The Day After

Matthew 24:40-42 “Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”

Jesus not only is a risen savior but He is coming back to get those He loves and who know Him. In Matthew24: 31 we find what Jesus said was going to happen when he returns. He will give instructions to His angels to gather his elect from the four corners of the earth. His elect, who could He be talking about? He is talking about those who are washed in the blood of Calvary. The saved born again children of God. How will the angels know who are His elect? They will look for the blood. They will check to see if the name is written in the Lambs Book of Life. That is all they will be checking for. Nothing else will matter, not wealth, not political status, not church membership, or civic standing. Only the blood washed will be considered and gathered.

1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Those who do not know Christ will not rise to meet Him. We have all heard preachers say if you are not saved you won’t get to go. If the angels are instructed to gather only the elect and those who are in Christ shall rise to meet Him what about the rest? So what is going to happen the day after He comes back?
A great and terrible day is about to dawn. The wrath of God will be unleashed upon mankind for his sin and disbelief. If you think the destruction caused by spring storms was bad you aint seen nothing yet. Ok so you don’t think that is true, well my friend if you are not among those gathered try to show the angels your good works or your degrees or your traditions you cannot let go of. Tell them how good you have been and how sorry you are for not listening to God’s message, see how far that takes you. Your jealously, hate and disbelief will condemn you. Jesus will say depart from me for I never knew you. No one really wants to hear those words yet many will. Will you hear those words? Will you be left behind to experience the great tribulation where death and destruction will be the norm and there truly will be no peace?
There is still time to be able to go when Jesus calls. Seek His forgiveness according to God’s Word. Ask Jesus to come into your heart confess with your mouth and believe in your heart. Romans 10:9-10, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Bottom line is if you can’t or won’t do that then you don’t get to go when He calls. You got to know Him for Him to know you. He is the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father but through Him. Your choice; you can stay or you can go.