Why will there be a Rapture?  Cuz HE LOVES US !

      I see all over the Internet,  usually in the "comments" section below
postings, that there are a lot of folks who believe the Rapture is a false
teaching and hold that we Christians must  resign ourselves to "spilling
our blood" because JESUS said that some of you will be killed. You can
discern from their wording that they are derisive in their thinking, almost
smug. You get a sense that they are feeling superior to the people who
have been " duped" into believing in the Rapture.  We are considered fools
to think we can "escape" the coming wrath. Clearly these types pick and
choose only certain parts of Scripture and then combine them to draw
their conclusions.  A lot of well meaning Christians do this as well and
underlying this approach is the false concept of having to EARN their
way into Salvation.  They obviously have an incomplete understanding of
GRACE and it's unique role in our Salvation.  Pride is behind their missing
this fact that it is HIS Grace and HIS Grace alone that that saves us. The
only conditions HE puts forth for us to receive HIS GRACE is that we
must be KNOWN to HIM and admit that we are unworthy( repent) and
ask HIM to forgive us our failing. These "anti-rapture" types believe that
their strength of faith will see them through the Wrath to come and will
MERIT SALVATION because of it. They feel, in their Pride, their faith
is strong enough to face the evil that's coming, even unto death.  What
they don't realize is just how horrible that evil is going to be.  This evil is
beyond their understanding.  This evil isn't going to torture them to death
just once, they are going to revive them and torture them over and over
again until they submit.  Where will their pride of strength be then?
       JESUS knows all this is coming and is NOT going to subject HIS
LOVED ONES to this type of testing when we are of HIS FLOCK of
BELOVED SHEEP already and have been in a LOVING RELATIONSHIP
with HIM before the arrival of satan and his minions.  HE will NOT LOSE
a SINGLE ONE the FATHER HAS GIVEN HIM.....NOT ONE!!
       So to those who are looking to them selves and their strength of faith
and their incomplete understanding of HIM and HIS WORD and  HIS
PROMISES,  I say "Good luck with that"  I KNOW WHERE I STAND
WITH JESUS, MY LORD, MY SAVIOR, MY KING, MY FRIEND!
They obviously, by their disbelief, don't have an understanding of HIS
WORD and PROMISE so are given to a reprobate mind. So pay no
attention to these naysayers and leave them to their fate.  We KNOW
HIM and HE KNOWS US........and HE IS FAITHFUL to us and will
NEVER FORSAKE US !

                 MARANATHA!

                        TH

PS.            Sadly,  those that don't believe in the Rapture, are for themselves,
                    correct.