Rapture Ready?
This section is designed to provide a check-list of sorts for the believer to be ready for the rapture of the Church. Nowhere in Scripture can the word “rapture” actually be found, but it’s definition is.
The word rapture means to be caught away. The rapture of the Church is the Great catching away that will occur…
“with the trump of God (when) 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: so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16b-17
Before going on, we must identify the group of people we’re talking about here: The Church, the Believer or born-again ones. One must first be within this category before they even qualify.
Learn more about being born-again
Actually, this entire Web-site is designed to bring any believer to the point of rapture readiness. That’s what this ministry is about: provoking others unto the work of the Lord — being about our Father’s business.
Paul said it like this:
“For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.”
2 Corintians 5:10-11a
Jesus Himself put it this way:
“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work…I must be about My Father’s business”
John 4:34 & Luke 2:49b
We’re not talking about working to earn your salvation,
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9
There is a laboring together that we may work the works of Him that sends us.
“For we are labourers (workers) together with God [since] every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour (work).”
1 Corinthians 3:9a, 8b KJV
“When the Son of man comes, will He really find faith on the earth? Show me your faith without your works, and I’ll show you my faith by my works.”
Luke 18:8b and James 2:8b
“I strongly believe that healing the sick, casting out devils, raising the dead and working miracles is the greatest way to show the goodness of God (which leads men to repentance) and the number one way to “lift Jesus up” (which will draw all men unto Him — salvation [see Romans 2:4 and John 12:32]).
Scripture teaches that Jesus is waiting for His enemies to be made His footstool and the Father is waiting for the precious fruit of the earth. I believe the Holy Spirit is waiting to be released from behind the prison bars addressed in this book, to reap that harvest!
Let’s beat our swords (of ill-spoken words against each other) into plowshares (harvest reaping instruments), and our spears (things that have pierced unto division) into pruning hooks (that which cuts away dead and unnecessary things)! The fields are ripe unto harvest! Even though it’s the last hour we’ll still receive a full reward if we’ll repent and return to our first love (see Isaiah 2:4, Matthew 9:37, Matthew 20:1-16 & Revelation 2:5).”
Excerpt from: “Have You Imprisoned the Holy Spirit?”