Are All
Christians going
in the
Rapture?
If, at some
point in your
life, you have
asked Jesus
Christ into your
life, to become
your personal
Lord and
Saviour, does
this GUARANTEE
that you are
going in the
Rapture?
All signs point
to the END OF
THE AGE VERY,
VERY SOON,
SO THE MOST
IMPORTANT
QUESTION YOU
COULD ASK
YOURSELF IS, "AM
I READY FOR THE
RAPTURE?"
Before we go
any further,
let's clarify
what the RAPTURE
is. I
Thessalonians
4:16-17 says,
"For the Lord
Himself shall
descend from
heaven with a
shout, with the
voice of the
archangel, and
with the trump
of God:
and the dead in
Christ shall
rise
first:
then we which
are alive and
remain will 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."
The Rapture
is the GREAT
ESCAPE from the
horrendous
Tribulation
period that is
SOON to come on
ALL THE
WORLD! It
is for a body of
born-again
believers in
Jesus
Christ.
The question is
IS THE RAPTURE
FOR ALL
CHRISTIANS?
It is
probably safe to
say that an
overwhelming majority
of Christians
reading this
tract would say
"YES". We
are NOT
addressing the
issue of
salvation, or
"once saved,
always saved,"
or "eternal
security".
For those of you
who answered
"Yes", CAN YOU
FIND EVEN ONE
SCRIPTURE THAT
GUARANTEES THAT
ALL CHRISTIANS
ARE GOING IN THE
RAPTURE?
Just because
you have always
believed
something, or
your Pastor
believes it, or
your church
teaches it, DOES
NOT MAKE IT
TRUE! IT
MUST BE BASED ON
THE WORD OF
GOD! It is
our fervent
desire that ALL
CHRISTIANS are
going in the
Rapture.
If ALL
CHRISTIANS are
going in the
Rapture, we have
lost nothing by
drawing closer
to the Lord, to
prepare for His
Soon
Return.
If, on the other
hand, we have a
false sense of
security,
regarding our
readiness for
the Rapture, and
we ignore the
Lord's warnings
to GET OUR
HEARTS RIGHT
WITH HIM BEFORE
IT IS TOO LATE,
we have a
TREMENDOUS
amount to
lose. Just
read the Book of
Revelation!
"Lord, Your
Word is
awesome.
Lord, Your Word
is
powerful.
Lord, Your Word
is sharper than
any two-edged
sword.
Lord, use the
convicting power
of the Word of
the Living God
and the
convicting power
of Your mighty
Holy Spirit, to
reveal to every
one of us the
Truth from Your
Word. If
the message of
this tract is
not true,
then cause it to
have no effect
on the hearts of
those reading
it. If,
however, the
message from
Your Word IS
true, we ask You
to release an
outpouring of
Your Holy Spirit
on Christians
everywhere.
For those who
are not
spiritually
ready, cut to
the very bottom
of their heart
and REMOVE THAT
FALSE SENSE OF
SECURITY IN THE
NAME OF
JESUS! AMEN."
Your opinion,
and my opinion,
do not
matter.
What you have
been taught does
not
matter. WHAT
DOES THE WORD OF
GOD
SAY? This
is ALL that
really
matters.
The remainder of
this tract will
be WARNINGS
DIRECTLY FROM
THE WORD OF GOD,
CONCERNING YOUR
READINESS FOR
THE RAPTURE! (If
YOU are ready,
that's
wonderful, but
how
about your
family, your
friends, and
those who sit in
the church pews
around you?)
In Luke 21,
the whole
chapter is
discussing the
End of
the Age and
the Second
Coming of
Christ. In
verses 34-36,
JESUS GIVES AN
OMINOUS WARNING
TO ALL
CHRISTIANS, "and
TAKE HEED TO
YOURSELVES, lest
at any time
YOUR HEARTS
be over-charged
with surfeiting
(partying), and
drunkenness, AND
CARES OF THIS
LIFE, and so
THAT DAY COME
UPON YOU
UNAWARES.
For as a snare
(trap) shall it
come on all them
that dwell on
the face of the
whole earth.
WATCH YE,
therefore, AND
PRAY ALWAYS,
THAT YE MAY BE
ACCOUNTED WORTHY
TO ESCAPE ALL
these things
that shall
come to pass,
and to stand
before the son
of man (Jesus)."
If ALL
Christians were
going to take
part in this
GREAT ESCAPE,
WHY WOULD JESUS
GIVE SUCH A
STERN AND
OMINOUS WARNING
TO THE END-TIME
CHRISTIAN??? This
is DEFINITELY a
very PERSONAL
WARNING for each
of us. The
subject matter
can be nothing
but the
Tribulation hour
and the
Rapture.
Jesus says to
pray
always. Surely,
Jesus knows that
a non-Christian
cannot be in an
attitude of
constant
prayer.
Surely,
non-Christians
are not expected
to be LOOKING
FOR THAT DAY and
WATCHING for
signs of His
Soon Return.
