The Antichrist will come. He will speak to
a disappointed world, and he will offer him-
self as the new messiah.

He will promise the people a wonderful and
glorious world. It will not be true, but he
will get away with his lies, because 'strong
delusion' will have come upon the whole
world 2 Thessalonians 2:11.

Some think that the Church will go through
the Tribulation, or half of it, or four-fifths of it.
At least some part of it. But it will not!

The Tribulation cannot begin, the Antichrist
cannot come to power, as long as the Body of
Christ is in the world, like it is today.

The Bible also tells us,
". . . he who now hindereth (is the Holy Spirit)
will continue to hinder until he be taken out
of the way. And then shall that wicked one
be revealed. . . ,"
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

The revelation of the Antichrist, the time
when a large number of people recognize who
he really is, will not happen until the Church
(who is full of the Holy Spirit) is taken out of the world.
The Holy Spirit has to be gone because he is the
one hindering the evil one from appearing.

The Rapture will make way for the Antichrist.
The spirit of antichrist is in the world now, and
someday the real Antichrist will appear. He
will not be known as the Antichrist while the
Church is here.

The Bible says, "Let no man deceive you by
any means; for that day shall not come, except
there come the falling away first, and that man
of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, Who
supposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshiped, so that he, as
God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing him-
self that he is God," 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

But when the Rapture comes, the Church Age
will suddenly end, and the Day of the Lord will
begin.

Then the world will discover, and they will
never forget, the absolute need for the
Christians.

That is what the Rapture is: it is the beginning
of the Day of the Lord.

We must remember what God did to Sodom.
He told Lot, "Come out of Sodom, with your
wife and your family, because only then can
I send the proper fire of judgment upon it."

The whole world is like Sodom, even today.
The whole world deserves to be wiped out.
People are lost and more lost every day in sin.

The only reason the fire doesn't fall is because
this great planet which is 'Sodom' has a lot of
Christians in it.

Thank God, the presence of the Church,
which is the Body of Christ, protects the
world from judgment now.

But when the Rapture of the Church
comes, this tremendous event ends the
Age of the Church, begins the Day of the
Lord, and brings devestation upon the
world.

A detailed discription of the Day of the Lord
begins is Revelation 6 and continues on to
Revelation 21.

There you have the story of the seven seals,
the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls.
It is an elaborate view of God's judgment of
wars and devastations moving across the
world.

All of that happens because man is treasuring
up wrath against the Day of Wrath.

Today is not the day of vengeance, but it is
the day of forgiveness and salvation.

But when the Rapture comes, and the Church
is taken out of the world, then begins the Day
of the Lord. It is well-known in the Old Testa-
ment. Jesus speaks of it in the Gospels. And
it is spoken of by the others in the New Testa-
ment.

But persecution is not the Day of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord is the day of vengeance
from God.

People sin in today's world. They murder,
rape, and steal and all the things reported
on the news. They are not judged instantly
because of the Church. It is in the world. It
is the 'Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ.'

It is the protecter against the wrath of God.
He isn't pouring out His wrath because it
is the beloved; so the wrath of God is being
stored up.

"by our gathering together unto him" is the
Rapture, that is when Jesus comes for His
own.

Then Paul continues by telling us what will
destinguish the Day of the Lord. He says
"Unless the Rapture has happened, the Day
of the Lord is not present. Therefore, you
are not living in the Day of the Lord."

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution,"
2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, there may be some
persecution in this Day of Grace.

The time of the New Testament was inter-
esting because it was full of wondering about
the Day of the Lord.

The people of Thessalonica wondered if the
Day of the Lord was coming upon them,
because of their intense persecution. So
they wrote to Paul, "Is this the Day of the
Lord?"

Paul wrote back: "Now we beseech you,
brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto
him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or
be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of
the Lord is present," 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

So the Day of the Lord is a period of time,
beginning with the Rapture of the Church.
The Bible says, it is the day of vengeance;
it is the day of the wrath of God.

