) will bring with Him (Jesus Christ) those who Sleep in Jesus (The Dead in Christ).  For this We (Believers) say to YOU (Believers) by The Word of The Lord (Jesus Christ), that We (Believers) who are Alive and Remain until The Coming of The Lord (Jesus Christ) will by no means precede those who are Asleep (The Dead in Christ).  For The Lord (Jesus Christ) Himself will descend from Heaven with a Shout, with The Voice of an Archangel, and with The Trumpet of God (God Almighty).  And The Dead in Christ, will Rise first.  Then We (Believers) who are Alive and Remain, shall be Caught Up Together with Them (The Dead in Christ) in The Clouds, to meet The Lord (Jesus Christ) in the air.  And thus We (Believers) shall always be with The Lord (Jesus Christ).  Therefore comfort one another with these words.

The Coming Of The Son Of Man (Matthew 24:29-31)

“Immediately after The Tribulation of those days the Sun will be darkened, and the Moon will NOT give its light; the Stars will fall from Heaven, and The Powers of The Heavens will be shaken.  Then The Sign of The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) will appear in Heaven, and then All The Tribes of the Earth will mourn, and they will see The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) Coming on The Clouds of Heaven with Power and Great Glory.  And He (Jesus Christ) will send His Angels with a Great Sound of a Trumpet, and They (His Angels) will gather together His (Jesus Christ’s) Elect from the four winds, from one end of Heaven to the other.”

The Coming Of The Son Of Man (Mark 24:24-27)

“But in those days, after that Tribulation, the Sun will be darkened, and the Moon will NOT give its light; the Stars of Heaven will fall, and The Powers in The Heavens will be shaken.  Then they will see The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) Coming in The Clouds with Great Power and Glory.  And then He (Jesus Christ) will send His Angels, and gather together His (Jesus Christ’s) Elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of Earth to the farthest part of Heaven.”

The Coming Of The Son Of Man (Luke 21:25-28)

“And there will be Signs in the Sun, in the Moon, and in the Stars; and on the Earth distress of Nations, with perplexity, the Sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the Earth, for The Powers of The Heavens will be shaken.  Then they will see The Son of Man (Jesus Christ) Coming in a Cloud with Power and Great Glory.  Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because Your Redemption draws near.”

Fellow Believers, these verses speak of being “Caught Up Together.”   As YOU (Believers) read them, please listen closely to what God Almighty Says, as He (God Almighty) Speaks to your heart.  He (God Almighty) will Reveal to YOU (Believers), what these verses mean, for YOU (Believers) specifically, but also for All Believers and Unbelievers, as well.

