“Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.” (Matt. 24:42 ESV)

It gave us a lot to think about

Susan and I recently went to see the third movie in the Left Behind series, written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, with actor Kevin Sorbo in the main role. It was well written and well acted, and we enjoyed it. As was the case with all the others, the story was about what happens to those who are left behind after the rapture. Of course, the movie had a story line based on a lot of speculation concerning how people will act when left behind. It gave us a lot to think about. We do not want to see our loved ones miss out on God’s promise of eternal life that He paid for (John 3:16). The movie did remind us that the times we live in were clearly predicted; we don’t know when the exact moment will happen, and we must be ready.

“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark 13:32 ESV)

 How it will happen

“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.” (1 Thess. 4:16-17 ESV)

 Be alert!

“The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.” (1 Pet. 4.7 NIV)

Therefore

“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” (Phil. 3:29-21 ESV)

“Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,” (Titus 2:13 ESV)