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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