During these last few days God has been speaking into my heart about getting the Church ready to meet with the Lord. Studying the prophecies, we can clearly see that God’s countdown is coming to an end!
Countries all around the world are falling apart, laden with absolute corruption. The world is being prepared for the antichrist’s government. Our redemption is near and many are not prepared, their spiritual life is dormant, most people are focused on their earthly life alone, investing on this earth, they are in love with this lost and evil world. They are like the foolish virgins, with no oil in their lamps and they will get left behind.
I’m not giving you the day or time, I’m only preaching the message of Jesus!
Do you know what season we are in right now? You must open your eyes to the signs of the times and be ready for the Rapture or your death that can happen at any second.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE BEST? The Rapture is Coming!
Let’s read the prophetic sermon of Jesus about His coming.
“As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.” Matthew 24:3-8 NIV
“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
Matthew 24:12-13 NIV
““Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
Matthew 24:32-35 NIV
After the lesson of Fig tree Jesus begins to describe the scenario that we call “The Rapture”. Paul the Apostle called it “being caught away”:
““But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.”
“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” Matthew 24:36-44 NIV
Because of our limited time, I cannot break this chapter down completely but I encourage you to study it at home, please. This teaching about end times is not from just anybody, this is Jesus and He’s saying: if you want to know how close you are to my return, this is my personal message to you about it!
Jesus’s disciples asked him: What will be the sings of your coming and how will we know that we are in the end times?
Jesus began to tell them that there would be a generation of people that would witness a quick fulfilment of prophecies, when one after another they would begin to take place.
Jesus said: The generation that witnesses all these things will see my return.
I will not tell you the hour, I will not tell you the day but you will know the season. When you see these signs have began to take place, know that I’m at the door. And Jesus speaks about many signs.
There will be false prophets and false religious faith leaders, false teachers and preachers in the churches who are not preaching the true Gospel of Jesus.
People will follow them because they will tell them what they want to hear instead of messages about eternity and the end of times.
There is one research done by LifeWay that says that only one third of pastors from Protestant churches believe in the Rapture and preach about it.
Did you know that one in every 30 verses in the New Testament says: Jesus is coming back.
The Coming of the Lord is referred to 1845 times in the Bible, 1,527 in the Old Testament and 318 in the New.
However, only one third of the church’s pulpits are preaching about Jesus’ return! (That is astounding to me)
Jesus said : there would be wars and nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains.”
Matthew 24:7-8
You may say: But I have been seeing these very things happening all throughout my life and Jesus never came back.
And yes, there has been signs of the end of times all throughout history but they have never happened all at once like now.
Jesus said these signs will be like birth pains. Paul also said that the end times will be like the labour pains of a pregnant woman. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)
When a pregnant woman is close to having a baby (only a woman could really know) there are little signs and some discomfort, and after that there is a short period where she feels no pain. As the time gets closer for a woman to have a baby, the time between contractions begins to get shorter and the pain intensifies until the birth.
That’s exactly how it will be, the generation that sees it will then know that Jesus is coming back.
Since the pandemic there has been one thing after the other and the next. Jesus was saying: just like a woman with birth pains, you will also see the sings more and more frequently and they will intensify.
There has always been wars, there has always been false prophets, famines, volcanos, earthquakes – But Jesus said: When you see all of these things again and again, one after another, when catastrophes seem to be intensifying, be prepared because I’m coming and you need to be ready to go with Me!
Another sign of the end time is persecution, and we know that persecution is increasing. The more you stand for Jesus and for the truth, the more you are persecuted. This world and our culture is getting more and more wicked and perverse. This persecution is not the “The Great Tribulation”, because the great tribulation will come after the Rapture.
I’m not here to bring you bad news, but I’m here to bring the Good News of The Gospel. I’m here to preach the Truth! You need to be ready to suffer persecution and if you persevere till the end you will be saved!
Another sign of end times is:
“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,”
Matthew 24:12 NIV
Jesus said that many in the church will grow cold and many will fall away from faith, fall away from church and fall away from biblical values.
There are many people who are following their own ideas, their own desires, people who don’t listen to their leaders anymore and don’t follow the teachings of the Bible. The love of many will give away and grow cold.
““But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
Matthew 24:36-39 NIV
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man! It will be like it was in the days of Noah! It will take place in a day just as any ordinary day!
They were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day when Noah entered the ark!
It will be just like any other ordinary day, people will be just going to their jobs, living a normal life, eating, drinking and going about their business; Jesus said : “That’s exactly how it’s going to be when I come back.”
Suddenly the flood came and many were left behind. So shall be at the coming of the Son of Man.
People will be busy, people will just be caught up in this life, they will be distracted, they will be preoccupied, they will be worldly, they will be carnal.
Jesus said: My return will be like the days of Noah and I will come to seize, to take away those who are prepared.
“That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes. “Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.” Matthew 24:39-41 NLT
Jesus made it very clear that His Return is for those who are waiting on Him and prepared for the Rapture.
What happened in the days of Noah? Noah and his family were in the Ark and they were taken to a high place, a place safe from tribulation and death.
Christ will come only for those who are eagerly waiting for him.
“so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:28 NLT
As a pastor I feel the urge and the need to warn you and to compel you to be ready for the coming of the Lord. He will come again to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him!
Do you understand that the Return of Jesus is imminent? It can happen at any moment! It can happen before I finish this message! This is not a game or something that may or not happen. It will happen soon!
Jesus said: I will not give you the hour or the day but I am going to give you important clues and you will know when the time is coming!
When Jesus finishes chapter 24, He goes immediately into Matthew 25, the history of the ten virgins.
All of the 10 virgins knew the bridegroom was coming but only 50% of them had oil in their lamps and the other 50% were not ready for the coming of the bridegroom.
The next event on God’s prophetic calendar is the “Rapture”!
Are you ready for the best? I’ve been living each day waiting for this!
The Rapture will be the first event to happen and after the Rapture the world goes into the Great Tribulation. After the Rapture we will be in Heaven at the rewards banquet, called the marriage Supper of the Lamb. And the World will go in chaos and the antichrist will reign for 7 years. There will be only one currency, one government and if you don’t accept the mark of the beast you could be saved, but you’ll have a very hard time.
Jesus told the parable of the 10 virgins to teach us that it’s possible to think that you are ready for the rapture, but still not be really ready!
You must be fully ready! As pastor I have warned you, Jesus is coming! He is coming again and we need to be ready!
When Noah entered the Ark, God shut the door!
For me, today’s Ark is represented by the Church of Christ, and you need to be part of the Church, not be a church visitor but be actually connected to the church.
I know the Church is not perfect but it’s the Body of Christ, and the bride of Jesus!
Jesus will come to rapture those who are connected to His Body that is the Church!
Are you ready for the best? Are you ready for the rapture? Are you a part of the church of Jesus? Are you connected with the body of Christ? Are you sure of your salvation? Is your name written on the book of Life?
I invite you to run to the cross today! Jesus offered eternal salvation to all who go to Him and recognise that they are sinners and they need a saviour! Come to Him in repentance, confessing your sins and receive eternal life.
God loves you and has a beautiful future for you! Serve Him with all your heart because it will be worth it.