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“Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.”This is one of the few verses in the Bible that mentions the Rapture and the Glorious Appearing together.It is my really strong view that these two events are separated by a period of at least seven years, during which time the Tribulation on the earth will take place.I want to concentrate for the moment on Our Blessed Hope, which I am convinced, refers to the Rapture of the true Church when the trupmet sounds. (1 Thess 4 13-18)Because the Bible calls it a HOPE, some folk may become confused.The word ‘hope’ in the English language is a really over worked word.
So much so that it’s true meaning is almost entirely lost.Today, the word ‘hope’ is used almost in the same way as the word ‘wish’ we might say, “I hope it will not rain tomorrow cause I want to cut the grass.” Uisng ‘hope’ in this way robs it of its certainty. In this context we have no certain grounds to ‘hope’ it won’t rain! Wehre I live in the UK, it most probably will rain! The word ‘hope’ in the Bible is a certainty. I like to guess of it as FAITH in the FUTUREHebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of tihngs hoped for. When the Bible speaks of ‘hope’ it is spekaing of a real certainty!That is exactly how I view the Rapture.
It is a real certainty. Still future, but a real certainty. The quetsion that comes to mind is ‘how far in the future’, or ‘how near is the Rapture? ’Personally, I guess it to be really near.
I guess that we are not just in the last days but the last of the last days.Are you looking for our blessed hope? “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but afetr this the judgement, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To tohse who eagerly wait for Him, He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” Hebrews 9: 27-28To those who ‘eagerly wait for Him.’ Jesus said in Matt. 6:21 “For wehre your treasure is, there your heart will be also”If we are holding on to earthly things and place all our faith and trust in them, we wont be keen on leaving them.I guess it is time to set our sights on things above. To ‘eagerly wait for Him’ and to ‘love his appearing’ 2 Tim. 4:8An advertisement currently running on British television states ‘Time is running out’ In the advert, it refers to the time we have left to send in our tax returns and shows a boy standing in an hour glass, trying to keep his balance as the sand beneath his feet trickles though to the bottom half of the hour glass.Time is indeed running out.
Some are having a job to keep their balance in this world that apepars to be going crazy. My friends, it really is time to seek the Lord.
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