A Closer Look At The Rapture

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FIRST FRUIT, the pledge and foretaste, the DOWN PAYMENT
ON OUR HERITAGE, in anticipation of its FULL redemption
and our acquiring COMPLETE POSSESSION of it, to the praise
of HIS glory."
That which the Early Church had (which I am afraid many of
our present day "pentecostals", so called, do not have) is
called by Ephesians 1:14 in the King James Version "the
EARNEST of our inheritance UNTIL the redemption of the
purchased POSSESSION, unto the praise of His glory." Now
when is this possession going to be redeemed and given to
the people of God? The Bible says it will be in the "year of
Jubile". Every man shall return to his POSSESSION. In the
Amplified N.T. we find the Apostle Peter saying in 1:4-5 that
we are:
"Born anew into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of
change and decay, unsullied and unfading, reserved in
heaven for you, who are being guarded by God's power
through your faith till you FULLY inherit that FINAL salvation
that is ready to be revealed for you IN THE LAST TIME."
Now whether my pentecostal brethren believe this or not,
every time they speak in tongues or manifest any gift of the
Spirit, they are giving me another guarantee that we shall
inherit the fulness of our possession. For the Holy Spirit
which we have received is the "guarantee" of this glorious
fulness. Now if you refuse to move on into the
INHERITANCE, then why do you hang on to the guarantee,
the foretaste, the earnest or firstfruits of it? You can quit
hoping for a "rapture" to carry you out of this world and
solve all your problems. Start putting your hope where it
belongs...in the coming of the Lord "to bring to FULL
salvation those who are eagerly, constantly and patiently
waiting for and expecting him." (He b 9:28) Amp. Yes, the
fulness of salvation, the fulness of God's Spirit, the very
fulness of God is coming into the vessel that He has chosen
for His habitation, His HOUSE!
Remember, Noah's ark was FIFTY cubits wide. I would that
you should know the "length and breadth and depth and
height of it". This final FIFTY speaks of the fulness of this
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