Romans Chapter 2 says something about
the people of this world.
"But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation of
the righteous judgment of God, Who will
render to every man according to his deeds,"
Romans 2:5-6

The Rapture of the Church not only ends
the Church Age, but it begins the Day of
the Lord.

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness, but is long-
suffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night, in 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 in it, shall be burned
up." 2 Peter 3:8-10

We must remember when we come to
Jesus as our Savior, that it isn't just the
emotion of the moment; but that we are
becoming members of the greatest group
and institution; the greatest living thing
in the whole universe, the Church/the
Body of Christ.

When the Body is complete, the Church
Age will come to a close at the Rapture of
the Church.

There are other things that happen to us
when we are saved:

We are instantly members of God's family,
we are "accepted in the Beloved"
Ephesians 1:6

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The message of salvation is by grace only,
through faith only, in Jesus only.

Every person who has believed the Gospel,
and accepted Jesus as their personal Savior,
is a member of the Body of Christ.

When we realize we are a sinner. . . . .
when we see Jesus as the Son of God. . . . .
when we know He died for our sins. . . . .
when we claim that person and act. . . . .
then we are saved!

Remember, now, that each one of us is a
member of the Body of Christ as an individ-
ual.

We are not a member of the Body of Christ
by our membership in a certain church or
denomination.

That has nothing to do with it. We can be a
member of the Body of Christ by only one
thing and that is believing in Jesus Christ
as our personal Savior.

The true Church is an invisible entity, the
Body of Christ. Not a denomination, or a
local body. It is not a human organization.

When His body is completed, He will take
it out of this world. The end of the Church
Age will be that moment when Jesus comes
back.

Before Jesus' death and resurrection, nobody
knew about the Body of Christ. That wasn't
God's plan, but it was His plan to offered the
Kingdom to Israel.

Out of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, by
purchasing His own blood, God has chosen
to produce a remarkable organism (not an
organization) called the Body of Christ.

In Ephesians Chapter 3, he says this is
revealed to them, "That the Gentiles should
be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promis in Christ by the
gospel," Ephesians 3:5-6

Jews and Gentiles are members of the same
body in this age. That wasn't the case before.

The age in which we live today is called the
Day of the Church, or the Day of Grace.

God is taking a group of people out of the
world for His Name, and putting them into
another called the Body of Christ.

Ephesians Chapter 1, Paul talks about "the
church, Which is his body, the fullness of
him that filleth all in all" Ephesians 1:22-23

It is important than we have the proper
understanding of the Rapture. We will learn
to appreciate it not simply as an escape,
delivering us from the cares of life, but as a
turning point in History!

The Rapture will end the Church Age.

The previous scripture are some of the most
remarkable words in the New Testament.

They tell of an amazing future event that will
take place in the lives of Christians, which is
the Rapture of the Church.

Now these are times in which the doctrine of
the Rapture has come under some discussion.
But we need to remember what it's all about,
and be aware that there are all kinds of insed-
eous pressures being put upon the Church.

Paul wrote back, "But I would not have you
to be ignorant, brethern, concerning them
who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others who have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto
the coming of the Lord shall not precede them
who 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 who 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

In the early days of the Church, the people
at Thessalonica started wondering about the
future. Some of the Christians had died and
they had some questions. They wrote to Paul
and said,

"We'd like to know about the future. How do
those who have already died share in this
event you've told us about, called the return
of Christ?"

There is an event that is soon to happen
upon the world. It is so important because
it will be the beginning of the end.

It will have a great effect on every living
thing in the world. Its impact will be felt
far beyond the world as we know it.

It is called the Rapture!

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Are we ready? Ready to stand to face Jesus?
Ready to meet Him face to face?

The only way is to be a Christian!

There are a couple of reasons to become a
christian. One is, to be able to go to heaven
instead of hell. And the other is to be saved
from the Tribulation. Those who wait to be
or get saved during the Tribulation will have
to try to live through it or be ready to die, be
martyred for Jesus.

