Enoch walked with God (we read this also of Noah) and that he was Raptured before the flood: “And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God had taken him up” (Genesis 5:24). God took him before the flood. Just like the Church, which will be raptured before the Great Tribulation. Thus, in Revelation 3:10, we read a wonderful promise to the Church, which is still unfulfilled prophecy to this day: “Because thou hast kept the commandment to wait in Me, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation that shall come upon all the world, to test them that dwell upon the earth.'
The Rapture can take place at any moment, there is no need to precede that fulfillment. But what a battle there is sometimes around this theme Then I think of these words: 'I come soon; hold fast what you have, lest anyone take your crown” (Revelation 3:11).
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The Bible explicitly calls for vigilance, faith, and obedience. Waiting, therefore, does not mean passively sitting back, but actively living according to His principles. So, are you waiting for the Day of the Lord or the Day of Christ?
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For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
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The Bible gives a clear explanation:
The way to the world: Because Israel temporarily did not accept the message of Jesus (the Messiah), the door opened to all other nations (the Gentiles). The gospel was spread throughout the earth.
It is temporary: It is not a permanent situation. The blindness, according to the apostle Paul, lasts until the "full number" of the other nations have come to faith.
And then the Ultimate Salvation: Only then will this "veil" be removed. According to the Bible, God will then complete His plan for Israel and all Israel will be saved.
Do not forget that the disciples of Jesus were the first Jewish Christians. In the Bible, such as in Romans 11, the apostle Paul emphasizes that God has never rejected his chosen people. Christians are called upon in Scripture to bless the Jewish people and to harbor no hatred. Hatred against Jews is diametrically opposed to the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. Without Israel, there would be no gospel.
For the rapture of the church, we are at our current locations. For some it is in bed, for others at school and for others in an airplane. Suddenly we are called by the Lord Jesus and we move from the earth, through the clouds, to the sky. Here we see the Lord Jesus, and we'll be with Him forever. But we don't stay in the air, this is just a place where we go to meet the Lord Jesus. Together we go to another place.
“In My Father's house are many mansions; if it weren't, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will return and take you to myself, that where I am you also may be.” (John 14:2-3)
We go to the house of God the Father, which is in heaven.
You have to read carefully what is being said.
John 14 speaks of man's departure to God's house. Jesus says that He is leaving to "make room" for His followers in His Father's house, which has many rooms (John 14:2). The movement here is from earth to heaven.
Revelation 21 describes exactly the reverse movement: God coming to man. John sees the New Jerusalem descending from heaven to earth. The focus is on the statement: "Behold, the tent of God is with mankind, and He will dwell with them."
The Day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6) is the day on which the Lord Jesus will be revealed in the world and we, believers, will appear with Him in glory. For Israel, He will come as the true Messiah (Christ) and Savior. With a view to that day, He will come as the morning star, announcing the great day, and take His own to Himself and complete His work in them. In a broad sense, the day of Christ begins with the rapture of the church; in a narrow sense, with the coming of the Messiah in glory.