Why I Believe Not All Believers Will Be Taken In The Rapture

I recently posted about what the Lord revealed to me about "Once Saved, Always Saved."

Now I want to post about the Rapture. I believe something about it that most people are probably not going to like. I encourage you to take this to the Lord and ask for wisdom and discernment.

𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟱:𝟱𝟮 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟱𝟮 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.

The Rapture is an event where Jesus appears in the clouds to gather the bride of Christ unto Him and take them with Him to heaven. First Jesus calls all of the people who died believing in Christ, and then He calls the living believers.

I honestly believe that not everyone who professes to believe in Jesus Christ will be taken. I believe the left behind will be those who are distracted by the cares of the world. I believe whoever is taken will be determined by the condition of their heart. I believe it will be the people who believe in Jesus but don't want to believe that the end times could even possibly be near.

Jesus is coming for a spotless bride. He is coming for the people who are in love with Him, and who have wholeheartedly given Him their lives and their trust. He wants all of us, not part of us. He does not want us to be cold or lukewarm. We are commanded to watch. Those who are not watching will not be preparing their robes for the wedding.

Here's some of the verses that lead me to this belief.

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.

𝟭 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭𝟮:𝟯 𝗞𝗝𝗩 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀

𝟯 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁.

If no one can say Jesus is Lord without the Holy Spirit, and no one can receive the Holy Spirit without believing in Jesus, then how could Matthew 7:21-23 possibly not be about believers?

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟱:𝟭-𝟭𝟯 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. 𝟮 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵. 𝟯 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺: 𝟰 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀. 𝟱 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵; 𝗴𝗼 𝘆𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝟳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀. 𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗶𝗹; 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝟵 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼; 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂: 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘆𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁. 𝟭𝟭 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀. 𝟭𝟮 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁. 𝟭𝟯 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵.

Having oil in your lamp is a comparison to being filled with the Holy Spirit. And in this parable the 5 virgins who were not prepared with enough oil were shut out of the wedding.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟰:𝟭𝟰-𝟮𝟬 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟭𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝟭𝟱 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗻; 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀. 𝟭𝟲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱; 𝘄𝗵𝗼, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀; 𝟭𝟳 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱'𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱. 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀; 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝟭𝟵 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻, 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱; 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱.

Those who RECEIVED the word on the stony ground and amongst the thorns RECEIVED the word of God. To me that says they are believers. Some just straight gave up their faith (the ones who received the word in the stony ground), and others let distractions (the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches) cause them to be unfruitful. They think they believe, but they are lukewarm.

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟭𝟳:𝟮𝟲-𝟯𝟬 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟮𝟲 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗲, 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝟮𝟳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝟮𝟴 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘁; 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗱; 𝟮𝟵 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝟯𝟬 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱.

Jesus is going to return when people are not expecting it. They will be going about their daily lives, and their daily routines. It will be a complete surprise.

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝟮𝟭:𝟯𝟰-𝟯𝟲 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟯𝟰 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀. 𝟯𝟱 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵. 𝟯𝟲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻.

We are commanded to watch, and I feel that this passage also ties in with the parable of the sower, and with the warning of "as in the days of Noe."

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯:𝟭𝟰-𝟭𝟵 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟭𝟰 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲; 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱; 𝟭𝟱 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘁: 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘁. 𝟭𝟲 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗸𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘁, 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝟭𝟳 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟴 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲. 𝟭𝟵 𝗔𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻: 𝗯𝗲 𝘇𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁.

The churches are congregations of believers, or at least people who call themselves believers. But again, just like in the parable of the sower, the lukewarm church has allowed the cares of this world choke the word in them and cause them to be unfruitful, so as a result Jesus will reject them.

I could support this with more verses, and I will likely add them either in the comments or as an edit at a future time. But for now I close with this:

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟳:𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟰 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟭𝟯 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁: 𝟭𝟰 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁.

𝟭 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟰:𝟭𝟳 𝗞𝗝𝗩

𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱? 𝟭𝟴 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿?