Oh, Glory Be To God!
Spring Has Sprung!  
                                                           By Pasror F. M. Riley
                                                          March 5, 2021
          “The voice of my Beloved!  Behold, He cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
     My Beloved is like a roe or a young hart:  He standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, shewing Himself through the lattice.,
     My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, My love, My fair one, and come away.
     For, lo, the winter ia past, the rain is over and gone,
     The flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
    The fig tree putteth forth her green fig, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.  Arise, My love, My fair one, and come away.                        
                                   Song of Solomon 2:8-13   
INTRODUCTION
    Okay, all you English critics.  I am well aware that “sprung” is not considered to be good grammer.  But it is in my dictionary, and it serves my purpose for this study.  

SPRING
    I am also well aware that the Spring Equinox has not yet happened.  The exuinox and first day of Spring will come on March 20th, 15 more days from today.  
    I am also aware that in the Rocky mountains to the west, and to some of the northern states, the weather is still cold, with snow and ice, and cold wind.  But I don’t live in those places. Here in southern Missouri…….
    We are enjoying 50, 60, and 70 degree days.  The Sun is shining brightly, the warm winds are now coming from the south, the trees are putting on buds, and the grass is beginning to  turn green.  
     The birds are singing, the turtle doves are cooing, and the Easter flowers are pushing up through the soil.  In othere words, the environment about us is exactly like the inspired Word says it will be when the Lord comes to call His beloved, His fair one, home to glory.  
AND VICTORY
     I am expecting the rapture to  occur on THE THIRD DAY following Passover, which will be March 30th, or on the Jewish calendar that day will be Nisan {Abib} 17.  “17” is the Bible number signifying VICTORY.  Read Paul’s inspired statement in 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, and rejoice.  Death is not the end, as some unbelieving lost people think.  The graves of our deceased loved ones, who died in the faith, will SOON burst open, and they will come forth in new glorified bodies even like the body of our Lord, Philippians 3:20-21.  And we living believers will hear the VOICE or our Lord as He calls to us from above. Our bodies will be instantly  CHANGED, and made like His glorious body. Then we shall be “caught up” together with all of the  resurrected saints; those who died in the faith, to meet our precious  Lord Jesus in the air, 1 Thess 4:13-18; 1 John 3:1-2.  
    No more sickness and sorrow, no more pain and death, no more old age, Job 33:25.  There are no old people in Heaven!  Many true believe have died from the sicknesses and ailments that come with growing old, but they didn’t stay that way.  When we meet them again they will be young and whole and healthy, and the beauty of Jesus will be shining all over their faces.  Glory to God!  
    Folks, this is just a glimpse of what our Lord has prepared for every true believer, 1 Corinthians 2:9.  Praise the Lord!  
CONCLUSION
    I have written this study for no other purpose than to encourage true believers to stand fast, pray earnestly, witness to every lost person who will listen to you while there is still an opportunity for them to be saved before the rapture.  SPRING HAS SPRUNG, so spring into action.  
    It already seems like SPRING HAS SPRUNG here in southern Missouri, and I am looking forward to meeting every true believer in glory above in just a few more days.  March 30th,  Nisan 17, THE THIRD DAY after Passover.  Dear reader, please be ready when the Trumpet sounds, 2 Peter 1:10-11.  
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