Jesus is
continuously
talking to HIS
FOLLOWERS
throughout this
chapter.
Jesus says to
TAKE HEED TO
YOURSELF. He is
addressing YOUR
HEART and He is
constantly
personalizing
this message to
YOU, to YE, THE
CHRISTIAN!
ARE YOU
LISTENING?
ARE YOU READY???
What can we
do, as
Christians, to
be found WORTHY
of the Lord's
GREAT ESCAPE,
THE
RAPTURE?
Jesus tells
us to be in a
constant
attitude of
prayer.
Become so close
to the Lord that
you can talk
with Him about
anything.
Pray that the
Lord would
reveal to YOU
anything in your
life that might
keep you from
being ready for
the
Rapture.
Then you need to
act upon that
which the Lord
shows you to do.
In this
passage, the
Lord strongly
encourages us to
be
WATCHING for
the SIGNS of His
Soon Return, so
that we would
not be UNAWARE
of the
approximate time
of His
Return.
Jesus said we
could KNOW
when His
Return was NEAR,
EVEN AT THE
DOORS! ALL
SIGNS NOW
CONFIRM TO US
THAT HIS COMING
IS AT THE
DOOR!!!
If you do not
have this firm
conviction in
your heart that
our Lord's
Return is AT THE
DOOR, it is
probably because
you have not
been WATCHING
for signs as He
continuously
admonishes us to
do over and over
again in the New
Testament (Read
Mark 13 and
14). Are
the CARES OF
THIS LIFE your
priority, or do
you so much look
forward to His
Return that YOU
LOVE HIS
APPEARING (II
Timothy 4:8)
more than the
things of this
life?
The CARES OF
THIS LIFE (Luke
21:34) are what
cause us to
become "worldly"
Christians, or
"backslidden"
Christians, or
"lukewarm"
Christians.
Luke 21:34-36
(Go back and
read it again)
strongly implies
that these types
of Christians
ARE NOT READY
FOR THE
RAPTURE!!!
In
Revelation, starting
with Chapter 6,
the horrible
judgments of the
Tribulation are
poured
out on an
unsuspecting
world. In
Chapters 1-3,
there are
several WARNINGS TO
THE CHRISTIANS
IN THE LAST
DAYS, WARNINGS
BEFORE THE
RAPTURE AND THE
GREAT
TRIBULATION IN
CHAPTERS 6--19.
The constant
theme of
Revelation,
Chapter 2, is
the NEED OF THE
END-TIME
CHRISTIAN TO
REPENT! Rev.
2: 4-5 says, "I
have somewhat
against thee,
because THOU HAS
LEFT THY FIRST
LOVE.
Remember,
therefore, from
whence thou are
fallen, AND
REPENT, and do
the first
works; or else I
WILL COME UNTO
THEE QUICKLY,
AND WILL REMOVE
THY CANDLESTICK
OUT OF HIS
PLACE, EXCEPT
THOU REPENT."
If you HAVE
LEFT YOUR
FIRST LOVE,
you are a
"backslidden"
Christian.
You need to
REPENT and
restore your
relationship
with Christ,
back to what it
should be.
Is the Lord
speaking to YOUR
HEART RIGHT NOW?
Rev. 3:10
says, "Because
thou has kept
the word of my
patience, I ALSO
WILL KEEP THEE
FROM THE HOUR OF
TEMPTATION,
which shall
come upon
all the world,
to try
them who
dwell upon the
earth."
The implication
of this verse is
obvious.
If the end-time
Christian does
NOT stay close
to
the Lord,
and endure to
the end, HE WILL
NOT BE KEPT FROM
THE TRIBULATION
HOUR!
Rev. 3: 15-16
is ANOTHER
OMINOUS WARNING
TO ALL
CHRISTIANS, "I
know thy works,
that thou are
neither cold nor
hot:
I wish that
you were
either cold
or hot. So
then
BECAUSE YOU
ARE LUKEWARM,
AND NEITHER COLD
NOR HOT, I WILL
SPUE YOU
OUT OF MY
MOUTH."
Can you
honestly give
another
explanation for
this verse,
other than the
LORD CASTING
LUKEWARM
CHRISTIANS OUT
INTO THE
TRIBULATION?
What are YOU
doing that would
show the Lord
that you are ON
FIRE for
Him? These
verses say
emphatically that
their WORKS WERE
LUKEWARM.
What happens
to the
unwatchful SERVANT
who believes his
LORD is not
coming back for
a while, and is
not that
concerned about
the way he is
living his
life?
Matthew 24:
50-51 says, "the
LORD of that
SERVANT...shall
cut him asunder,
and appoint him
his portion with
the hypocrites:
there shall be
weeping and
gnashing of
teeth (The
Tribulation
Hour?)."
In Matthew
25:30, we see
the exact same
result for
the unprofitable
SERVANT.
In both cases,
there is A
LORD--SERVANT
RELATIONSHIP
ALREADY
ESTABLISHED. ARE
ALL CHRISTIANS
GOING IN THE
RAPTURE?
