SHARING THIS SO I CAN READ,,,,,,,ITS SO GOOD. ( little long but worth reading) THE SORROW OF THE RAPTURE Word Offering 11-1-14🔯 From the book: The LORD’S SHOFAR SHOUT AT THE RAPTURE © Christ Gospel Churches Int’l., Inc., 1985 Reedited 2003 Formerly Published under the title The Mysteries Of The Glorious Resurrection. By Rev. B.R. Hicks THE SORROW OF THE RAPTURE .....There will be a sad, lamentable side to the Rapture, for Christians who miss the Rapture will feel the mental pain from the evil experience of having missed the LORD’s personal Presence when He has Come in the air. Men’s feelings of uneasiness and pain, which will arise in their hearts from the lost opportunity of meeting Jesus in the air, will be overwhelming. Following the Rapture, the regret, sadness, and grief that men will experience will be unparalleled. When the LORD appears, many will be left sorrowful, unless they lay aside the heavy weights and the binding sins that so easily beset them and begin right now to run in the spiritual race for Christ. Many Christians are being lulled into false security. They think they are ready to meet Jesus, but their hearts are overcharged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, so the LORD’s Return will come upon them unawares. Other Christians, besides the Bride, will be ready for the LORD Jesus Christ’s Return. Just as there are others at a natural wedding besides the Bride, other believers will make up the Wedding Party and be caught away with the Bride. For instance, there will be bridesmaids and guests at the Wedding Supper. The virgins mentioned in the Forty-fifth Psalm are the bridesmaids. In an eastern wedding, the virgins are the bridesmaids. Queen Esther, who was a type and shadow of Christ’s Bride, was accompanied by virgins or bridesmaids as she went into the king’s presence. All these different classes of believers will be at the Wedding of the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, and His Bride. The twenty-fifth chapter of the Book of Matthew records the story of the ten virgins. All the virgins slept, even the wise ones, until the Bridegroom was at the door. The Bride was the one who awakened the virgins; otherwise, even the wise ones would have missed the Wedding. The LORD Jesus Christ’s Bride will be awake; she will be watching for every opportunity to dress herself in her Wedding Garments. A person cannot be ready if he is asleep. He must watch — watch to see what must be taken off; watch to see what must be put on in every situation and circumstance. Now is a time of undressing and dressing; it is a time of ridding ourselves of our unChristlike thoughts, feelings, and actions, and a time of putting on His Nature of Love, Light, and Life. However, watching can be done only as Jesus opens our eyes; then, we can really see. The night is far spent. Christians must prepare if they are to escape what will come upon the world after the Resurrection of the dead and the Rapture of the living saints have taken place. Sorrow will come to those who refuse to heed God’s warning and instructions. Not everyone will be counted worthy to escape from this world when Jesus comes to catch away the prepared ones; therefore, many will be left behind. Many of God’s people spend little time with Jesus in the Word and in prayer in a secret place; consequently, they are making little preparation to watch for the LORD’s Coming. Hence, that day will come upon them unawares. Remember, there was some time involved before God sent the flood, but He took only a moment to shut the door of the ark. Likewise, when Jesus Himself shuts the door on the day of His Coming in the air, when He catches away His Bride and the overcomers in the Wedding Party, it will be quick and final! The LORD God has suffered long and has waited patiently for almost two thousand years, while this evil world has blasphemed and rejected His Son, the LORD Jesus Christ. However, the LORD Himself will shut the door at the Rapture—in a moment—in the twinkling of an eye—and it will be final! The desperate, but late, plea of the five foolish virgins will be rejected. The door will be shut. What sorrow for those who had the opportunity to prepare themselves, but who failed to avail themselves of their privilege. How sad for those who had the Light of how to prepare, but who stubbornly refused to take heed to the Light of God’s Word. How sad for those who chose the fleeting pleasures and temporal gains of this life, rather than the Eternal Riches and Treasures that Jesus gives. How sad for those who chose the world for their satisfaction. The LORD will leave them behind and below with their choices. What chaos all nations will be cast into at the LORD’s Coming! Imagine an airplane pilot or a bus driver being suddenly snatched away or a loved one taken in a flash from the home, the table, or the bed. What sorrow to look up and see only a pile of clothes where a precious loved one, who had loved and served God with all his heart, had been sitting. Beloved, it is going to happen according to the Word of God. The day of His Appearing is at hand, yes, even at the door. Dearly beloved friend, how is it with you? Are you ready for Jesus Christ’s Coming in the Clouds? Have you made the necessary preparation? God pleads with you in His Word and with His Spirit to take heed that your heart not be overcharged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life so that day will not come upon you like a thief in the night. Watch and pray and long for His Coming so that you may be counted worthy to escape all the things that shall come to pass. Someday you will stand before the Son of Man. Pray that it will be as an overcoming saint who, while on this Earth, totally committed his life to God. What hope the Rapture is for those who are prepared! But, what sorrow the Rapture will be for those who are left, for they will be the ones who will go through the period of the greatest Tribulation the world has ever known. Jesus is the only hope for mankind. Do you know Him? Are you ready for the RAPTURE? It is easy to be stirred in our emotions when we read about the nearness of the Rapture and the importance of being properly prepared. However, an emotional response to the theory of God’s Word is not enough to assure us of being counted worthy to be caught away to meet Jesus Christ when He appears in the air. We must make a cold choice out of our rational reasoning to obey what God’s Word has said we must do in order to be ready. We must take heed to our self by not being overcharged with surfeiting, drunkenness, and the cares of this life. We also must watch and pray and love His Appearing in order to be prepared for His Return. The actual event of the Rapture will be a grand and glorious experience for all those who are prepared for that day. The LORD Jesus Christ personally shall appear in the air. He shall descend with a Shout; He shall be accompanied by the Archangel Michael; and He shall be accompanied by the Trumpet Sound of the shofar Horn of the LORD’s Holy Name. Because God is an orderly God, He has ordained a special order for the resurrection that will occur at the time of the Rapture. The dead in Christ shall be resurrected first. Then those who are alive and who have remained faithful unto the Appearing of the LORD shall be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. At the last tekiah Sound of the Trumpet Horn, the resurrected ones and the changed ones shall be gathered, and they shall ascend together to meet the LORD in the air. Those who are counted worthy to be caught away to meet the LORD at the time of the Rapture will have an eternal position in the LORD’s Presence. As a result of the Rapture, the overcomers will be rewarded with a resurrected, glorified body that will reflect the degree of Spiritual Stature each individual has attained in Jesus Christ. Some believers will shine with Star Glory; some will shine with Moon Glory; and the Bride of the LORD Jesus Christ will shine with Sun Glory because she will have attained Jesus Christ’s mature Full Spiritual Stature. The Rapture will mean sorrow to those who miss it. Believers who fail to make the proper preparation will be left to go through the Tribulation Period that is coming upon the entire world. Certainly, if we are wise, we will heed God’s warning and start making the necessary preparation so that we can be ready to meet Jesus Christ in the air and escape that awful time. Believers everywhere must strive to be prepared for the Rapture! Christ will come without warning for those who are ready. Do not miss your chance to go with the LORD in the air!.....
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