November 12, 2026 | www.GospelofJesusChrist.blog | River Wilde
Thank you for continuing your study with me, regarding the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We have learned the EXTREME IMPORTANCE of the fundamental principle that Jesus taught: Being Born Again!
I write this article today with the utmost sense of urgency, asking you one of the most important questions you will ever face: Have you experienced the spiritual transformation that Jesus Christ Himself taught is necessary to enter the Kingdom of God? Have you truly been BORN AGAIN?
WHY is this so urgent?
Because I believe we are running out of time here on earth. Something of extraordinary significance is approaching, and what happens to you when that day arrives will depend upon one all-important question: Have you been born again, or have you NOT?
Sadly, the biblical teachings concerning the end times—events I believe are unfolding in OUR TIME— are being overlooked, minimized, or even ignored by some church leaders. I believe the adversary has worked tirelessly to distract people from these prophetic warnings, leaving many completely unprepared for what may lie ahead. Let me show you something very intriguing:
Amos 3:7 (KJV)
“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
God reveals His plans to His prophets before carrying out His purposes. This verse emphasizes that God does not leave His people without warning, particularly when judgment is approaching.
Regarding the end times, GOD has ALREADY revealed His plan to the prophets in GREAT DETAIL, which is recorded in the bible. That’s correct…. Already!
Some people are waiting for a leader calling himself a “prophet”, to tell them about the end times. The fact that this man is not teaching anything that has already been revealed to God’s true prophets is quite telling to me, that He is not a “prophet.” In fact, this causes concern in wondering if he is even on God’s team at all.
Do you realize that the antichrist and false prophet are coming, with the main purpose of getting people to take his mark, which means losing your very soul for eternity?
Don’t you think that a prophet of God would be warning you all about this, so that you will not be deceived in to taking this mark? If someone is not feverishly teaching about this, could they actually be part of the deceiving team of the adversary? That is my belief, for I choose no longer be deceived, as I have previously been in my life, believing in this “prophet.”
A leader should be teaching about these end times prophecies nonstop right now, for they are just about to start happening.
Let me share a brief teaching of the end times so that you will understand the principle that I will be sharing with you today… The Rapture.
The End Times will include a seven-year period known as the Tribulation. During this period of time, God will pour out His righteous judgment upon a sinful and rebellious world. This period is associated with Daniel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:27 KJV) and the judgments described in Revelation chapters 6–18.
During these seven years, the world will experience unprecedented deception, wars, famine, persecution, and devastating judgments as God confronts the wickedness of mankind.
The final three and a half years of this period, known as the Great Tribulation, will be especially severe (Matthew 24:21). Yet even during this terrible time, God’s mercy will remain evident as people are called to repent and turn to Jesus Christ for salvation.
At the conclusion of this period, Jesus Christ will return in power and great glory, defeat the forces of evil, and establish His promised Kingdom (Revelation 19:11–21; 20:1–6 KJV).
With this outline given for understanding, let’s get to today’s teaching of the Rapture.
Through prophecy, we have been taught that God is sending Jesus Christ to gather His people prior to the Tribulation Period beginning, and remove them from the earth.
His coming judgment does NOT include those who are born again. They belong to Him, and His wrath is not intended for these people. It is solely intended for those who have rejected Him, and have not accepted His atonement into their life.
For a moment, think about when God judged the earth during the time of Noah. The flood water was intended for everyone on the earth, but a handful of people…Noah and his family. They were rescued through God’s plan of having Noah build an ark.
Another rescue plan is already in place with the rapture. God will be removing people from the earth, before the coming destruction that has been prophesied.
Here is the rapture teaching.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–18
“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:
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.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
The KJV does not use the word Rapture; its actual expression is “caught up.”
1 Corinthians 15:51–53 KJV
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
Philippians 3:20–21 — Our bodies will be changed
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body…”
There is tremendous detail in these three scriptures. Let me simplify the teaching.
Jesus Christ will descend from the heavens. He will not come all of the way down to the earth. This will be announced by a “trump of God.” (When he steps foot onto the mount of olives, as taught in scripture, is teaching about His second coming.)
The very first thing that will happen is the “dead in Christ” shall rise first. Their bodies will be resurrected as they meet Jesus in the air. Resurrection is a word used to describe someone who is dead, receiving a new glorified body.
Then those (“in Christ”) who are living on the earth “shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.” These people are not dead; therefore, they are not resurrected. However, their bodies are “changed” into the similar glorified bodies as those who have been resurrected.
Both the dead, and the living will be caught up together to meet Jesus Christ in the air, and the most telling part of this scripture, “so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Did you catch that? From this moment on, wherever Jesus goes, these people will go as well. This means that when Christ comes back to the earth for His second Coming, they will be there with Him, watching Him defeat evil at the battle of Armageddon.
This passage also reveals a wonderful and reassuring truth: Jesus Christ will dwell with His redeemed people for all eternity, and those who belong to Him will share in His eternal presence!
