Think You're In Danger Of Being Left Behind?

The "Left Behind" series of books was tremendously popular and started a lot of people talking about the end times, the Rapture and being 'left behind'.  There's good news and bad news on this subject that I'd like to share with you. 

First the bad news - if you read your Bible carefully, particularly the prophets and the writings of Paul and Peter, you will quickly realize that at no point does the Bible actually talk about a Rapture in the way it's currently thought and preached about.  It does say that those followers of The Way who are alive will rise to meet Christ in the clouds.  However that event occurs when He returns.  Not before the coming Tribulation or during it but at the moment when Christ leaves Heaven to plant His feet on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and reclaim His crown as King of the world.  This means, obviously that people will not be 'left behind' to endure the Tribulation - all those living will, to one degree or another have to endure the coming Tribulation.

To many people this may come as devastating news or even a completely new teaching yet read your Bible's carefully and you will see that it is the truth.  It is Biblical fact that there will be no Rapture as depicted in the "Left Behind" series of books.  The world will not be thrown into chaos and confusion by the sudden disappearance of hundreds of millions of true believers.  Nor will the world be filled with those who have perhaps been doubtful or not yet accepted Jesus into their hearts being 'left behind' to suffer the trials of the Tribulation on their own.

Now for the good news.  While there will be a terrible Tribulation, such as never before seen on the Earth, and God's people will still be on the planet those who truly love Him and follow His Ways and not the ways of men, will be protected.  Those defined, by God, as His children to be protected from the worst of the Tribulation are those who have answered His call in this lifetime and follow His Ways.  Sadly, our modern churches rarely, if ever, truly preach the real Word of God and so people are easily led astray. 

Just remember that God looks upon the heart and judges you accordingly.  You may well be, and many of you probably are, a member of a 'false' denomination but that doesn't mean you can't educate yourself, led by the Holy Spirit, to God's truth and live as best as you can according to His commands.  One of God's most basic commands, for example, which is practically ignored across the board of religious thought, is to 'Keep the Sabbath day Holy'.  The Sabbath day is the day God chose, Saturday and not the day chosen by man, Sunday.  Very few churches today even tell the truth about the Sabbath and God's requirement that we keep it as a Holy Day.  Once you know, and have proven this to be true through study, prayer and meditation, then it is your responsibility to find a congregation somewhere that does worship on Saturdays so that you are able to keep God's Truth as He reveals it to you.

In the Book of Revelation God calls the Church 'Israel', meaning the spiritual Israel of all races who now make up His chosen people.  The physical nation of Israel broke their covenant with God and so He divorced them to create a new 'chosen people' - those called to Him in this lifetime who respond to their calling.  And it is important to remember, that for reasons known only to God, while He is calling all people to Him, not everyone will respond to His call in this lifetime.  

That does not mean that those people who do not respond in this lifetime are doomed to eternal damnation.  God tells us that hundreds of millions will be converted to His ways during the Tribulation - the 'great multitude' mentioned in the Book of Revelation that comes out of the Tribulation.  Furthermore God offers a millennium of time, after the return of Christ, for all other people, from Adam and Eve to the last soul born, to be taught His truth and to follow His ways.

The spiritual Israel living during the time of the Great Tribulation will be protected from Satan's wrath and the opening of the Seals by supernatural means.  In the Book of Revelation God describes this as a woman, which we know means a church in Biblical prophecy, being taken, on the wings of an eagle, into the desert where she can give birth safely.  This alludes both to God's protection of the earthly birth of Jesus Christ through his human mother Mary as well as the end time church being protected and being the seed of the soon coming Kingdom of God, or 'giving birth' to the Kingdom.

Much of this teaching will likely seem strange and new to many of you who may be reading these posts, yet if you study your own Bibles carefully you will find that my words are true.  I speak not from my own understanding but only from the enlightenment I've received over the years from God through His Holy Spirit.  Open your heart and your mind and you will see the same truth written in the pages of your own family Bible.

In loving peace,

Tracey