That second time will be something called the rapture

That second time will be something called the rapture

Local Commentary Now one thing for sure is you can't say that God never gave you and me or all the rest of humanity the chance to become one of his. Now if you have read me at all then you know that I have covered one of those chances where the lost had the opportunity to take God as their savior and not be put into the same place that Satan lives, now there was an exemption and that was all the children that were living at that time and had not come to the age of being accountable to God, so at their death they immediately went to be with him.

Now that one chance that I'm talking about was the flood and I explained that one in another one of my previous articles, and that one was bad because he only allowed eight people out of all that was living at that time to be saved and contrary to what some might believe it was not God's fault and what he did was not because he was a bad God, but because his creation refused to obey his wishes and love him.

Remember Adam and Eve? Well that's the same thing that we see out of most people today because if you will take a look you will see or hear about more gods in this world than ever have been before and I know that some of you will think that my God that I worship with all my heart is just to much of a loving God, so you think he could never do anything like that, so by thinking that way there is no way you can ever get them to believe that there was ever a flood at all but let me say this, God has a God's wrath side of him that you don't want to ever get on because there is know way you can win and as hard as you might try you can never come up with a scenario that you can think of where death is involved would pale in comparison to the place that I'm talking about with God.

Now let's move on to the second chance that I was telling you about that so many will be given the opportunity to skip out on all the bad stuff and that would be the Rapture and again I know that there are a lot that don't believe that there is such a thing as the Rapture but with everything that I have read and studied and believe about God's word it says there will be a Rapture or snatching away so that he can take his bride or believers what ever you prefer out of the hour of temptation or the start of that awful period that is called tribulation and when that happens there will be all types of chaotic things happening all over the world.

But first let's talk some more about this happening that the Bible talks about called the Rapture and I know that they are some reading this right now and thinking that the Bible don't say the word Rapture so I will let you call it anything that you want to and if you want to call it God shouting from a cloud to come up hither then that's ok with me. What I want to talk about here is the saved that is living when he comes back in that cloud.

Now I don't mean to be confusing here but the ones that have died through the years will get the opportunity to go to the cloud first or at least their bodies because when they died their souls automatically went to be with God, remember the words to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord so he brings all these souls with him to be reunited with the body and then go through a process called glorification just like Jesus when he was telling Mary in the garden that he had not been to the father yet to get his glorification so for her not to touch him and the ones that are living here when the rapture happens and they are Christians then they will go second and get their glorification.

And this means that at that time we will be just like Jesus and will never get old or die or anything that the old body would have to endure. You know that I wrote about how there is always a story inside the story that tells more about what just happened and how great that God is. Remember how I wrote about the opening of the red sea and that it was a great miracle and it was, but the story in the story was they came across on dry ground and so that made his greatness that much greater.

Now with the Rapture one of the stories inside the story would be if a Christian Solider went down with the ship in world war two and was scattered all over the ocean because of all types of fish like sharks and all others and they devoured him and he was taken to the four corners of the ocean and all those fish died and never got close to each other again over the years then when he told that soldier to come up hither then he would and I mean all of him would be reunited with his soul and that would be one of the stories inside the story.

If you read your Bible then you know that through out time he has always been faithful to bring us through trying times and I'm talking about times like the three men in the fiery furnace and the inside story there was when they came out not a hair was out of place or a burn on any of their clothes and not the smell of anything being burnt anywhere on them and then there was a man named Daniel that was put into a lions den and the inside story there was the lion got the lockjaw so Daniel walked around in that den like he was out for an afternoon stroll. Then there was the city of Sodom and how he got Lot and his family out before he exploded the place with fire raining down out of Heaven and the inside story there was probably some that saw them leaving and wanted to go but God would not let them come out of the city because of their wickedness now there's a look at that God's wrath thing that I was talking about. Now I'm not predicting when it will happen but be assured it will happen and I believe very soon so all you got to worry about is to be ready if that voice comes booming out of that cloud come up hither in the next moment.

God bless you and your loved ones and think about it, are you ready if he is ready.

Bill McFerrin is a West Memphis man with some things to say and a certain way of saying them.

By Bill McFerrin