Much easier to become one now!

It's not a blessed hope to look forward to
the tribulation. Or a blessed hope to plan
on putting dried food and bottled water in
a basement and wrestling with the awful
things that the Antichrist is going to do.

The blessed hope is that at any minute,
maybe even now, Jesus will come and take
us home to be with Himself. That is what
the Bible teaches!

The Church is taken out of the world. It is
impossible to have a Church under grace
and an authorized Judaism in the same
world at the same time.

This is a very strong indication that the
Church has gone home to be with Jesus
before the Tribulation.

That's what makes it "the blessed hope."

Daniel tells us that the Antichrist causes
"the sacrifice and oblation to cease" during
the days of the Tribulation in Daniel 9:27.

There will be a Temple built; there will be
Jewish worship reinstalled, and again there
will be evidence of his (the antichrist's)
fidelity to the true God by becoming a
convert to the nation of Israel.

The Tribulation is mostly Jewish related.

Jesus said that there would be great tribula-
tion, and then He told the people to pray
that their journey not be on the sabbath,
also verifying the presence of the Jewish
religion in those days (Matthew 24:20)

The Tribulation, which itself begins with the
Rapture of the Church. From then on, the
Day of the Lord stretches out into eternity.
When the Day of the Lord comes, it even
contains the end of the world.

During the days of the Tribulation, the Bible
tells us that there will be preached in the
world the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Paul is talking about the rapture, not Jesus'
second coming when He will rule the world.

Believers will be taken up and away from the
awful circumstances of earth and into His
presence. They will meet Him in the air, and
so shall ever be with the Lord.

So Paul is saying, until that happens, don't
worry that the Day of the Lord is present.

Today is the Day of Grace. Paul says, "I
want you to understand that this is the
Day of Grace, and not the Day of the Lord
as of yet."

And we shall understand it, by reason of
"the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," and
by reason of "our gathering together unto
him."

The Day of wrath is the Day of the Lord.
During the Day of the Lord, God will move
in a hurried, overcoming judgment on those
who are His enemies.

In the Day of the Lord, there can be fire com-
ing down from heaven. God doesn't have to
warn anybody about anything.

But not today! Today, God is "longsuffering
toward us, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance"
2 Peter 3:9

The Church is the Bride of Christ. She is
going to heaven for the Marriage Supper
of the Lamb. The presence of the Bride of
Christ in the world holds off the deserved
judgment of God.

It is like the world is putting its sins in the
bank. It is treasuring up "wrath against the
day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God" Romans 2:5

Paul said, "I plead with you not to believe
them. The Day of the Lord is not present."
The Day of the Lord is the time that God
will visit the world in vengeance of its sins.

We are now in the Day of Grace. This is
when God decreases His judgment upon
the world because the Church is here.

The Thessalonians had known about the
Day of the Lord, told many times in the Old
Testament as a time of persecution.

Paul wrote "I beseech you" , he had great
concern for them. By reason of "the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ," and by reason of
"our gathering together unto him, That ye
be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us."

Someone had either written or told them
that the day of the Lord had begun so to
expect persecution.

There were times when the persecutions
grew strong. The people were worried and
wrote to Paul asking "Is this the Day of the
Lord?"

The Day of the Lord is a well-known set of
circumstances given in the New Testament.
Paul wrote back saying, "But of the times
and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you. For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh
as a thief in the night,"
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2

The Thessalonians started to experience the
persecution when they believed the gospel.

Many suffered and died, but the bible says,
"be thou faithful unto death, and I will give
thee a crown of life" Revelation 2:10

The pagan society, at that time, got very upset
about the gospel when they came to under-
stand that Christianity taught that there was
only one God, and salvation was by faith in
Jesus alone.

In the days of the early Church, persecutions
were well-known by the Roman Christians.
It wasn't easy to live for Jesus in those days.

