Are you ready?

The rapture of the Church is closer than before. We’re now in the closing moments or the final “times of the signs” before the Lord’s appearing. It is important that you are ready for Him. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says the dead “in Christ” shall rise first, and those who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air.

Are you ready? are you in Christ? If you are, then you are one of the many the Lord is coming to receive unto Himself. If, however, you are not, you have to give your heart to Christ right now, by confessing His Lordship over your life. The Bible says, “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Hebrews 9:28).

Acts 1:9-11 tells us about His ascension into heaven. While the disciples stood, gazing in awe as He explained, two angels appeared to them and said, “This same Jesus, who has been received from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). So this is the reason we are preaching the Gospel around the world.

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World needs to know that the rapture of the Church is imminent; the Master is coming soon. He said in John 14:3, “I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” Apostle Peter, referring to the day of the Lord and the events that will bring His coming, said, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness” (2 Peter 3:10-11).

Have that rapture in focus. Live every day as someone expecting the Master; carry that consciousness in your heart at all times. Walk in love. Walk in righteousness. And while you are getting yourself ready, help those around you to get ready as well by preaching and teaching them God’s Word.