Rocky R.
Well-Known Member
Jesus is God Almighty, and always spoke the truth. In fact, He spoke our entire reality into being. When He speaks, what He says is either already true or becomes true when He says it!
I thought of that as I pondered His words, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."
The key qualifier for the person who wants to receive this blessing is in "he who believes in Me". Therefore, at the Rapture, those who have died believing and trusting in Jesus shall live. For those still alive at the Rapture who believe in Jesus, they shall be caught up to meet the LORD in the air, fulfilling His promise "whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die". Until the Rapture doctrine was clarified, I'm sure many wondered what He meant by those words because since His ascension into Heaven, many believers throughout these past 2,000 plus years have died. They were martyred, murdered, died at young ages, died of natural causes, etc etc. But in that single statement of Jesus, was He foretelling the Rapture?? I certainly think so! Jesus is THE Resurrection and Life. In Him we live and move and have our being. When the trumpet sounds, those who died believing in Christ shall live, and whoever believes in Christ at that time shall never die!
I thought of that as I pondered His words, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."
The key qualifier for the person who wants to receive this blessing is in "he who believes in Me". Therefore, at the Rapture, those who have died believing and trusting in Jesus shall live. For those still alive at the Rapture who believe in Jesus, they shall be caught up to meet the LORD in the air, fulfilling His promise "whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die". Until the Rapture doctrine was clarified, I'm sure many wondered what He meant by those words because since His ascension into Heaven, many believers throughout these past 2,000 plus years have died. They were martyred, murdered, died at young ages, died of natural causes, etc etc. But in that single statement of Jesus, was He foretelling the Rapture?? I certainly think so! Jesus is THE Resurrection and Life. In Him we live and move and have our being. When the trumpet sounds, those who died believing in Christ shall live, and whoever believes in Christ at that time shall never die!