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DIYSalvation
THE MYSTERY OF THE RAPTURE
“Jesus is coming back soon! But that day isn't Today!
What does the Bible actually say about the rapture, the resurrection, and the transformation of our bodies?
In this episode, we uncover the truth and tackle the big question: How do you know if you’re truly rapturable?
(Spoiler: it’s not about selling everything and running for the hills.)
By the end, you’ll be steady, confident, and ready—whenever that day really comes.
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Imagine you're watching a live cooking competition and suddenly some of the contestants just vanish into thin air. Or imagine that you're chatting with a friend and they suddenly just vanish. No UFOs, no alien abductions, just the rapture. Well, one day, very soon, this will happen, but that day is not today. Very soon this will happen, but that day is not today. Hello everyone, I'm Pastor E Welcome.
Speaker 1:Today, we are talking about the mystery of the rapture. As you have already guessed. So, there has been a recent claim by a South African pastor who says that he had a dream that Jesus would return on September 23 to 24, 2025 to take his church. This claim has been doing the rounds and that is what has made it imperative for us to discuss this topic, because, you see, this claim has set many people on urge. Some people are preparing to sell their homes, some people are quitting their jobs or stepping away from daily responsibilities because they believe that the end is just a few hours away. That's the reason why, in this episode, we will be looking at what the Bible really says about the rapture, what the Bible says about the resurrection of the dead and the transformation of our bodies. Most importantly, we'll talk about how to truly prepare for the rapture and let me tell you, it has nothing to do with selling your possessions or even quitting your job. And we'll also address a critical question about how you can know if you are rapturable. And my prayer is that by the end of this teaching you will be fully prepared. You'll be ready and truly rapturable whenever the day and event of the rapture comes.
Speaker 1:So what is the rapture? The word rapture is not found in the Bible, but the teaching concerning the snatching away of the church or the snatching away of Christians is scattered across the New Testament. So the rapture refers to a sudden transformation and the catching up of believers, of Christians, to meet Jesus in the air. At the rapture, the dead and the living in Christ, which means believers that have died and believers that are living at the time of the rapture or are alive at the time of the rapture, will be given new spiritual bodies and they will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So what this means is that there is a designated time in the history of the church when the Lord Jesus will return to take his people home, to be with him for some years before the final judgment. 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4, from verse 16 to 17, says for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven 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. So Christians who have died will suddenly rise up from the dead. Christians that are still living at the time of the rapture will suddenly disappear. No, this will not look like a zombie invasion, because it would happen in a flash, you know, in a nanosecond, in the blink of an eye. And also, when they are raised, they will not look creepy or still wearing grave clothes, because they will immediately be changed and be transformed into their true spiritual bodies. And immediately that happens, they would now become invisible to people who are alive. You know who could see them?
Speaker 1:1 Corinthians, chapter 15, verse 50, says now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. That means for you to go to the spirit world, the heavenly spirit world, or the place where God is to be together with the Lord. You cannot go with this flesh and blood that we have in this three-dimensional realm. Neither does corruption inherit incorruption. So he said behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep. That means not everyone will die At the time of the rapture. Some people will be alive. But we will all be changed, whether dead or alive, 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 the corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality, so when the 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.
Speaker 1:So will the living Christians who are transformed during the rapture? Would they leave their clothes behind? Yeah, I know that pop culture books and movies about the rapture. They often dramatize this sudden disappearance by showing empty clothes where the people were sitting or where they were standing. But truly, the Bible says nothing of clothing being left behind during the rapture. The Bible rather focuses on the transformation of our bodies, because we'll instantly be changed into glorified immortal forms to meet Jesus in the air. So the emphasis is on the spiritual and bodily change, not particularly on physical clothing.
Speaker 1:But, that said, I believe that this might be the case. That means, yes, clothes will be left behind, because I believe that people who are raptured will not remain in their earthly clothes, since the earthly clothes will no longer be needed Once immortality swallows up mortality. We will no longer require physical clothing, see, because physical clothing cannot cover spiritual beings. Spiritual beings belong in different planes of life and physical clothes are irrelevant in that plane of life. I don't even understand what I mean. On the other hand, understand that everything that God created is clothed from the inside out. Everything that God created is clothed from the inside out. Spirit beings don't need to wash clothes, they don't need to change. You don't need to remove their garments. These are concerns that are unique to our three-dimensional physical existence. If you remember, adam in the garden did not know he was naked. Why? Because he was not naked. Spirit beings, or everything God created, is clothed from the inside out. So flowers are not naked because they are clothed. All right, we also are supposed to be like that. Adam was like that until he sinned, and then suddenly he's now in this physical realm and then he said oh, I'm naked. And then God had to make clothes for him. So when that happens and you take on the spiritual body, you find that you no longer need this physical clothing because you're already clothed, and of course, the clothes that we have here would not pass on to the next plane of life. So how will we be changed? This is the part that is really very, quite interesting that I like.
