The Rapture - Dr. Benny M. Abante, Jr.

[Music] like it all better the book of first Thessalonians chapter 4 we're going to read from verses 15 to 17 for the Salone ins chapter 4 verses 15 to 17 for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain under the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them who here asleep for the help for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and the will Trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 like it over there 1st Corinthians chapter 15 we're going to read beginning verse 51 to 53 behold I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye at the last Trump for a trumpet shall sound and a dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality shall be pre heavenly father Lord I ask now that you would anoint my lips as she wore be preached tonight that your holy spirit father God will give understanding to everyone that your word will be clear and because of this dear God we will always be ready when a time comes that you would bring us home thank you Father God so much for the privilege of being able to preacher and the freedom we have in this country to be able to worship you in spirit and in truth it's pray in Jesus name Amen and oh man you may be seated I want you to watch this video clip here for a while okay about one of the signs of the last days I'm going to preach to you tonight on one of the events of the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ the rupture alright I'd like you to watch this video right now Wisconsin company offering its employees a microchip plant how the party to kick off the new program around 50 employees and three square market gathered to get the microchip it's about the size of a grain of rice and gets participating employees will be able to use it to open doors log on to their computers and pay for snacks in the break room we came across this and saw it being used in other societies we said why not us why not us that's the attitude here at three square market in River Falls a software engineering company has taken the tech world by storm by offering to microchip employees an opportunity that we saw to really provide something to society the president and CEO Patrick McMullan has been working on this project since January employees aren't required to get the chip it's completely voluntary bigger the company offered get and I agree not too bad [Music] in a lot of ways inconvenience you know really eliminating what I have to carry in my my pockets employee Toni Danna says the chip will be used for basic tasks like getting in and out of the building logging on to his computer and buying snacks in the break room and to finalize your payment will put your RFID chip hold it against it now way you need card is identified with the RFID chip it's asking if I'd like to put in $2 sex on my chip yes since word got out about the chips three squared has been contacted by hospitals governments around the check now imagine gaming will travel to how to password or worry about losing and just hold your head up ship is not capable of GPS but they admit that could be in the future in River Falls tonight the microchips are made in Taiwan the company ordered 60 of them cost of each chip handsome [Music] like to have one huh where else going on now folks and you know what no one can prevent the fulfillment of all biblical prophecies no one can prevent that no one can change that nothing can alter that whatever the Word of God says will happen all right tonight I'll be preaching to you about the rapture in 2nd Peter chapter 3 verses 3 & 4 2nd Peter chapter 3 verses 3 & 4 it says knowing this first that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lusts and saying where is the promise of his coming for since the father's fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation now just imagine the Apostle Paul and even the Apostle Peter have been saying this all along during their time and during their time it was already part of the last days that was almost 2,000 years ago and the Lord has not yet come will he still come yes he will a man now you do not find a lot of preachers today especially telly evangelists so this so to speak that preach about this truth anymore they would preach about the prosperity gospel that preach about you know why people are lonely and sad and what would be the solutions to a lot of anxieties in the world today I have a lot of preachers even among Baptist preachers who are now preaching more the social gospel everything like this in fact in many thousands of churches around the world they're not preaching anymore the pure gospel of Jesus Christ for the pure doctrine of the Word of God they're preaching what the people wants to hear isn't it do you know why because you don't want to lose people you know so what would the pastor do preach what they like to hear all right now folks listen I don't care if I lose you you do not want to listen to the Word of God here go somewhere else a man you cannot tell the pastor here what to preach every preacher of the word of God must be directed by the Spirit of God what he is going to preach he must be impressed by the Spirit of God and and we find it so many times today even among used to be fundamental Baptist churches it is not so anymore we have to be careful because we might lose some people especially those people who are giving we might lose them they will not give their offerings anymore they will not come to church anymore because they don't want to listen to something that might offend them they don't want to be rebuked anymore they don't want to be corrected anymore and that's the kind of world we're living in today and if you are that kind of a Christian now well you are just fulfilling the science of the second coming of Christ do you know that if if if when you got saved you're so faithful I mean you're just serving God I mean you're just they're dedicated to God and after so many years you're not listening to me you are not it means that you are just fulfilling the science of the second coming of Jesus Christ we're gonna head out we're going to have a lot of unfaithful people who used to be faithful so many years ago a lot of people who used to be dedicated a lot of people are used to really pray a lot of people are used to win souls for Jesus Christ they will not do it anymore they'd be busy doing something else except except serving God it's not easy the pastor now am i right pastor Buford that's right with a kind of world we are in right now too much coldness among the churches today