The Unexplainable

      I have several containers in my basement that contains a lot of screws, washers, nuts and bolts of articles that have broken and have ended up in the trash can. Usually, when something comes up as not working anymore, I like to take it apart to see what happened. There is very little hope of me fixing it. It is more like a curiosity as to what is inside of it. It is amazing as to how many small screws, nuts and bolts are inside of the average computer. I doubt that I could even get it back together let alone fix the problem that caused its failure to work. When I end up with the little project, I still wonder as to how it operated in the first place. I am amazed to think about how many things are going through the air waves for radio, television and internet. Maybe I will understand it by and by. First Thessalonians 4:17-18 says, “ 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.”

      The Second advent of the Lord Jesus Christ is one of the greatest mysteries to me. This is something that I don't have any idea how it is going to work. The Second Coming is often referred to in the Bible and even the Lord Jesus Christ reminded us of it in numerous passages in the New Testament. In John 14, Jesus mentions that He will come again. The Thessalonian passage describes what is going to take place even though many physical laws are broken. Jesus coming in the air seems impossible and my rising from the ground to meet Him in the air seems even more impossible since I find it difficult to even get out of the recliner, let alone rise any distance into the air to meet the Lord Jesus Christ. This particular passage is often referred to as the “rapture” passage even though the word itself is not used in the English language. The word, “rapture” is from a Latin word that was used for the “caught up” phrase in the verse, but how is it going to work? That will be another one of those things that I will understand perhaps by and by but certainly don't know how it will happen now. I don't understand how my TV works so that a picture can be transmitted thousands of miles and come up on a screen in my living room. I don't understand mother boards and central processing units, nor flash drives or SD cards but they all do what they are supposed to do and I accept them and use them on a daily basis. I also, don't understand how God does what He does which seems to violate physical laws, but He did what the Bible says and I accept it simply because God said it was so. I don't understand how God parts large bodies of water so people can walk through on dry ground, but He did. I don't understand how Enoch didn't die but just went to be with the Lord, but he did. I don't understand how Jesus walked on the water, but He did. I don't understand how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, but He did. I don't know how the rapture is going to work, but it will according to God's Word. None of us may understand how God is going to answer our prayers, or how He is going to work in our lives today, but we have confidence in the Word of God that He will and it will always be amazing. Praise God today for the fact that He does what seems to be impossible to us but is common to Him.