Today I checked my email and saw an article on CenturyLink webpage that got my attention. It was talking about a subject that I beleive will happen but exactly when I do not know. Evidently, there ae some people that seemed to have gained some knowledge about the event which noone else knows. Some folks are claiming to know when the Rapture will occur and the end times will begin. It sounds like they gained inside information not available to everyone else. They claim that the Rapture will happen on May 21st of this year. They base it on calculations and impose them on certain Scriptures. I firmly belive that we are living in the endtimes and that God will send Jesus to come and take all the true beleivers out of this world.I have an issue when someone claims to know exactly when it will happen.
The article refers to one individual that also claimed to know when Jesus was coming again back in 1844. He was wrong because the Rapture didn't occur like he claimed. It caused an embrassment for him as well as those who listened to him. The problem really lies with the fact that noone knows the date when it will occur because only God knows when it will happen. I remember in junior high school how one day it was announced that the world was going to end at a certain time. When it got close, everyone started to watch the clock and some even panicked. The time passed and the world went on. I had to laugh because I all these people beleived the news. That happened because a baby was born with a birthmark that looked like an eagle. These folks have predicted the Rapture on faulty logic. Do I belive in the Rapture? Yes I do! Do I beleive it is going to come soon? Without a doubt! Do I believe that we need to get the message of God's love for the world out to the lost? Absolutely! That is our mission or calling in this life. The Great Commission says to go out to all the world and make disciples of all nations! We need to tell the lost that God loves them and sent Jesus to die for their sins so they can have eternal life in Him. We are commanded by God to do that. But we should not presume to know when God is coming back for His people. If the time passes and the date comes and goes and the Rapture does not occur, many will be embarassed and some folks will disbelieve anything others may share with them about God as a result. Lets do what God commands us but lets not be concerned about His timing. Lets choose to remember that God is faithful and does evrything in His time!
I look forward so much to when we can leave this place and go to spend eternity with our Savior but while I am here I need to be occupying doing His work. What could be greater than Christ finds us sharing His love with others when He comes for us? COme quickly Lord Jesus!
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