A Question on the Rapture
Here are a few questions from one of our readers.
Questions:
What’s your viewpoint on the Rapture? What happens after a person commits suicide?Do you think Jesus Christ will return in a physical body and if so approximately when – within the next decade or two – in a 100 years – or 1000 years or never again on earth?
Also I asked some fundamental questions 5 to 6 weeks ago and didn’t see your audio response. I’m still hoping you will answer these basic questions to your best ability – as I have wondered the answers to these questions for several decades.
Answer:
Hi,
I am sorry I did not make the audio I spoke of… as of yet.
You have lots of questions and I probably do not have the answers to all of them. Many of them I do not spend time thinking about.
Here is the bottom line for me.
We Are The Creators Of Our Reality
I believe that we create the reality we experience in life through the things we believe in and think upon. We are the ones who use our creative abilities… God given creative abilities to create our life. God tells us to think His thoughts… to listen to Him and not what the world tells you. If we listen and obey his High Thoughts… which are about his goodness and mercy and the plans to prosper us and heal us…. Then we will be blessed in every way possible. If not, if we think on the curse then we will experience the curse. He tells us that the choice is ours.
God’s Mercy Endures Forever
Questions like these often come out of a fear that you might get it wrong and have a big consequence for that mistake. I know that the fundamentalist church teaches that we have to be afraid. That God will punish us for our mistakes. That Hell awaits those that don’t get it exactly right.
I don’t think in those terms. I believe God when He says that His mercy will endure forever. I believe that God is for me and not against me. I believe that if I place my faith in the promise of salvation I can be assured that I will be saved. I don’t spend time thinking about hell or damnation. The Bible tells us to think on good things and that is what I do.
The Return of Christ
Most of the things we get so caught up in don’t really matter. I do believe Jesus is coming back in the flesh. But I also believe that Christ is born in us and we are manifesting Christ on the earth. So I believe both ideas.
Suicide
I don’t worry about suicide. I focus my attention on the mercy of God. I believe that God’s love and mercy never end. So if someone commits suicide I trust that God will make a way for them. God wants to save everyone. God wants to bless us all. That is where I put my attention. When I do so fear cannot grip me and cause me to despair.
The Rapture
I am not sure what the Rapture will actually look like. But if Jesus calls believers to rise to heaven then I will be with them because I am a believer. I can leave the details and worries about the Rapture to Jesus. I don’t have to distress over it. I don’t have to everything figured out and all the ducks in order. I love the Lord. He is my Lord, savior and redeemer. He knows what is happening and believe me wherever I need to be he will get me there.
Roll Your Cares On Him
The Bible says to roll all your cares on Him. I encourage you to do so. Pray for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation knowledge so that you will get the answers to your questions. But do so in faith… faith in His love and mercy. Faith in the power of the Spirit to save you even if you don’t have every single concept correct. Relax… trust… be thankful for the fulfillment of His promises. And also be thankful that He really does not expect you to be perfect. If you could be perfect on your own why would he have come to redeem us?
Let go of the fear. Let the Blood of the Lamb wash you clean of the fears and fill you with His love. The Bible says that perfect love will cast out fear. So perfect your love for the Lord and all the fear of what will happen without Him will flow away.
Sorry I don’t answer every question just when you ask. Some I really don’t have an answer to but I am not afraid. I focus on what I do know instead then I am at peace in Him. I have combined my faith with his promises and entered into his rest!
God bless you,
Marty Dow
For Those Who Experience Fear
Now this reader may not be asking these questions out of fear, but many folks do worry about these things. If you are one of the folks that are concerned that you might have the wrong answer or that I might have the incorrect answer to a theological question and be on the verge of going to hell, then I encourage you to consider the above answer as a way to discover peace even in the midst of confusion.
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