"Now we beseech you, brethern, by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto him, That ye
be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us, as that the day of the Lord is
present," 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

In the days of the early church, the gospel
made an effect on the pagan world. There
were no Sundays or books about the faith.

The gospel moved across that society, so
that in places like Ephesus, there were big
gatherings of those who opposed it.

"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
who 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 4:16-17

We have this promise in the Bible and it is
that 'blessed hope' for us who will not have
to endure the Tribulation.

Grace teaches us fidelity and anticipation of
Jesus' return.

There is debate on His return as to when and
under what circumstances. Christians around
the world believe Jesus is coming at the end
of the Church Age, and before the Tribulation.
He could come at any minute, perhaps today
or perhaps tomorrow. This is called the Pre-
tribulation rapture. He will come before the
Tribulation to take the Church, His Bride,
out of the world.

The Bible says "the grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men." Salvation
is by grace, by believing in the works of Jesus
on the cross.

Some accuse those who believe in salvation by
grace, and say, "The teaching of grace leads to
an irresponsible life." Not so!

The Bible says, that believing in the grace of
God teaches us that "denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present age."

And it also teaches us to be "Looking for that
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the
great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ."

"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present age, Looking for that blessed
hope. and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, Who gave
himself for us that he might redeem us from
all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people
of his own, zealous of good works,"
Titus 2:11-14

Paul is speaking to the believers.

The bible does teach us that this world is
not going to go on forever; that time must
come to an end.

We feel this more and more, as we see all
the problems growing around the world.

Wars and rumors of wars, famines, pest-
ilences, earthquakes, and other signs are
convincing us that we are in a time called
"the beginning of sorrows" Matthew 24:6-8

We will be given a robe made of Jesus'
righteousness. We are not saved by our
personal righteousness; we have been
given His righteousness like a gift of a
garment, the white robe of righteousness.

Do not miss this party! The Marriage
Supper of the Lamb. God wants all of us
there with Jesus on the greatest occasion
of all eternity.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Can you
imagine? It will be a "welcome home" party
for the Bride of Christ!

And can God put on a dinner. It will not be
a black-tie-affair but a white-robe-affair!
We will all be given a white robe of Jesus'
righteousness, we will not bring our own.

There is going to be another event. The Bible
says that God is going to put on a banquet
for us and it will be grand beyond description.

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to
him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come,
and his wife hath made herself ready. And to
her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen
is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto
me, Write, Blessed are they who are called into
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith
unto me, These are the true sayings of God,"
Revelation 19:7-9

It is possible to give God works that will
disappear by the light of His judgment;
but our salvation will not be at risk.

Our salvation doesn't depend upon our
works. It depends upon the blood of Jesus,
shed once and for all for the redemption
of our sins.

This Judgment Seat of Christ is very real
and will be attended by us if we are
Christians. It will be a great pleasure to be
able to give Him that which we have done
living for Him while here on earth.

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"If any man's work abide which he hath built
upon it, he shall receive a reward,"
1 Corinthians 3:14

We will be receiving rewards in heaven!

"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall
suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet
as by fire,"
1 Corinthians 3:15

"For other foundation can no man lay than
that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble, every man's work shall be made
manifest; for the day shall declare it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall
test every man's work of what sort it is."
1 Corinthians 3:11-13

Of these materials, gold, silver, precious stones,
are comparatively fireproof. But the last three
wood, hay, stubble, are gone in the fire, poof,
just like that!

When we are taken to heaven, there are
two events to take place. One is a time of
evaluation. It is call the Judgment Seat
of Christ.

This is not concerning our salvation. Only
Christians will be there. I will be the per-
formance or what we produce in our lives
with the help of God that will one day be
evaluated.

"Wherefore, we labor that, whether present
or absent, we may be accepted of him. For
we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that everyone may receive
the things done in his body, according to
that he hath done, whether it be good or bad,"
2 Corinthians 5:9-10

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but
we know that, when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."
1 John 3:2

At the instant we get to heaven, we will have
a new glorified body. It will be just like Jesus'.
It will be eternal and people we know will
recognize us. It succeeds our present physical
bodies.

