Come Up Hither ~ Message 54

  The coming rapture is one of the most exciting and mysterious events described in the bible.  The magnitude of this event has yet to be clearly understood.  Will graves open like the open tomb?  What will the extent of the ensuing chaos be when people around the world just instantly disappear? 

  Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.  Then John on Patmos wrote, Behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and immediately I was in the spirit.  Of the coming two witnesses we read, and they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud. 

  There is an obvious connection here which is discussed in this message but as you can see by the points listed below, there is much more.    

Salient Points: Miraculous healing, Talking lightening, When God seems distant, When little is much, God’s warning for the last church age, Does God really care, Draw nigh unto God, Our selective interest in God, When God shows up, Unprofitable service, Seeing the Artist, Hidden details, Sacrificed animals in Heaven, Our unlimited God, Beheading in the future, Placing the mark of the Beast, Trying to outsmart Jesus, What Jesus wrote on the ground, Come up hither,   The instantaneous trip, Made for God’s purposes, Glorifying God, Like the Moon, Like salt, Enthusiasm for God, Miracle food, The Trump of God, The Bible is about the knowledge of God. 

Scripture: Rev. 11:3-12, 4:1, 1 Thess. 4:16

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