CHRISTIANS
GOING IN THE RAPTURE??? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE
READY???
I feel it is time that I forward one of my tracts
that I wrote, with several hundred thousand in
circulation. For those of you who believe that
ALL Christians will be taken in the Rapture, I hope
and pray that you are right. On the other
hand, if one believes that way, and feels no
need to change his backslidden, lukewarm,
compromising, unwatchful, worldly, or unrepentant
ways, WOE BE UNTO HIM, if he suddenly finds the
Rapture happened and he was left behind. Please
forward this email to any Christian family member or
church friend who may be in any of the above
spiritual conditions. You may have an effect on his
or her eternal life. It is really that important.
Isn't it much safer to get as close to the Lord
as we can in these VERY LAST DAYS? Is there
any negative in doing that??? It is much safer
and wiser to believe that all Christians are NOT
going in the Rapture. Not only safer and
wiser, but I believe MORE SCRIPTURAL, also.
Following is the tract that I wrote:
ARE ALL CHRISTIANS GOING IN THE
RAPTURE??? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE READY???
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 first 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 PRE-TRIBULATION
RAPTURE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS?
It is probably safe to say that a
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
FIRST 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 SECUITTY 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 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 that 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 would thou wert cold or
hot. So then BECAUSE THOU ART LUKEWARM, AND
NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, I WILL SPUE THEE 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,
UNREPENTANT, 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 hour like the Scriptures had
warned them about so many times. They
WASHED THEIR DIRTY ROBES during 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, unrepentance,
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!!!
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 ETERNALLY TOO LATE!
If the Lord has planted the least bit of doubt
or uneasiness in your heart, will you 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 pre-Tribulation 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 VERY
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) 3/3 of
2026, Feast of Purim, and the Fast of Esther, both
Prophetic types of the Rapture and Sudden Nuclear
Destruction. Many Watchers believe that this is
the time of the Rapture/SND. YOU MUST REPENT
NOW!!!
Feel free to make copies of this tract or
forward it to your backslidden, lukewarm,
compromising, unwatchful, unrepentant, and worldly
family members and church friends. Do not
delay. Time is VERY short. What we do,
we must do VERY quickly.
Maranatha!
Ron Reese