Would YOU Pass A Lie Detector Test

As a Believer, a Christian, if The Holy Spirit gave YOU a lie detector test, would YOU pass?  So, what kind of questions would YOU be asked?  Note: please answer each question with yes or no.  Do YOU truly Believe, there is but One God, God Almighty?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty’s One and ONLY Son, is Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, The Word (Jesus Christ) came down from Heaven, took human form, lived a sin-free Life, and died upon The Cross?  Do YOU truly Believe, Jesus Christ died upon The Cross (His Crucifixion) for your sins?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty on the third day, after Jesus Christ’s burial, raised Him (His Resurrection), Alive, from the grave?  Do YOU truly Believe, forty days after Jesus Christ’s Resurrection, He ascended into Heaven (His Ascension), Alive, to sit down at The Right Hand of God Almighty?  Do YOU truly Believe, there is more than one way to enter Heaven?  Do YOU truly Believe, Good Works are one of the ways to enter Heaven?  Do YOU truly Believe, The Holy Bible is God’s Word, God Breathed and God Inspired?  Do YOU truly Believe, if YOU acknowledge God’s Amazing Saving Grace AND accept God’s Free Gift of Salvation, that Jesus Christ comes to abide within YOU, through The Holy Spirit?  Do YOU truly Believe, by accepting Jesus Christ, as your personal Lord and Savior, AND Repenting, asking God Almighty for Forgiveness of your sins, that they (your sins) will be Forgiven and forgotten, by God Almighty?  Do YOU truly Believe, one day, YOU will be in God’s Immediate Presence, with Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, God’s Holy Angels, and all the rest of The Children of God Almighty (Believers), Forever, for Eternity?  Do YOU truly Believe, The Holy Bible is the ONLY written text, which is God’s Word in written form (God Breathed and God Inspired)?  Do YOU truly Believe, Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth, and The Life, that NO ONE gets to The Father (God Almighty), except through Him (Jesus Christ)?  Do YOU truly Believe, that through Jesus Christ, is the ONLY way, any man or woman, can enter into God’s Immediate Presence, i.e. have Everlasting Life?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU have a personal relationship with God Almighty?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, through The Holy Spirit?  Do YOU truly Believe, it’s important to associate with Fellow Believers, including (but not limited to) in Church?  Do YOU truly Believe, it’s important to pray, to commune with God Almighty and Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, that by accepting Jesus Christ, as your Lord and Savior, means YOU will never commit another sin?  Do YOU truly Believe, it’s important to read and study The Holy Bible on a regular (if not daily) basis?  Do YOU truly Believe, Believers (Christians) commit fewer sins, than Yet-To-Be-Believers or Unbelievers?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU must confess to God Almighty, through Jesus Christ (Our Mediator), your sins?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU must confess to God Almighty, through Jesus Christ (Our Mediator), your sins, and God Almighty will Forgive them (your sins) and forget them (your sins)?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty and Jesus Christ, sent The Helper (The Holy Spirit) to guide and counsel YOU?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty and Jesus Christ expect YOU to Preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty and Jesus Christ expect YOU to lead people to Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, Jesus Christ gave YOU Spiritual Gifts to use to Preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, when God Almighty decides, Jesus Christ will return, from Heaven to Earth?  Do YOU truly Believe, when God Almighty decides, He will destroy The Heavens and The Earth, and Create a New Heaven, New Earth, and New Holy City Jerusalem?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU can lose Your Salvation?  Do YOU truly Believe, Believer’s Baptism is a requirement for Salvation?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU are Jesus Christ’s Light upon a World, full of darkness?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty Speaks to YOU?  Do YOU truly Believe, Jesus Christ Speaks to YOU?  Do YOU truly Believe, The Holy Spirit Speaks to YOU?  Do YOU truly Believe, one day, YOU will walk in God’s Immediate Presence for Eternity?  Do YOU truly Believe, God Almighty, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, and Heaven (Everlasting Life) are for real (meaning They truly exist)?  Do YOU truly Believe, that after your mortal death, YOU will be in The Presence of Jesus Christ?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU are walking God’s Path (the path He Created uniquely, specifically, for YOU to walk), at this time?  Do YOU truly Believe, YOU have Repented, that is turned away from sin and back towards God Almighty?  Finally, do YOU truly Believe, YOU have answered all these questions correctly?  Note: NOT every correct answer is yes!

Fellow Believers, I pray the answers to these questions came easily to YOU.  If they did NOT, may I suggest praying upon them (asking God Almighty, Jesus Christ, or The Holy Spirit for guidance), or reading and studying God’s Word (The Holy Bible), or by all means, ask a Fellow Believer.  I would be happy to answer any questions YOU may have.

Suffer For Christ, Submit To God

For who is he (Unbelievers) who will harm YOU (Believers) if YOU (Believers) become Followers (of Jesus Christ) of what is Good?  But even if YOU (Believers) should suffer for Righteousness’ Sake, YOU (Believers) are Blessed.  “And do NOT be afraid of their (Unbelievers) threats, nor be troubled.”  But Sanctify The Lord God (God Almighty) in Your (Believers) Hearts, and Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks YOU (Believers) a reason for The Hope (God’s Amazing Saving Grace through God’s Free Gift of Salvation) that is in YOU (Believers), with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they (Unbelievers) defame YOU (Believers) as evildoers, those (Unbelievers) who revile Your Good Conduct, in Christ, may be ashamed.  For it is better, if it is The Will of God (God Almighty), to suffer for doing Good, than for doing evil.

