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The Amish Voice 10
When will the rapture take place? We do not know. It is
possible that there is only one more person that needs to be
saved before the Church is complete. Maybe there are 10
more people or 100 people or 1,000 people that need to be
saved before the Church is complete. For
about 2,000 years, God has been saving
people and making them members of His
Church. But we do not know when He
will finish building His church.
The Lord Jesus could come at any time.
We know He will come (John 14:3) but we
do not know exactly when. Even Paul
thought that he might be alive to
experience the rapture (see 1 Thess. 14:17
and notice the word "WE"). Today we can
pray the same prayer that John once
prayed: "Even so, _______________ Lord
Jesus” (Rev. 22:20). The rapture could
happen at any time and we need to be
ready.
Are You Ready To Be Caught Up?
The first thing that you should do to be
ready for the rapture is to make sure you
are saved. If you are not sure that you are
saved, be sure to talk to someone so that
they can help you understand how to be
saved.
If we are saved, we need to be ready for
the Lord's coming also. The story is told
about a certain man who visited a small
one-room country school. He made the
promise that he would give a prize to the
student whose desk was found in the very
best order when he came back. He gave no
indication, not even a hint, when he would
return. He had no more than left the room
when one of the students announced that
she meant to win the prize. She was a girl
whose desk was usually a mess. Her
schoolmates laughed at her saying, "Why
Mary, your desk is always out of order. It's
never clean." "But, starting right now,"
Mary responded, "I'm going to clean it
every Monday morning." "But, supposing our visitor comes at
the end of the week?" someone asked. "Well then," Mary said,
"I'll clean it up every morning." "But, what if he comes at the
end of the day?" another questioned. At that thought, Mary was
silent for a moment. Then her face lit up and she said, "I know
what I'll do. I'll just keep it clean all the
time!"
Christ may come at any time. Therefore
we must keep our lives clean ALL THE
TIME!
The Apostle John wrote these words:
"And now little children, _____________
in Him (stay in a right relationship with
the Lord and keep your life clean ALL
THE TIME and use 1 John 1:9 whenever
you need to); that, when He shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be
______________ before Him at His
coming (at the RAPTURE)."-- SEE 1
JOHN 2:28.
When you have guests about to come over
to your home, your family makes sure that
everything is ready. The house is
prepared for their coming. The rooms are
cleaned up. Everything is put in its place.
Everything is neat and tidy. Food items
have been purchased and prepared.
Everything is ready for your guests.
Our heavenly Guest is coming, but we do
not know when. It could be soon. We
need to be ready always. He is not
coming to stay in our home. He is coming
to take us to His home. We need to be
ready and prepared for His coming. When
He comes we do not want to be found in
the wrong place, doing wrong things,
saying wrong things. Wouldn't you want
Him to find you serving Him, pleasing
Him, thanking Him and obeying Him?
WILL YOU BE READY?
IT MAY BE TODAY!!
These Bible studies are published by the
MIDDLETOWN BIBLE CHURCH, Connecticut
Prophecy, cont. from previous page
THE RAPTURE
As taught by
Jesus
(
John 14:1-3
)
As taught by Paul
(
1 Thess. 4:13-18
)
Comforting Words
"Let not your
heart be
troubled."
"Comfort one
another with
these words."
The Necessity of Personal Faith
"Ye believe in
God, believe also
in Me."
"If we believe that
Jesus died and
rose again, even
them also which
sleep in Jesus will
God bring with
Him."
We Can Take Christ at His Word
"If it were not so,
I would have told
you."
"This we say unto
you by the Word
of the Lord."
The Promise of His Coming
"I will come
again."
"The Lord Himself
shall descend from
Heaven."
The Removal from Earth
"and receive you
unto Myself."
"We...shall be
caught up... to
meet the Lord in
the air."
Forever Present with the Lord
"That where I am,
there ye may be
also."
"and so shall we
ever be with the
Lord."