Preparing for the day of the rapture.

 



Hello John and Doves,

I believe that Scripture teaches us how to be prepared for the day of the rapture. Regarding the day of the rapture, there is a whole spectrum of opinions in the church about how the expected coming of the Lord for the bride will take place. Most believe that it is necessary to watch constantly, to constantly expect that day, and that is enough. This opinion prevails in the church. Also, a significant part of the waiting bride believes that it is impossible to know the day of the rapture. Some look forward to specific dates for various reasons, and prepare for them with varying intensity, but when these dates pass, it is not much discussed, others will come.

Now I want to focus on how I perceive what the Word of God teaches about preparing for the day of the rapture. I am not forcing anyone to see it that way, I just recommend that they think about it seriously. I have previously demonstrated in many teachings from various places in Scripture that the day of the rapture is set in the Bible for the day of the feast of Pentecost, which this year falls on July 19. I personally believe that Scripture clearly shows us that day.

How do I see the preparation for the day of the rapture from the Scriptures? The Bible describes it in Luke 12:35-40. Before reading further, I recommend that you study these verses. I believe that in these verses Jesus reveals to us what preparation for the wedding day should look like. In verse 35 it says: “Let your loins be girded.” What does this mean? We know that Roman soldiers girded their loins when they were preparing for a specific event, such as a day of battle or guard duty, they did not walk around with their loins girded all day long. When the Lord Jesus says that we should have our loins girded, in this case He is referring to the day of our wedding. In verse 36 He speaks of waiting for our Lord with our loins girded and so that they will immediately open it for him as soon as he comes and knocks. We can here sense the urgency of the situation.

In verse 37, Jesus teaches that those disciples are blessed whom the Lord finds on that day wakeful. In verse 38, he speaks of the event taking place in one night, during the second or third watch. This is confirmed in verse 39, where it is said that the householder does not know at what hour of the night the thief will come - so he must watch all night. This is then confirmed when the Lord says that he will come at hour you do not expect. He does not speak of the day, but of the hour. The people who were saved (Noah, Lot, Elijah) knew the day, but they also did not know the hour. So the prepared disciples are girded on their loins, they watch all night and wait all day for Jesus.

The same story is described in Matthew 24:42-44, where it is also written that the householder would wait for the thief only one night and that the Son of Man would come at an hour he does not expect.It is also not written on a day he does not expect, but the hour he does not expect.

Now I will continue from Matthew 24:48-51, and from Luke. Both passages describe the same situation. Luke 12:45-47: “But if that servant says in his heart, My Lord is delaying his coming, and begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 then the Lord of that servant will come a day who he does not expect him and and at an hour he knows not, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his Lord’s will, but did not prepare himself or do according to his will, he receives many blows”

I see the following in this story. The evil servant will miss the coming of the Lord because he does not expect the Lord on that day, I repeat, he does not expect. When we turn it to the good servant, it becomes clear that the good servant is waiting for that day. However, neither the evil nor the good servant knows the hour. The evil servant knew the will of his Master, but he did not want to submit to God, he wanted to do his own things and act according to his own will and his own ideas. He deliberately rejected God's revelation. This is written in verse 45, he began to beat his servants. With what did he beat them? By giving them to eat not the food of God's word, but only his own ideas. He gave them to drink of himself and made them so drunk that they lost the ability to see things as they really are. Drunk people do not perceive reality, they create their own, and this without the ability to judgment.

I believe these verses indicate that God considers the revelation of the day of the rapture to be very important to the church. I am not forcing this view on anyone, if they see it differently, it is everyone’s business, but I think it is good to think about it seriously. There is a lot at stake, and we know from Scripture that there will be no second chance to repeat the wedding day. We do not have to understand in detail why this is so important, but it is always best to submit to God’s word with childlike faith. I believe that this day must be revealed to people only through the Word of God, because every Christian in the whole world must have an equal opportunity to understand the day of the rapture from Scripture.

If God had scheduled the rapture for a different day than the one He revealed in Scripture, it would not be fair, because all Christians around the world would not have been given the same opportunity to prepare. The Scriptures are now available to people all over the world. God always gives everyone an equal opportunity and an equal chance to understand His will, and this is always possible only through Scripture.

Personally, I attach great importance to being able to know the day of the rapture from the Bible, and I believe that in this and all other teachings I have presented clear and logical conclusions about this most important day. On July 19th, I will have my loins girded and will wait for the Lord,  that when He knocks, I will open Him immediately.I hope someone will join me.

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Blessings to all, Petr