too much social gatherings too much unfaithfulness too many compromises and that is the kind of churches were having today and by the grace of God I have been preaching for 50 years now haven't changed and I am not about to change as I was thought as I have learned I have been taught I will still preach the old-fashioned book as we know of that many years back this is still the book that should be preached today whatever happens in the world scoffers in the last days people who would say we have been waiting for the coming of fries and seems to us that Christ is not coming anymore we have heard so many preachings about the second coming in who are still the same and some pastors who used to present a second coming they're not preaching those things anymore because you know a lot of people don't want to listen to those things now scoffers in the last days questioning the Word of God questioning the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ now the second coming of the Lord is divided in the two stages we have the rapture which in the Greek word is repair and that is actually taken from first Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 15 to 17 when the Word of God speaks of being caught up in the air the word rapture is not actually in the Bible all right it means that to transport from one place to another rapture it means caught up together with him in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and the reason why the word rapture is coin to be the world of catching up for example because the next stage of the second coming of the Lord which is actually the second coming of Christ is called the revelation the revelation means that after the tribulation period before assuring in the millennial reign of Jesus Christ Christ will come with his Saints the rapture is that Christ will come for his Saints the revelation is Christ will come with his Saints now if you are not one of those Saints he will not be with Christ when he comes back hello sure not if you're not saying Amen if it Christ is not in your heart if you are not sure that you are truly born again according to what the Bible says the Bible says when Christ comes in Revelation you will not be there with him he'll be in hell all right only those people that will come with Christ in the revelation where those people who were one who are raptured up who are raptured up alright so the two divisions of the second coming of the Lord is this the rapture is only for the believers a lot of a lot of teachings in theology books and prophecy books always tell us that it's the rapture of the church now I do not believe in a universal Church all right there's no such thing as a universal Church the church is always local the church is always visible this is a visible Church amen we are not members of the universal invisible church we are not part of the mystical body of Christ as taught by the Protestants many many years back all right now a lot of Christians would like to be members of the invisible church why because number one they've been invisible pastor number two they've been visible offerings that's why all right so we're not calling it the rapture of the church but it is the rupture of the Saints all right of the Saints it means those that are believers in Jesus Christ now later on we find that Christ will come with the Saints the batterer magadhan will commence and after the Battle of Magadan we have the millennial reign of the Lord Jesus Christ okay now but we are going to dedicate ourselves tonight only on the rapture okay only on the rupture and then next is this only the believers will be in the rapture so if you're a believer in Christ he will be in the rapture amen first Thessalonians chapter 4 verse number 14 tells us for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him it means those who died in Christ all right those who died and they were saved one day God will raise them up when the rapture takes place and God will bring those dead in Christ with him only the believers will be in the rupture first of all the dead in Christ shall rise first and be glorified dead in Christ shall rise first and be glorified now there in heaven right now my father my mother my grandparents my two brothers they're in heaven right now my uncle's there heaven right now all right but when the rapture takes place those who are dead in Christ will rise up and they will have a glorified body the believers of today do not yet have glorified bodies it will come when the rapture takes place or the resurrection would come then those who are alive in Christ we which are alive the Bible says shall be translated and glorified shall be translated and glorified you know almost every day I would pray for our senior citizens and I would tell God Lord please I am praying for our senior citizens including myself that we should be alive when Jesus comes back do you like that senior citizens do you want that or do you want to die I'll bury you tomorrow all right I want to be alive when Jesus Christ comes back alive in Christ shall be translated and glorified let us see two things take place two things take place after the rapture after the rapture first we have the judgment seat of believers the judgment seat of Christ or we call it the Bema judgment now again this is not a judgment for sin because sin has been judged on the cross hey man all right so don't believe all of those preachers and Pentecostals that will preach to you and tell you when you get to heaven and you face the judgement seat there will be a big television set and there the Lord will you know get all the video your sins and all of your things and you'll be put to shame that is not true the Bema judgment is the judgment of reward that is not the judgment of sin in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 and verse number 10 for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad we have a lot of CPAs here certified public accountants well we find the Lord Jesus Christ to be a CPA he's a certified perfect accountant and he has the records of everything that we have done good or bad hello and we shall be judged according to that and that will be the basis of rewards now look here however dynamic I am in preaching however forceful I am in preaching about faithfulness I cannot force you to be faithful that's your choice you realize that I cannot push you if you think I'm pushing you I'm not doing that it's your choice you'll be accountable anyway I will be here preaching the Word of God faithfully I will be here to tell you everything about this I will