RAPTURE

A horrific massacre unfolded Sunday 7/27/25 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Islamic State-affiliated jihadists beheaded at least 49 Christians–nine of them children–during a church service in the village of Komanda. The attackers, members of the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), stormed a church where believers had gathered from surrounding villages to celebrate a Silver Jubilee and to pray for peace amid ongoing violence.  There are approximately 2 billion Muslims worldwide, representing about 25% of the global population.   The Qur’an teaches to be a lovely piece of wood until in control through fear and then to become a very sharp spear point on the wooden shaft when in total control.  Islam may be the very tool that the antichrist uses to bring the whole world into slavery by mid-tribulation.  Islam is based on fear which is faith going backwards.  The World is in the serious Matt. 24 birth pains at this time as shared by Jesus.

Those who to some degree acknowledge the teaching of Jesus are more than 25% of the worlds population.  But not many of those are what I would call REAL Jesus Christians.  Many are gathered around the  “vain traditions” of men and are not among the 5 wise virgins of Matt.25.  The Christian Church (which is also called, The Church,  Bride, Wife,  Body of Christ,  Rod of Iron.) Which began at Pentecost in about 30 AD and becomes a member family in the Family of God will be completed with the Rapture or Great Evacuation.  There are many families which have been saved through Jesus. There may be the families of Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David. (church,) Tribulation and Kingdom.  As many of God’s Families will be attending the Union of Jesus with His Church  and enjoying the Marriage Feast of the Lamb in the Kingdom of God prior to Armageddon.

Some of this is me, perhaps, but it does fits the scriptures that we have.  So what do we have in the Bible for us about this time we are heading into.   Our Lord instructed us not to get fearful as to the birth pains for the delivery of the Body of Christ as in Matt.24 & 25,  Mark 13  &  Luke 21.   But all of the prophetical items listed seem now to be fulfilled or in the process of being fulfilled.  Our Lord answered His disciples questions in a typical way.  He gave them an overview, he then took the important question about the Temple, Matt.25:15-21.  Then He returned again to the substance of their questions to the end.  After answering their questions.  Then He shared about the Rapture which was unknown and not one of their questions, Matt.24:37 through Matt.25.   It would be good for us if we could find the original apostolic manuscripts as the translators ( many not Christian) were trying to understand and make sense of what they were translating without the overview of all of the other scriptures we now have on the same subject.   God’s Truth is best found when we have all that is written on the same subject to fit together.  “Bible Gateway” is a great help in going between the King James, Greek and Amplified to find God’s Truth that sets us free and is full of His Power as a witness.  

It seems  we are quickly heading into a time like Noah.   The ark is now being loaded for the lifting up of the  souls who are in faith, full of light  and  ready to go like the 5 wise virgins in Matt. 25 to the wedding.  The door is then to be shut and locked.  You don’t want to miss out on that flight for sure.  Check out 2 Thess.2:6-12 as to what happens to the folks who procrastinated and too busy with other things to be really ready,  it is not good.  Long ago we had a film called “Left Behind” which was ,big time false, in doctrine.   It is true that there will be tribulation saints.  But the scriptures strongly indicated that those who knew about the return of Jesus and were not ready end up in hell.  Hope I am wrong, but don’t think so.  Better to be ready than not.  And this is what I see in the New Testament over and over,  Luke 21:36    “ Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”    Luke 21:1-36 covers the same time as Mark 13 and Matt.24-25 concerning the questions of all these things to come to pass.  This goes hand in hand with what John writes in 1 John 4:16-17, “And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.  In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.   As in Rom.8:13, I can see no freedom at all for our Carnal or Adamic nature, it must be killed by us through the power that Jesus gave us through faith or it will send us to hell.

For sure, we come to Jesus just as we are without one plea.  But faith without works is dead.  Our loving Creator God has given is all we need to gain the victory over our flesh nature so we can go home to be with HIM as a perfect match for HIM and HIS Kingdom.  And it is a daily battle to empty our cup so it can be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Our flesh will always be crying, “What about me !”  But when we hear that cry we should put more stones on the casket, not a breather and turn it loose for awhile.  Rom 8:13 is very clear: “ For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die, (go to hell.)   But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever, (have God’s Life in a new eternal body.)  Mark also reminds us in Mark 13:24-37: “It is like a man [[a] already] going on a journey; when he leaves home, he puts his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and he gives orders to the doorkeeper to be constantly alert and on the watch.  Therefore watch (give strict attention, be cautious and alert), for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming,   in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning   [Watch, I say] lest He come suddenly and unexpectedly and find you asleep.  And what I say to you I say to everybody: Watch (give strict attention, be cautious, active, and alert)!”  So be sure to be looking for Jesus to return any day now, don’t miss the flight.  All of the prophesy as to the “times and seasons” are fulfilled at this time.  We need our light to be bright and have all of the oil we can carry.  The 5 foolish had money in their pocket but not oil for their lamp.  They did go to buy but were just a little late.   But the door was locked and they were listed as unknown even though they were only just a little bit late to the wedding, they procrastinated. About 4 billion people will die during the Great Tribulation under the Wrath of God.  It is lucifer’s last attempt to secure the ownership of planet earth by trying to exterminate all of the Jews and void God’s promises to Abraham.  It will not happen, but earth will become one big mess for sure