one thing that a lot of people fail to realize is that God has a plan for his church God has a comprehensive program for his church one of the highlights on God's program for his church is the rapture there are many who are missing the blessing of the Rapture because they argue that the word rapture is not in the Bible however the doctrine of the Rapture is definitely in the scripture Paul gave to the Church of thessalonica a wonderful prophetic Jewel that shines bright in the life of every believer 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-18 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 wherefore Comfort one another with these words now initially when I became a born again child of God I was fascinated with eschatology all that eschatology is is the study of last things the study of the last
days and the topic of the Rapture really drew me in and I don't know why but but I had so many preconceived notions that before the Rapture something cataclysmic would happen I mean after all the Rapture is quite literally The Disappearance of a large portion of the world's population but I want you to Envision the 24 hours leading up to the Rapture I'm going to present two scenarios the first scenario is of the Rapture happening on a particular night and there are tremendous number of cataclysmic signs mind worldwide there is a tremendous number of natural
disasters happening all across the world and there is a real apocalyptic atmosphere to the world hurricanes breaking out in one part of the [Music] world a monster tornado happening in another part of the world and Red Mist covering the streets in another part of the world and people all around the world will begin to repent out of fear of what is happening in the world and then the Rapture will happen the second scenario of the 24 hours leading up to the Rapture is [Music] this people living their normal lives going to work go going to
the gym going to the cinema the Bible tells us that the 24 hours leading up to the Rapture will be completely and utterly normal nothing extraordinary will happen or will be happening Matthew 24: 37-44 as it was in the days of Noah so it will be at the coming of the son of man for in the days before the flood people were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage up to the day Noah entered the Ark and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away that is
how it will be at the coming of the son of man two men will be in the field one will be taken and the other left two women will be grinding with a handm mill one will be taken and the other left therefore keep watch because you do not know on what day your Lord will come but understand this if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming he would have kept watch and would have not let his house be broken into so you also must be ready
because the son of man will come at an hour when you do not expect him this is it this is the point of this message the 24 hours leading up to the Rapture will be completely and utterly normal the people in Noah's day are a lot like the people in our day they are living life enjoying life without a care of Eternity the people of Noah's era were leading completely normal lives nothing out of the ordinary was happening everyone was doing what people do eating drinking getting married giving their children a marriage and not one
of them except Noah realized that an absolute cataclysmic event was coming upon them by the time they recognized what was happening it was far too late and that is what is happening in our age history is moving on with a sense of normality we are waking up and going to work and come back home with a sense of normality and do you want to know the worst thing about normality the worst thing about normality is that normality ushers in a false sense of security that things will always be the same 24 hours leading up to
the Rapture if the Rapture happens in our lifetime we will be living our normal life lives now I want to ask you a series of questions that only you can answer what is your normal life what is your normal life is your normal life a life that glorifies God a life that you show the fruits of the spirit or is your life one of unrighteousness and carnality is your life one that's striving for Holiness or is your life one one that is striving for pleasure are you faithful to God or do you lie and cheat
and steal your way through life when the Rapture happens people will be living their normal lives what does your normal life consist of is it a life of repentance and of drawing closer to God or is it a life shrouded in mystery and sin you know the most wonderful thing about the Rapture is that the Bible says quote for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven end quote it will not be a person or an angel it will be the Lord himself and the wonderful thing about the Lord Jesus Christ is that the Lord knows
who are his he knows those who are sheep and he knows those who are [Music] goats forgive me for what I'm about to say because this will be very blunt but in all honesty the Bible is a very blunt book Matthew 5: 29-30 if your right eye causes you to sin pluck it out and cast it from you for it is more profitable for you that one of your members Parish then for your whole body to be cast into hell and if your right hand causes you to sin cut it off and cast it from
you for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell Jesus is not speaking literally he is using a figure of speech to show you how seriously we should deal with sins in our lives the 24 hours leading up to the Rapture there will be people who will spend the night before partying in clubs looking to indulge themselves with the pleasures of sex drugs and rock and roll [Music] 24 hours leading up to the Rapture there will be people who will spend the
night before living double lives lying to their wives and going away to spend the weekend with a second family that no one knows about 24 hours leading up to the Rapture there will be people who will spend the night before living double lives lying to their husbands and going to meet their high school sweetheart 24 hours leading up to the Rapture there will be people who will spend their whole whole day gossiping and backbiting others what is your normal life is your normal life one that seeks the ones who loves you Jesus loves you and
wants a relationship with you don't listen to some modern-day preachers who attempt to paint the picture that God accepts and condones all Lifestyles he doesn't God instructs us to be holy as he is Holy the Bible says James 4:8 draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you move closer to God and he will move closer to you God has a tendency to develop relationships with normal individuals normal individuals like you and me are able to draw closer to the Lord and we see this in the Bible individuals with no qualifications individuals with
no credentials drawing closer to God we see individuals with dark history Mysteries individuals who have committed horrendous sins also develop a relationship with the Lord and this can be you too you can have a relationship with God and the wonderful thing is 24 hours leading up to the Rapture there will be men and women all across the world drawing closer to God I encourage you to keep seeking the face of the Lord it may seem like you are alone it may seem as if you are one of the few people who who are attempting to
live for the Lord 24 hours before the Rapture there will be those who will spend their days crying out to a merciful god at this point Jesus will fulfill his Wonder promise in John 14 1 let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me two in my father's house there are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to to prepare a place for you three and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come [Music] again I will come again and
receive you unto myself that where I am there ye may be also we see how Monumental this event is there are no middlemen lest there be corruption there there are no Brokers lest there be favoritism even angels are on standby at this time because Jesus says I will come again [Music]