be here and and whether you appreciate or not I'll be here to preach the Word of God you don't want to be faithful it's up to you you don't want to serve God it's up to you you want to tell yourself I have no time it's your choice not mine one day we're gonna face God anyway and we're going to be judged all of us so what's my advice go ahead don't be faithful don't serve God no don't win souls get busy with your life go ahead get busy with what you do get DC with your iPad with your television with your get busy with that get busy with with your friends enjoy life be loudly be with your friends more and not save then fellowshipping with people or believers in Jesus Christ go ahead do it let's see what happens so the judgment takes place a lot of Christians don't don't like this preaching anymore do you know that they want preaching that will tickle their ears and comfort them you know why is our pastor preaching this way I need some comfort I need some encouragement I'm anxious I'm worried I have problems like I'm afflicted I you know we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ now we will take this up in another preaching the judgment seat of Jesus Christ then a second thing that will take place in the rapture is the tribulation period now please take note that the seven-year tribulation period is divided into two the first three years is what piece the second two years is the time of Jacob's trouble the second two years or second twentieth years would be trouble among the Jews would be too much persecution too much violence but the first three and half years would be peace all right would be peace now in in the book of second Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3 to 7 it says let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there be a falling away first and the word falling away first has been translated to be apostasy apostasy and that man of sin will be revealed the son of perdition who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God showing himself that He is God remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things and now you know what we hold that that he might be revealed in his time for the mystery of iniquity that already worked during post time the mystery of iniquity was working already today they're working so much only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way as I am telling you folks when Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel he is just telling the truth and that will happen and later on the temple will be built but that is not the temple in which Christ will rule in town that's the temple the Antichrist would use to bring in peace in the world that's why I'm telling you the Israel of today is not the Israel that God that God is saying in his word it is not the real and true Israel today all right and that is what everybody should know the temple shall be built but the temple will be used by the Antichrist all right so two things take place after the rapture the judgment seat of the believers and the Tribulation Period later on you're going to find out more about these things as I preach then the next is this the rapture is difficult to understand the rapture is difficult to understand that's why so many preachers do not want to preach this because they know that it is hard to understand why because in 1st Corinthians 15:51 it says it is a mystery it is a mystery first corinthians 15:51 behold I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but what but we shall all be changed we shall all be changed now secondly the exact time that the rapture will take place is not known it's not known so when preachers come and say well the rapture will take place before the first piers of tribulation well the Word of God does not speak of that but surely no look this ecclesia is pre-tribulational and premillennial that is our standard you hear me we are pre-tribulational and we are pre-millennial but listen the word tribulation refer more to the second training of years wait is the time of Jacob's trouble I will not be surprised when the Antichrist is announced and we are still here I won't be but surely Jesus Christ will come at that time Christ will come at that time why because the exact time that this will happen is not known in Matthew 24 verses 36 to 37 but of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the angels of heaven but my father only runs days of nowhere so shall also the coming of the Son of man be I'll be explained to you more later on alright now the next is there are two warnings from the rupture two warnings from the rupture perhaps three all right now the Bible says prepare to meet thy God now the Prophet told that to the Jews prepare to meet the God and the Prophet is telling that to us now prepare to meet thy God hello prepare to meet thy God and that is what the rapture is prepare to meet thy God to the unsaved if you are not safe tonight if you do not know Christ tonight even if you say I'm a member of the MBTA I don't really care if you are not saved tonight take in in your salvation take interest in getting save take entrance in knowing Christ get save today be sure that you are saved and then to the believer a warning to the believer was the one here make serious of your life as a believer make serious of your life as a believer and a disciple of Jesus Christ make serious here dedication to God make serious you're serving God make serious your faithfulness to God whatever your work might be your business might me your career might be whatever it might be you're a student make it serious when it comes to your faithfulness to Jesus Christ warning him the third would be to the backsliders to disable out of the Lord's will this all be here watching two webcast tonight so of you are right there you're not here because you're backslidden listen to me now come back come back come back to God's ecclesia come back to faithfulness if you know you're safe come back to serving God again why because you do not know when Jesus Christ will come back and therefore next is this the rupture should motivate us on these things the rupture should motivate us on these things number one faithfulness in all the services of the earth with Zia hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the Day approaching I'm not going to take the time of your work folks but if you have a chance to come to prayer meeting you better come if we have the chance and I know some of you people are not doing anything on a Tuesday night just watching television just being with your friends well