By D A V I D COOK

Many people around the world are looking for and longing for the coming of Jesus the Messiah to gather His people from the four winds of the sky and take us back to heaven!

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it’s light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and magnificent glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a mega trumpet sound to gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Matthew 24:29-31 HSV

Jesus continued to explain about coming to gather His people;

40 Then two will be in the field; one taken, and one left. 41 Two grinding at the mill; one taken, and one left. 42 Therefore watch, because you do not know what day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:40-42 HSV

Jesus elect, His believers will be taken, caught up into the clouds and gathered by His angels to meet the Lord in the air.

Messiah Jesus (Yeshua, His name in Hebrew) gave His followers this great promise;

1“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 

2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

John 14:1-3 NASB

Jesus promised that He would go to heaven and prepare a place for those who repent of their sin and believe in Him; the Messiah, the Son of the living God.  The promise that Jesus will come again and receive His people to Himself.  The Lord Jesus will come on the clouds in power and great glory and send His angels to gather His people from the four winds of the sky so we may return with Him to His Father’s house in heaven.  This coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to gather His people from the four winds of the sky and take us home to heaven is commonly referred to as the “rapture”.

We read in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 24 where Yeshua taught His disciples about events that will take place before He returns to gather His people;

Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2 And He said to them, 

“Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

  Matthew 24:1-2 NASB

This prophecy given by Yeshua was fulfilled about 38 years later, in 70 AD when Roman legions under Titus attacked and subsequently destroyed much of the city of Jerusalem and the Second Jewish Temple.

3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3 NASB

So as Yeshua (Jesus) was sitting on the Mount of Olives and He gave His disciples these three categories of events that will take place before His coming to gather His people at the end of the age;

• Beginning of Birth Pains          (Matthew 24:4-8)

• Tribulation                                 (Matthew 24:9-15)

• Great Tribulation                       (Matthew 24:15-29)

• Coming of Jesus & Rapture   (Matthew 24:29-31 & 40-41)

 The Beginning of Birth Pains

1. Misleading False Messiahs.       (Matthew 24:4-5)

2. Wars and Rumors of Wars.        (Matthew 24:6-7)

3. Famines in various places.         (Matthew 24:7)

4. Earthquakes in various places.  (Matthew 24:7-8)

5. Plagues in various places.          (Luke 21:11)

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By D A V I D COOK

אני האהוב שלי ואהוב שלי הוא שלי

"I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine”

“May he kiss me
with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine."

Song of Solomon 1:2 NASB

The lovestruck heart cry of a beautiful newlywed bride, married to the prince who inherited his father’s throne and kingdom; Solomon, the third King of Israel.  The bride was intoxicated with her husband’s love, longing for his kisses.  Not long before, this beautiful humble bride was in the fields tending goats, now because of the love of her beloved she is part of the royal family married to the King; living large in their elegant home with cedar beams and cypress rafters. [1]

Some Moms and Dads read bedtime stories to their children of castles in the sky from days gone by.  Perhaps the tale begins long, long ago with an ancient King and his beloved son the Prince and their vast kingdom.  The loving King arranged a marriage for his son to marry a fair maiden, but dastardly villains who were cohorts of the deceitful dragon had enslaved her and locked her away in a dungeon.  The Prince is on a quest, he will valiantly ride on a white steed to rescue his damsel in distress and slay the dragon and all those who serve him.

Many young girls grow up with the hope of being swept off her feet by a young prince who is strong and courageous of heart.  Later, in junior high and high school during the teen years this hope is reinforced by numerous songs from the music industry and movies from the motion picture industry.

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