Morris Cerullo - The Post-Rapture Church: Reached for the Gospel

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The POST-Rapture Church-Reached for the Gospel

Chapter One

Perilous Times

O ne day soon, you will learn to fly. I don't think I'm telling you anything revolutionary. If you're a Christian, you firmly believe this scripture:

"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption . Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption , and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption , and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"

1 Corinthians 15:50-54

In a moment...

In the twinkling of an eye...

We will be caught up to meet with our Lord in the air!

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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."

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

There's coming a timeVERY QUICKLYwhen the world will go through a radical change.

I don't know when it will happen, and I don't know how the Lord will accomplish it, but there is coming a time when the entire world will be in an upheaval because of a tremendous event:

"For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 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."

Matthew 24:38-41

Out of nowhere, multitudes of Christians will simply disappear.

Whether those Christians will visibly ascend into the air or will be taken by some other method, I don't know. But one thing is clear: they will be taken and their fellows will be left behind to wonder about it.

The world will be in an uproar.

I know you've probably seen videos and movies where cars and planes crash because their drivers have been taken, and all types of other disasters happen.

That may well be what happens, or the Lord could have something else in mind.

But, this is nearly certain: those working beside one who is taken will notice that the one is taken. And when everyone begins to take stock of who's left and who's gone, the world will be in a tremendous uproar because so many people will have simply disappeared.

The event I'm referring to, of course, is the Rapture of the Church, where Jesus returns to meet with His people in the air.

It's likely that the very event of the Rapture will convince some non-believers to repent and turn to Christ.

Let's face it, not everyone who claims to be a Christian is actually a Christian.

If everyone who named the name of Jesus were a Christian, Jesus never would have said this:

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

Matthew 7:21-23

Some who have claimed to know Him will be left behind, because when it comes right down to it, they do not know Him, even though everyone may have thought they did.

Wolves in sheep's clothing can fool the sheep, but they're not fooling the Shepherd!

He sees inside our heart; He knows who's faking it and who's not. When the Rapture happens, those who are faking Christianity will find themselves left here on earth, realizing that the Rapture they've possibly even been preaching about, has come and left them behindtheir ruse has been exposed!

Remember, Jesus said:

"For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad."

Mark 4:22

That means many who have heard the Gospel will find themselves understanding exactly what happened when the Rapture comes. They will understand what they've missed, and they'll likely be the first converts to Christianity after the Rapture.

And immediately, they will find themselves in the midst of perilous times.

This is certain because the Rapture precedes the most dangerous times in the history of man.

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth , let him understand: ) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."

Matthew 24:14-21

The Great Tribulation will start after the Rapture of the Church, and that's when the most dangerous period in the history of the world will get under way.

The sixth chapter of Revelation gives a quick overview of part of the tribulation period:

"And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."

Revelation 6:1-8

The four horsemen will do tremendous damage to the world and its inhabitants.