Soar with the Eagle: The Rapture - and a new body in Christ

As members of the Body of Christ, this is a promise that we await earnestly to be fulfilled.
A new body that will never get sick or die.
A marvelous, quite remarkable existence; one that is free of pain and burdens. How great would that be!

Pre-trib or post-trib – MY oh MY

What controversy this has caused amongst the members of the body. So much so that we are now segregated and affixed with the labels - pre-trib or post-trib.

How do I feel personally?

Well now, thanks for asking.

The first point I’d like to make is that I feel I have already been raptured.

- I try to set my mind on things above.
- I try to be Christ minded at every moment of the day.
- Only my body is here; my soul and spirit are not.
- I am not of this world.
- I battle in the spiritual realm, not the physical.

I do realize that you are mindful of this.
The difference is arriving at the point of knowing that we are not of this world.
Be as they but not as they.
That is the reality of what The Word teaches.

In essence, I am raptured daily.

Jesus made it very clear that His Kingdom was not of this world. He stated quite unequivocally that if we wish to be his disciple that we are to give up everything in this world and follow in His footsteps.

He also made it very clear that this world belongs to the evil one.

Be set apart.

Our brothers Paul, John, Peter and James also point out in their epistles that we are not of this world. And so we are to put to death the deeds of the flesh and heed the divine will of our Father in Heaven and our Lord Jesus. We are to engage the mind of Christ and put on the full armor of God so that we can rise up and defeat the evil one.

We are told that our battle is not with just Flesh and blood, but with angels, and with powers, with the rulers of this world of darkness, and with the evil spirits under the heavens.

With all these words that we have been given I can only come to one conclusion.

We are not of this world !!!!!!!

Therefore, I maintain that I strive to be raptured daily. Every second, every minute, every hour, every day.

The second point that I assert is that I don’t concern myself if I’m here for the tribulation or if I’m not.

That is not my decision.

My goal as a member of the Body of Christ is to be in perfect harmony with the rest of the members of the body.

I pray daily that I will hear and understand the will of our Father and our Lord.

I pray daily that I can obey the first two commandments that our Lord gave us.

I pray daily that I can follow in the footsteps of our Lord and have a mind like his.

Most important of all, I pray that my love will be as great as our Father and Lord have showed towards us.

This love now brings me to my third point.

God is LOVE according to our brother John. If you want to know who God really is we have to understand what love really is, then perhaps we can have a better understanding of who our Father and Lord really are.

As brother Paul taught, strive for love, the greatest of all!!!

As I’ve come to love the Father and Lord over time I’ve found that I’m not too anxious for the rapture to come.

Why you say?

Because I’m fulfilling the second commandment.

Love your neighbor as you love yourself. All the inhabitants of this vast earth are my neighbors. I love each and every one. At times that proves to be very difficult in action, yet I still try to remain loving. Even though I may fall short and become angry at the wicked things that people do to each other, I don’t allow the sun to go down on my anger.

'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.'

That is true love.

I have many people that I know ( both friends and family ) , that have yet to be born again and saved by our Lord. If the Lord comes tonight or tomorrow they will be lost. That thought really grieves me in my heart and it's a heavy burden that I carry. My prayers for these lost ones have become increasingly urgent in the past few months. We all know the time is getting near, we can sense it in our spirit.

No, I’m not in a hurry for the rapture.

The Love that I have come to know will not permit me to pray “Come Lord Jesus”.

In fact, my true prayer is “Just a little more time please.”