Speaker 1:2 Corinthians 5, verse 4, says that we that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened. We that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened, not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life. So he's saying that we are in this physical body. Right, groaning is some kind of prayer also, but more of a spirit cry because we would rather not die, but rather we want immortality to take over this body. We want to be immortal, in other words, human beings all over the world. If you ask them if they want to, if they would like to escape death, everybody will say yes, emphatically. So he says this is what is our desire that we do not want to die, but rather that mortality might be swallowed up of life. So this scripture tells us how we are going to be changed during the rapture. Immortality will swallow up mortality. What this means is that the glorified body will swallow up this flesh and blood body that we currently have. Does this sound familiar? Yes, indeed, because it reminds me of the life cycle of a butterfly.
Speaker 1:How does a crawling caterpillar transform into a flying butterfly? The secret is already inside the caterpillar. Hidden in the caterpillar's body are special cells and enzymes that know how to unlock the butterfly that is within it, right. So what this means is that the caterpillar has the potential to become a butterfly, but it needs the special cells and enzymes you know to do their thing so that they are able to unlock the butterfly that is within it, right. An enzyme is simply a natural substance that the body makes that will speed up change. For example, your saliva contains an enzyme that breaks down starch. Like bread, rice potatoes. It breaks down the starch into sugar so that your body can use it for energy. So it's the same way that the caterpillar's enzymes. They know exactly how to trigger transformation when the time is right, so that when the caterpillar enters the chrysalis, those enzymes actually begin to break down its old body. So it looks as if the caterpillar is eating itself all right. It may look as if it's dying, but really the blueprint for a butterfly is being released soon. In a couple of days, wings, antenna legs begin to form and in about a week a new butterfly emerges.
Speaker 1:It's the same way that every human being, you and I. We carry within us the potential for immortality. God has placed immortality inside of us from the very beginning, right from Adam, okay, and I'll tell you more about it just in a bit. Right. God placed eternity, or immortality, inside of us from the beginning. Every human being carries the seed of immortality. God planted it in us. Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verse 11, says he has set eternity in their hearts. So immortality is in your heart. Science has proven that every human being is truly born with the potential to be immortal.
Speaker 1:It has been discovered that the human body is constantly renewing itself. For example, your hair grows a little every day. Your eyebrows completely renew every two months. The surface of your eye, that's the cornea, replaces its cells every seven to 10 days. Even your skin is replaced every couple of weeks. Fat cells are replaced about 10% each year. Your liver is especially amazing because even if 70% of your liver is removed, it can grow back to full size within a few months. The lining of your stomach and intestines is replaced every two to three days. Your taste buds renew every 10 days. The lining of your lungs is replaced every two to 10 days. Your red blood cells leave for about four months before being renewed. White blood cells are replaced even faster. Some types of white blood cells only last for a few hours, while others are replaced at the rate of 10,000 every second. Your muscle cells last about 15 years. Even your entire skeleton is completely replaced every 10 years. So with all these facts, you can see that regeneration is already happening in us.
Speaker 1:So why do people still die If the body keeps regenerating? Why don't humans live forever? The fact that our bodies are designed to repair and renew themselves, it shows that immortality is possible. But while the potential is there, like I've said using the example of the butterfly, immortality still has to be unlocked. If the life cycle of a butterfly is not completed, there's no way the butterfly can come out. Immortality still has to be unlocked At the rapture. What will happen is that there will be a general immortality unlocking. It's going to happen generally, it's going to happen to everyone, so that mortality will be swallowed by immortality, and this general unlocking will depend on God's timing. Jesus said so, that nobody knows the time, but that it's in the heart of the father and when it's time the father is going to. That's the one secret that the father has decided to keep to himself. So this also means that, besides the rapture, it's possible for men to taste immortality.
