Title of the Word: Resurrection of Christian body (Rapture) written in the Bible, and the times and the seasons
Christians who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and receive eternal life is born again of his dead spirit by the Holy Spirit, and the living soul that was cleaved to the dead body will no longer go to hell but go to heaven.
Man was formed in the image of God, but by sinning, the body was getting old unto death. and the spirit died without the breath of life of God, and could no longer communicate with God of Spirit.
Understanding this, King David found that his living soul was cleaved unto his dead body due to sin, and that unless his soul is separated from his dusty body to receive life, he will face eternal death in hell with his body forever. He prayed to God saying:
When Apostle Paul wrote to the Saints in Colossae, he testified of the salvation of the soul to be separated from the mortal body through the circumcision of Christ:
God sent his only begotten Son into the world to die to take away the sin of the world, and to be buried, and to be
risen again on the third day to save the souls of those who believe in Him from sin to breathe the Spirit that is the breath of life of God. God restores the image of God by allowing the dead spirit to be resurrected and the dead body of sin to be put on a new body that is immortal and incorruptible.
Although the spirit is regenerated by the Holy Spirit and the soul receives eternal life, but the body still dies due to the sin in the DNA and is corrupted in the grave. he first stage of salvation of Christian is salvation from sin. However, since the body of sin still has to live on the earth until the moment of physical death: the second stage of salvation is salvation from the power of sins through the words of God and the Holy Spirit: the final stage of salvation is total separation from sins in the world in the day of Christ (rapture) through putting on immortal and incorruptible body. In other word, the final stage of salvation is to leave the sinful world..
Jesus said that one day when he come again, the body of those who hear his voice shall be resurrected. He spoke of what will happen on the day of rapture:
That’s right! Christian who has been forgiven of sins through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and his spirit has been regenerated and his soul is saved, is living in the hope of seeing the day when Christ’s coming to be transforming into a glorious immortal and incorruptible body. It is the day when the body Christian is to be resurrected when Christ comes, whether they are in the grave or living still living. It is the day when God completes the salvation planned for six thousand years through his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, and is the day of glory when restoring sinners who lost the image of God due to the devil into the image of God.
For this reason Apostle Paul testified of it as a “mystery” of what is happening in that day, and eagerly testified that this mystery must to be known:
Apostle Paul testified that Jesus Christ will bring the spirits and souls of saints who died in Christ on the day of the Rapture. He wrote to the members of the Thessalonica church eagerly waiting for the day of Christ for the resurrection of the body. He testified that Christ is going to have their spirit and souls to be united with their bodies:
The Bible tells us when the day of the rapture come of the times and the seasons even though no day or hour. Will it be before the great tribulation? Or will it be in the midst of the great tribulation? Or will it be at the end of the great tribulation? There are people who argue for the time of rapture. Of course, the Bible testifies that there are some people who rapture in the great tribulation or thereafter. The 144,000 Jews and two witnesses rapture during the Tribulation as well as those who are martyred by being beheaded rapture in the end of the Great Tribulation.
But what we need to know for sure is that Christian who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ in the age of grace and born again by the Holy Spirit has nothing to do with the Great Tribulation. Holy Ghost prophesied about the Great Tribulation through the prophets Jeremiah and Daniel. Prophet Jeremiah spoke of these days as “Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). This the final period of opportunity for the Jews to be saved in the last week that is seven years of the seventy weeks foretold by prophet Daniel(Dan 9:24-27). Therefore, the Great Tribulation period is the days when the unsaved Jews and Gentiles are given the last chance to be saved in the midst of suffering. The Bible says that these days are called the last days (Hebrews 1:1-2).
I see many people misunderstand the “Saints” that appear during the Great Tribulation as New Testament saints that are Christians. But they are the Jewish saints. During the Great Tribulation period, the church of God has already raptured and moved to heaven, so the word of church does not appear anywhere. In Revelation 1-3 there is the record of the church age. However, as we enter Chapter 4, we can see from the witness of Apostle John that there will be rapture after the end of the church age:
Until now, we have learned from the Bible that what happens in the day of the rapture is the day when the Christian body is resurrected. Then we need to know how the Bible says when this day will come. Even if we don’t know the day and the hour, but we are talking about the times and the seasons. Through Apostle Paul, the Holy Spirit informed the members of Thessalonica church that they are eagerly awaiting this day in the midst of persecution:
Apostasy is already almost completely over. There is no more apostasy as most of the churches have forsaken the only Savior and Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, and they have fallen apart being united with Roman Catholics to be united with the WCC, WEA, NCCK, and even all other religions. Also, now that all the preparations for the third temple to be built are ready. There is someone withholding it as you may know who he is, but sooner or later, if he is removed, the Antichrist will appear, and at the same time the day of the rapture will appear before us. This day will be a glorious day to redeem our bodies. Amen! Hallelujah!