We will be like Jesus! "Thou wilt show me the
path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for ever
more," Psalms 16:11

This is a good time to ask ourselves if we
are ready to go with Jesus when He calls
the Church out!

We must be Christian. We must know God's
Son as personal Savior. Once we say "yes" to
Jesus and believe the Gospel, we are instant-
ly and eternally saved. We are brought into the
Body of Christ. And will be among those who
will be taken into the presence of Jesus.

Even Jesus says there is coming a time that
will seem like magic, that will seem like a
mystery, that will even appear to the world
to be a fantasy. But it will be very real!

Jesus will say something like this, "Look,
the battle is done; the victory is won; the
Church is complete. My plan to take out of
the world a people for My name to rule the
universe one day is here. This is it!"

The instant of that decision by the Lord is
the instant when it is all over!

People will continue living life on a normal
basis until that instant, then suddenly they
will be gone or remain behind.

There is no way they can wait until they see
it coming and then try get ready for it.

Everyone needs to be prepared for that day
and time.

We are living in the declining of the Church
Age when the message of Jesus brings into
being everlasting life.

We will not go there through death one at a
time; but "in the twinkling of an eye" all of
us that are here will be taken instantaniouly.

Jesus told the Church at Philadelphia, the
church at the end of the age, to 'hold fast'
and He says "I come quickly".
(Revelation 3:11)

So the Bible teaches that one day, from the
world's standpoint, a mysterious disappear-
ance has taken place. Millions will be gone
and they won't know why.

But from the Christian's standpoint, it will not
be a disappearance; but rather a conscious
move of each one from the temporal world to
the permanent world .

It will be the Church taken out of this world
into the presence of Jesus and it will be instant-
aneous.

The Church has read Paul's words for almost
2,000 years, and the expectation of the event
has grown.

But today it is coming to a point where expect-
ation turns into certainty, as more Christians
than ever say "Amen, even so come, Lord Jesus."

Paul talked to the people at Thessalonica
about this mystery:

"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 pre-
cede 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

In the world is a mysterious thing called the
Church, the Body of Christ.

There is coming a marvelous time when
suddenly, the Church will be taken up from
this world, into the world which is to come.

That's the mystery. One day this amazing
group called the Body of Christ will be gone
without explanation.

In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul talked about eternity.

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put
on immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed
up in victory." (verses 51-54)

This is an event that the Bible tells us is
when all the people across the world who
are believers in Jesus Christ, who have
accepted Him as their personal Savior, will
suddenly, "in the twinkling of an eye," be
taken from this world into the world that is
to come.

Some may call this fantasy, that it is an
invented story, but it is not. This is an
event which is unavoidable and that is
growing closer with each day that passes.

Imagine how disturbing this will be to the
world. There will be no logical explanation
of what was happening, because it will be
spiritual.

Imagine being at church with a thousand
people and in a split second nine hundred
are gone, missing with only their clothing
and jewelry left there.

Or in an airplane or a bus or car, etc. Even
in a hospital. Can't you just see the headlines
in the newspapers.

You know that it will create a discussion that
has never been in our history to this day!

This may seem unbelievable, but one day,
all over the world, there will be an event
that will take place, that people will not be
able to explain. It will be the mysterious
disappearance of millions of people!

People will be gone, and many will not
know why or how it happened. All they
can do is wonder and think up as many
ideas as possible to try explain it.

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Be sure that you know Jesus and are living,
planning and committing yourself so that
one day you too will reign with Him in this
great and wonderful eternity!

God has a bright destiny for our lives!

Let's spark our imaginations so that we can
think of all those things beyond our dreams
that God has for us in eternity to come.

". . . we shall also reign with him. . .,"
2 Timothy 2:12

If we are faithful, if we don't give up, if we
are fearless for Jesus, we will reign with Him.

God has saved us so:
"That in the ages to come he might shew
the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."
Ephesians 2:7

The eternity to come is beyond description.
The return of Jesus will be greater and more
wonderful, than anything that the world has
to offer.

Actually the Bible hasn't the words when it
tries to describe what eternity is going to be
like when we are with Jesus.

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for them
that love him." 1Corinthians 2:9

God has given the world to the nation of Israel.

" For the promise, that he should be the heir of
the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed,
through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith." Romans 4:13

But He has given the universe to the Church.
It is really something that He has given us all
that exists, and we will be rulers of that when
we are taken to Heaven to be with Him.

We have been saved by faith in Jesus, not
to just live and inhabit Heaven or take up
space there. We are saved so that we should
be rulers with Him of an extended universe
in the eternities to come.

" Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the
world, or life, or death, or things present, or
things to come; all are your's;
And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's."
1Corinthians 3:22-23

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Imagine when there will be no need for a
police force, or armies or the need for all
it takes to supply them.

The world will have enough money, enough
food, and enough of everything that it will
need to make heaven on earth.

All this because of the righteous rule of Jesus
Christ.

The nations are so poverty-stricken today.
They have war and poverty and difficulty
of every kind. It is because they are deceived
by the devil. That deception will be gone,
during the time of the Millennial Reign of
Jesus Christ.

The Mellennium is an example of what an
undeceived world could have known, if it
had chosen to follow Jesus.

Utopia will not come because man has been
so good, aspiring and righteous. It will come
because Jesus imposes His righteous rule.
And a part of the rod by which Jesus will use
to rule the world will be His saints.

The Millennium is something that ought to
be of real interest to everyone. The Word of
God describes it as heaven on earth.

Jesus will set up a government which is an
extension of the righteous rule of God.
It can't be withstood anywhere in the world.

During the Millennial Reign of Jesus, the
world will know the kind of heavenly place
it could have been all along had it decided to
receive Jesus and followed Him.

The army that comes with Jesus and helps
conquer the Antichrist will have a part of
the operation of the new world.

John tells us of Jesus' glorious return,
"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword,
that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
and he treadeth the winepress of the fierce-
ness and wrath of Almighty God."
Revelation 19:15

Jesus will destroy the Antichrist;

He will put every nation under subjection;

He will establish a new era in the world, that
will be characterized by His righteous rule;

He will rule from Jerusalem;

People from every nation will come to submit
to Jesus, who will set Himself up to be the
King over this world.

In the Battle of Armageddon, all the nations
in the world will go to the Middle East, and
then against Jerusalem. They will attempt
to do away with every last trace of the memory
of God.

But God's response will be the great and
glorious return of Jesus, when He will come
back with His army of saints!

The Bible says, "Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the
LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast
away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:
the LORD shall have them in derision."
Psalms 2:1-4

This really describes the rebellion in the
world against God, and how ridiculous it is
for them to think that they can win in a war
against the Lord Himself. But they will try!

The Bible says the saints will judge the world
and angels (1Corinthians 6:2-3).

God has commissioned the saints to be a part
of a judicial system before which the world
will stand one day. The world will be forced
to give an answer to God for the terrible life it
has lived and to give an answer to Jesus, and
the rest of the Christians.

The church will be a part of a mighty invasion
returning with Jesus to right every wrong, and
judge every sin; and will put to death all those
that resisted the Lord Himself.

The Antichrist will be destroyed with the very
brightness of Christ's coming and with the
breath of His mouth.

When you think of the Rapture of the Church
do not think of it just as the time that the
Christians are delivered from this present evil
world, but think of it as a great recruitment
call!

He is gathering us before Him and we will be
bringing the proof that we have earned this
moment through Jesus Christ.

Traditionally we speak of the Rapture as the
taking of the Church out of the world.

But it is God's calling of His own from every
end of the earth and gathering them together
to be with Him, and making an army out of
them.

