Be Ready For The Rapture

King James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2015
Chapters: Ezekiel 10-12 http://imfollowingjesus.com/Bible-Reading-242.html
Message Title: Be Ready For The Rapture

Hello My Friend,

Rapture, a seizing by violence, transported. Most people, including many Christians have no idea what the rapture is, the rapture is the day in which Jesus Christ returns and seizes the earth with great violence while His people are transported to safety. He will return with His angels and the entire earth will be destroyed along with Satan. There will be no escape unless you are one of the blessed ones to be taken out of here. Oh, and if you think death is an escape, think again, even death cannot save you. Only those who know Jesus Christ as their Savior will be saved from all this. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” - John 5:24,28,29.

Many religions encourage Christians not to read the Old Testament as they claim it has nothing to do with us today. What these people fail to understand is that it has everything to do with us today. No, we are not bound by the laws of yesterday for we are saved by grace and not works, but we are bound by the same person, and that is Jesus Christ. Jesus may not have been here in the flesh since God created the world and man, but He has always been, in fact, He is seen throughout the Old Testament, and not just as their Messiah, whom by the way they still claim they are waiting for. God as amazing as He is with all His wonders speaks to Jesus from the House of God in Jerusalem as Ezekiel watches all this take place.

“Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.” - Ezekiel 10:1-4.

The man clothed in linen is Jesus, when He returns He's not going to be the meek and mild person He was previously, He's returning with His wrath, and with fire. The earth will be completely destroyed, and the only ones escaping this are those who are raptured. “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.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17.

I use to watch two boys who attended a modern day Baptist church with their parents, those boys had no idea what sin was. Churches today are more corrupt than ever, condoning, and in fact, dismissing sin as if there is no such thing. They are not taught that it is the remission of sin of His shed blood that is needed to save them, and they wonder why God is angry. Now, God speaks to Ezekiel, He tells him to speak to the twenty five men who were the leaders of all the corruption in the church including Jaazaniah and Pelatiah, princes of the people about the judgment that was coming to them. As soon Ezekiel finished speaking Jaazaniah and Pelatiah died instantly.
“And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? ” - Ezekiel 11:5,10-13.




As Ezekiel sees these men die he fears God and wonders if any of the Jews will be saved. God answers Ezekiel with some encouraging and eye opening news. “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.” - Ezekiel 11:17-21.

God tells Ezekiel to be ready for the destruction, He sends a message to the people to assure them that all these predictions will be accomplished very shortly, and will not be prolonged, no matter how much they convinced themselves that it would be.“Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.” - Ezekiel 12:18,22-25.

It is scary to see all the things taking place in the world today, people are being killed left and right by everything from storms to crazy people. As Christians all we can do is wonder if Jesus will be coming any day now, but He will not until the very last soul to receive Him is saved. All we can do is be ready ourselves, that includes being the example that Jesus needs us to be to show the world the need for Him, and to warn those being deceived of the coming judgment. We do not know when Jesus will return so it's best that we who are saved eat our bread with quaking and drink our water with trembling and carefulness also. “Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” - Revelation 3:2,3.

Today's Prayer: God, Any day, any hour even, You could decide that You have had enough, You have prolonged things enough, and You are done with the earth. Any second we could hear the trumpets sounding off that Jesus is returning, and all who are His will be raptured out of this place to safety while we await our new dwelling place in His Kingdom. Lord, lead us and guide us, prepare us and make us ready for that day, let us not get deceived by the world or be ashamed to tell the truth to them. Put Your hedge of protection around us as things get worse, and let us be the examples that You need us to be to bring others to Your Son before He returns. In Jesus' name, amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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