For Christ also suffered Once for sins (Once for All), The Just (Jesus Christ) for the unjust (Mankind), that He (Jesus Christ) might bring Us (Believers) to God (God Almighty), being put to death in the flesh, but made Alive by The Spirit.  Baptism (NOT the removal of the filth of the flesh, but The Answer of a Good Conscience toward God Almighty), through The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into Heaven and is at The Right Hand of God (God Almighty), Angels and Authorities and Powers, having been made subject to Him (Jesus Christ).  Therefore, since Christ suffered for Us (Believers) in the flesh, arm yourselves (Believers) also with The Same Mind, for he (Believers) who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he (Believers) no longer should live the rest of his (Believers) time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for The Will of God (God Almighty).  For We (Believers) have spent enough of Our (Believers) past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles (Unbelievers), when We (Believers) walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.  In regard to these, they (Unbelievers) think it strange that YOU (Believers) do NOT run with them (Unbelievers) in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of YOU (Believers).  They (Unbelievers) will give an account to Him (Jesus Christ) who is ready to Judge The Living and The Dead.  But The End of All Things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in Your (Believers) Prayers.  And above All Things, have fervent Love for One Another, for “Love will cover a multitude of sins.”  Be Hospitable to One Another without grumbling.  As each One (Believers) has received a Gift (Spiritual Gift), Minister it (Spiritual Gift) to One Another, as Good Stewards of The Manifold Grace of God (God Almighty).  If anyone (Believers) speaks, let him (Believers) speak as The Oracles of God (God Almighty).  If anyone (Believers) Ministers, let him (Believers) do it as with the ability which God Supplies, that in All Things, God (God Almighty) may be Glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom belong The Glory and The Dominion, Forever and ever.  Amen.

 

Beloved, do NOT think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try YOU (Believers), as though some strange thing happened to YOU (Believer); but rejoice to the extent that YOU (Believers) Partake of Christ’s Sufferings, that when His (Jesus Christ’s) Glory is Revealed, YOU (Believer) may also be glad with exceeding joy.  If YOU (Believers) are reproached for The Name of Christ (Jesus Christ), Blessed are YOU (Believers), for The Spirit of Glory (The Holy Spirit) and of God (God Almighty) rests upon YOU (Believers).  On their (Unbelievers) part, He (Jesus Christ) is blasphemed, but on Your (Believers) Part, He (Jesus Christ) is Glorified.  Yet if anyone (Believers) suffers as a Christian, let him NOT be ashamed, but let him (Believers) Glorify God (God Almighty) in this matter.  For The Time has Come for Judgment to begin at The House of God (God Almighty); and if it begins with Us (Believers) first, what will be The End of those (Unbelievers) who do NOT obey The Gospel of God (God Almighty)?  Therefore, let those (Believers) who suffer according to The Will of God (God Almighty), commit Their (Believers) Souls to Him (God Almighty) in doing Good, as to a Faithful Creator (God Almighty).

 

Yes, All of YOU (Believers) be submissive to One Another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives Grace to the humble.”  Therefore humble yourselves (Believers) under The Mighty Hand of God, that He (God Almighty) may Exalt YOU (Believers) in due time, casting all your care upon Him (God Almighty), for He (God Almighty) cares for YOU (Believers).  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he (the devil) may devour.  Resist him (the devil), steadfast in The Faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by Your Brotherhood (Fellow Believers) in the World.  But may The God of All Grace, Who Called Us (Believers) to His (God Almighty’s) Eternal Glory, by Christ Jesus, after YOU (Believers) have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle YOU (Believers).  To Him (God Almighty) be The Glory and The Dominion, Forever and ever.  Amen.