Paul speaks of the rapture when he says:

" 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." 1Thessalonians 4:16-17

Jesus is coming back with an army of His
saints. The church is where these saints
come from.

1 Corinthians 15:51-52
"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

". . .Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thous-
ands of his saints," Jude 14

In the Bible, a saint is called "holy one."
Every person who has been made holy by
the Lord Jesus is a saint. Every person who
has received Jesus as their personal Savior.

By accepting the Gospel and believing in the
Lord Jesus, you have imputed righteousness.
You are called a 'holy one', which means that
you are not only a Christian; not only a follower
of Jesus but also a Saint.

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a
white horse; and he that sat upon him was
called Faithful and True, and in righteous-
ness he doth judge and make war."
Revelation 19:11

This is not the Rapture of the Church. It is
Jesus returning as King of Kings and Lord
of Lords. Notice that He brings an army.

By this time, the world is a place of chaos
and the time for Divine intervention has
come; and it comes in the form of Jesus
returning with an army of saints to put down
the wickedness of the world.

When the days of the Tribulation have come
upon the world; they will come to an end by
a mightly invasion from Heaven.

The Great Tribulation ends when the saints
of God come down from heaven on horseback
with the Lord Jesus!!

This is not the rapture of the church. That has
already been raptured and they (the church)
are returning on white horses with Him who
John saw on 'a white horse called Faithful and
True'.

"There is a way that seemeth right unto a
man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death," Proverbs 16:25

This is what's happening in the world of
today. Can they build a utopia? Can it
bring into being beautiful possibilites, so
everyone can live without war and hunger?

No! The world is heading into chaos!

Jesus said that because of man's efforts, He
would bring to pass in the world a day so
awful that it would be called the Tribulation.
"And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved. . . ."
Matthew 24:22

"This know also, that in the last days peril-
ous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves,"
2 Timothy 3:1-2

"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."
2 Timothy 3:13

Then it continues to give a list of the awful
depravities of man as he turns from God to
his own pursuits.

Today there are people who call themselves
optimists. They say over and over that the
world is getting better and better. That it is
improving.

But when they look around, and try to find
evidence to prove it, they find it hard to
convince themselves and others; because
it is not there.

What will be the world's future? The Bible
and the evidence shows it declining.

God has a spectacular plan for the future, but
He's not going to do it alone. He will be using
people like you and me.To think about this,
there are some elements that will help in our
considering the future.

First, let's face the question, "Where is this
world going with it plans of the future?"

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Their is a place for you in the kingdom of God.
He is waiting for you to come to Him so you
can be welcomed with the others.

Give your life to Jesus today and ask Him into
your heart and to save you and give you a new
life in Him. All the angels in heaven rejoice
over one more coming into the Kingdom. We
would like to welcome you now!

The final war may begin with man but it's
end will be with God.

We must always remember that the end
will not be concluded by the Antichrist, but
by the triumphant return of Jesus, the true
King of Kings!

That's when Jesus returns with power and
great glory, and sets up His Kingdom. That
will be the result of the Antichrist's war
against God.

And so the Antichrist is destroyed. He and
His False Prophet are thrown into the lake
of fire and the devil into the bottomless pit.

All the wars of the world will gather together
into that great war against God!

The people, deceived by the Antichrist, will
agree with him that they can have it all if they
just do away with the Jews. So then they will
build an army of all the armies of the world.
They will go against the Middle East, Palestine,
and the city of Jerusalem. They will gather out
side Jerusalem to try to wipe out the memory
of God from everywhere around the world.

The Bible tells us that the people who will
follow him (the antichrist) , "imagine a vain
thing."

The kings and rulers, if you can believe it,
"will take counsel together, against the Lord,"
against Jesus and our God.

"Why do the nations rage?" Psalms 2:1-3

God speaks with great feeling in His voice.
The nations of the world will one day go to
war against God Himself.

That will be the last desperate action of the
Antichrist to make himself master of the
world and maybe by that time, in his crazed
mind, master of the universe.