Hebrews
9:28, “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
The
Bride of Christ will be rapture-ready but we will determine our individual
participation. Only those who are looking for Jesus will see Him at the
Rapture. Therefore, we must be ready, watching, and waiting. Rev. 3:3, “Remember
therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt
not know what hour I will come upon thee.” Jesus was speaking to the Church at
Sardis, the Body of Christ at Sardis. His instruction is to be ready and watch!
The
Scripture teaches us that the end times will be filled with chaos. In the midst
of all the turmoil, all the shaking stands the Church, the Body of Christ. The
Church is the vehicle chosen by Christ to carry the Gospel to the world. The
hope of this world is Jesus Christ as He is manifest in and through the Body of
Christ. Jesus will equip and empower His Body to rise up in His Name and do
great things even in the midst of darkness and evil. He will preserve the
Church until she has completed her mission in the earth and then He will
rapture her away.
The
Lord Jesus will preserve the Body of Christ, His Bride through all the unrest
and destruction coming upon our world. However, Satan will do all within his
power to divert our attention away from Christ’s mission. The efforts of the
enemy must be thwarted and his uncontrolled exercise of influence inside the
churches must be curtailed. Therefore, the Body of Christ must be joined
together in an undivided resolve to bombard heaven with prayer, seek for and
embrace the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and thrust forward in the unbridled
power of obedience in the Holy Ghost. The days ahead will call for
unprecedented allegiance to and trust in the promises of Jesus Christ.
The
Bride of Christ will be looking for and anxiously awaiting the Bride Groom. The
Bride of Christ is made up of all believers. Therefore the Body of Christ is
composed of individual believers all over the world. When the Rapture occurs
all true believers from everywhere will be caught away regardless of church
affiliation. The Body of Christ will be
ready. The Holy Spirit will make sure of that.
The purging prior to the appearance of the Bride Groom will ensure that the Bride has made Herself ready. Eph. 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” Through the Word and by the Spirit, The Bride Of Christ Will Be Rapture Ready! Are you ready and watching for His appearing? “...unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time...”
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