WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 Heavenly Greetings in Jesus' name. 00:02.000 --> 00:03.600 Yes, thank you so much for joining us once again, 00:03.600 --> 00:07.560 on this podcast, here on The University Of God. 00:07.560 --> 00:11.280 Yes, so many people believe and know 00:11.280 --> 00:13.080 that we are in the last days. 00:13.080 --> 00:16.120 Yes, the end times, 00:16.120 --> 00:17.720 where there is a manifestation 00:17.720 --> 00:19.760 of the spirit of fear everywhere. 00:19.760 --> 00:22.960 And I think we've seen that time and time again 00:22.960 --> 00:26.720 in the last few years, even months. 00:26.720 --> 00:29.800 But we know that, as children of God, 00:29.800 --> 00:32.720 we should be led by faith and not by fear. 00:32.720 --> 00:34.080 So there's one question 00:34.080 --> 00:36.000 that keeps reoccurring and reoccurring. 00:36.000 --> 00:37.920 I think you know what I'm gonna say, 00:37.920 --> 00:40.160 all about rapture. 00:40.160 --> 00:44.760 Yes, some people ask the question, 00:44.760 --> 00:47.040 "When will the rapture take place?” 00:47.040 --> 00:49.600 “Will I be left behind?" 00:49.600 --> 00:52.240 So I want to take a moment today 00:52.240 --> 00:55.560 for us to talk about this in the light of God's Word. 00:55.560 --> 00:59.800 You know, God's Word has the final say. 00:59.800 --> 01:02.520 In God's Word is an assurance that settles 01:02.520 --> 01:05.560 all problems and questions and doubts. 01:05.560 --> 01:06.680 So that is why we're here today, 01:06.680 --> 01:09.000 on The University Of God, to discuss about 01:09.000 --> 01:13.320 different topics based and illumined by the Word of God. 01:13.320 --> 01:16.760 So Racine, what can you say about rapture? 01:16.760 --> 01:20.560 Rapture, what a word. 01:20.560 --> 01:25.520 In English, what does the word rapture mean? 01:25.520 --> 01:28.560 Well, I mean it has different meanings, doesn't it? 01:28.560 --> 01:30.440 What does rapture mean? 01:30.440 --> 01:31.560 Okay, wait, wait, let me check. 01:31.560 --> 01:33.880 There's a meaning in the natural and the spiritual. 01:33.880 --> 01:40.960 Well, number one, "A feeling of intense pleasure or joy." 01:40.960 --> 01:42.120 Number two. 01:43.920 --> 01:45.040 That's in the figurative sense. 01:45.040 --> 01:47.280 "The transporting of believers to Heaven 01:47.280 --> 01:49.680 at the second coming of Christ." 01:49.680 --> 01:51.160 Okay, you hear what they say? 01:51.160 --> 01:52.480 Say it again. 01:52.480 --> 01:54.840 "The transporting of believers 01:54.840 --> 01:57.480 to Heaven at the second coming of Christ." 01:57.480 --> 01:59.720 Transporting! 01:59.720 --> 02:01.680 Do you take a bus? 02:01.680 --> 02:04.440 Where would they transport them? 02:04.440 --> 02:06.240 Where is the destination? 02:06.240 --> 02:07.320 Heaven. 02:07.320 --> 02:08.560 Glory be to God. 02:08.560 --> 02:10.040 Can a bus go to Heaven? No! 02:10.040 --> 02:11.760 Can a plane go to Heaven? No! 02:11.760 --> 02:13.800 Can a rocket go to Heaven? No! 02:13.800 --> 02:17.160 Even where is Heaven? 02:17.160 --> 02:19.480 So let's come back to our journey. 02:19.480 --> 02:22.320 You can see we say rapture. 02:22.320 --> 02:25.840 Rapture is a spiritual thing, has a spiritual meaning, 02:25.840 --> 02:27.960 when it comes to the Bible. 02:27.960 --> 02:30.680 So the reason, what is rapture? 02:30.680 --> 02:34.160 Why do we need to be raptured, for what? 02:34.160 --> 02:39.520 We said it, here is not Heaven - this world we live. 02:39.520 --> 02:42.520 And the Scripture says in the Book of John, 02:42.520 --> 02:44.680 "We are in the world - 02:44.680 --> 02:47.840 we are not a part of it." 02:47.840 --> 02:50.360 Take note of that. 02:50.360 --> 02:54.360 We are in a world in bodily form, 02:54.360 --> 02:59.120 but if you are in Christ Jesus, if you are saved, 02:59.120 --> 03:00.600 if you are born again, 03:00.600 --> 03:05.200 if you have the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus in you, 03:05.200 --> 03:09.400 this means you have the divine nature of Christ in you. 03:09.400 --> 03:13.320 You are in the world in bodily form, but not a part of it. (John 17:14) 03:13.320 --> 03:16.200 It's what Jesus said when He interceded for the saints, 03:16.200 --> 03:17.840 in John 17, He said, 03:17.840 --> 03:21.200 "Father, sanctify them by the truth." (John 17:17) 03:21.200 --> 03:24.040 “Your Word is truth.” 03:24.040 --> 03:27.400 And Jesus said to Pilate, in John 18, 03:27.400 --> 03:31.160 "For this reason I was born and came into this world 03:31.160 --> 03:34.880 to bear witness of the truth." (John 18:37) 03:34.880 --> 03:36.760 Pilate said, "What is truth?" (John 18:38) 03:36.760 --> 03:40.080 Jesus remained silent. 03:40.080 --> 03:44.520 Why? Truth needs to be discerned. 03:44.520 --> 03:48.240 So, we are not of this world. Why? 03:48.240 --> 03:48.960 Because the Bible says, 03:48.960 --> 03:52.720 “Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world.” (Romans 12:2) 03:52.720 --> 03:54.600 So we talk about rapture - 03:54.600 --> 03:56.680 Jesus said, "I don't pray Father, 03:56.680 --> 03:58.200 for You to take them from this world, 03:58.200 --> 04:02.680 but to protect them from the evil one" - in John 17:15. 04:02.680 --> 04:08.760 But there is something Jesus said, in John 14:3, 04:08.760 --> 04:11.760 if Ruth can help us to read it. 04:11.760 --> 04:14.000 Let's listen to the promise of Jesus. 04:14.000 --> 04:15.840 Let's start from verse 2, 04:15.840 --> 04:20.240 John 14:2 - listen very carefully. 04:20.240 --> 04:23.400 The Bible says that Jesus Christ of Nazareth 04:23.400 --> 04:29.440 is the Governor of our future. 04:29.440 --> 04:32.640 What is future? 04:32.640 --> 04:34.880 "In My Father's house are many rooms." 04:34.880 --> 04:36.000 I love this Scripture. 04:36.000 --> 04:37.560 Which Scripture is that one, can you say it? 04:37.560 --> 04:40.360 John 14:2. 04:40.360 --> 04:44.720 Listen to what Jesus Christ said to all of you, and me. 04:44.720 --> 04:50.880 "In My Father's house" 04:50.880 --> 04:53.200 Who's the Father? God Almighty. 04:53.200 --> 04:54.120 Which house? 04:54.120 --> 04:59.920 A house not built by man, but a house built by God. 04:59.920 --> 05:01.480 That's why Hebrews 11 05:01.480 --> 05:03.880 mentioning the heroes of faith, said, 05:03.880 --> 05:07.080 they left where they come from, 05:07.080 --> 05:10.240 looking for a house not built by man. 05:10.240 --> 05:13.040 If they were looking for a house from men, 05:13.040 --> 05:14.360 they would have returned to where they came from. 05:14.360 --> 05:17.160 But they were looking for the house built by God. 05:17.160 --> 05:19.080 Jesus said to you and me, 05:19.080 --> 05:22.600 in John 14:2, as Ruth just said, say it again. 05:22.600 --> 05:28.320 "In My Father's house are many rooms." 05:28.320 --> 05:30.160 That means there's a room for you. 05:30.160 --> 05:32.520 And for you and for me. 05:32.520 --> 05:33.920 "If it were not so-" 05:33.920 --> 05:35.640 Some version say "many mansions." 05:35.640 --> 05:37.160 "Many mansions," yeah. 05:37.160 --> 05:41.840 The will of God is not to give you a room - a mansion. 05:41.840 --> 05:45.360 "In My Father's house are many mansions, or many rooms, 05:45.360 --> 05:48.040 if it were not so I would have told you.” 05:48.040 --> 05:50.360 One second, 05:50.360 --> 05:52.720 carry us along, “if”, what? 05:52.720 --> 05:57.160 "If it were not so." 05:57.160 --> 05:58.560 "I would have told you." 05:58.560 --> 06:00.840 You know what Jesus means? 06:00.840 --> 06:03.680 What I'm telling you is the truth. 06:03.680 --> 06:05.040 If not, I would not say it. 06:05.040 --> 06:07.720 If I say it - I, who came from Heaven, 06:07.720 --> 06:12.920 believe My words, it is true. 06:12.920 --> 06:16.160 "I am going there to prepare a place for you." 06:16.160 --> 06:19.680 "I am going there ahead of you - 06:19.680 --> 06:21.600 to prepare a place for you." 06:21.600 --> 06:23.640 Hallelujah! When Jesus was saying that, 06:23.640 --> 06:26.400 He was here on this earth, am I right? 06:26.400 --> 06:27.680 Yes, you're right. 06:27.680 --> 06:31.800 He said, "I am going to My Father's house 06:31.800 --> 06:35.840 to prepare a mansion for you" - over there. 06:35.840 --> 06:38.560 Do you know what He means? 06:38.560 --> 06:41.440 If I say here, who wants to go to Heaven? 06:41.440 --> 06:42.520 Ruth, do you want to go to Heaven? 06:42.520 --> 06:43.520 Yes, I want to go to Heaven. 06:43.520 --> 06:45.960 Are you ready to go now? 06:45.960 --> 06:47.520 Praise the Lord! 06:47.520 --> 06:50.960 I want to see my daughter grow up! 06:50.960 --> 06:53.160 Me too! So we can see, 06:53.160 --> 06:55.760 all of us want to go to Heaven, none of us are ready to die! 06:55.760 --> 06:57.640 I want to see what God will do with the University of God! 06:57.640 --> 06:59.480 This is a pretext, you are just saying it. 06:59.480 --> 07:01.680 That's not true - you don't want to die young. 07:01.680 --> 07:02.640 I don't want to die now! 07:02.640 --> 07:03.680 Praise the Lord! 07:03.680 --> 07:06.040 Because we still believe we have so much to achieve on earth - 07:06.040 --> 07:08.400 we won't achieve nothing without Jesus. 07:08.400 --> 07:12.960 That's why only God knows the beginning and the end. 07:12.960 --> 07:16.240 Even King Hezekiah, when God said, "You're going home" - 07:16.240 --> 07:18.200 he began to cry. 07:18.200 --> 07:22.560 No one wants to go before their time, no one. 07:22.560 --> 07:25.600 But that's why there's an appointed time for everything. 07:25.600 --> 07:32.080 But Jesus said, "I will go ahead of you", 07:32.080 --> 07:33.840 Meaning, “I will leave this world, 07:33.840 --> 07:37.120 I will go back to the Father to prepare a place.” 07:37.120 --> 07:43.920 Can you go to John 14:26, and we can come back to that. 07:43.920 --> 07:49.280 Verse 26, let's listen to what Jesus said. 07:49.280 --> 07:51.160 "But the counsellor, the Holy Spirit, 07:51.160 --> 07:53.360 whom the Father will send in My name." 07:53.360 --> 07:55.800 "But the counsellor." 07:55.800 --> 07:58.240 "Will teach you all things and will remind you - " 07:58.240 --> 07:59.400 He will teach you. "And will remind you 07:59.400 --> 08:01.800 of everything I have said to you." 08:01.800 --> 08:06.520 (John) 14:36, that's it. Now, you hear what He said? 08:06.520 --> 08:09.560 The Counsellor, the Holy Spirit will what? 08:09.560 --> 08:11.200 "Teach you." "Will teach you." 08:11.200 --> 08:12.720 "All things." 08:12.720 --> 08:15.760 "And will remind you of everything." 08:15.760 --> 08:16.960 "I've said to you." 08:16.960 --> 08:18.880 Let's go back now to that verse 14. 08:18.880 --> 08:22.480 This is one of the things that Jesus has said to you. 08:26.120 --> 08:28.120 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, 08:28.120 --> 08:31.120 I will come back and take you to be with Me 08:31.120 --> 08:33.280 that you also may be where I am." 08:33.280 --> 08:36.680 Oh my Lord, Jesus said, ‘I will’ what? 08:36.680 --> 08:37.880 Go. 08:37.880 --> 08:39.680 "I will go and I'll prepare 08:39.680 --> 08:40.680 a place for you," "And then I will," what? 08:40.680 --> 08:41.520 "I'll prepare the place for you," 08:41.520 --> 08:43.120 "And then I will come back." "I will come back." 08:43.120 --> 08:46.120 "And take you to be with Me." 08:46.120 --> 08:47.440 "So that you may be where I am." 08:47.440 --> 08:50.520 That's the rapture. 08:50.520 --> 08:54.640 Jesus said, I will first go to my Father in Heaven. 08:54.640 --> 08:58.200 I will die and leave this world. 08:58.200 --> 09:02.160 When I go to My Father, I will prepare a place, 09:02.160 --> 09:04.320 because Jesus prays in John 17, 09:04.320 --> 09:09.040 "Father where I am, I want them to be with Me." 09:09.040 --> 09:10.840 Jesus went to Heaven, 09:10.840 --> 09:14.680 to prepare a place for you, that is our future. 09:14.680 --> 09:16.400 That's the future of the church, 09:16.400 --> 09:22.000 to spend future felicity with Jesus forever in Heaven. 09:22.000 --> 09:26.600 And Jesus said, "If it were not so, I would have told you." 09:26.600 --> 09:29.600 So that's the assurance of our future, 09:29.600 --> 09:32.280 it's not this Earth, our future is Heaven, 09:32.280 --> 09:34.720 eternity with Him. 09:34.720 --> 09:36.400 To guarantee that future, Jesus said, 09:36.400 --> 09:40.200 "I will go first and prepare a place for you. 09:40.200 --> 09:43.920 When I've prepared a place for you, then I will come 09:43.920 --> 09:47.800 and take you there." This means He's the only way, 09:47.800 --> 09:50.200 the only truth, and the only life. 09:50.200 --> 09:52.440 So Him taking us to Heaven is the rapture? 09:52.440 --> 09:54.680 That's the rapture! 09:54.680 --> 09:56.600 What does it mean? I hope you're writing this down, 09:56.600 --> 09:58.040 do you have a pen and paper? 09:58.040 --> 09:59.080 Write this down. 09:59.080 --> 10:02.160 "I will come back and take you there." 10:02.160 --> 10:04.280 That's what He said, John 14:3, am I right? 10:04.280 --> 10:05.960 Yes. 10:05.960 --> 10:09.360 Jesus made that promise that He will come 10:09.360 --> 10:12.200 and take us there and we will spend the future 10:12.200 --> 10:13.120 felicity with God - 10:13.120 --> 10:15.720 this means no one can take you to Heaven except through Him. 10:15.720 --> 10:18.480 That's why He said, "I am the way, I am the truth, 10:18.480 --> 10:23.000 I am the life, no one comes to the Father, except through Me." 10:23.000 --> 10:31.480 The question is, going to Heaven, you must have a criteria. 10:31.480 --> 10:33.760 If I want to go to America, can I take a plane 10:33.760 --> 10:35.960 and go to America at my will? 10:35.960 --> 10:37.440 I'm asking you? 10:37.440 --> 10:40.160 Well, depends, you need to make sure you have a ticket. 10:40.160 --> 10:41.440 You need to make sure you have a visa. 10:41.440 --> 10:44.280 If you need a visa, or an ESTA. 10:44.280 --> 10:46.880 Or whatever part of the world you're from. 10:46.880 --> 10:48.440 Okay, a ticket. 10:48.440 --> 10:51.640 Now, to go to the place where Jesus said we should go, 10:51.640 --> 10:52.560 it's true, you need a ticket. 10:52.560 --> 10:55.680 What's the ticket, to pay? 10:55.680 --> 10:58.120 Salvation. 10:58.120 --> 10:59.880 What is salvation? 10:59.880 --> 11:02.360 Being cleansed from your sins by the blood of Jesus, 11:02.360 --> 11:03.200 accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. 11:03.200 --> 11:05.400 Does salvation come by your own way? 11:05.400 --> 11:07.920 No. How are we saved? 11:07.920 --> 11:10.640 Jesus saves us. How did Jesus save me? 11:10.640 --> 11:13.520 Jesus has died the cross more than 2,000 years ago. 11:13.520 --> 11:15.040 Today, there are many people that are not saved. 11:15.040 --> 11:16.960 The fact that Jesus died for the whole of humankind 11:16.960 --> 11:18.320 doesn't mean everybody's saved. 11:18.320 --> 11:21.000 Because Jesus is the the Creator of everyone, 11:21.000 --> 11:22.160 but not the Father of everyone. 11:22.160 --> 11:23.960 I mean, we have to accept 11:23.960 --> 11:26.560 Jesus into our hearts as our Lord and Saviour. 11:26.560 --> 11:29.600 What is the ticket? That's the question. 11:29.600 --> 11:31.080 The ticket is for - 11:31.080 --> 11:32.480 You said it before. 11:32.480 --> 11:33.440 You to accept Jesus. 11:33.440 --> 11:36.560 How do you pay for the ticket? 11:36.560 --> 11:39.000 You pay for the ticket through the blood of Jesus. 11:39.000 --> 11:41.520 How do you pay for the blood of Jesus? 11:41.520 --> 11:44.000 When you accept what Jesus has done for you. 11:44.000 --> 11:45.520 How do I accept it? 11:45.520 --> 11:47.800 When you repent of your sins, 11:47.800 --> 11:50.520 and you accept Him into your heart. 11:50.520 --> 11:53.200 How do I accept Jesus? By mental imagination? 11:53.200 --> 11:54.360 No. How? 11:54.360 --> 11:55.200 In your heart. 11:55.200 --> 11:57.600 How does my heart accept Jesus? 11:57.600 --> 11:59.240 You believe with your heart, you believe it. 11:59.240 --> 12:01.520 You are close! Say it again! 12:01.520 --> 12:03.200 Faith! 12:03.200 --> 12:05.800 That is it! You're turning me around! 12:05.800 --> 12:07.160 You can tell that we've not planned this! 12:07.160 --> 12:10.000 Like literally, we have not planned this! 12:10.000 --> 12:15.800 That is it, the ticket is faith, heavenly currency. 12:15.800 --> 12:18.720 Because, Jesus said, "I will go to My Father, 12:18.720 --> 12:20.840 I will prepare and come and collect you." 12:20.840 --> 12:23.360 Now, who qualifies you? 12:23.360 --> 12:24.560 Jesus. 12:24.560 --> 12:30.560 Because the Bible says that flesh and blood - 12:30.560 --> 12:32.200 1 Corinthians 15:50 12:32.200 --> 12:35.320 this body cannot inherit Heaven. 12:35.320 --> 12:36.760 Why? We are not righteous. 12:36.760 --> 12:39.600 You must have right standing before we go to Heaven. 12:39.600 --> 12:41.560 An upright heart. 12:41.560 --> 12:45.480 So it means I need a visa. 12:45.480 --> 12:48.120 You say the visa. I need to go to the embassy. 12:48.120 --> 12:50.720 I need to go to a living church 12:50.720 --> 12:52.480 with somebody appointed by Christ 12:52.480 --> 12:54.120 to preach the gospel by the Holy Spirit, 12:54.120 --> 12:57.040 who preach to me, Word of life, 12:57.040 --> 12:59.720 and faith comes from that Word, right? 12:59.720 --> 13:03.000 So to go to the Kingdom of Heaven, to be saved, 13:03.000 --> 13:07.640 is by faith, through grace, through faith. 13:07.640 --> 13:08.640 That's what Jesus said. 13:08.640 --> 13:11.480 So, who are those who will be raptured? 13:11.480 --> 13:13.080 We're coming to that answer. 13:13.080 --> 13:16.440 Who are those who will be raptured? 13:16.440 --> 13:18.120 Those who are saved. 13:18.120 --> 13:21.840 ♪ On the last day ♪ 13:21.840 --> 13:28.880 ♪ Only true believers shall be raptured ♪ 13:28.880 --> 13:32.280 ♪ Will you be ready ♪ 13:32.280 --> 13:34.000 ♪ When the Lord shall come ♪ 13:34.000 --> 13:34.640 That's the question. 13:34.640 --> 13:38.960 Will you be ready when the Lord shall come? 13:38.960 --> 13:41.240 Faith is now. 13:41.240 --> 13:44.120 That's why Prophet TB Joshua said, 13:44.120 --> 13:47.440 "Live each day as if it were your last.” 13:47.440 --> 13:52.520 If I live each day as if it were my last, 13:52.520 --> 13:54.800 I will get my heart in tune, to reconcile with God 13:54.800 --> 13:58.080 and to be ready when the Lord shall come. 13:58.080 --> 13:59.600 Will you be ready? 13:59.600 --> 14:01.440 Will you be fit for that journey? 14:01.440 --> 14:04.160 That's the question. 14:04.160 --> 14:07.640 So the Scripture says clearly, let's go back. 14:07.640 --> 14:09.160 We are talking about that rapture, 14:09.160 --> 14:11.320 how Jesus will take you there. 14:11.320 --> 14:16.040 Let's go to 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 14:16.040 --> 14:17.440 Jesus said He would come back. 14:17.440 --> 14:20.400 Let's see what happens when Jesus is coming back. 14:20.400 --> 14:22.960 "For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven, 14:22.960 --> 14:30.720 with a loud command. With the voice of the archangel 14:30.720 --> 14:32.680 and with the trumpet call of God, 14:32.680 --> 14:41.040 and the dead in Christ will rise first. 14:41.040 --> 14:43.240 After that, we who are still alive 14:43.240 --> 14:46.120 and are left, will be caught up together with them, 14:46.120 --> 14:49.240 in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” 14:49.240 --> 14:50.360 ‘Caught up’ - that's rapture. 14:50.360 --> 14:52.960 "And so we will be with the Lord forever." 14:52.960 --> 14:58.040 That is it, we'll be caught up - that’s rapture. 14:58.040 --> 15:00.320 Now, let's take it one-by-one. 15:00.320 --> 15:02.160 Paul said, 15:02.160 --> 15:06.960 1 Thessalonians 4:16: "For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven." 15:06.960 --> 15:09.080 Jesus will come back from Heaven, 15:09.080 --> 15:11.840 "with a shout, with the voice of an archangel 15:11.840 --> 15:13.640 and with the trumpet of God 15:13.640 --> 15:17.680 and the dead in Christ will rise first." 15:17.680 --> 15:19.560 That's what the Scripture says. 15:19.560 --> 15:22.120 What does it mean? 15:22.120 --> 15:25.120 If you are a believer in Christ, 15:25.120 --> 15:28.280 and you have salvation in the name of Jesus, 15:28.280 --> 15:30.000 and you have the gift of the Holy Spirit, 15:30.000 --> 15:33.920 Jesus said in John 14:16, 15:33.920 --> 15:37.920 "You'll be sealed with the Holy Spirit forever." 15:37.920 --> 15:41.600 And He said, "He who believes in Me will never die, (John 11:26) 15:41.600 --> 15:43.760 even so he dies." 15:43.760 --> 15:48.160 That means if you're a believer, if you are saved, 15:48.160 --> 15:52.080 death is not a period, only a comma, 15:52.080 --> 15:54.800 there's life after life. 15:54.800 --> 16:02.320 This body will go to the dust, but will resurrect. 16:02.320 --> 16:06.320 But Jesus is saying now, all the believers 16:06.320 --> 16:09.840 that have ‘slept’ in the body, but they say dead, 16:09.840 --> 16:13.520 a Christian never dies, he changes. 16:13.520 --> 16:16.840 But this body of flesh will go to the grave. 16:16.840 --> 16:20.040 What Jesus says now, at His coming, 16:20.040 --> 16:23.040 there will be resurrection. 