endeavor to be in the year Maya 33 Club and pray I think it's better for you to be caught up together with Christ while you're praying am i right while you'll pray what do you want to be when Christ comes back then secondly loving the Brethren loving the Brethren for solonius chapter 3 verses 12 to 13 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love make it to increase and abound in love one toward another and toward all men even as we do toward you to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God even our Father when at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints loving the Brethren well if in the first place you hate yourself and you cannot love the Brethren either and there are some Christians who have been Christians for many many years and they're more discouraged every time in their lives and I don't understand that folks I came to know Christ I was about 8 years old you know and I still want God to change my life do you realize that I'm not saying you I'm I will never tell you that my length of years in the ministry and my length of years in being a believer in Christ that may be super spiritual that's not so his spirituality must be dealt with every day hello his spirituality must be dealt with every day in your life and you don't ever tell me that 20 years ago you were immature and this year we're not mature and there are times in your own life folks that we are immature people I don't understand how a believer in Christ who has been there for many years are still immature I've seen believers who have been believers for many years they're the most unloving Christians you'll ever see now you look at the new saved people boy they're all smiles after a while when they got to be 10 years as a believer in Christ you don't see them smile often anymore when they get to be 20 years old as a believer in Jesus Christ the more they don't smile when you get the bit 30 years old as a believer in Christ they're grouchy we just don't understand what these people are you know we have that song I think another night a book birthday sweet as the years go by the some of you who have been there for many years it's not getting Swedish getting sour is there an English word like that sour maintain that smile let the joy of the Lord be our strength amen maintain your friendliness and don't you ever try to you know put your hands right in your birthday I've been here for a long long time so on so on who are you anyway I started this church you ain't not yet here I was the first one here do you realize that but I'm still smiling and happy I still enjoy my life you grouchy Old Believers you go ahead and find a grouchy Bible Baptist Church somewhere but not here having the brethren you know I talked with John Joe Minto today and he's telling me pastor thank you for praying I did how are you I believe the Lord is slowly healing me I praise God for that thank you for your prayers and let's continue to pray for him John Joe as an ordinary sickness he can get attack anytime and he will die but you to me it's the surprise things are alive and it's positive he is really asking the Lord to heal him if you're watching right now Jeremy go do the same thing and if you're here right now listening to me and you have cancer don't go into the in the corner and cry over your sickness rejoice they're alive and hopeful that Christ will heal that's one part of loving the Brethren praying for each other thirdly patience James 5 a be ye also patient now I didn't say be a patient we don't want to be in the hospital isn't it and there is why there's a lot of people or in the hospital because they're too impatient be ye also patient then what establish your hearts why why why come on say for the coming of the Lord Drouet 9 apply patience folks be patient with life I mean hey taxes will increase in the days to come be patient all right and I said that ought not to be a problem to beat the believers that ought not to be a problem to cheerful givers why because the believers in Christ who are cheerfully giving is what is content with life in Christ and what that we believe that God supplies all our needs the patient he might supply a little but that's good enough folks whatever and however God supplies it means that that is good enough a man don't ask for more for yourself because that is good enough do you think it is easy for a man that gave a tight of three million today you think it's easy for a man to release the three million pesos and give it do you think it is easy huh the flesh would like to tell him you keep that that's a big amount of money why are you giving it you keep that you need that isn't it but that is how God blesses when we give and sacrifice for him patience patience you know some of you I told our staff you know some of you stuff you teach me patience I told him that and they were happy because I'm they're teaching me patience you know why because the Bible says tribulation worketh patience later on when in joke man fourthly it a an idiom Ajira this it's kind of hard right now hard among believers hard among churches separation from this world now we are in this world we are not of this world I am NOT asking you to separate from your unsaved friends and you don't talk to them anymore that is not what it means a man I'm not asking you that you will not go to a grocery store the own bear and save man no you not find any owned by the same person anyway all right and there are some Baptist people that way there too you know strict with separation that they say don't you ever even buy in a store over and save man in the Philippines almost no store on ban by say people that is not what it means folks what that means is what worldliness the things of this world you see first John chapter 3 verse 2 and 3 beloved now we are the sons of God and it does not yet appear what we shall be but we know when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is and every man that had this hope in him what purify it himself every man that does the work in him purifies himself even as he is pure it means Christ made you righteous declares you righteous he is our righteousness and therefore as you have been made righteous then let's live a righteous life see separation in this world in Titus chapter 2 verses 12 to 13 it says teaching us that denying ungodliness worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God in our Savior Jesus Christ how can how can you look to the glorious appearing of Christ if your life is full of sin if you are living a worldly life how can you look at the glorious appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ separation from worldliness first John chapter 2 tells us that you ought not to love the world we ought not to love the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the father is not in him why why because in the world do what you have the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life it's not of the Father but is of the world now folks just like what I told you before it's hard to do but it can be done Paul said there had no temptation taken you but such as is common to man that God is able I have to tell it to myself every day to you because much as I believed to be godly must I believe to be spiritual a devil in the flesh begins to work ok what you believe huh I'm gonna temp you you're gonna fall and how many pastors in the whole world preaching in good churches have fallen so many times that's why I'm telling you his spirituality must be an everyday and everyday dealing then fifthly do not judge others that's a good it's a good principle here 1st Corinthians 4:5 therefore judge nothing before the time until what until the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the heart and then every man shall have praise of God now look folks I'm preaching here and I'm gonna judge people I'm just preaching I'm just declaring the the truth okay it's each one of us that ought to judge ourselves not me not anyone of you 6 we to all of us to all of you preach the word preach the word 2nd Timothy chapter 4 verse 1 and 2 I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom what preached the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine preach the word how beautiful are the feet of them that was in Romans chapter 10 that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things be beautiful before God let your hands be beautiful for God let your feet be beautiful before God at the coming of Jesus Christ even find us preaching and teaching and declare him the number-7 be comforted be comforted for solonian chapter 4 for 16 to 18 for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel we at UM of God are dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore what comfort one another with these words be comforted don't live comfortable lives but be a comfort to others you know I told in the meeting the other night if you find any of our memories alone living alone getting old visit pray with them you find a member in the hospital go and visit them pray with them we have care groups of our Sunday School classes that's your job to comfort others to give comfort to others the number a soul winning this is a soul winning church we have more than 8,000 people that came here and came forward to be saved last year we baptize 1363 last year we'd like to do more this year we shall win so there was only one year in this ten years that we baptize less than a thousand we always average more than a thousand baptisms every year why because our people win souls our people reach out to others do that Jude 21 to 23 can have it water please keep yourselves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life and of some have compassion making a difference and others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh reach out to others don't just pray for your loved ones to be saved reach out to them don't just pray for your friends to be saved reach out to them we have thousands upon thousands of people who made professions of faith in the last five years more than 360,000 people have made professions of faith in the last 5 years let's go out and reach them again that they might come and truly be saved and get baptized win souls Rochelle and then number 9 concern for heaven concern for heaven in Colossians chapter 3 verse 1 to 4 if he then be risen with Christ seek those things which are what above which were Christ sitteth on the right hand of God set your affections on things above not on things on the earth for your dead and your life is hid with Christ in God when Christ who is our life shall appear then shall he also appear with him in glory so we expect Christ to come soon concern get concerned for heaven two things seek those things which are above number two set your affections on things above now lastly let me just take you and give you a picture of the rapture what is the picture of the rapture before it takes place and when it takes place and after it is taken place what is the picture of the rapture number one we have gross immorality and worldliness look at the world today this was spoken in the Book of Luke chapter 17 26 to 32 by the Lord Jesus Christ himself almost 2,000 years ago you know what he said in Luke 17 26 to 32 it says and as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the son of man when Jesus comes what are those days they did eat they drink the married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the Ark and the flood came and destroyed them all likewise also as it was in a days of lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded but the same day that lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed of course that speaks of the revelation here okay in the day he we shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house let him not come down to take it away and he does in the field let him likewise not return back in verse 32 I remember preaching on this subject many many years ago it says what remember Lot's wife how many of you remember that preaching when I preached that remember Lot's wife that is the kind of world that we are in now gross immorality and worthless just like in a days of Noah it will be our day just like in a days of lot it will be our day this is absolutely the day of Sodom and Gomorrah we are living absolutely in the days of Noah that's the kind of days we're living in and it is now ripe for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ secondly what is the picture of the rapture the missing believer the missing believer Luke 17 verses 34 to 36 I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed two men in one bed I guess one of them is saved am i right well I don't know the one shall be taken the other left oh maybe there's a father and son you know staying together I don't know two women shall be grinding together the one shall be taken and the other left two men shall be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left now one here says in the evening all right now you're not grinding in the morning are you you're not in the field in the evening right okay so it might be a different time zone