Speaker 1:And when I say immortality does not mean living forever on this plane of life. It means, rather, to never taste death, that is, to never die. It's true, I'm telling you this is true Some people you may not know them, they may not have been recorded in history, but some people have passed on without dying. You know some people. They just said oh they, they got missing, or maybe they went away somewhere. They passed on without dying. They have no burial places on this earth. It has been happening from the time Jesus went back to heaven and it is still happening. You may not know all the stories, but I'm telling you that it is still happening and if you want it, you can go for it. Okay, everything in this dispensation is by faith. You can go for it. These people never died. They simply translated when their time was up. This is possible because the potential for eternal life is already hidden inside of us, waiting for the moment when the power of God will unlock it. When that happens, the immortal body that is already inside of us will completely take over and mortality will disappear.
Speaker 1:To understand this a little bit further, let's visit Eden. I told you I mentioned earlier that I was going to talk a little bit about this In Eden, adam and Eve lived in a spiritual reality before sin entered the world. So they lived in this spiritual reality, which I told you before that the garden of Eden was actually a mirror dimension of the garden of the Lord, because God has a garden which I believe is his lab. You know where creation, most of his creation, took place. Right, he created it in such a way that there was a portal that could. He could portal from Eden, his garden, into Eden, the one that is placed on the earth, so that he would be able to visit the man that he had made. All right, so Adam at that time was essentially a spirit being. He was like the angel, just spirit being, not, you know this, not in this physical, three-dimensional body, because he wasn't even living in a three-dimensional world. Quite possibly he was living in a dimension that is higher than fifth dimension, because God came to visit him often and he will see God, you know, face to face, talk with God, converse with God, and so on and so forth. All All right. So the three-dimensional physical realm existed, quite all right, because Adam, that his pure state of spirit, was able to know everything. That's the reason why he could name the animals, name everything the way he. What he named them was what were supposed to be their names, because he had the mind of God. Do you get it Now?
Speaker 1:Eden himself, I said, carried a brightness because, you know, god often visited Adam there. But when Adam sinned, everything was reversed, his spiritual vision dimmed. Why did it dim? Because the spirit man went inside Before he was a spiritual. In that realm, adam was a spiritual being having a spiritual existence. But when he sinned, everything was reversed, his spiritual vision deemed. Why? Because he had become a spiritual being trapped in a physical experience or a physical existence. So it was a tragic demotion, but it was for his own protection. Adam was banished from Eden, placed fully on this physical plane of life, and from that moment onwards man became blind to his true spiritual nature and since then we could only perceive spiritual things through what Revelation, knowledge.
Speaker 1:God has to reveal things for you to be able to know. Do you get some of the things we're talking about? All of the things we're talking about in DIY Salvation are things that ideally, we should have known. The history of the world, the history of you, know who God is, where we're coming from, our origins. They are things that we're naturally supposed to know, but we don't know them. We have to wait for God to reveal them to us.
Speaker 1:And even when God reveals them to us, you see, some people keep saying things like because they can't, they don't listen with their spirit. They listen with their, with their head, you know, with their minds, they listen with their brains, right, so when you start to, as long as it doesn't fit, you know, intellectually, they reject it. They don't listen with the spirit. But if you're, if you're born again and you're listening to DIY Salvation, you know there's a knowing in your heart that what I'm saying is true. In fact, you feel that warmth inside. You know your belly, you know, and you're like yeah, yeah, I don't know how it all fits in together, but I believe this is true, yes, so that's how it's supposed to be.
Speaker 1:Well, god had a plan. Even if Adam had fallen and he couldn't see anymore, and he only needed God's revelation, knowledge, god still had a plan. Through Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit, the spiritual glory of man was restored. So now we still live in mortal bodies. All right, the seed of immortality is within us, but it's possible for us to still have spiritual experiences, even if we're living in a mortal body. And the Bible promises that one day this mortal body will be swallowed up by the immortal body that is inside. The immortal spiritual body inside will shine so brightly that one day it will completely swallow up mortality. Paul describes this mystery in 1 Corinthians, chapter 15, from verse 53 to 54, saying 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. Now who will be rapturable?