16:23.040 --> 16:26.040 That resurrection, those who die in Christ first, 16:26.040 --> 16:29.280 will not be left here. 16:29.280 --> 16:31.760 If you rapture, you rapture somebody who is alive. 16:31.760 --> 16:33.920 You cannot rapture somebody who is dead. 16:33.920 --> 16:36.240 So it means we'll not leave them here. 16:36.240 --> 16:42.960 The Bible says, "Those who slept in the Lord will resurrect first." 16:42.960 --> 16:44.560 That's what the Scripture says. 16:44.560 --> 16:48.560 But those who are still alive but saved, 16:48.560 --> 16:51.680 their body will be transformed automatically 16:51.680 --> 16:53.640 because this body of flesh cannot go to Heaven - 16:53.640 --> 16:55.760 it’s a body of glory. 16:55.760 --> 16:59.000 That's what he said. He will come and take them. 16:59.000 --> 17:04.360 So the question we need to answer. 17:04.360 --> 17:06.400 When will the rapture take place? 17:06.400 --> 17:08.040 That's the problem everyone's talking about. 17:08.040 --> 17:12.080 That's the question that everyone wants to know - when? 17:12.080 --> 17:16.520 Or the tribulation, or you know, the last days. 17:16.520 --> 17:22.840 Let's go to next chapter, 1 Thessalonians 5:1. 17:22.840 --> 17:25.000 "Now, brothers, about times and dates, 17:25.000 --> 17:29.200 we do not need to write to you for you know very well 17:29.240 --> 17:31.120 that the Day of the Lord will come 17:31.120 --> 17:33.080 like a thief in the night." 17:33.080 --> 17:35.960 Take note, say it again. 17:35.960 --> 17:37.960 "Now, brothers, about times and dates, 17:37.960 --> 17:42.080 we do not need to write to you for you know very well 17:42.080 --> 17:44.720 that the Day of the Lord will come 17:44.720 --> 17:48.520 like a thief in the night." 17:48.520 --> 17:54.560 That's what he said, let's go to Mark 13:30-32. 17:54.560 --> 18:00.600 Listen to what Jesus said, Mark 13:30-32, listen, 18:00.600 --> 18:03.880 All this concerning that rapture everybody's talking about. 18:03.880 --> 18:05.440 "I tell you the truth, 18:05.440 --> 18:08.160 this generation will certainly not pass away 18:08.160 --> 18:10.800 until all these things have happened. 18:10.800 --> 18:13.360 Heaven and earth will pass away 18:13.360 --> 18:15.760 but My words will never pass away." 18:15.760 --> 18:18.120 Listen to the Lord, Jesus said, 18:18.120 --> 18:21.560 "Heaven and earth will pass away, 18:21.560 --> 18:25.520 My words will never pass away," 18:25.520 --> 18:28.760 "No one knows about the day or hour, 18:28.760 --> 18:32.000 not even the angels in Heaven nor the Son, 18:32.000 --> 18:33.200 but only the Father." 18:33.200 --> 18:34.280 Say it again. 18:34.280 --> 18:36.800 "No one knows about that day or hour, 18:36.800 --> 18:39.720 not even the angels in Heaven nor the Son, 18:39.720 --> 18:41.360 but only the Father." 18:41.360 --> 18:44.840 So if the angels don't know, 18:44.840 --> 18:48.400 if the Son doesn't know, only the Father. 18:48.400 --> 18:53.600 So how we will know, and that's the question. 18:53.600 --> 18:56.000 So that’s what the Scripture says - 18:56.000 --> 18:58.200 that's what the Bible says. 18:58.200 --> 19:01.560 "He will come like a thief in the night." 19:01.560 --> 19:05.360 That's why, if you look at the Apostles of old, 19:05.360 --> 19:07.480 they were living as if the rapture will take place 19:07.480 --> 19:10.480 the day they were living. 19:10.480 --> 19:13.600 That's why we live by faith, and faith is now. 19:13.600 --> 19:18.680 Meaning, if you live each day as if it were your last, 19:18.680 --> 19:21.120 you will get ready. 19:21.120 --> 19:22.840 That's why Prophet TB Joshua said, 19:22.840 --> 19:24.440 "When we are prepared to die, 19:24.440 --> 19:28.000 we are prepared to live." 19:28.000 --> 19:30.280 Meaning, when you are prepared to leave this earth, 19:30.280 --> 19:33.280 waiting for the Lord to come, any moment from now, 19:33.280 --> 19:37.840 you're prepared to live everlasting life with Him in Heaven. 19:37.840 --> 19:39.200 And nobody knows! 19:39.200 --> 19:40.680 Faith is now - 19:40.680 --> 19:45.040 tomorrow is not yours, only the present is ours. 19:45.040 --> 19:47.040 And the Bible warns that one day before the Lord, 19:47.040 --> 19:50.360 is like a 1000 years, and 1000 years like a day. 19:50.360 --> 19:58.440 So the question is now, who will be raptured? 19:58.440 --> 20:00.680 Who are the people concerned by this rapture 20:00.680 --> 20:02.840 we are talking about? 20:02.840 --> 20:06.280 Let's go to the Book of Luke 10:20, 20:06.280 --> 20:12.720 and then we elaborate. 20:12.720 --> 20:16.160 "However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, 20:16.160 --> 20:19.520 but rejoice that your names are written in Heaven." 20:19.520 --> 20:22.400 You hear that? 20:22.400 --> 20:26.000 When the disciples came because they were filled with the Holy Spirit, 20:26.000 --> 20:28.640 sent by Jesus to cast out demons. 20:28.640 --> 20:30.240 Lord, we have seen this. 20:30.240 --> 20:33.400 Jesus said, do not rejoice because of that. 20:33.400 --> 20:37.720 Rejoice that your names are written in Heaven. 20:37.720 --> 20:40.440 What does this mean? 20:40.440 --> 20:46.640 Let's go to Ephesians 2:19. 20:46.640 --> 20:48.880 The meaning - your name written in Heaven, 20:48.880 --> 20:53.040 means you are a citizen of Heaven. 20:53.040 --> 20:56.000 If I want to go to America 20:56.000 --> 20:59.360 and I'm not an American person, I will need a visa. 20:59.360 --> 21:03.480 But if I'm an American person, I can go freely. 21:03.480 --> 21:04.840 I have free access. 21:04.840 --> 21:08.840 I must be a citizen to go to that country. 21:08.840 --> 21:13.880 Ephesians 2:19. 21:13.880 --> 21:18.080 "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, 21:18.080 --> 21:20.240 but fellow citizens with God's people 21:20.240 --> 21:22.560 and members of God's household." 21:22.560 --> 21:23.400 Do you hear that? 21:23.400 --> 21:24.440 That's the household of faith. 21:24.440 --> 21:26.240 You are no longer a foreigner 21:26.240 --> 21:28.120 when you accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. 21:28.120 --> 21:30.560 You don't need a visa, you are free. 21:30.560 --> 21:33.560 Jesus will cleanse you of all iniquity, 21:33.560 --> 21:35.160 by faith in His blood. 21:35.160 --> 21:37.320 And when you believe in Christ Jesus, 21:37.320 --> 21:39.440 you receive the Holy Spirit. 21:39.440 --> 21:41.480 You are saved, your name is written in Heaven 21:41.480 --> 21:43.720 because you have the seal of righteousness - 21:43.720 --> 21:45.720 that you are saved, born of the Spirit, 21:45.720 --> 21:51.200 born from above, John 3:5-6, 21:51.200 --> 21:53.440 "That which is born of flesh is flesh. 21:53.440 --> 21:55.640 That which is born of Spirit is Spirit." 21:55.640 --> 22:05.440 Read it for us, John 3:5-6. 22:05.440 --> 22:07.600 "Jesus answered, 'I tell you the truth, 22:07.600 --> 22:09.680 no one can enter the Kingdom of God 22:09.680 --> 22:12.800 unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 22:12.800 --> 22:14.720 Flesh gives birth to flesh, 22:14.720 --> 22:17.320 but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.'" 