Dear friends and readers,
If you have found this article on the internet and the rapture of the church has not yet happened, please know that God has led me to write this article and leave it on the internet so people who were left behind at the time of the rapture can find it and figure out what has happened and what they must do to be saved.
Dear friend,
If you are reading this it is probably because Millions and Millions of people just suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth. But no bodies have been found!
At this moment pandemonium is breaking out all over the world. Fear is gripping everyone around you. Looting and violent crime and rape is beginning on an unprecedented scale. Everyone has an opinion but no one really knows what happened and many many people are looking for loved ones who simply---are no more.
The news is reporting every possibility for these missing people. Everything from space men from other planets harvesting humans to "the people who disappeared were all evil".
I promise you that every single person who disappeared has one thing in common. Each one, from men and women to children across all cultural lines from every country on earth, were believers in Jesus Christ.
If you doubt that check all the local churches in your area and you will find few if anyone home. Go to that church or any Christian families home that you know for certain have disappeared and find one of their Bibles. I guarantee that there will be Bibles for you to find. Open that book to the New Testament. That is on the right side of the Bible and begins with the book of Matthew. After that comes Mark, Luke and John. Continue looking to the right until you find 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13 through 18 will tell you about what just happened. PAY SPECIFIC attention to verse 16 and 17 because that is EXACTLY what happened.
I know you have a lot of questions but 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 1 through 12 will help explain the event that people within the church for centuries have known as "THE RAPTURE"! A literal calling away from earth by Jesus Christ, of all those who have repented for their sins and placed their faith in Christ as the only Son Of God.
This really happened so pay attention because it is not too late for you. Heaven is a very real place and all those who disappeared are in heaven as you read this. Hell---a place of everlasting pain and torment is also very real. You now have an opportunity. If you yourself pass away (die) without a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ you be be sent to a place called everlasting hell. A place of unending pain and torment, forever and ever. This is not a fairy tail. It is real, very real. The only time that any human being has to make this decision is while they are alive on this plant. After that people cannot change their minds, ever.
You may be looking in vain for loved ones who suddenly disappeared. They are Christians, followers of Christ. If they were a loved one of yours they probably tried to tell you about this while they were still with you and you refused to believe them. It may have been your wife or husband, children, grandmother or parents. Perhaps someone on your job site. But now they are gone. Simply gone and you are looking for answers. You may even be blaming God because of the pain of separation you are feeling from your loved family members or friends. Do not blame God, your loved ones have not been punished, they have been rewarded for their faith in Jesus Christ.
You can change your own personal circumstances. It is not too late! You can see them again and spent all of eternity with them. But that requires a choice on your part. There are only two questions you need to ask yourself;
1). Can you honestly say that you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord?
2). Do you believe that after He gave His life on the cross of Calvary, God raised Him from the dead?
If you can say that honestly, not only vocally but meant from your heart, you too will be saved. Saved from what? Saved from an unspeakable eternity without God, without your family and without your believing friends. But since you did not confess Jesus Christ as Lord, you have been left behind and now must wait until Jesus comes back to earth at the end of the next 7 years.
Only one more thing is required of you; Jesus said in the New Testament book of Luke chapter 13 verse 3 "Unless you repent (for your sins) you will all likewise perish". The fact that you may have been a good man or woman by human standards means nothing in heavenly courts.
So here is what you need to do to become saved and eventually see your loved ones again. Please remember the only valid way to do this is to really believe in Jesus Christ, not simply because it is a ticket to see your loved ones again although that will be the final result.
By answering the two above stated questions, you have accomplished the only Biblical requirements for salvation. Romans chapter 10 verses 9-10 say this "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation".
So how do you do that? Pray this prayer right now and know for certain that God will hear you. "Lord, I sincerely repent to you for my sins and ask that you grant me the gift of eternal salvation because I truly believe that through faith in your Son Jesus Christ is the only way that I can spend eternity with you and my loved ones who have disappeared and were also believers in Jesus!"
Done!
There are some things you need to know for the immediate future. Now you are entering a period of time that will last for 7 years. In the Bible it is called the great tribulation. This is the time when the world will experience the presence of a horribly violent man known as the antichrist. Initially he will seem like a good man full of promises of worldwide peace and prosperity. Do not believe him, it is all lies. In 3 1/2 years everything he has promised will become nothing more than smoke and mirrors and his true character will emerge. During this time millions upon millions of people will die. As a believer in Christ you will not be popular and will probably be despised and possibly even hunted.
Band together with as many other new followers of Christ as you can find. This will not be an easy time for you. Remember that through it all, God will be with you and through prayer on your part He will direct you. Stand fast to the end because your reward will be eternal life with no more tears, pain of suffering.
Study your Bible. It will being peace to your heart. In the Old Testament (left side of Bible) you will find a book entitled "ISAIAH". Chapter 53 is ALL about Jesus and what He had to go through to insure your salvation. Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 and 7 also is speaking of Jesus although He is identified as coming as a child in the first century when it all began. Read these two scriptures because they will tell you clearly that Jesus is also God. Then read through the book of John in the New Testament (as in Matthew, Mark Luke and JOHN). These are what we call the GOSPELS and each of them give a different view of who Jesus Christ is---different parts of His personality and all of them are 100% correct.
Finally, the last book in the Bible is called "REVELATION". At first it may seem confusing because there is some symbolism involved. But each and every event you read about are real. They will happen. This book of Revelation describes exactly what the world will experience during this seven year period of time until the coming to earth of Jesus Christ for His people. Pray as you read and God will help you understand through the power of His Holy Spirit who now resides in you, from the moment you prayed the prayer above.
God bless you throughout your journey for the next 7 years at the end of which Jesus Himself will come back to earth for His people.
I along with millions of other believers will be waiting your arrival in heaven.
Pastor Rance.
