Recommendations on How to Prepare for the Rapture
March 1st, 2009. Published under Faith. No Comments.
Teaching about a future rapture consumes many books, sermons and bits of space on the internet. We’ve all seen the signs and mock videos of literally millions of people being transported off in the clouds, leaving buses, planes and trains empty and colliding with havoc all over the place.
Fiction books with the underlying premise that the rapture is near have sold millions with the phenomenon of interest in the rapture. So what should a person do to prepare?
Get Life Insurance
First, take out a very good life insurance policy. Your children and relatives are going to need it. They’re going to be here for quite some time, so you would not want them to be left without adequate coverage in your absence.
Save and Invest For the Future
Secondly, save wisely for the future. They’ll also need spending money for vacations, education, clothing and many of the comforts they didn’t get to enjoy when you were around. So don’t skimp on the insurance. You love them and they deserve to have a good time to make up for all the service they gave you.
Take Care of Your Health
You’ll want to delay your cloud ride as long as possible so get out that treadmill, get in the gym, go outside and walk in the fresh air and exercise that body.
Make Burial Preparations
No need to leave these last minute details to your family. They’ll be under enough stress when that day comes. Be thoughtful and proactive and get these details all squared away now.
Make Peace With God and Man
When the time comes for you to be raptured, you won’t have much time to call all the friends you have wronged to make things right. Remember, it’s sudden, quick and maybe unexpected.
Check to Make Sure You Have the Correct Address
If you’re going somewhere to stay that long, better get that address correct. Rapture people move in two directions, one up and one down. Why way are you going?
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the rapture happens everyday at about 1 person every ten seconds, (per Wikianswers.com). Yes, they do leave people behind. Yes, some have gotten their final destination address mixed up. Yes, many leave without making adequate preparations for those they leave behind creating financial and emotional Armageddon in their lives for what could last seemingly for a millennium.
God’s rapture is death. All will experience it. None will escape. Since it works so well, there’s no need for him to improve upon it with the likes of future rapture per dispensational dogma.
William Bell is the author of The Re-Examination, A Study of the Lord’s Second Coming. He also speaks regularly in Bible prophecy seminars, workshops and teleconferences. Visit his blog at allthingsfulfilled