22:17.320 --> 22:18.760 That is it, go ahead. 22:18.760 --> 22:20.240 "'You should not be surprised 22:20.240 --> 22:22.560 at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 22:22.560 --> 22:24.920 The wind blows wherever it pleases. 22:24.920 --> 22:26.920 You hear its sound, but you cannot tell 22:26.920 --> 22:29.760 where it comes from or where it's going. 22:29.760 --> 22:32.760 So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.'" 22:32.760 --> 22:36.280 That is it, you must be born again. 22:36.280 --> 22:38.720 When you are born again, your name is written 22:38.720 --> 22:42.080 in the registry of Heaven. 22:42.080 --> 22:45.880 Your birth certificate is from Heaven, born of the Spirit. 22:45.880 --> 22:49.480 That's why Ephesians 2:19 says, you were reading, 22:49.480 --> 22:52.880 "You are no longer a foreigner - or aliens." 22:52.880 --> 22:54.440 You're a member of God's household. 22:54.440 --> 22:56.720 Absolutely! These are the people 22:56.720 --> 22:58.920 that have the seal with them. 22:58.920 --> 23:00.760 When the angel comes to collect them, 23:00.760 --> 23:04.600 he will look at those who have the seal of righteousness. 23:04.600 --> 23:19.800 Ephesians 1:13. 23:19.800 --> 23:22.040 "And you also were included in Christ 23:22.040 --> 23:23.960 when you heard the Word of truth, 23:23.960 --> 23:25.920 the Gospel of your salvation. 23:25.920 --> 23:28.760 Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, 23:28.760 --> 23:30.680 the promised Holy Spirit, 23:30.680 --> 23:33.160 who is a deposit, guaranteeing our inheritance 23:33.160 --> 23:35.760 and the redemption of those who are God's possession." 23:35.760 --> 23:36.600 Hallelujah. 23:36.600 --> 23:38.000 "To the praise of His glory". 23:38.000 --> 23:41.760 That is it, the moment you have the Spirit of God, 23:41.760 --> 23:43.880 you're a citizen of Heaven. 23:43.880 --> 23:46.400 You are marked with a seal of righteousness. 23:46.400 --> 23:51.520 Now, I want to say something - the purpose of that seal. 23:51.520 --> 23:55.760 The Scripture says that Jesus is coming again. 23:55.760 --> 23:57.880 And the Bible says the Day of the Lord will come - 23:57.880 --> 24:00.360 it will be a terrible day. 24:00.360 --> 24:03.440 On that day the wrath of God will come. 24:03.440 --> 24:06.440 But the question, those who are saved, 24:06.440 --> 24:09.280 those who are believers, escape the wrath of God - 24:09.280 --> 24:14.080 they will be raptured. 24:14.080 --> 24:19.720 So I'm telling you, the rapture is not my problem - 24:19.720 --> 24:21.840 if I'm a child of God. 24:21.840 --> 24:24.560 I mean, God has marked me with a seal, 24:24.560 --> 24:26.360 I'm no longer of this earth. 24:26.360 --> 24:28.880 God has made a promise, whether I'm alive or not, 24:28.880 --> 24:30.640 Jesus will take me there. 24:30.640 --> 24:33.440 I’m conscious in me, that I have the seal. 24:33.440 --> 24:35.000 When Jesus will come back, He will take me, 24:35.000 --> 24:36.920 I have the guarantee of that. 24:36.920 --> 24:37.840 I'm no longer of this earth. 24:37.840 --> 24:40.080 I'm here physically, 24:40.080 --> 24:44.080 I'm not raptured in body, but in spirit I'm there. 24:44.080 --> 24:52.240 Go to Ephesians 2:5, listen very carefully. 24:52.240 --> 24:53.760 "But because of His great love for us, 24:53.760 --> 24:57.120 God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ, 24:57.120 --> 25:00.400 even when we were dead in transgressions. 25:00.400 --> 25:02.640 It is by grace you have been saved." 25:02.640 --> 25:05.720 Say it again, gently. 25:05.720 --> 25:08.240 "But because of His great love for us, 25:08.240 --> 25:12.440 God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ, 25:12.440 --> 25:14.560 even when we were dead in transgressions. 25:14.560 --> 25:17.040 It is by grace you have been saved. 25:17.040 --> 25:19.360 And God raised us up with Christ 25:19.360 --> 25:23.440 and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms, in Christ Jesus. 25:23.440 --> 25:27.160 That’s what the Bible says - in spirit. 25:27.160 --> 25:30.520 But when we talk about rapture, they're talking about this body. 25:30.520 --> 25:34.400 It means I'm a citizen of Heaven, my name is in Heaven, 25:34.400 --> 25:36.520 but in bodily form, I'm still absent from the Lord. 25:36.520 --> 25:40.960 Or Paul meant, in bodily form we are still away from the Lord. 25:40.960 --> 25:42.760 So when He will come on the day of the rapture, 25:42.760 --> 25:45.000 those who are still alive, as we are talking - 25:45.000 --> 25:48.480 if Jesus came now immediately, this body is transformed, 25:48.480 --> 25:51.360 immediately, and we leave this place. 25:51.360 --> 25:52.640 That's what the Scripture says. 25:52.640 --> 25:56.120 Because corruptible cannot inherit incorruptibility. 25:56.120 --> 26:10.280 Can you please go to 1 Corinthians 15:46-47. 26:10.280 --> 26:16.280 "The spiritual did not come first, but the natural." 26:16.280 --> 26:20.560 What does it mean? You need to be born again. 26:20.560 --> 26:23.440 “The spiritual did not come first, but the - natural” 26:23.440 --> 26:26.840 We are all born of man - of flesh, 26:26.840 --> 26:29.880 But, say it again - 26:29.880 --> 26:32.440 the natural came first, meaning we are all born of a woman 26:32.440 --> 26:35.600 and a man, in the flesh. 26:35.600 --> 26:37.600 "But after that the spiritual." 26:37.600 --> 26:40.640 When the spiritual comes, we are born again. 26:40.640 --> 26:42.120 So, next verse - 26:42.120 --> 26:44.120 "The first man was of the dust of the earth." 26:44.120 --> 26:46.960 The first man, Adam, was from the dust. 26:46.960 --> 26:48.080 That's why God said, 26:48.080 --> 26:52.640 "You are from the dust, you shall go back to the dust." 26:52.640 --> 26:54.680 "The second man was from Heaven." 26:54.680 --> 26:58.160 The second man, Christ, is the new Adam. 26:58.160 --> 27:01.760 He came from Heaven, He's not from this earth. 27:01.760 --> 27:04.880 Jesus came from Heaven. 27:04.880 --> 27:08.400 "As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the Earth." 27:08.400 --> 27:10.840 As for the nature of Adam, from the dust, 27:10.840 --> 27:13.520 so are all human beings, we came from the dust. 27:13.520 --> 27:16.240 Only Jesus came from Heaven. 27:16.240 --> 27:18.080 "And as is the Man from Heaven, 27:18.080 --> 27:20.520 so also are those who are of Heaven." (1 Corinthians 15:48) 27:20.520 --> 27:24.680 As the Man of Heaven, Jesus, so also the heavenly men. 27:24.680 --> 27:29.920 Meaning heavenly men are partakers of the divine nature of Christ. (2 Peter 1:4) 27:29.920 --> 27:32.480 When you accept Jesus, you accept the nature of God. 27:32.480 --> 27:35.480 You are born again, a new spirit, a new nature, 27:35.480 --> 27:37.960 a new life from Christ. 27:37.960 --> 27:40.280 A Christian’s life come from Jesus, 27:40.280 --> 27:42.800 that's why Jesus said in John 10:10, 27:42.800 --> 27:48.920 "I have come to give them life - abundant life." 27:48.920 --> 27:54.120 Meaning, by faith in His work, in His resurrection, 27:54.120 --> 27:57.160 we put on Christ as our righteousness. 