From Now Till Eternity By Evang.S. Ade Ogunniran - Lesson 3: Rapture of the Saints (First part of Christ Advent)

Lesson 3 :Rapture of the Saints (First part of Christ Advent)

His Promise for His Own  

John 14:1-3; 17:24 ”24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.”

This promise is only for those who are of Christ because the heavens are the Lord’s; but the earth he hath given to the children of men. Gen 2:7-8; 1:28, Isaiah 45:12, Psalm 115:16.

 “The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.”

From Now Till Eternity By Evang.S. Ade Ogunniran

Lesson 2: The Four Ends

Man did not come down from heaven, all people are the seed of Adam created out of dust. Jesus is the only one that came down from heaven 1Cor 15:47, 

John 3:13,31; 8:23-24 (Verse 13“ And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.”) . Having concluded the work of redemption, He went back to Heaven. John 16:28, Heb 10:12.

He shall come back to gather His own to heaven John 14:1-3,6; 17:24

The day’s occurrences:

    1. Resurrection of the dead in Christ. 1Cor 15;22-23, 1Thess 4:16. “ 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:”

2. Transformation of those who are alive. 1Cor 15:51-55, 40, 49,( 52 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.”

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.) Philippians 3:20-21, 1John 3:2, Romans 8:19-21, just like Christ(Matt 17:1-2), Psalm 17:15.

   3. The ascension of the saints. 1Thess 4:13 -18(17 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.,) 2Cor 5:1-8, Philippians 3:20-21, 2Thess 2:1.

Notice:A welcome message to heaven. Hebrew 12:22-24.

“22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living

God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”