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The Unraptured Church.
Contributed by Dotun Jegede on Jan 30, 2023 (message contributor)
Summary: Mark 13:35-37 KJV "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."
i was wheeling (driving) my children to school when this call kept coming. It was John, one of my church members.
I parked to answer this persistent call.
John was panting, as he spoke. "John, what exactly is the problem and please calm down? He kept shouting, "it had happened, please help me, i missed it, please help me sir." I was confused as his statements are quite incoherent. i asked him affirmatively, "what had happened, where?" He said, "Rapture". I smiled & was relieved.
John, "please can you put yourself together, Rapture hasn’t happened." If it had happened, you won’t reach me because i would've gone.
Then, he started to narrate his dream, sobbing. "I was asleep in the mid-night, suddenly, this dream came. I saw many of the church members, pastors and others, whom i know & neighbors, suddenly, they disappeared.
I saw many people screaming and shouting, and confusion everywhere, fire and accidents. I started weeping and shouting, "God have mercy on me, please help me."
I saw an angel. I beg the Angel to help me & that every good Christian i knew had gone except me & others. The Angel said, "he can’t help me." I asked why, he told me that, "i knew the reason why i didn’t go with the rapture." Then, i remembered my lies, and other bad things i was doing in the secret that nobody knew. I was shouting in the dream until i woke up, hence my call to you. "Please help me sir."
So, i calmed him down and made him to understand that, the rapture hasn’t taken place, & what he saw was just a glimpse of the real rapture, & a warning from the Lord to show him his spiritual state, condition.
Secondly, i can't help you, the first help is in your hand: i don’t know your secret sins but you do, & the Lord has reminded you; repent, confess them & forsake them. The Lord is merciful, He'll forgive you.
I prayed along with him, as he confessed all his open and secret sins to the Lord.
Dear friend, are you really getting prepared for the rapture? Are you really ready? Have your sins been confessed, forsaken and cleansed? Are you indulging in secret, besetting sins? At rapture, there won't be surprise. There won’t be disappointment. Everyone knows where they are going.
There is no repentance in the grave: no un-confessed sins would be forgiven: stolen items, fraudulent acts, bribery, forged reports, fake traveling documents, untrue public statements, corporate or commercial lies; extra marital affairs, pornography, hatred, animosity against spouse, children colleagues, boss, clients, neighbors, theft, scam, deception, false witnesses, cheating, injurious utterances, abusive lifestyles, etc would not make it.
Are you ready for the Lord’s coming?
Be ye ready.