Am I READY FOR THE RAPTURE ?(A VERY GOOD AND SIMPLE TEST AND ANSWER IN THE HOLY BIBLE) !
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Dear brethren of Five Doves

This is again Daniel from Switzerland. My mother tongue is Swiss German but my English is quite ok and so I hope You understand very well the following message and that the Lord will encourage You a lot:

There is the ongoing discussion "who is worthy to be in the rapture and which are the christians left behind and missing the rapture ?"

As all of us - so I guess - I am praying too to be worthy to be part of the bride and I see on one side the Holiness of the Lord and on the other side my old sinful nature and
the normal everyday life with the confrontation of the fallen world and sinful world each day again and from day to day not getting younger but getting older and weaker - I think You all know what I mean....

And I prayed to the Lord "SHOW ME IF I AM WORTHY TO BE IN THE RAPTURE AND HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF I AM WORTHY TO ESCAPE ON THAT VERY GREAT COMING DAY
OF THE RAPTURE OR IF I AM BACKSLIDDEN AND WILL MISS THE RAPTURE?".


And the Lord gave me a VERY SIMPLE ANSWER:  ACTS 8,26 ff:

It is the story of Philip and the Ethiopian and it is the ONLY RAPTURE EXAMPLE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. We know the raptures in the Old Testament of Enoch and Elija, but this is the one rapture example in the New Testament:

Acts 8,39  "AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUGHT AWAY PHILIP"

And what was the typical spiritual character that he was raptured away:

You find the answer at the beginning of this story:

Acts 8,26  "AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPOKE, ARISE AND GO...
Acts 8,27  "...AND HE AROSE AND WENT".

The spiritual character of Philip was that HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD AND HE OBEYED TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD (=THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT) !!!

And it is my experience - and as well Your experience dear brethren - when You obey to the voice of the Lord the consequence is that You hear that voice better and better in Your everyday life and the peace of the Lord 
in Your heart is growing more and more - and when this is Your everyday experience on a very normal day then YOU WILL NOT MISS THE RAPTURE !

But when You hear the voice of the Lord and You do not obey then it will become more and more difficult to hear the voice of the Lord.

LAODIZEA CHRISTIANS AND BACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIANS WILL MISS THE RAPTURE !

Because a backslidden christian is not cold and not hot. You can only have the "Laodizea temperature" when You were once hot - cold cannot become automatically hotter but hot can become "Laodizea temperature" in doing nothing and not obeying to the Lord.

And a backslidden and Laodizea christian is always a person who once
heard the voice of the Lord but did not obey - and such a person will
of course miss the rapture.

And so the answer from the Lord to me to be part in the rapture was very simple:

Check Your daily walk with the Lord and IF YOU REALLY HEAR THE VOICE OF THE LORD AND IF YOU OBEY TO THAT VOICE THEN YOU ARE READY AND WILL BE RAPTURED !!!

We all know that we experience the faithfulness of the Lord when we hear His voice and obey and we could all give many small and great examples about this truth and His faithfulness out of our daily lifes.

And if THE LORD IS ALREADY SO FAITHFUL (and He indeed is !) IN THE SMALL THINGS OF LIFE THEN HE WILL ALSO BE FAITHFUL IN THE GREAT THINGS - AND THE
RAPTURE IS A GREAT THING.


Hope You are encouraged and read this TRUTH OF HEARING THE VOICE OF THE LORD + OBEY TO THAT VOICE + BEING RAPTURED in ACTS 8,26 - 40.



Maranatha

Daniel from Switzerland