Because they fear the negative results of mentioning the dreaded word “Rapture” from the pulpit, pastors today refuse to talk about what happens when Jesus appears: our bodily transformation.
Comfort for Melancholy Days
The falling rain outside my office reflects the gloominess I feel today. It’s just one of those melancholy days that many of us experience from time to time under the weight of living in today’s world.
Through the struggles of my past, I have learned the value of clinging to God’s Word when the cares of this world threaten to undo me.
What Is This Kingdom of Which We Are Heirs?
Don’t Let Others Diminish Your Excitement for What Lies Ahead
All the biblical depictions of this other-world domain, whether it be the glories of Heaven, the earth during Jesus’ thousand-year reign, or the eternal state, far surpass the mythical Narnia in their captivating beauty and splendor. It’s this kingdom that should fill our hearts with wonder and joyous anticipation. Yet so many believers live as though the reality behind the mythical Narnia doesn’t exist.
What Keeps People from Believing the Words of Scripture?
The Necessity of Clinging To the Biblical Hope That Justice Is Coming
Bible prophecy matters; it’s the key to understanding the day in which we live. We need a true Scripture-based perspective of what lies beyond this life in order to make sense of our journey through it.
Without it, we would struggle to understand how a sound biblical worldview intersects with the tragedies, senseless violence, corruption, and lawlessness that are so rampant in our day.
Our Priceless Inheritance
Combining the Rapture and the Second Coming Is Biblically Impossible
Do you realize that as New Testament saints, we will take part in the most astonishing and magnificent event that the world will ever see?
Revelation 19 begins with thunderous praise for our Savior followed by our celebration with Him at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Then, “arrayed in fine linen, white and pure,” we will follow Jesus back to earth riding on white horses (Revelation 19:11-16) .
What Would Jesus Say?
If the first nine days of 2025 are any indication of what lies ahead, we are in for a wild ride. It was popular at the start of this century to ask, "What would Jesus do?" As we view pictures of the devastation left by the fires in Southern California, perhaps it might better to ask, "What would Jesus say?" about our day.
Rapture Ramifications
Why Do So Many Believers Choose to Be Oblivious to the Perils of Our World?
Don't Look Outside the Window
Jesus’ Soon Appearing Versus the Normalcy Bubble
Most people live in a “bubble of normalcy” where they feel secure because of exaggerated and unrealistic hopes of either a return to normalcy or of their current lifestyle continuing indefinitely into the future unhindered by the perils around them. They sleep with no fear that their bubble might burst in the near future.
