What Will It Be Like?

The Rapture

Revelation Ch 12: 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, the one who will rule all the nations with a staff of iron. But her child was snatched up to God and his throne;

Before all the chaos that will follow after the Rapture (Snatching Away) happens, I want to focus entirely on that one single moment when the Rapture does happen.

This article is going to be speculative. I want to make that absolutely clear. I’m thinking out loud and imagining how amazing it’s going to be when the Rapture happens. You can join me if you want.

My wife and I talk about what the Rapture is going to be like every day. My wife uses the same word in each discussion: “Peaceful”. I’m in agreement. But I also believe there will be more emotions felt. One emotion that weighs heavy on my heart is: “Relief”. Yes, relief that I was taken, but relief that my life on this earth came to an end and only the Glory and Holiness of G-D’s Kingdom awaits me. Relief from all the physical suffering, stress, anxiety, worry, fear, aggravation, pain—and most of all: the evils of this world.

My wife and I were talking and we both agree that G-D didn’t create people to live they way we do in today’s current world. The current world feels more like a prison to me. Oh, how I want the prison bars to fly open! I want to be free from this world.

Revelation Ch 21:7 He who wins the victory will receive these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

What will it be like to live to the Rapture and be taken home? Snatched away from this world by the very HANDS of G-D! Will I be sitting here, writing on an article, talking to my wife, playing Uno with my daughter, petting my dogs, resting in bed, playing the piano? Will time suddenly just stop for me? Will I hear YESHUA call my name? “Paul, come up here!”? Will angels appear beside me? Will the clothes I’m wearing fall to the floor? Will I even be aware of those things? Will I shoot up into the sky like a rocket? Or will, for me, everything be calm and slow, consumed with a peace beyond my understanding? Will I be aware of being taken off this earth? Aware of those being left behind? Will I know my wife and daughter are with me? Will my animals be with me? (I pray so).

What will be my first thought? “I made it”? Will I look back just for a second—not like Lot’s wife—with praise and worship for G-D taking me away from an evil world? Will G-D allow me to see exactly what HE saved me from? Will I, for a second, see the world as a whole, as it is, in all of of its evil and understand then, without a doubt, just how much my G-D protected me and loved me and provided me and cared for me through all of my years?

Or will I just look up, my hands raised in Eternal Praise and Worship? I prefer that more than all the rest.

2 Kings Ch 2:11 Suddenly, as they were walking on and talking, there appeared a fiery chariot with horses of fire; and as it separated the two of them from each other, Eliyahu went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

Did Eliyahu look down as he was being taken up into Heaven? I wouldn’t think so. I wonder what thoughts were going through Eliyahu’s mind? Was he excited, fearful, at peace, restful? What did he talk to Elisha about before being taken up to Heaven? Many wonderful teachings would be my understanding.

Genesis Ch 5:24 Hanokh walked with God, and then he wasn't there, because God took him.

Where was Hanokh when G-D took him? Was he excited? Did he know G-D was going to take him? Was he walking along in his garden one day and then…he found himself being taken up into the air by a group of loving, smiling, angels? Hanokh was taken away from life without seeing death.

Hebrews Ch 11: 5 By trusting, Hanokh was taken away from this life without seeing death - "He was not to be found, because God took him away" - for he has been attested as having been, prior to being taken away, well pleasing to God.

What about John?

Revelation Ch 4: 1 After these things, I looked; and there before me was a door standing open in heaven; and the voice like a trumpet which I had heard speaking with me before said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things."

2 Instantly I was in the Spirit, and there before me in heaven stood a throne, and on the throne Someone was sitting.

What did John think and feel when he left his body and was taken up to Heaven in his spirit? What did he feel when his spirit returned back to his body? To be shown all that John was shown? I can’t imagine. (I personally think John is one of the two Witnesses mentioned in Revelation Ch 11, Eliyahu being the other Witness).

And most of all, what about YESHUA our LORD?

Acts Ch 1: 9 After saying this, he was taken up before their eyes; and a cloud hid him from their sight.

What did YESHUA our LORD feel when HE was being taken up? Did HE look down at the faces of HIS Talmidim? Did HE feel sad for them? Was HIS Eyes only on the Glory that awaited HIM? Maybe everything all at once, for HE is G-D’s SON and our SAVIOR. I personally think that YESHUA our LORD may have felt relief, too. Relief that HE had finished HIS work on earth as G-D commanded, the Cross was finished, and that the next time HE would return would be as the Conquering King! Amen.

How will it be for us? What a question.

There is no direct or concrete answer. I would like to think my ‘Spiritual Imagination’ can search out tons of possibilities for me. Will I be giddy, like Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas morning? Will I be like a child in a candy store? What will be my very first emotion? Will I feel numerous emotions all at once? Will everything be made known to me in that instant transformation? Will a white, glowing, robe immediately appear on my body? Will my gray hair and beard turn back to their natural, youthful, color? Will I change back to being a young man again, free from the pains of aging?

Oh, I can’t wait! I can’t wait! I can’t wait!

There is nothing in this world I want. I only want to go home.

Only Homesick People Know

In the movie ‘A Thief In The Night’ from 1973, the rapture scene, as simple as it was, always touches me very deeply every time I watch it. I find myself watching that rapture scene numerous times each month.

Each day we grow closer and closer to the rapture happening. I’ve written articles about the rapture possibly happening this year. I won’t go into detail here—you can read the articles. All I can say is that we’re in a very prophetic year and I truly believe the rapture could happen at any second. My bags and packed and I’m ready to go.

I’m not saying I’m going to sell my house and stop working and all that nonsense. That’s not G-D commands. We’re commanded to stay alert.

Mark Ch 13:37 And what I say to you, I say to everyone: stay alert!"

I can barely keep up with everything that’s happening. Just tonight I learned that a part of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) turned red from a certain algae. Just to see the water red—that is a very prophetic sign on top of everything else that has happened this year.

What will it be like? I just can’t imagine. All I know is that I’m homesick, my bags are packed, and I’m ready to go home. I’m looking up and waiting. I don’t care what the main stream Christian churches preach or teach or what Rabbis say. I know what I’m feeling in my spirit: It’s Time!!! And I’m not the only one. It seems to me that all of the children of G-D know it’s time!

Have you ever thought of what it will be like when the rapture happens? It would be great to hear your thoughts.

I’ll end here with a rapture song I enjoy listening to.

Everyone keep looking up for our Redemption Draweth Nigh.

And remember: What matters when the rapture happens is how G-D finds your heart. It doesn’t matter how much money you have, what your job is, what kind of car you drive or house you live in. What kind of clothes you wear. G-D looks at the heart.

3 MINUTES AND 58 SECONDS BEFORE THE RAPTURE