What is The Rapture?

Li Huan

What is The Rapture?

Just like many other Christian brothers and sisters, I eagerly long for the second coming of the Lord Jesus. We abide by the following passage from the Bible: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1Ts 4:17). For this reason, we foolishly look up to the skies longing for the day that Jesus will return and take us up into the clouds so that we can be with the Lord. However, after so many years have passed, the four blood moons have already appeared; earthquakes, famines, plagues and war and all sorts of other disasters are becoming more and more intense. The prophecies of the Lord’s second coming have basically been fulfilled. However, we still have not seen one Christian raptured into heaven. I cannot help but think, “Why does the Lord not come to receive us? The Lord is trustworthy. The Lord promised that He would take us into the heavenly kingdom in the last days. The Lord’s promise certainly will be accomplished and fulfilled. I do not doubt this at all. Yet, how come up until now, we still have not been raptured by the Lord into heaven? Could it be that there are some problems with our longing?”

Hymn God's Love Be Extolled Forevermore

Hymn God's Love Be Extolled Forevermore

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What do You ask for as You bear great humiliation? Who do You labor and worry for? Hurrying here and there to carry out God's will, You think only of this work. In the tiger's den, You express truth to save man, quietly endure rejection and slander. Yes, Your love be extolled, forevermore, forevermore. Yes, Your love be extolled, forevermore, forevermore.

Why Does the Chinese Communist Party Force Christians to Join the Three-Self Church?

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Hou Xiangke (Chief of the Public Security Bureau): Han Lu, you must know that the Communist Party is an atheist party and started out from revolution. The Communist Party is most inimical to God and God’s word. The truth that you accept and the path that you walk are hated the most by the Communist Party. You are an eyesore and a thorn in the side for the Communist Party. Therefore, the Communist Party will severely repress you, punish you, and ban you! In China, you must follow the leadership of the Communist Party when you believe in God, accept the Communist Party’s United Front, join the Three-Self Church, and take the path of love for country and religion. Aside from this, there is no way out! Have you seen through these matters?

The Tower of Babel – Bible Stories – Genesis

The Tower of Babel – Bible Stories – Genesis 11:1-9

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad on the face of all the earth.

What Does the Righteous Mean in the Bible

What Does the Righteous Mean in the Bible

The Standard by Which Man Judges the Righteous

By chance, a friend of mine shared with me these Bible verses—the parable of the net in Matthew 13:47-50, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” She said, “Recently, when studying these verses, I got some new enlightenment: The Lord used this parable to tell us what He will do when He returns in the last days. At that time, God will perform the work of dividing us according to our kind and rewarding good and punishing evil. The good fish will be picked out and then kept in the vessels; the foul ones will be thrown away. That is to say, God will separate the righteous from the wicked. Finally, only the righteous can enter into the kingdom of heaven, while the wicked will be the people that are cast off and eliminated.”

Examine My Life Anew After Being Betrayed by Husband

A Previous Abundant and Blissful Family

When I was 21, through the introduction of my friend, I got acquainted with my husband. He treated people very sincerely and was very competent, and we got married a year later. Soon after our marriage, our daughter was born, and my husband treated us very well. Not rich as our life was, I felt very happy. In order to live a better life, we rented a stand in a free market of agricultural products to retail and wholesale marine food products. Every day, I bought stock and sent the goods from dawn till dusk, and I ran the business while taking care of my daughter. Because of bearing the pressure of trade for a long time, I slept badly and I got a migraine, low blood pressure, and hypoglycemia when I was 26. Yet I thought it was worth it for this family. Seeing that I suffered with him, my husband felt uneasy, so we decided to give up the business after discussion.

The Hymn of God's Word The Holy Spiritual Body of Almighty God Has Appeared

The Hymn of God's Word The Holy Spiritual Body of Almighty God Has Appeared

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Almighty God has revealed to us His glorious body in public. His holy body appears to us; He's God Himself: utter true God. The world has all changed, so has the flesh. He is transfigured to be God's Person, a golden crown upon His head, a white robe upon His body, a golden belt across His chest. All things in the world are His footstool, His eyes are like flames of fire, two-edged sword in His mouth, seven stars in His right hand. The kingdom road limitless and bright, God's glory rises and radiates. Mountains cheer and waters rejoice; sun, moon and stars all rotate, line up neatly for the one true God, who's accomplished a 6,000-year management plan, to return with victory!

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 Everyone's dancing and jumping for joy! Let's cheer our God. The true Almighty God! Almighty God sits on His glorious throne! So let's sing praises to His Holy name! Banner of victory of the Almighty has risen up high majestically upon Mount Zion! The nations cheer, all people everywhere, sing loud and clear! Mount Zion is rejoicing, God's glory is surfacing! Never did I dream of meeting Him, but today I truly did. Face to face with Him every day, I talk and lay my heart bare to Him. He's my source for food and drink, He supplies all things. My life, my words, deeds, and my mind, His glory shines down as He leads each step. If my heart should disobey, judgment comes at once.

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 Eating and living being with God; enjoying walking, beside my God. Receive His glory and His blessings, reigning with Him inside His kingdom. So much enjoyment! And so much sweetness! Face to face each day, He speaks to us. We talk with Him, enlightened every day, and see something new on each new day. Open up your spiritual eyes, unveiled are God's spiritual mysteries! Living a holy life is free. Come, don't stop your feet. Keep moving forward to advance, an amazing pure life lies ahead. Getting just a taste is not enough, keep running to God. All-inclusive and bountiful, anything we lack is in His hands. Cooperate actively, enter into Him, and life won't be the same.

from Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning