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There is a strange thing happening today, for most Christians are not looking for the “coming” of the Lord - rather, they are expecting the “going” of the saints. It is hard to convince men of the truth when for years their minds have been set in a contrary direction. The truth is that the “blessed hope” is not the rapture; it is the APPEARING of the Lord. The “blessed hope” is not deliverance from tribulation, it is HIS GLORIOUS APPEARING in His people. We are not looking for a rapture to take people out of this world, but we are looking for HIM TO APPEAR out of the innermost being of His sons to transform His elect so that they will be able to change the very courses of this world.
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How the preachers have distorted and mutilated these wonderful words of our Lord. Sermons have been preached to urge us to be ready to be “taken” when Jesus comes. The great truth is that Jesus was saying the exact opposite!
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Let us consider what happened in the days of Noah. Who was taken? Who was left? It was the wicked that were “taken” in Noah’s day, for the record states that the flood came and “took them all away.” And who was left? NOAH. Noah has spent much time and diligence in building and preparing an ark in which to “ride our” the storm. Noah went THROUGH the flood, protected by the ark he had prepared and entered into.
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When the flood waters abated, and the wicked had been taken away, he stepped out of the ark and inherited the purified earth. He and his family now owned the whole planet! Everyone else was gone! The previous owners had been “taken” and Noah alone was LEFT to inaugurate the NEW AGE. To which fact Jesus adds this significant statement: SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE.
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In this hour God’s chosen ones are building an ark of obedience and truth, of wisdom and righteousness, that they might LIVE AND NOT DIE. The elect will be right here in this world, yet they will he caught up to a new realm of spiritual glory and power, a realm where nothing of the earth can really harm them. They will be like Noah, who rode through the great waters of the flood, but came down on the other side to inaugurate a GLORIOUS NEW AGE, which in our case will be the AGE OF THE KINGDOM.
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Those chosen ones who shall be blessed with that promised ESCAPE shall be delivered, not by being removed from the earth, but by a more glorious transformation. They shall escape the things that are coming upon this world by appearing before the Son of Man - by union with Him in the incorruptibleness of HIS DIVINE LIFE.
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The saints shall be “caught up” alright, but it is not speaking of distance in terms of miles or light years, but to glorious reality in the Spirit. It is not a place in the sky, but a spiritual position of eminence, glory and authority. Once we rid ourselves of this confusion, we will have a much better understanding of present spiritual realities and the immediate program of God. Let us come down out of the clouds and get our feet planted firmly on solid footing, and leave them there. We are not going anywhere, not for a long while, at least.
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 ~ 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺.
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