Speaker 1:If you grew up in church like me, you probably watched quite a number of left behind movies. You know, back in the day these movies were quite popular. Not so much in recent times and, quite frankly, when I watched them back in the day, they often left me feeling uneasy. Because, you see, during the rapture, one person will be taken, another will be left behind. Two friends walking up a hill one disappears, the other one is, you know, just stands and is looking, he's not sure what just happened. A man and wife in bed. The husband goes to the bathroom, there's a, she hears a noise and then she goes. He's gone. You know things like that. So for me, it left me feeling quite uneasy. Why, I know, whenever this is mentioned, many more Christians also become uneasy. The reason why is because, deep down, no one wants to face the uncertainty of whether they are or will remain rapturable.
Speaker 1:Now, what is quite puzzling is that when we're talking about people that are going to be rapturable right, the Bible doesn't even have in view unbelievers. The warnings in the Bible about people who are to be rapturable is they're all directed towards believers, not even unbelievers. Of course, we know that unbelievers will be clueless about it, about what's going on. They would not even hear the trumpet when it sounds, you know. They would just suddenly realize that there is a mass disappearance of people and that's it. But the warnings were directly directed to believers.
Speaker 1:The Bible passages about the rapture. The emphasis is not on unbelievers but on believers who may be left behind. So we see Jesus is teaching in Matthew, chapter 24, and he was teaching about the end times. And then in Matthew chapter 25, he starts to talk about something that is very, very interesting. Matthew chapter 25, we see the parable of the 10 virgins interesting.
Speaker 1:Matthew chapter 25, we see the parable of the 10 virgins. The secret of who will be raptured is found in the parable of the 10 virgins. This is like one of the most fascinating parables that the Lord Jesus taught and it's been quite puzzling trying to really figure out what this parable means. And very rarely would you hear people teach from this parable, apart from the fact that they will tell you just make sure that you're ready when it's time. So in the preceding chapter of Matthew, chapter 24, jesus thought that the end times will be marked by deception. It will be marked by tribulation, cosmic signs, and then he urged the disciples to remain watchful, to remain faithful and for them to prepare for his imminent return faithful and for them to prepare for his imminent return. In Matthew chapter 25, he starts to talk about the parable of the 10 virgins. This tells us immediately that the context of the parable of the 10 virgins is directly connected to the end times and the return of Jesus. Also, note that the parable is in reference to the kingdom of heaven, because it says then, the kingdom of heaven is like unto 10 virgins. So we know he's talking about the kingdom, all right.
Speaker 1:The 10 virgins were waiting for a bridegroom to come and take them to a wedding feast, maybe quite like a, like a, a bridal party. When I say bridal party, yes, like the bridegrooms on the bridegroom's side, anyway. So each of them carried a lamp to light the way. Five of the virgins were wise. They brought extra oil for their lamps because they, kind of like, were prepared for in case the bridegroom might be delayed. The other five were foolish. They brought no extra oil. They thought they would be fine without it. As they waited, the bridegroom took longer than expected. All the 10 virgins fell asleep, but at midnight, when they least expected it, a shout rang out the bridegroom is here, come out to meet him. And the wise virgins quickly trimmed their lamps and added oil. Their lamps began to burn brightly and then they were ready to go with the bridegroom. But the foolish virgins, their lamps were going out because they had no oil. But then they now begged the wise virgins, to share some of theirs, but it wasn't enough, you know, to last them all. So they refused. So the foolish virgins had to go buy more oil. But while they were gone, the bridegroom arrived, the wise virgins went in with him to the wedding feast and the door was shut. Later the foolish virgins returned and knocked asking to be let in. But the bridegroom said truly, I tell you, I do not know you Like this is so strong a statement to make. I do not know you. And Jesus ended the story with a warning Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour the Son of man will come.
Speaker 1:There are key factors to understanding the parable of the ten virgins. The first is for you to understand Proverbs 20, verse 27. That says the spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord or the candle of the Lord. Okay, so that means that the lamp that they were all holding is the spirit man. Right, they were all holding lamps. So in this parable, the lamp represents the human spirit, you know. So we know that they were all Christians. All right, they all are Christians.
Speaker 1:Now, the oil represents the anointing of the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Spirit. Now, the next thing for us to note in this is that there are two categories of believers. We've already established that they are all believers because they all had the lamb. So two categories of believers. All 10 virgins had lambs, showing that they were all followers of Christ as virgins already. You can already tell virginity emphasizes purity and holiness. So they were all holy.