This provides further confirmation of what we have been learning throughout this study: When a person is truly born again, their eternal destiny is secured through Jesus Christ. They no longer need to live in fear or uncertainty about what happens after death. They belong to Him, they have received the gift of everlasting life, and Heaven is their eternal destination!
Let’s continue with this teaching.
John 14:2–3 — Jesus will receive us unto Himself
“In my Father’s house are many mansions… I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
When Jesus Christ spoke these words to His apostles, He was giving them a wonderful promise. But I believe His message was not intended exclusively for those standing before Him that day. Rather, it was a promise extending to all who truly belong to Him—those who have been born again!
Jesus was promising that He would return, declaring, “I will come again, and receive you unto myself.” And then comes another extraordinary revelation: “that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:3, KJV)
Think about what Jesus was promising! He Himself would return to gather those who belong to Him, so they could be with Him! I believe this is a beautiful description of the event we call THE RAPTURE, when Jesus Christ will gather His redeemed believers unto Himself, fulfilling His promise that where He is, we will be also!
Let’s take a look at two of the “time stamp” scriptures, detailing when the rapture will take place.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 — Delivered from wrath
“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”
And:
1 Thessalonians 5:9 KJV
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The wrath spoken of here has to do with God’s rath that He plans on pouring out onto all of the inhabitants of the earth in this 7-year Tribulation Period.
Jesus Christ spoke of a time when one person would be taken and another would be left behind. Let’s read those teachings.
Matthew 24:40–42 (KJV)
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Luke 17:34–36 (KJV)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Notice these scriptures are associated with when the “Lord doth come.” They do not fit with the second coming of Christ, rather, they fit perfectly with the rapture. The lord is coming to gather His people. Some will be taken and some are left behind.
So, who is taken and who is left behind. We have read that answer, did you catch it? Here it is again:
“…in Christ shall rise…”
Let’s take a moment to understand what it means to be “in Christ.”
Being “In Christ” and being “Born Again” describe the same spiritual transformation that takes place when a person receives Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour through faith.
Jesus said in John 3:3 (KJV),
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
When we are born again, we become children of God, our sins are forgiven, and we receive new spiritual life through Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) declares,
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Being born again describes our spiritual rebirth, while being in Christ describes our new relationship and identity in Him. Both are made possible by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by our own works (Ephesians 2:8–9).
Listen as I scream this teaching from the housetops….
“If you have been Born Again, you will be INCLUDED in God’s coming rescue plan of the Rapture…You will be taken!!!!!
If you are NOT born again, you will be left behind to face God’s Judgment during the 7-year Tribulation Period, the final 7 years on earth.”
A person does not need to know the details of the rapture to be included. They do not have to be looking up, nor know even when the rapture will occur. When it happens, God will find you, and you will be caught up, just as taught in these scriptures.
But as you can see, the urgent teaching here is that you MUST be “in Christ” meaning that you have been “Born Again” to be included. If not, you will be left behind to endure God’s wrath.
As I have studied the gospel that Jesus taught when he was on the earth, as well as the details from the prophets of God teaching us the events of the end times, I am reminded just how important being “Born Again” really is.
For those who have had this spiritual transformation, they can KNOW, that they will be rescued in the Rapture, and will forever be with the Lord, which includes going to Heaven for eternity. Can you see the importance of this teaching? I certainly can.
I want to conclude with this teaching – “Only One Truth.”
I am so grateful for free agency: the ability to believe and worship how I choose to do so. But our free agency does not change the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
When we pass from this life, there will not be a God for the Christians, and another God for the Jewish people, or Muslim believers.
There will be only one God for everyone, and ONE PLAN for everyone after death. This plan will include different outcomes for certain people, but the plan is all governed by our One God.
Religion will not exist after this life…Not the Mormons, Catholics, or Jehovah Witnesses. We will all learn the gospel of Jesus Christ, with no one in between us. No prophet, nor religious authority, just Jesus Christ.
Those people who have put their entire trust in a religion will quite frankly, not be “with the Lord forever,” just as He has taught in this scripture below.
Matthew 7:21–23 (KJV)
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Jesus was warning that simply professing to believe in Him, participating in religious activities, or performing wonderful works in His name does not guarantee salvation.
These people believed they were serving God, yet Jesus declared, “I never knew you.”
Salvation is not earned through religious accomplishments. It comes through a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ, being born again through faith in Him (John 3:3–7; Ephesians 2:8–9). The most important question is not how many religious works we have performed, but whether we truly belong to Jesus Christ. You may know Him, but does He know you?
I’ll leave you with the rapture teaching’s last verse, stating…
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
For those of you too afraid to study the end times 7-year tribulation period that is coming, I must tell you that you do not need to if you are “Born Again.” If you are “in Christ” you will not be here on earth to have to endure any of it. =)
How is that for “comforting?!?”
Join me tomorrow, when well discuss where we will immediately go, right after the rapture, as we study the gospel teachings of:
“The Marriage Supper of the Lamb”
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