Therefore Fellow Believers, Sanctify The Lord God (God Almighty) in Your (Believers) Hearts, and Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks YOU (Believers) for a reason, for The Hope that is in YOU (Believers).  The Hope which comes from accepting Jesus Christ, as Our personal Lord and Savior, because We (Believers) acknowledged God’s Amazing Saving Grace AND accepted God’s Free Gift of Salvation, Our Inward Decision.  We (Believers) then, in Obedience, Followed Our Lord Jesus Christ, in Believer’s Baptism, Our Outward Expression of Our Inward Decision, proclaiming Publicly, that We (Believers) are Followers of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

May Our God Bless YOU, in His Mighty Way, today, and in the troubling days to come.  Amen.

Do YOU Need A Swift Kick

Do YOU (Believers) need a “swift kick” to get back on God’s Path?  What do I mean by “God’s Path”, YOU (Believers) ask?  Well, when God Almighty Created YOU (Believers), and Breathed “The Breath of Life” into your (Believers) nostrils, He (God Almighty) also Created a uniquely special path, “God’s Path”, for YOU (Believers) to walk.  When We (Believers) walk God’s Path for Us, We (Believers) are doing what God Almighty wants Us (Believers) to be doing.  It means, We (Believers) have God Almighty, as Our First Priority.  It means, We (Believers) realize, that Our Lord Jesus Christ abides within Us (Believers), through The Holy Spirit.  It means, We (Believers) strive to be as sin-free as possible.  It means, We (Believers) read AND study God’s Word, The Holy Bible.  It means, We (Believers) commune with God Almighty and Jesus Christ, through prayer.  It means, We (Believers) spend time in Fellowship with each other, in Bible Study Groups, Prayer Groups, and God Almighty’s House of Prayer (Church).  It means, We (Believers) use Our Spiritual Gifts to share and Preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  We (Believers) share about God’s Amazing Saving Grace through God’s Free Gift of Salvation.  When We (Believers) walk God’s Path, We (Believers) receive His (God Almighty’s) Blessings, because We (Believers) are doing precisely what God Almighty, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit, want Us (Believers) to be doing.

So, what happens when We (Believers) walk away or veer off, God’s Path, YOU ask?  What happens when We (Believers) decide to walk Our (Believers) own path, instead of God’s Path?  Let’s see what God’s Word, The Holy Bible says.

“For consider Him (Jesus Christ) who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself (Jesus Christ), lest YOU (Believers) become weary and discouraged in Your (Believers) Souls.  YOU (Believers) have NOT yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.  And YOU (Believers) have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to YOU (Believers) as to Sons: ‘My Son, do NOT despise The Chastening of The Lord (God Almighty), nor be discouraged when YOU (Believers) are Rebuked by Him (God Almighty); for whom The Lord (God Almighty) Loves He (God Almighty) Chastens, and Scourges EVERY Son whom He (God Almighty) Receives.’  If YOU (Believers) endure Chastening, God (God Almighty) deals with YOU (Believers) as with Sons; for what son is there whom a father does NOT chasten?  But if YOU (Unbelievers) are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then YOU (Unbelievers) are illegitimate and NOT sons.  Furthermore, We (Believers) have had human fathers who corrected Us (Believers), and We (Believers) paid them (human fathers) respect.  Shall We (Believers) NOT much more readily be in Subjection to The Father of Spirits (God Almighty) and Live?  For they (human fathers) indeed for a few days chastened Us (Believers) as seemed best to them (human fathers), but He (God Almighty) for Our (Believers) profit, that We (Believers) may be Partakers of His (God Almighty’s) Holiness.  Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields The Peaceable Fruit of Righteousness (to be in God’s Immediate Presence) to Those (Believers) who have been trained by it.”

What We (Believers) call, Trials or Tribulations, are actually being Rebuked, being Chastened, by The Father, God Almighty.  Consider this, a “swift kick” by God Almighty, to nudge Us (Believers) back to walking His (God Almighty’s) Path, for Us (Believers).  So, Fellow Believers, may I ask, are YOU walking your own path, instead of God’s Path?  Do YOU need a “swift kick” to get back to walking God’s Path?