Speaker 1:The parable is not about unbelievers. It has nothing to do with unbelievers. Remember what Jesus said I do not know you. That is really a curious thing to say, considering that this parable is not even about unbelievers. Now, the key difference between the two categories of virgins is oil. Some virgins had enough oil, while others did not. A lamp without oil, as I told you, is useless.
Speaker 1:Spirituality shows that the baptism of the Holy Ghost is essential for a believer to be truly ready for the Lord's return. Keep this in mind. Bear it in mind Now. The foolish virgins were unprepared because they delayed receiving the baptism of the Spirit. They didn't have the baptism of the Spirit. They didn't know. I know a lot of Christians nowadays who don't believe in speaking in tongues, they say all the signs vanished, with the apostles, yada, yada. So many things that they say, you know, making excuses for the reasons why they should not receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, when the Bible clearly states that we ought to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1:Now, when the bridegroom arrived, they couldn't trim their lamps. Trimming of the lamp here is in reference to prayer. They couldn't trim their lamps because they had no oil. So they probably, all of them were probably praying, but then some people were praying in tongues. So the people with the oil, it was making more sense for some reason. The people without the oil, it wasn't making sense. They were left behind.
Speaker 1:This tells us that professional faith, that you're a Christian, is not enough. It's insufficient. When it's time to be raptured, you find that your speaking in tongues will make all the difference. The wise virgins had enough oil, so when the bridegroom came, they trimmed their lamps. So they began praying in tongues because they had oil, they remained watchful and then, of course, they demonstrated their lamps. So they began praying in tongues because they had oil, they remained watchful and then, of course, they demonstrated spiritual vigilance.
Speaker 1:Now the bridegroom's unexpected arrival shows you know the second coming of Christ, which is just going to be very, very unexpected. Only those that are spiritually ready will enter with him. The unprepared will hear I do not know you. Again, a curious thing to say. As I said before, trimming of the lamps is a call to prayer. When the Lord comes, there will be a general call to prayer. Christians that can speak in tongues will begin to trim their lamp until the arrival of the bridegroom. Notice that every one of them received the call to prayer. So even the foolish virgin had the call to prayers, but they knew something was wrong immediately once. They didn't have enough oil and they tried to distract the wise virgins.
Speaker 1:Jesus concludes with a warning, says Watch, therefore, for you neither know the hour or the day. So here is the bottom line At the rapture, when the trumpet of the Lord sounds, it will not be theology that transforms you into your spiritual body that we've already talked about. It will be the vibration of the spirit of God inside, the internal combustion of God's power rising up to swallow mortality in immortality. See, in that day, this parable that we've just heard will come to play, in that we know that those who are going to be changed into their star bodies. Remember, I told you, they are star before Into the glory bodies are those who have oil in their lamps. This means that everyone who has received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking loud in other tongues will be the first people to be changed. I've heard people say oh, when Jesus comes, I'm going to be on the first flight. This is how you're going to be on the first flight speaking tongues. Now, this change we're talking about is not going to be automatic.
Speaker 1:On that day, all the virgins in that parable had lamps. Only a few had oil. The fact that they all had lamps and were seeking oil at the time of the night shows that they were all already born again, but they did not have oil, and that oil is symbolic of the Holy Spirit baptism. And when the time and the hour came, they had no oil to burn for when the glory of God would fall, see, you must already have a fire burning, keeping the midnight candle lit. Burning, keeping the midnight candle lit, for that fire is going to become the conductor or the catalyst that will draw an usher in the greater glory when he descends. So this is the picture on a particular day, if truly. The rapture was supposed to happen today, for example.
Speaker 1:Right, the first thing that would happen is that the trumpet will sound is a spiritual trumpet, so the entire world is not going to hear it, but all Christians are going to hear it. Do you hear me? So everybody, every single believer. If you do not hear it, you are not a Christian Period. There's no drama. Some people know how to wear the cloak of Christianity and claim that they are believers, claiming that they are going to this church or that church or whatever it is, but Jesus does. I'm not talking about those. That will be the defining factor. Once the trumpet sounds, all Christians are going to hear it.
Speaker 1:Now, the trumpet sounding is actually a call to prayer. If, right now, the Holy Spirit cannot call you to pray and you do not even know when you should pray right now, you will not hear, you will not know when the trumpet sounds, you will not know. There is a call to prayer. So you have to know, you have to practice it, you have to start from now. You know and I've told you how you can know.
