Jesus Will Rapture Only Faithful Believers... Is That Biblical?

What will be the next big event on God's Calendar?

The short answer to this question is The Rapture Of The Church. 

This is a moment in time when the Church (The Body of Christ) will be instantly removed or transported  from  the earth to heaven before the Great Tribulation(1 Thessalonians. 4:16,17). 

The rapture will include all living Christians regardless of their spiritual temperament.  The test on whether a believer will be raptured is not in the believers present behavior... it is solely in the finished work of the Savior at the cross.  it is not one'sspiritual condition... but their spiritual position in Christ that assures their inclusion in the rapture of the Church.   

When will this Happen?  Possibly Today!  It is imminent. 

Who will the participants be?
a. Jesus Christ - 1 Thess. 4:16a
b. The Archangel - 1 Thess. 4:16b
c. The Dead In Christ - 1 Thess. 4:16c
d. The Living In Christ - 1 Thess. 4:17

Who will be left behind?   All who rejected Jesus Christ.

What are we to do now before the Rapture?     Note 1 Thessalonians 5
a. Learn The Word of God - 1 Thess. 5:1,2
b. Discern The Times - 1 Thess. 5:3,5
c. Concern For Sinners - 1 Thess. 5:6,9

The rapture of the Church is imminent. Pure consciousness of this reality is essential in bringing the gospel to the world in which we live with a greater sense of urgency.

Where in the Bible do we find the word rapture?

The word rapture is an old English word which means to be caught away. The word itself is not in our King James Bible, but the definition of the word is there. In 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17 we read. 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.   Notice: Caught Up... is the meaning of the word rapture.

Jesus Christ IS coming! The rapture of the Church is imminent. Pure consciousness of this reality is essential in bringing the gospel to the world in which we live with a greater sense of urgency. As Believers, we are not here for our own ambitions, we are here for God's ambition, and the two are not compatible.

Apathy becomes the strain of our spirituality for those of us who are not impressed with the imminent return of Jesus Christ. This is very dangerous!  Why?   Disillusionment sets in as we parade ourselves under the banner of self-sufficiency. The Doctrine of the Rapture inclines the Believer to reflect fervently on eternal values at heart. 

Do you want to be characterized by the deeds of the flesh or the fruit of the Spirit? The rapture of the church is not just a doctrine we pet.   It is the believer's anticipation in every area of life (1 Thess. 4;16,18). All other anticipations leave us un-settled and unpredictable. Jesus Is Coming and that's a fact. Amen! 

Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger      

The Rapture

The Rapture

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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." 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," 1 Thessalonians 5:9

"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Revelation 3:10 KJV

"Praise God !!! He has promised that Christians will not have to suffer through The Tribulation. The Tribulation will bring about suffering, pain, torment and agony like the world has never seen before. Why suffer through all that is coming? Call on Jesus Christ today for your salvation and be prepared for that moment when He calls all Christians home." 

Jesus is coming for us soon, are you ready?

Matthew 24

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 ²And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 ³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
 ⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
 ⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
 ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 ⁷For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 ⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
 ¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 ¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
 ¹⁵When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
 ¹⁶Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
 ¹⁷Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
 ¹⁸Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
 ¹⁹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
 ²⁰But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
 ²¹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 ²²And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 ²³Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
 ²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
 ²⁵Behold, I have told you before.
 ²⁶Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
 ²⁷For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ²⁸For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
 ²⁹Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 ³⁰And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 ³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
 ³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 ³³So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
 ³⁴Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
 ³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
 ³⁶But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
 ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 ³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 ⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 ⁴²Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 ⁴³But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
 ⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 ⁴⁵Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 ⁴⁶Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 ⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 ⁴⁸But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 ⁴⁹And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 ⁵⁰The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 ⁵¹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.