Here Comes the Rapture. Are You Ready?

There seems to be inexhaustible options of what to believe about the rapture of the church. More and more people now tend to believe that there will be no rapture. When reading the Bible, people interpret the same section of Scripture in a multitude of ways. How can this be if we are all of one mind, and one body, through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? A question yet to be answered!

Fortunately, we now have access to the original Biblical calendar. This was the calendar that the nation of Israel used from antiquity until it was removed during the 400 silent years by the then Greek Empire who reigned over the Middle East. The calendar was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. We didn’t realise what it was until about 20 to 30 years ago, and of course, it then took some time to filter out to the public for general study.

The calendar allows us to understand the prophetical timeline much more clearly. The discovery of the calendar, along with additional prophetical material, especially from the Essenes, allows us to see the picture of what God has intended from creation through to Christ’s reign in the Millennium Kingdom.

While we still may not know “the exact day or hour” of the rapture, we can place this in the timeline of events that we know are just around the corner. And just around the corner it appears to be!

However we approach this subject, we should all be living as if we are likely to stand in front of Jesus tomorrow! That could happen for any number of reasons. The rapture is not required to move us from this planet into the presence of our Lord.

I trust this study, showing just how close the rapture appears to be, will both encourage you in your Christian Walk, and also help us all to prioritise the importance of mission – the need to ensure that as many people as possible have heard about Jesus before the church is taken out of this world.

May our Lord bless you as you work through this material.

About the author
Rodney Hutcheon lives in Central Queensland Australia in a rural community with his wife. Rodney was a career public servant prior to his retirement. He worked about 18 years for the Commonwealth Government and then about the same time for the Queensland State Government. Prior to retiring from the public sector, Rodney was the Executive Director of the Rural Division for the Central Queensland Hospital & Health Service where he managed 10 rural hospitals along with other primary health care facilities. When he retired from that position, he was the CEO of a State-wide Not-For-Profit Community Service organisation. Rodney spent over 25 years in volunteer positions on management committees and organisational boards providing services to the aged and disabled members of our communities. His philosophy is that Christians should give something back to the communities in which they live.

Rodney describes himself as a conservative Christian who believes that the main problem we can have with the Bible, is that we don’t take the Bible literally enough. Rodney holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Degree, A Graduate Certificate of Social Administration, and a Doctor of Biblical Studies.