Speaker 1:Sometimes you're in your house and you feel a sinking feeling, a sinking feeling in your stomach. That is a call to prayer. You know that thing that makes you feel as if something bad is about to happen. It's a call to prayer. On the other hand, sometimes there's just this joy that erupts inside of you. It is a call to prayer. And when I say it's a call to prayer, I don't mean you're going to fill up your prayer time with prayer points. No, it's that you should settle somewhere and start to pray in tongues. Whether you sing in tongues, you worship in tongues, anything you to do it, just pray in tongues. It's a call to prayer.
Speaker 1:So when that happens, everybody is going to begin to pray. The call to prayer will be very strong. It'll be like nothing you've ever felt before. So everybody's going to begin to pray. I don't know how long that prayer is going to last, but we're going to pray and pray and pray. That prayer that we're praying is going to lead to a culmination Once the fire is up. The father knows the time when all our joint prayers is going to come together and he's going to light us up. Do you get? The glory of God will fall. You'll be in your house, I'll be in my house, I'll be in different parts of the world, and this is happening all at once. It doesn't matter the time of day or night, but this is going to happen and we will begin to pray, all of us thinking that we're just praying on our own, and then the glory will fall. When the glory falls, that's when we'll be changed instantly. So you have to have a fire burning for that fire to become the conductor or the catalyst that will draw and usher in the greater glory when it descends.
Speaker 1:This has happened before at Pentecost. It's has happened before at Pentecost. It's literally what happened at Pentecost. I told you that God is a God of patterns. He doesn't just do things arbitrarily like that. You know, once he has a system, he sticks with it. He doesn't change. That's the reason why he says that he doesn't change. Yesterday, today, forever, he's the same. Okay, this has happened before.
Speaker 1:The believers were together in one accord in Jerusalem, you know, worshipping. They just kept on building and building until the glory fell. And when the glory fell, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak in tongues. And, just by way of summary, on the day of the rapture, there will be a general call to prayer. How long this prayer is going to last, we do not know, but every Christian will hear it so clearly that it cannot be mistaken. The trumpet sound will awaken every believer. We all know that it is time.
Speaker 1:Unfortunately, some Christians will be caught off guard In that hour. Panic will set in. Why? Because they will realize it's too late, why they came unprepared. These are the christians without oil. See, the thing about the spirit world is that things are not hidden. Nobody needs to teach you anything, you will just suddenly know.
Speaker 1:At that point, all the arguments will cease. Should we speak in tongues or should we not speak in tongues? It will cease. Everybody will know that. Oh, we were supposed to speak in tongues. Don't be caught in that. It would be better that you know it now. You were forewarned and forearmed. So they will run to others. You know begging for the Holy Spirit, baptism Please now, can you give me a little bit of your fire?
Speaker 1:Please, now can you give me a little bit of your fire? Please Now, can you just just lay hands on me now? There's nothing that is going to stop you Just lay hands. But that's not the time, do you get? That's not the time. Nobody's going to stop to help them, because that's not the time. And anybody who breaks their connection with what is happening at that point is not wise, because you end up being left behind as well. I mean, there's a time for everything. That time will not be the time to receive the baptism of the Spirit, because it will be a worldwide prayer call. Every believer will have to be fully engaged or they'll be left behind. Nobody will have time in that moment to lead you.
Speaker 1:You know, in spirit baptism, it will be a call to prayer, not just a call to prayer, a call to pray in tongues, until the time of the Father and the glory will descend. The Bible says the call will come at midnight. We don't know what that midnight really means. We don't know, but we just know that it's going to be at an unexpected hour. We don't know also how long the prayer will last, but we do know that when the glory comes, it will fall suddenly, in a single instant, in the twinkling of an eye. Was doing of an eye is half of a second, a nanosecond. We shall be changed, but all those who endure prayer stretch burning oil with their lamps, they will all be caught up in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. We will all be changed. Like I said, anyone who does not hear the call is not a Christian at all.
Speaker 1:Romans, chapter 8, verse 9, says if any man has not the spirit of Christ, he is not of his, and those who hear it but have no oil to ignite their fire will also be left behind. So to be forewarned is to be whatarmed. Second corinthians, chapter 5, verse 2 to 4, says we've grown earnestly desiring to be clodded upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life. That's the reason why praying in tongues is just, is not just a gift, you know, it's a. It's a training for transfiguration, is a training and preparation for metamorphosis. If you are tuned to the stirrings of the Spirit of God and you become familiar with the oppressions of the Spirit here and now, you will not miss the signal there and then, because at the sound of the last trumpet, your spirit will respond instantly and your body must be changed.
