Unbelievable Events

       There was a Thanksgiving Day a number of years ago, when all of our children and grandchildren were present, so I decided to take a picture of all of them.  The total number of people was thirteen.  If you have tried to take a group picture, you know how difficult it is to get everyone looking their best.  I took over seventeen different pictures and when I looked at them at home, I realized that there was not one picture where everyone was perfect.  Hands, arms, tongues and eyes were either stuck out, crossed or waving in the air.  So, I went to my photo program and took the arm on one person, the head of another a few eyes here and there and then came up with a finished product which now hangs on my office wall.  The photo is "photoshopped."  It is not real but is as close as I could get to the real thing.  So, if someone asks, "How did you get everyone with a good pose?"  The answer is, "I didn't."  There are some things that, when you look at them, just don't seem real.  They are "Photoshopped."   First Thessalonians 4:16-18 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 shall 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."  
        Now, the rapture of the church is going to be so quick that you won't have time to take a picture of everyone leaving.  Even video monitors won't capture the event.  The results of the catching away will be easily visible as vehicles, tools, clothing, will all be left behind and unattended.  Most will probably feel as if their whole life was just "photoshopped" in that quick moment.  They may feel as if it is not real and will be searching for a logical explanation.  Of course, "logical" to the unsaved will mean looking for another reason for the catching away other than that which is recorded in First Thessalonians and First Corinthians Fifteen.  We will probably look to either alien abduction or the current president in power at the time and blame them for the disappearance of so many people.  The truth of the matter, however, is the description of the event in this book of the Bible.  For the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, this is "logical."  We expect it to happen and indeed look forward to it taking place and coupled with Second Timothy three, see that the actual event is getting closer and closer.  One day after this great "Catching Away" will be a time for people to try to "photoshop" the event but the truth is, the believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will have been caught up to meet the Lord in the air, just as it says.  Praise God for His promises.