27:57.160 --> 28:01.440 In Him we live, in Him we move, we have our being. 28:01.440 --> 28:04.240 We are heirs of Christ, 28:04.240 --> 28:08.440 with the same Spirit of sonship in our heart, that cries out, "Abba Father." 28:08.440 --> 28:12.040 Then we call God our Father. 28:12.040 --> 28:15.320 Now, to seal this, we are talking about 28:15.320 --> 28:19.640 who will be raptured, can we go to Ephesians 4. 28:19.640 --> 28:23.520 It's very important, start from verse 4 - 28:23.520 --> 28:32.120 chapter four, verse four. 28:32.120 --> 28:44.680 "There is one body and one Spirit." 28:44.680 --> 28:46.600 "Just as you were called to one hope, 28:46.600 --> 28:47.640 when you were called." 28:47.640 --> 28:50.000 "Just as you were called to one hope," 28:50.000 --> 28:51.800 living hope, "when you were called." 28:51.800 --> 28:58.160 "One Lord, one faith, one baptism." 28:58.160 --> 29:01.520 "One God and Father of all." 29:01.520 --> 29:05.400 "Who is over all and through all, and in all.” 29:05.400 --> 29:08.240 Can we take it step-by-step? 29:08.240 --> 29:12.920 The first one, read the first one (Ephesians 4:4). 29:12.920 --> 29:15.440 "There is one body and one spirit." 29:15.440 --> 29:18.280 What does this mean to you? 29:18.280 --> 29:22.880 The Bible says, in the book of 1 Corinthians 12:13, 29:22.880 --> 29:27.920 I'm going to read this, since Ruth is in that section - 29:27.920 --> 29:29.840 what the body means. 29:29.840 --> 29:34.120 Paul said, in 1 Corinthians 12:13, 29:34.120 --> 29:36.760 "For by one Spirit" - the Holy Spirit, 29:36.760 --> 29:40.160 "we were all baptised into one body, 29:40.160 --> 29:41.880 whether Jews or Greeks, 29:41.880 --> 29:44.880 whether slaves or free, and we have been 29:44.880 --> 29:48.720 made to drink by one Spirit." 29:48.720 --> 29:54.520 When we are baptised into the Holy Ghost, we are baptised into the Body of Christ. 29:54.520 --> 29:58.160 This means, the body of Christ is comprised of all those that are truly born again - 29:58.160 --> 29:59.760 born of the Spirit of God. 29:59.760 --> 30:01.640 The Bible is so clear. 30:01.640 --> 30:07.800 That body of Christ is the church, the living church. 30:07.800 --> 30:10.520 Meaning the living church as the body of Christ is comprised 30:10.520 --> 30:14.000 of all who are truly born again - regenerated, 30:14.000 --> 30:18.680 that have the Spirit of God, the life of Christ in them. 30:18.680 --> 30:21.600 The only way to become part of the of the body of Christ, 30:21.600 --> 30:23.600 is to be baptised in the Holy Ghost. 30:23.600 --> 30:27.240 We are baptised in the Holy Ghost to become a member of the body of Christ, 30:27.240 --> 30:31.960 sharing one Spirit - the Spirit of truth. 30:31.960 --> 30:33.280 Next line. 30:33.280 --> 30:36.400 “Just as you were called to one hope when you were called.” 30:36.400 --> 30:43.000 "One Lord, one faith, one baptism." 30:43.000 --> 30:45.640 What does this mean to you and me? 30:45.640 --> 30:48.080 One Lord, who is the Lord? 30:48.080 --> 30:50.680 Jesus Christ. 30:50.680 --> 30:54.360 Jesus Christ is the Lord, the Son of God. 30:54.360 --> 30:56.720 When you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, 30:56.720 --> 30:58.360 when you believe in the Son of God, 30:58.360 --> 31:03.120 you believe in the work of the cross, in the finished work of Christ, 31:03.120 --> 31:07.000 His death at the cross to redeem us from sin and death, 31:07.000 --> 31:10.160 by faith in the cleansing power of His blood 31:10.160 --> 31:14.560 and by true repentance, we receive the grace that will cover our sins. 31:14.560 --> 31:18.040 And by faith in His name, we receive the Holy Ghost baptism. 31:18.040 --> 31:22.680 You see, one Lord, Jesus Christ is Lord, one what? 31:22.680 --> 31:25.040 "One faith." Which faith? 31:25.040 --> 31:29.000 Faith in the finished work of Jesus of Nazareth. 31:29.000 --> 31:31.800 You must believe that Jesus died on the cross 31:31.800 --> 31:33.800 for the salvation of your soul. 31:33.800 --> 31:36.920 You must believe in His resurrection from the dead - 31:36.920 --> 31:39.000 and believing and confessing, 31:39.000 --> 31:40.880 believe in the heart, confessing with the mouth, 31:40.880 --> 31:45.400 you come onto salvation and you receive the gift of righteousness. 31:45.400 --> 31:50.840 One what? "One spirit, one baptism." 31:50.840 --> 31:51.760 Which baptism? 31:51.760 --> 31:54.760 Baptism of the Holy Spirit, not baptism of water. 31:54.760 --> 31:57.800 Paul is very clear on the matter. 31:57.800 --> 32:00.640 When you have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, 32:00.640 --> 32:04.000 salvation comes. Remember in Acts 16:31, 32:04.000 --> 32:06.640 when the jailer said, "What must I do to be saved?" 32:06.640 --> 32:07.760 That's the best question. 32:07.760 --> 32:09.400 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, 32:09.400 --> 32:12.360 you and your household, and you shall be saved. 32:12.360 --> 32:16.520 Paul said it clearly, in Romans 10:6, 32:16.520 --> 32:17.760 that's the Word of faith. 32:17.760 --> 32:19.920 In Romans 10:9, he said, 32:19.920 --> 32:23.400 "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and you believe with your heart 32:23.400 --> 32:27.560 that God raised him from the dead - you are saved” 32:27.560 --> 32:33.360 So the Bible says one body, one Spirit, 32:33.360 --> 32:36.240 baptism of the Holy Spirit, one Lord. 32:36.240 --> 32:41.160 Acts 4:12 says, "There is salvation in no other name than in the name of Jesus Christ.” 32:41.160 --> 32:44.000 You must call the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 32:44.000 --> 32:49.560 One faith, believing His death at the cross, believing his resurrection. 32:49.560 --> 32:53.560 If you believe it and confess it, what comes next? 32:53.560 --> 32:58.160 Baptism - baptism in the Holy Ghost, only Jesus can do it. 32:58.160 --> 33:00.840 It's Jesus that immerses your spirit into the Spirit of God 33:00.840 --> 33:03.680 when your faith is fit, when your faith is accepted by God - 33:03.680 --> 33:05.560 heavenly acceptance, 33:05.560 --> 33:07.800 and you meet the condition given for salvation. 33:07.800 --> 33:11.240 One Lord, Jesus Christ, one faith in the finished work of Jesus, 33:11.240 --> 33:14.120 and then, the baptism of the Holy Ghost comes. 33:14.120 --> 33:18.680 What comes next? 33:18.680 --> 33:23.520 "One God and Father of all." 33:23.520 --> 33:26.240 God is a God of every human being, 33:26.240 --> 33:29.840 but the Father of only those who are born again. 33:29.840 --> 33:33.480 He's the Father of those who believe in the Son of God. 33:33.480 --> 33:36.920 Those who are regenerated, have the recreated spirit - 33:36.920 --> 33:40.160 these are the sons of God. 33:40.160 --> 33:47.640 That's why the Bible says in the Book of Romans 8, read very well from verse 7. 33:47.640 --> 33:56.640 He said, "You are no longer in the flesh if indeed, the Spirit of God is in you." 33:56.640 --> 34:03.320 If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. (Romans 8:9). 