What is your destiny when you die, where are you going? There is a possibility that you may not die as there will be a day when the Lord will come for His church. You will be raised incorruptible having not passed through death. The other possibility is that you will die. The early church lived in this awareness as they thought their generation would be the one that saw the return of the Lord. Later, as time passed they lost the concept of the imminence of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some Christians started dying and the question then arose as to whether these people would miss out on the resurrection. We have to live our lives in the light and expectancy that the Lord will return tomorrow. The early church had a living awareness of the imminence of the rapture which is why they turned the world upside down in a generation. A study of prophecy in the church is very valuable as long as they have the application. Every point that is made should be able to be applied in your life. Do you believe that the Lord is coming? What would you do if you knew he was coming back tomorrow? If you wish to argue about prophecy you know nothing about prophecy. Prophecy purifies the heart and life, and brings focus. In 1 Thess 4:13-18 the Rapture of the Church is described. If your view of a topic is a strengthener in you faith you are likely to be on the right track. If however it destroys your comfort you are likely to be wrong. All true doctrine will comfort, encourage and strengthen. Paul says, not to worry about those who have died, they are going to be raised and they are going to be first. Do not think that they are missing out as the dead have precedence in the Rapture. Rapture is the Latin word rapere. It is the word for caught up. As those who follow the apostolic faith, we believe in a physical bodily resurrection. Paul explained that as the Lord rose physically we will rise physically as well. We will have a body just like the Son of God.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 12:22:35 +0000
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