Coming Events

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     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”

     I recall purchasing gasoline on the base in Anacostia, D.C. for about a quarter a gallon.  That meant you got four gallons for a dollar.  Well, things have changed a little since then and now it is flipped and you get one gallon for four dollars and change.  Some places are higher than that.  Not only that, prices are going up on all kinds of things as inflation runs out of control.  Wars are still being fought around the world with some real big ones going on at present and the threat of nuclear catastrophe on the horizon.  Almost everyone is wondering what is taking place  and what hope is there for the people of this planet.  The answer to all of these questions and problems that exist  in the world today is the Lord Jesus Christ.  People say, “Oh, you always say that.”  Yes I do because that is the only hope for each and every soul that  has ever existed or will exist.  The promises and prophecies of the Word of God are sure and have been guaranteed by the seal of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the grave.  He conquered death and His promises are sure as were spoken in Acts 1:11, John 141-6 and the above passages among many others.

     When the time comes, when it is the exact and precise moment that God the Father has planned, His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ  will return in a series of events that will shock t he world beyond understanding.  The trumpet will sound, the voice of the archangel will be heard and then the dead in Christ will be raised and we who are alive at that moment, as believers in Christ , will be joining them in the air.  The Body of Christ, the Church, will be raised in waht we commonly refer to as the rapture.  The word rapture is not found in the English text of the Scripture but it is in the Latin text for “caught up.”  It  will occur in an instant, as it says, like the twinkling of an eye which I have been told is about one ten thousandth of a second.  I always say that each day we live is one day closer to this fantastic and great event.   How close are we?  Only the Father knows the time, but we can look around us and see the pre signs as Paul wrote to Timothy in the second epistle in chapter three verses one through 5.  The chance for salvation is now not waiting to see if it really happens.  Then, it will be too late.  Praise God today for that blessed hope of His Second Coming.