The rapture is dividing the sheep, the 5 foolish from the 5 wise virgins! Everyone in their arrogance seems to forget that the rapture is not about the believers!
It is about the marriage of the Lamb to His Bride! It is His appointed feast, the very next one in line to be fulfilled by Yeshua as He will fulfil each of His feasts in order!
Yom Teruah is all about the marriage of the Lamb and the resurrection at the end of the age!
It is Yeshua who is separating His flock into those He KNOWS and those He doesn't KNOW! He is only coming for a Bride He knows! To know Him is this, to be obedient to Him by obeying His commandments! And as a Bride He does not want a Bride that does not please Him! Let's face it, which groom would want such a bride?!
There is only one real way to please Him and that is by faith! (Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.)
His promises to His Bride were these, (John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. )
For those who choose to not believe our Lord as the scriptures say this is Yeshua's words to them because they did not believe His promises, ( Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Luke 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Mat 7:21 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.
Mat 7:22 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?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. ) These did not know their Lord in a proper relationship, they did not believe His promises(Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. )
It is then no surprise when you read Hebrews 11:6 that the scriptures that precede it and follow it tells us how the Lord rescues those who had the faith! (Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. )
Those who continue to disbelieve the promises of Yeshua to His Bride are not a part of the Bride! Only those who live in faith and by faith will be rescued as these scriptures prove! They can bring and twist a hundred scriptures to prove their unbelief but then so can atheists when they twist God's Word enough!
God is a rewarder of faith as you have seen in Hebrews 11:6 and He will also reward the unbeliever for their faith which amounts to staying behind on Earth to go through God's Wrath as they do not believe Him when He said that we are not appointed to wrath!
God will reward their faith accordingly! You just keep believing the Truth, Yeshua is the Way, Truth and the Life!
God bless you!
Shalom. As a Christian for most of my life I have always had a problem with the teaching of the rapture in the church. The fact that Yahweh has always put his people through the difficult path to purify them, to test them (One example: The Israelite's roaming the desert for 40 years). How could this same God, who does not change, put past believers through this test but yet will swoop away the end time believers from the tribulation without any kind of testing. Just could never wrap my head around that. Thank you for your posts and many Blessings to you :)
The 5 wise virgins have for the most part been with Yeshua(Jesus) for a while and have grown close enough to Him in their relationship that that has purified them! The straight out desire to please their Lord and Saviour and cherish Him as the Greatest treasure they have found and in their relationship with Him make this obvious are they who love Him the most and He is after a Bride that loves Him above all. The 5 foolish virgins however have not got Him as their first love and still have a foot in the flesh and seek the lusts of this world before seeking their Lord and Saviour and that is why they must be purified to be made into a worthy Bride! (Revelation 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. ) This is why Paul says to us something people miss which is this, (2Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: Read verses 1-15 for the whole picture) Our examples are His apostles of all the one closest to our Lord is the apostle John and he is the only one that was close enough in his relationship to our Lord that he did not die a martyr's death, they tried to kill him but couldn't as he was so trusting and full of faith in Yeshua that they could not kill him and Yeshua of course had a special place in His heart for John as well giving him instead the words and visions of the book of Revelation. It is our desire for Him which needs to be greater than anything, even life itself! He searches our hearts and this is what He looks for in His Bride. Many are called but few are chosen is not a word in which He speaks of people which are saved but rather it is concerning those who will be counted worthy of being His Bride, those fit to rule by His side. Therefore it is the few that will be chosen for their love for Him exceeds that of all others. God bless you Kim! Remember ensure your election! :)
Thanks for the good article