You may be wondering how you can prepare for the rapture. That's good, because Jesus said, "So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." (Mat 24:44). Therefore, I would like to share with you some advice about that to help you to be ready.
The first step is to repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. At the end of this article, and all my articles, I have a link you can tap to read about how you can come to know Jesus. It's at the very bottom of all my articles, where it says, "
Do You Want to Know Him?" Don't put that off another day, because today is the day of salvation, now is the time of God's favor, and you may not have tomorrow. God's mercy is available only while you are still on the earth.
Now assuming you have already done that, and you have been saved --
born again, as Jesus said we must do in order to see the kingdom of God (Jn 3:3), you must continue to prepare yourself. The reason you must prepare is that there is a great apostasy that has occurred in the Church during this time before the rapture, which was predicted in the Word by the Lord and His apostles (Mt 24:12; 2 Thes 2:3; 1 Tim 4:1; 2 Tim 3:1-5). False Christianity is the most common and popular kind found in the churches around the world. Most of the Body of Christ is not ready for the rapture, which is why
very few will hear the trumpet sound and go up in the rapture when Jesus comes.
I would take the following verses and turn them into prayers for yourself, your family, and your friends:
The Scripture says, "May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones." (1 Thes 3.13.)
Pray: "Lord strengthen our hearts so that we will be blameless and holy in your presence at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His holy ones."
Jesus said, "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” Lk 21.36
Pray: "Lord help us to escape all this about to happen and to be able to stand before the Son of Man when He comes."
Jesus said, “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn." Mk 13.35.
Therefore, do what He said by watching for the rapture.
You should also pray, “Lord, show me what I should repent of, and how I should prepare for the rapture, so that I don't get left behind.”
Ask the Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus to
baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with
fire, as promised in His Word. And if you have already received the baptism with the Holy Spirit, as well as the associated
baptism with holy fire, then continue daily to ask for more, since the Scripture tells us to constantly
be filled with the Spirit (Eph 5:18) and not to put out the Spirit's fire (1 Thes 5:19, NIV 1984), but to be hot for Jesus (Rev 3:15-16). Keep your extra flask full of oil from the Holy Spirit each day, so that you can be like one of the five wise virgins, as I shared in my sermon on
Advance Preparations for the Bride of Christ. You can watch me share that on video at the
link I just provided.
Ask the Lord to do whatever it takes to make you ready for the rapture. Ask him to purge and sanctify you through and through -- spirit , soul, and body. Forsake all compromise with the world, with the flesh, with the devil. As it says in Revelation regarding Babylon, "'Come out of her, my people,' so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes." (Rev 18:4b-5). Arrange your life so that you can spend more time in prayer, seeking the Lord, warning others, and preparing yourself, being sure to
keep Sunday's holy according to the Commandment written in his Word. And remember to pass the blessing along to others by sharing this article with them. I hope to see you very, very soon with the Lord in the air!
Attribution notice: Image courtesy of West Marion Baptist Church per Fair Use Act for commentary and educational purposes only, and it may be subject to copyright. All Scriptures are taken from the New International Version (NIV1984), copyright Zondervan, used by permission, all rights reserved.
Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy The Apostasy (False Christianity) Before the Rapture of the Church, Warning Dream: The Tribulation Follows Rapture, Left-Behind Christians Hunted, Sins That Will Keep You From Heaven, Drifting Away, Is Obedience Optional?, The Apostasy Parables, Holy Living in a Perverted World, Aim for Perfection, Walking in the Perfect Will of God, The Straight and Narrow Path, Striving to Enter the Kingdom of God, Ask for the Ancient Paths, Living a Life Worthy of the Lord, Separation from the World, The Difference Between a Disciple and a Believer, and Doing What is Right. You can find more of my articles related to Seeking the Lord on the Home page of this blog. You may also access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master." Now I'd like to ask a very important question.
Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus. Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?
“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15). He preached that we must repent and believe.
Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org