34:03.320 --> 34:07.120 If Christ is in you, as our righteousness, 34:07.120 --> 34:09.000 the body is dead because of sin, 34:09.000 --> 34:14.160 but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 34:14.160 --> 34:18.800 Now, it's clear evidence that to have guarantee of salvation, 34:18.800 --> 34:22.280 you must be baptised in the Holy Ghost to be part of the body of Christ. 34:22.280 --> 34:24.920 That's the body that will be raptured. 34:24.920 --> 34:27.920 That body will be taken away - that’s the church. 34:27.920 --> 34:30.000 The rapture of the church. 34:30.000 --> 34:32.840 To guarantee that, you must have Holy Spirit in you. 34:32.840 --> 34:34.760 Because the seal that will guarantee you 34:34.760 --> 34:36.280 to enter that plane to go to that rapture, 34:36.280 --> 34:43.640 is Holy Spirit, without Holy Ghost, you stay here. 34:43.640 --> 35:02.040 You are still in 1 Corinthians 15:45-47. 35:02.040 --> 35:04.400 "So it is written, the first man, Adam, 35:04.400 --> 35:09.040 became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit. 35:09.040 --> 35:11.760 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, 35:11.760 --> 35:13.600 and after that the spiritual. 35:13.600 --> 35:15.880 The first man was of dust of the earth, 35:15.880 --> 35:17.720 the second man from Heaven. 35:17.720 --> 35:19.000 As was the earthly man, 35:19.000 --> 35:20.520 so are those who are of the earth. 35:20.520 --> 35:25.800 And as is the man from Heaven, so are also those who are of Heaven." 35:25.800 --> 35:27.800 "Those who are of Heaven.” 35:27.800 --> 35:31.400 "Just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, 35:31.400 --> 35:36.480 so shall we bear the likeness of the Man from Heaven. 35:36.480 --> 35:37.800 I declare to you brothers, 35:37.800 --> 35:41.960 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. 35:41.960 --> 35:45.080 Nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable." 35:45.080 --> 35:46.720 Do you hear that? 35:46.720 --> 35:50.400 Flesh and bone cannot go to the rapture. 35:50.400 --> 35:52.400 Flesh and bone cannot inherit Heaven. 35:52.400 --> 35:54.880 What did it say, read it again. 35:54.880 --> 35:57.440 "I declare to you brothers, that flesh and blood 35:57.440 --> 36:01.840 cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit -" 36:01.840 --> 36:03.640 That's why this body has to go back to the dust. 36:03.640 --> 36:05.360 "The imperishable." 36:05.360 --> 36:09.320 Only the corruptible must become incorruptible. 36:09.320 --> 36:11.360 -That is it. -So it's a spiritual thing? 36:11.360 --> 36:14.040 You must be born again, marked with the seal of righteousness 36:14.040 --> 36:16.760 to avoid the judgment coming. 36:16.760 --> 36:18.560 Because when you look at the Book of Genesis - 36:18.560 --> 36:22.520 if you doubt the rapture, just go to the Book of Genesis 19, 36:22.520 --> 36:28.400 and read what happened when the angels came to Sodom and Gomorrah to destroy it. 36:28.400 --> 36:33.600 When they came, there was a righteous man, which is Lot. 36:33.600 --> 36:39.840 The angel said, "Get out of here, we cannot do anything as long as you are there." 36:39.840 --> 36:43.280 They grabbed Lot, they grabbed his family, 36:43.280 --> 36:46.120 and told everybody, “Get outside of Sodom.” 36:46.120 --> 36:50.840 They said, "As long as you are here, we can't do anything." (Genesis 19:22). 36:50.840 --> 36:58.760 It was only when Lot was taken out of Sodom and Gomorrah - then judgement came. 36:58.760 --> 37:01.040 Abraham, remember, interceded for Sodom, 37:01.040 --> 37:03.520 and said, "God, will you destroy it if there are 50 righteous?" (Genesis 18:24) 37:03.520 --> 37:07.840 God said, "because of the 50 I will forgive." 37:07.840 --> 37:11.120 He said, "God, what if 45?" 37:11.120 --> 37:15.480 God said, "If there are 45 righteous, I will forgive everybody." 37:15.480 --> 37:19.320 He said, "Lord, sorry for talking, I want to add again - if there are 30?" 37:19.320 --> 37:25.840 And God said, "If I find 30 righteous, for the sake of the 30, I will forgive them." 37:25.840 --> 37:29.800 He said, "Lord, what if you find 20?" 37:29.800 --> 37:35.720 God said, "If I find 20, for the sake of the 20, I will forgive everybody." 37:35.720 --> 37:40.040 He said, "Lord, I'm very sorry, just for the last time, last time, I will not talk again. 37:40.040 --> 37:42.880 This time, if there are 10?" 37:42.880 --> 37:46.440 God said, "If I find 10, I will forgive." 37:46.440 --> 37:48.440 Why did Abraham never say, if there is one? 37:48.440 --> 37:51.440 Yes, that's the question! 37:51.440 --> 37:53.400 Because the Scripture said, that Lot was the righteous one. 37:53.400 --> 37:55.760 That's what Peter said. (2 Peter 2:7) 37:55.760 --> 38:01.240 This means for me - if there is only one Christian born again on this earth, 38:01.240 --> 38:02.760 God will never destroy this earth. 38:02.760 --> 38:06.200 That's why He will have to rapture them out. 38:06.200 --> 38:10.560 For the sake of the saints, God will never bring judgment. 38:10.560 --> 38:13.320 Just as he did for Lot, He will do it for every born again - 38:13.320 --> 38:14.960 they need to be raptured. 38:14.960 --> 38:19.760 But God will never pour His fire on His children, never ever, that's not God. (Revelation 7:3) 38:19.760 --> 38:23.560 If we read the Book of Ezekiel 9, the angel said, 38:23.560 --> 38:30.160 "Before I pour my fire, go inside the street and put a mark on those who mourn, those who regret.” (Ezekiel 9:4-6; Rev 7:3) 38:30.160 --> 38:32.320 That's God for you. 38:32.320 --> 38:35.960 So please, my brothers and sisters, 38:35.960 --> 38:40.280 we should not waste our time in discussion, in presumption. 38:40.280 --> 38:43.040 The assurance of salvation is to be saved now. 38:43.040 --> 38:48.800 Once you believe in Jesus, once you are saved, you are a citizen of Heaven, 38:48.800 --> 38:50.920 Heaven is here already - 38:50.920 --> 38:54.200 when Jesus comes, you're guaranteed of salvation. 38:54.200 --> 38:58.240 Now, the question of rapture, is for those unbelievers, 38:58.240 --> 38:59.920 those who will face that wrath. 38:59.920 --> 39:01.280 Who'll be left behind? 39:01.280 --> 39:04.240 They will go through the fire, and the Scripture says, 39:04.240 --> 39:05.920 some of them will be saved through the fire. (Revelation 7:9-14) 39:05.920 --> 39:10.040 But if you are elected, you go, that's what God said. 39:10.040 --> 39:13.120 So please, we should not waste our time. 39:13.120 --> 39:16.760 The New Testament is to avoid the wrath of God in your life. 39:16.760 --> 39:22.160 That's why John said, "Who taught you to run from the wrath of God?" 39:22.160 --> 39:26.960 In Matthew 3, when the Pharisees came for baptism. 39:26.960 --> 39:30.760 “Produce fruit worthy of repentance.” (Matthew 3:8; Matthew 7:20) 39:30.760 --> 39:33.280 There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. (Romans 8:1) 39:33.280 --> 39:37.080 So this is the time to seek salvation, seek Jesus, 39:37.080 --> 39:39.440 seek the Kingdom of Heaven. 39:39.440 --> 39:44.440 And the Bible says, Heaven is guaranteed - right now. 39:44.440 --> 39:46.520 And all those raptured, when the time comes, 39:46.520 --> 39:49.120 if Jesus comes today, He will take you to Heaven. 39:49.120 --> 39:53.800 Whether you die, whether you are alive - we go to Heaven. 39:53.800 --> 39:58.600 So please, let's seek salvation now. 39:58.600 --> 40:01.960 Faith is now. 40:01.960 --> 40:05.400 If Jesus came today, will He find you here? 40:05.400 --> 40:07.720 I asked Ruth, what is the ticket to go there? 40:07.720 --> 40:09.800 What did you say? -Faith. 40:09.800 --> 40:21.320 Okay, can you go to Luke 8:18. 40:21.320 --> 40:24.600 "Therefore, consider carefully how you listen. 40:24.600 --> 40:26.560 Whoever has will be given more. 40:26.560 --> 40:29.320 Whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has 40:29.320 --> 40:30.520 will be taken from him." 40:30.520 --> 40:33.400 Whoever has what? 40:33.400 --> 40:35.400 Faith. 40:35.400 --> 40:36.440 Is it heavenly currency? 40:36.440 --> 40:37.880 Say it again, whoever? 40:37.880 --> 40:40.440 "Whoever has, will be given more." 40:40.440 --> 40:42.840 More shall be given to him. 40:42.840 --> 40:46.640 "Whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has, 40:46.640 --> 40:50.080 will be taken from him." 40:50.080 --> 40:59.880 Go to Luke 18:8. 40:59.880 --> 41:03.680 "Whoever has more will be given to him. 41:03.680 --> 41:04.600 Whoever does not have, 41:04.600 --> 41:06.800 even what he has it will be taken away," 41:06.800 --> 41:08.480 Go to Luke 18:8. 41:08.480 --> 41:10.600 Now listen now, carefully. 41:10.600 --> 41:16.000 "I tell you, He will see that they get justice, and quickly, however, 41:16.000 --> 41:22.400 when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?" 41:22.400 --> 41:26.680 “When the Son of Man comes will He find faith on earth?” 41:26.680 --> 41:30.280 It means, only true believers will be raptured when He comes. 41:30.280 --> 41:35.880 ♪ Only true believers shall be raptured ♪ 41:35.880 --> 41:44.160 When He comes, will you be there in faith, to be raptured? 41:44.160 --> 41:49.520 You must have faith to be saved, before you become a Christian. 41:49.520 --> 41:55.760 True believers in Christ Jesus will be raptured, and have the guarantee of everlasting life. 41:55.760 --> 41:59.360 Thank you. 41:59.360 --> 42:02.680 So the question is, are you a true believer? 42:02.680 --> 42:04.560 Because if we are true believers, 42:04.560 --> 42:09.240 it means that we're already in this world, but we're not part of it. 42:09.240 --> 42:11.800 Meaning that we don't keep, 42:11.800 --> 42:16.080 we keep this world and its values from living in our hearts. 42:16.080 --> 42:19.640 That's why Jesus called us out of this world. 42:19.640 --> 42:23.640 So when you hear people discussing, talking, 42:23.640 --> 42:30.320 worrying about the end times, about questions about rapture, 42:30.320 --> 42:34.080 remember, don't allow anything to distract you 42:34.080 --> 42:36.400 from the straight race with God. 42:36.400 --> 42:38.360 Because remember, if we are true believers, 42:38.360 --> 42:41.280 like Racine said, we are citizens of Heaven. 42:41.280 --> 42:45.080 Surely, we are connected by God through the Spirit. 42:45.080 --> 42:48.440 So you don't need to worry about rapture, 42:48.440 --> 42:51.800 about being in the end times because as a believer, 42:51.800 --> 42:54.040 you will not be there to see that wrath. 42:54.040 --> 42:55.960 Because God will take you. 42:55.960 --> 42:58.440 The question is now, for me, 42:58.440 --> 43:01.480 what is the concern of the church about rapture? 43:01.480 --> 43:05.360 Abraham's concern for Sodom and Gomorrah, should be our concern. 43:05.360 --> 43:09.760 Abraham interceded for God to forgive them, to save them. 43:09.760 --> 43:13.000 So the church, the living church, born again, 43:13.000 --> 43:16.040 must go on his knees and intercede 43:16.040 --> 43:18.600 for the world in darkness, 43:18.600 --> 43:20.360 for the purpose of God is salvation - 43:20.360 --> 43:23.080 He doesn't want anybody to perish. (Ezekiel 18:23, 2 Peter 3:9) 43:23.080 --> 43:27.320 God takes time for everybody to enter the boat of salvation. 43:27.320 --> 43:29.960 Therefore, the living church should begin to intercede 43:29.960 --> 43:31.200 and pray for your nation. 43:31.200 --> 43:33.240 Pray for those who do not share the same faith, 43:33.240 --> 43:34.400 for God to give them the grace, 43:34.400 --> 43:38.240 to be partakers of that grace, in Jesus' name. 43:38.240 --> 43:39.920 Amen. 43:39.920 --> 43:46.400 And when Jesus come back again, the body - that body, will resurrect. 43:46.400 --> 43:48.920 You will have a new body - to glory. 43:48.920 --> 43:52.440 That's why we say we have the Spirit as a deposit, 43:52.440 --> 43:54.800 waiting for the redemption of our body, 43:54.800 --> 43:56.560 that will come on the coming of Jesus, 43:56.560 --> 43:58.880 when the body of glory will come. 43:58.880 --> 44:02.920 The corruptible will be incorruptible. 44:02.920 --> 44:06.400 That's what Paul said, it is planted a corruptible seed, 44:06.400 --> 44:08.920 it'll be raised incorruptible. 44:08.920 --> 44:12.000 As there is a natural body, spiritual bodies. 44:12.000 --> 44:13.880 Let's leave you with that thought, 44:13.880 --> 44:17.080 that it's not for us to know the day or the time. 44:17.080 --> 44:20.360 If we needed to know the day or the time it'll be written. 44:20.360 --> 44:22.800 But no, it's not for us to know the day or the time, 44:22.800 --> 44:26.920 but the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 44:26.920 --> 44:29.680 If you read the Apostles, the letters of Paul, 44:29.680 --> 44:30.960 and if you read the Bible, 44:30.960 --> 44:34.200 you'll see that the Apostles wrote the Scriptures 44:34.200 --> 44:38.480 as if Jesus was coming back the next day. 44:38.480 --> 44:40.360 That's how they lived their lives. 44:40.360 --> 44:42.320 And that's how true believers, 44:42.320 --> 44:47.840 we should live our lives, believing that our last day can be any day. 44:47.840 --> 44:52.240 And we want to be connected with Jesus, to be raptured with Jesus. 44:52.240 --> 44:55.600 So the question is, are you ready to go to Heaven? 44:55.600 --> 44:59.000 I like that analogy of the plane and the ticket. 44:59.000 --> 45:00.360 You have to expand on that one day. 45:00.360 --> 45:02.200 We'll talk about it, because of time. 45:02.200 --> 45:07.000 In another session, we’ll talk about how do we go to the Kingdom of God - 45:07.000 --> 45:07.960 Kingdom of Heaven. How do you get there? 45:07.960 --> 45:09.720 How do you get the ticket? 45:09.720 --> 45:11.440 How do you get the visa? 45:11.440 --> 45:13.840 What's the transportation? 45:13.840 --> 45:17.000 So stay tuned for that in another podcast. 45:17.000 --> 45:18.320 God bless you. -Thank you. 45:18.320 --> 45:20.800 So this message is challenging everybody, 45:20.800 --> 45:22.960 seek first the Kingdom of God, 45:22.960 --> 45:26.560 and every other thing shall be added to you. 45:26.560 --> 45:28.840 The Lord be with your spirit. 45:28.840 --> 45:31.040 Amen. 45:31.040 --> 45:31.080 Amen.