WHAT DOES THE
WORD SAY???
This world is
full of
LUKEWARM,
BACKSLIDDEN, UNWATCHFUL,
AND WORLDLY
Christians.
In Rev. 7:9, we
see a GREAT
MULTITUDE, that
no man could
number, standing
before the Lamb
of God in
Heaven.
Verse 14
describes them,
"These are they
which came OUT
OF GREAT
TRIBULATION, AND
HAVE WASHED
THEIR ROBES, and
made them white
in the blood of
the Lamb."
In Chapter 20,
it says they
were beheaded,
for not taking
the Mark of the
Beast.
This great
multitude of
people already
had robes.
Your Robe
of righteousness
is given to you
at the time of
your
salvation.
They were
already saved
but their ROBES
WERE
DIRTY.
These
COMPROMISING
Christians were
caught up
in the
CARES OF THE
WORLD when the
Rapture happened
and they were
cast into the
Tribulation like
the Scriptures
had
warned them
about so many
times.
They WASHED
THEIR DIRTY
ROBES in the
Great
Tribulation
because there is
no compromise
then---IT'S
EITHER JESUS
CHRIST (and lose
your head) OR
ANTICHRIST (and
lose your soul
FOREVER)!!!
Do you really
want to have to
face that
choice? It
is clear from
God's Word what
you must do to
be assured of a
place in the
Rapture.
YOU MUST ACT
QUICKLY BECAUSE
THE TIME FOR THE
RAPTURE IS
ALMOST HERE!
1. Make sure
that you have
received Jesus
Christ into your
life as your
PERSONAL Lord
and Saviour.
2. Examine
your own heart
for any signs of
backsliding,
worldliness,
unwatchfulness, compromising, or
lukewarmness.
3. REPENT
(Turn COMPLETELY
away from sin
and turn
COMPLETELY
around towards
Jesus).
Sin separates
you from God,
even as a
Christian.
4. Study
end-time
Biblical prophecy,
until you become
completely
convinced that
His Coming is,
indeed, AT THE
DOOR. This
will help keep
you from
temptation and
sin. JESUS
IS COMING VERY
SOON!!!
The extreme
nearness of the
Rapture IS THE
PURIFYING FORCE
IN THE LIFE OF
THE BELIEVER (I
John 3:3).
5. Do
something for
the Lord.
(Passing out
tracts would be
a good start.)
6. Examine
your priorities,
lest the CARES
OF THIS LIFE
cause YOU
to MISS THE
RAPTURE, as we
are so adamantly
WARNED about in
Luke 21, and
so many
other
Scriptures.
7. Draw
closer to
God by
praying, reading
His Word,
attending a
fundamental
church as often
as possible, and
surround
yourself with a
Christian
atmosphere
(Christian
friends,
books, music,
radio, TV, etc.)
8. PRAY
DILIGENTLY.
ASK THE LORD TO
REVEAL TO YOU
ANYTHING IN YOUR
LIFE THAT EVEN
MIGHT KEEP YOU
FROM THE
RAPTURE.
PRAY THAT THE
LORD WOULD GIVE
YOU A
PEACE, IF YOU
ARE READY,
AND AN UNREST
AND UNEASINESS
IN YOUR HEART,
IF YOU ARE NOT
READY.
9. Listen for
His voice and
then STAY OPEN
TO THE LEADING
OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
10. Act upon
that, which the
Lord is calling
you to do. DO IT
NOW BEFORE IT IS
TOO LATE!
If the Lord
has planted the
least bit of
doubt or
uneasiness in
your
heart, PLEASE swallow
your pride and
pray this prayer
with me:
"Dear Lord,
Thank you for
preparing a WAY
OF ESCAPE from
the horrible
Tribulation to
come. It
is
my sincere
desire to be
ready for your
Soon Return, so
that I can
participate in
the
Rapture.
Give me a
COMPLETE PEACE
IN MY HEART FROM
YOU if I am,
indeed, ready.
Let there be
no false sense
of security in
my heart,
concerning my
readiness for
Your
Return.
Begin to reveal
to me things in
my life and in
my heart, that
might keep me
from the
Rapture.
Show me what I
need to do to BE
READY, and then
give me the
power to act
upon that which
you show me to
do. Draw
me away from the
world, and
closer to you
every day.
Use me in
whatever way you
can to help
others, who may
not be ready for
your
Return.
Fill me with
your peace when
I am ready and
fill me with
YOUR POWER, for
victory over sin
and temptation,
and for
effective
service for your
kingdom.
In Jesus' mighty
name, Amen."
The words of
the Lord that He
would leave with
you in these
last days before
His Return,
"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."
(Revelation 3:3)
Feel free to
make copies of
this tract or
forward
it to your
backslidden,
lukewarm,
compromising,
unwatchful, and
worldly family
members and
friends.
Do not
delay.
Time is very,
very
short.
What we do, we
must do quickly
now.
Maranatha!
Ron Reese