Speaker 1:Now must every Christian speak in tongues? Yes, it should not be by coercion, nobody can force you. It should be by conviction. Maybe, as you're listening to me now, be convicted. In this age and time, the baptism of the Holy Spirit is not a luxury. I've already shared this with you. It's urgent and it is vital for you, as a professing Christian, to speak in tongues. It is the oil that will keep your lamp burning until the bridegroom Jesus Christ returns.
Speaker 1:The key criterion for being rapturable is for you to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. So it's essential for every believer who wants to be ready to speak in tongues. If you don't want to be left behind, speak in tongues. The foolish virgins were foolish because they delayed receiving the Holy Spirit when the moment came, their reasons did not matter, they were prepared. They thought they were prepared. You know, they thought their hearts. Probably Christians who always read about the rapture and being prepared, preparing your heart. Probably Christians that don't even sin, they don't do anything nasty, they're just good people. You know Christians that are practicing Christian, probably, but they don't speak in tongues A very huge defining factor. So don't, don't put it off anymore because when the moment came, their reasons didn't matter. Without the Spirit baptism, they were left behind and Jesus said to them I do not know you Because understand that you have in the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1:The Holy Spirit is a seal. He's the seal that you belong to God. He's also the part payment that we are going to inherit the kingdom. He's the receipt that you know Jesus inherited the entire world. That's the receipt that we have, that we have Jesus, do you understand? He's the receipt. So for you to enter into the kingdom of God, you have to show your receipts, or at least your invitation card. You know, or at least the tattoo. You know what I mean the seal, the seal that truly this is. You belong to him and you're coming into the kingdom. You said you healed the sick. You know, you cast out demons, you did all the good things, you even won souls, but you don't even have the seal. How do you want to enter into the kingdom of God? This is very, very important.
Speaker 1:Praying in tongues, 2, chapter 1, verse 20, says that when you pray in tongues, you are building yourself up on your most holy faith. All right. So praying in tongues will edify your spirit. It will build you from the inside out. When you're praying in tongues during the rapture, at the time of or just before the rapture, right, it's kind of like water being heated on fire. Water must reach boiling point before it can change to steam. In the same way, the more you pray in the spirit, the more your inner man is stirred and prepared for transformation. At the moment of the rapture, there will be a universal cry at midnight. Believers who are tuned in the spirit, praying, watching and burning with all, will rise in the twinkling of an eye.
Speaker 1:Every professing Christian must receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, because there is a direct connection between Holy Spirit, baptism and being rapturable. If you do not have the spirit, you will not be able to unlock and activate your spiritual body to be transformed and meet Jesus in the sky. This body cannot do anything. We read it earlier on. Do you understand? This body is corrupted. We cannot do anything. You can't fly in it.
Speaker 1:If you're listening right now and you've never received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in other tongues, don't delay, I beg you, do not delay. Luke, chapter 11, verse 13,. Jesus said If you, being evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? So let's pray. I'll pray for you. If you have not yet received the Holy Spirit, say this say, heavenly Father, I am born again, I am your child, I am saved. I ask you now to fill me with the Holy Spirit. If you believe it, say this Say Holy Spirit, rise within me. As I praise you, I fully expect to speak in tongues as you give me utterance now in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 1:As you pray this prayer, you'll notice, you know, words begin to bubble out of your mouth that sounds like gibberish. It's not gibberish. It is the most powerful prayer language ever given to mankind. So you have to open your mouth. The Holy Spirit gives you utterance, but you must speak. If you're waiting for the Holy Spirit to use your mouth to speak, you have to open your mouth. The Holy Spirit gives you utterance, but you must speak. If you're waiting for the Holy Spirit to use your mouth to speak, you have to open your mouth and start to mouth those so-called gibberish. Mouth them, okay. It may sound like the babblings of a little child. Go ahead, continue, practice it. Continue, all right. Continue and give time every single day to speak in tongues, all right. Sometimes God may even give you. You can challenge yourself and decide to interpret it. Sometimes You'll be amazed at what you've been hearing. If you are enjoying DIY Salvation, why not consider becoming a monthly partner with us To support click the link in the show notes.
