Rapture – Don’t Be Deceived

I'm not a novelist, but I can get a point out there to anybody willing to listen. I admit I will have to do my best to be succinct, i.e. "short and sweet", please have patience with me!

I'm starting with this point: Don’t be deceived. That is a most important message of the Bible to us living in this generation.

There is a huge following of the idea of "rapture"; the mistaken idea that true Christians will be flown out of here before the tribulation of the end time, but that is the teaching that Satan has most promoted because it is in his plan to fool as many people as possible when that time comes.

If there is any question in your mind about the time being soon, please look around at our world. While it is often said that we cannot know when the time will be, that's not so. Read Daniel 12 about the time of the end, and especially Daniel 12:10* where it is stated that none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. We become wise by studying and understanding God's word.

Regarding the rapture theory (which began in 1832, promoted by a man named Darby) - God already had addressed the subject way back in Ezekiel's time, for our edification. There will be no way for us to plead ignorance, because in Ezekiel 13, when false prophets are condemned by Him, God tells them "you daub the wall with untempered mortar", in other words they make up stories that are not true and give them to the people, knowing full well that once the wall is tested, it's going to fall.

Those false prophets, pastors and priests know that most people will listen to traditions of men and not the true Word of God, therefore the wall of false ideas they build will stand well enough for Satan to do his work, and so they promote the untrue stories. Their daughters (Ez. 13:17) prophesy out of their own hearts, and sew pillows to all armholes to cover His outstretched arms so they can hunt the souls of His people (Ez. 13:18) and they pollute Him among His people (Ez. 13:19). And God says in Ez. 13:20 "I am against your pillows with which you hunt souls to make them fly", and He will tear those pillows of false prophecy away and He will deliver His people out of their hand so they can't be hunted anymore. God wants us to stop believing in these false prophecies, the rapture theory in particular mentioned here, or He won't be able to deliver us.

Have you read it with understanding? (I will say this often, because if you have, you will know how important it is that I remind you to find out the truth for yourself. If you haven't read it, then you need to, because you never want to trust any other person with your understanding of God's word.) Even if you think I'm probably right, you still need to read it and prove it to yourself.

The word of God is "pregnant", that's why it is said that it is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Jesus is that Word made flesh. So, even though Ezekiel (and all the prophets) lived before our time, the words they put down then were written directly to us now. From God! Don't miss this! Once you read the Bible with understanding of this concept, it will be alive to you. God said he speaks to us through the prophets, and that means now, today, your life, my life, all lives. We need to pay attention, because He loves us and He took the time to write us this letter. Have you read it?

I know this subject is huge, but stick with me for a bit, always asking God to bless your understanding of His Word and His Plan. The time is getting short, we need to put some skin in the game. Once we have understanding the peace and happiness we gain is beyond anything we've ever wished for.

 

*Dan 12:10 KJV (re: the time of the end)
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.