I was just enjoying listening to Bro. Geoff Grider's podcast (especially the first 30 minutes), and he powerfully reminded me (and all of us Christians) that the Pretribulation Rapture of the church is a breath away, as he put it. Therefore, we all ought to be doubling or tripling our efforts to reach the lost during this crucial time of prophecy being fulfilled. That is exactly why I am writing this post now, because if you are not born again by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, you will NOT go to Heaven, and you will NOT be in the Rapture.
Bro. Geoff also mentioned that he believes that the Rapture will happen in the springtime, because he referenced Song of Solomon chapter 2 verses 8 to 12:
Songs 2:8-12: The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
He also mentioned further that he believes that the timeframe of May 21st to 23rd is a possible (not definite) assumption he has for the Rapture of the church. This is not a prediction by any means. He stressed that he is not date-setting. He mentions (and I found this to be very interesting) that Pentecost is on our calendar on May 23rd. The day of Pentecost (meaning 50 days after the crucifixion) commemorates the beginning of the church age after Christ died on the cross:
Acts 2:1-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Just as the Holy Ghost began to indwell all those who were believers on the Day of Pentecost, so the Rapture will happen when we are changed into our glorified bodies. The Rapture is the culmination and the climax of the church age. The Bible often begins a doctrine as a type, and the completion of that type is fulfilled in a later part of the Bible. For example, the Old Testament Jews were required to offer many animal sacrifices, which were a shadow or type of the one supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross to die for the sins of all mankind. Bible verses compliment one another, just as the Old Testament is a forerunner of the New Testament. They all fit perfectly together. This is why the King James Bible is the Word of God, because no fake version can or ever does this. No other book is alive and active and more up to date than tomorrow's newspaper. God authored only one Book, the King James Bible!
We are now at the very end of the church age when Christ came and preached, then He died on the cross, was buried and rose again. This age has seen many get saved, and many fall away too. It's a time when God gives the gift of eternal life to all who receive Christ as Savior, and when the saved go out and spread the Gospel to the whole world. We are at the final moments before Jesus Christ calls us from out of Heaven and meets us in the clouds. After we are raptured, the church age will cease, and we will be in glory in our glorified bodies with God the Father and God the Son forever and ever. The church will NOT exist on the earth during the Time of Jacob's Trouble, or the Great Tribulation as some put it.
Bro. Grider says he believes the Rapture will happen in the springtime, when the earth yields forth flowers and fruits and new life. This makes sense, based on what Scripture says in Song of Solomon, but he also stressed that even if Jesus doesn't come for us this spring, He can still do so at any time. We don't know when the Rapture will happen; not even Jesus Christ Himself knows when it will happen-- ONLY God the Father knows when it will happen, and when it does, whenever it does, we must be READY. God the Father will, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, send Michael the archangel to blow the last trumpet, and the Lord Jesus Christ will descend from Heaven with a shout, saying, COME UP HITHER!!
We must expect this at any time, so that is exactly why I am writing this post: to tell you that the Pretribulation Rapture is about to take place, and that if you are not born again, you will not be in the Rapture, nor will you go to Heaven at all. You must BELIEVE ON JESUS CHRIST as payment for YOUR sins when He died FOR YOU on the cross. The Rapture is for CHRISTIANS ONLY. All else will be LEFT BEHIND on the earth to face the most awful, sinful, wretched, evil and satanic time that will ever take place, the WRATH OF GOD being poured out on all those who reject Christ Jesus as their Savior.
I want to share with you this particular podcast that Bro. Geoff has on his NTEB website. Please listen to it and you'll be convinced that the Bible is the only truth that exists in this sinful, lying world. Let God be true and every man a liar!