somewhere it might be evening here right now alright it's 7:15 in the evening here in the Philippines right now in Florida it's 7:15 in the morning in California is about four o'clock in the afternoon it might be of different time zones folks when the Lord Jesus Christ comes back you know I have here the words of the Clarins like in and Clara Starkey and wrote this about a hundred years back am i right he says here we have the rotundity of the earth taught by Christ before it was demonstrated by Columbus two in one bed that means night to grinding grain for the morning or evening meal that means sunrise or sunset two in the field that means midday and there's another proof that when the rapture occurs it will be what instantaneous in the twinkling of an eye at the last Trump and the Bible says and shall go to the earth like lightning boom it's gone all of a sudden it's not even a second it's that twinkling of an eye that the garlic say sang kiseop Matta just like that boom you're gone if you're safe you're God if you're not safe the one who is safe with you is gone then it says if it be the day with us if it be day with us when the rapture occurs the event will be startling startling as it was in the days of Noah the people were will be eating drinking marrying and giving in marriage buying selling planting and building so here you are you're a safe man you are Mary and unsaved man unsaved man and a safe place alright the rapture takes place what happened you're left behind and you're saved folks anyway if you are not safe I have a survival kit here for a Tribulation Period you'll survive if you follow it I'll prepare that any what it wants that please tell me I'm gonna give that to you all right the missing believer it might subhanAllah Sabini Clarence Larkin if it be at a pleasant time of the year the boats and the cars and the parts will be filled with pleasure seekers pleasure seekers if it be in the means of the heat week and during the business hours of the day the shops and stores and mills and malls will be filled with toilers and shoppers and the streets of the cities lined with men and women and children on pleasure and business Ben suddenly a noise from heaven will be heard to the vast majority it will be but a startling sound but to many it will be the voice of the Lord the trumpet shall sound only those who are saved will hear that then he said when the people shall recover from their affrighted condition they will discover that a great many people are missing and that the missing ones were the best people in the community that's all winners in the companies the sole winners in the universities the faithful witness in the homes confusion for a time will reign the working force in the stores banking institutions manufacturing plants and other places of business will find their force depleted by the loss of faithful employees streetcar lines and other means of transportation will be blocked owing to a shortage of men at first the whole thing will be a mystery until someone who has heard of the doctrine of the rapture explains the situation the surprise will be listener that so many professing Christians surprise are left behind and surprised among them many pastors and preachers of the gospel while many who were not known to be Christians but they were there yes serving God faithfully will be missing for a few days the excitement will be intense then the people will set that down to the inevitable with the exception of a few who will repent and turn to God the mass of the people will become more hard and wicked more hardened and wicked more violence more crimes more worldliness will come why because the holy spirit is no longer there the restrainer is gone there will be nothing to prevent the rapid degeneration and he calls it moral put the fraction of those who are left and sin and iniquity and all manner of crime and worthiness will increase and then what and paved the way for the manifestation of the Antichrist under whose administration the world will rapidly ripen for judgment this words were penned by Clarence Clarence like in exactly one hundred years ago this year dispensation of truth in 1918 and it's still true today more truer I would guess today than during this time we will be missing in the rapture or you'll be left behind then thirdly unless the whole world according to Jameson force a brown of his Bible Commentary the whole world in total mass of incurable moral and spiritual corruption that is the picture of the rapture folks number one gross immorality and worthiness number two the missing believers and number three after the rapture the whole world in total mass of incurable moral and spiritual corruption Luke 17 37 says and they answered and said unto them were Lord and he said unto them were so ever the body is neither will the eagle's be gathered together to much corruption incurable and spiritual corruption now question is what if the rapture takes place tonight are we ready what if the rapture takes place tonight are we ready to face the lord of lords and the king of kings think of yourself are you ready think of your family are they saved think of this occasion think of all the members we have around the world you know how many thousands of people who have baptized in 43 years more than 75 thousand who are they you think most of them are actually say I hope so think of the society that we are in now think of our nation think about the whole world if thereafter it takes place tonight shall we stand I'd like to share one more scripture verses tonight the book of 2nd Peter chapter 3 I'm going to read beginning in verse 9 this does not speak of the rapture alone this speaks of the whole and time it says the Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness but is long-suffering to us-ward not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance but the day of the Lord will come as what as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up do you believe that do you believe that as the Word of God here it speak of the whole end time you know what Peter said in verse 11 seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness every head bowed every eye be closed I pause that statement to you tonight not my own but the Word of God the words of God to the Apostle Peter what manner of people should we be God spoke to your heart tonight run towards the author fill up this altar with people that says Lord then afterwards you can kneel down wherever you are if God spoke to your heart tonight you

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