Sat.’s Devo - Ready for the Rapture

Read: Jer. 16:16-18:23; 1 Thes. 4:1-5:3; Ps. 81:1-16; Pr. 25:6-7a Jeremiah 16 is full of wonderful promises we can stand on. Verses 7-8 blesses the man who trusts in the Lord. It reads just like Psalms 1. This man will be planted by waters that have deep roots. (He will be sealed by the Holy Spirit.) He wont’ see when the heat comes. (He won’t be affected by the trials of judgment on the earth.) His leaf will be green. (He will prosper in tough times.) He will not be afraid when the world lacks water, neither will he cease yielding fruit. (He will not be anxious of current events because they won’t affect him.) This is a great encouragement to us in the times we are living right now. Verse 17 sums it up: “You, O Lord, are my hope in the day of evil.” God will take care of us. In the same chapter, verse 13 is the verse the Lord gave me when I asked him what Jesus wrote in the dirt when he released the woman caught in adultery. It says that all that depart from him shall be written in the earth. I wonder if Jesus didn’t start writing their names in the dirt and the Holy Spirit brought back to their remembrance this scripture. There are so many scriptures that seem to contradict one another but really don’t. The scriptures about the end of time are confusing because we don’t see the big picture yet. When Jesus comes back and we hear the trumpet, this is referring to Roshashana or the feast of Trumpets. This is when the bride of Christ will be raptured or taken from the earth. It will come as a surprise to the world but if you read on in chapter 5, it will not come as a surprise to us because we don’t walk in darkness but in the light. When the Bible says that no man knows the time of His returning it is talking about when we come back with the Lord to fight the battle of Armagedon… not the rapture. God never does anything he doesn’t first tell his prophets. We can be wise virgins with the Holy Spirit burning in us waiting for our bridegroom to come. Lord, may we be preserved during hard times and ready when You come to take us.