No Jesus – No Rapture – No Heaven :: By Dennis Huebshman
Isaiah 55:8-9: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (ESV – All emphasis is mine.)
John 3:18, John 3:36, John 14:6, 1 John 2:23, and 1 John 5:10-12 all state that if you have the Son, you have the Father. However, no Son, no Father. No matter what false teachers and antichrists are saying, there are not many ways to Heaven, and that our Savior is not needed to be saved. Both are satanic lies.
Besides John 14:6 above, which states that Jesus said He is “the Way and the Truth and the Life,” and only through Him can we come to the Father, Acts 4:12 states, “And there is Salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
A pastor who is much more of a Bible expert than I made a statement the other day that made perfect sense. In 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, Paul tells us, “The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore, God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
His comment was that those who receive the strong delusion are all who heard the word of the Savior but did not choose to receive and accept Him prior to the Rapture. The opportunity was there, but they didn’t take it while they could have. They will follow the will of the antichrist as he will be here on earth, but all true believers up to that point will have been removed. The ones that will call out to be saved during the tribulation will be the ones that, for whatever reason, will not have had the opportunity to learn about Jesus prior to the Rapture. Those who do receive and accept Jesus during that time most likely will be martyred for their faith.
In 2003, Roger Bennett of Legacy Five wrote a song, “I Found Grace.” Consider his message.
1.) Oh, I found grace at the foot of a rugged cross on Calvary. I found grace with the awesome power to set the captive free. I found grace, sustaining grace; I found grace, redeeming grace. Yes, I found grace, fulfilling, indwelling grace, amazing grace to meet my need.
2.) I sought for wisdom in the ways of this world, but no wisdom could be found. I sought for meaning in the words of great men, but their words just let me down. Not seeking justice for the things that I’d done, my soul needed mercy, and I found it in God’s Son.
3.) Give up the search; it’s a useless dream you’re chasing. You’ll find no peace until you seek His face. The answer’s right before you at the foot of the cross; you’ll find that it’s a holy place. Confess your sins and lay them all down, pick up your cross and let Jesus turn your life around.
4.) Trying to find grace and mercy through worldly resources is futile. At most, it would be temporary and ultimately a losing prospect. We would have to constantly do more and more works to try and keep ahead.
Roger’s song follows Romans 10:9-13, which tells us to admit and confess we’re all sinners and cannot possibly save ourselves. We need to believe that Jesus is the only way we can receive forgiveness by our confession to Him and asking His forgiveness. All who truly do call on the Savior will be saved. He will send the Holy Spirit to live within us until it’s time for us to leave this earth, either by death or by the Rapture.
All who belong to our Savior’s precious flock will not go through the tribulation. We’re told in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 that in the “twinkling of an eye” all true believers will be taken up to meet our Jesus in the air. Those who were in Christ when they died will rise up first, followed by those who are still alive at the trumpet of God and shout from an archangel. This is further promised by the Father in 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10, and Revelation 3:10.
For the skeptics that say there has to be some sort of works or cost that we have to keep up with, there’s Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Our part is to receive and accept the free gift that our Jesus paid so dearly for at Calvary. His suffering should have been ours, yet because of the love our triune God has for us, He did not count it as loss. This is also why the Father will allow us to choose our eternal destination of Heaven or hell.
All who will have Jesus as their eternal Shepherd will attend the Judgment seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10) to receive or lose rewards for what we did while still in human bodies. No matter what, after this judgment, we are still going to be with Jesus in Heaven forever.
On the other hand, all who did not truly have the Son of God as their Savior will attend the Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20:11-15. This judgment will be to determine the degree of eternal punishment each person there will receive in the lake of fire. Satan will already be there suffering the worst punishment of all forever. There are no pardons or suspended sentences there. The commitment is forever!
God will force no one as to which eternity they will choose, and those two choices are the only ones that will be. There are no other options, Period!
Consider that this world is getting closer and closer to the end of this age, as evidenced by end-time prophecy being fulfilled. Now, consider which eternity you wish to be in. Today, it would not be too early to call on our Savior to forgive you and to provide a Home in Heaven for you with Him forever. He will prepare a place for each one who truly calls on Him (John 14:1-3).
Your Choice: Know Jesus; Know Rapture; Know Heaven. Or, No Jesus, no Rapture, no Heaven. Choose Wisely!
Shalom!
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