READY OR NOT!

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

1 Corinthians 15:51-54

There are or will be some people who will not die! They are the followers of Jesus who are still alive when the trumpet sounds and Jesus returns to this earth in Power and Glory! It will be an ordinary day. People will be going about their business on one side of the world and sound asleep on the other. Weddings and funerals will be soon planned or already in progress. Everything that is called “normal” will be suddenly interrupted with the blast of the trumpet.

Those who are looking forward to the return of Jesus will gasp “FINALLY!” And those who have rejected Him will cry out in fear. That moment may come before you finish reading this paragraph! It will be the greatest moment in human history. Suddenly, there will be the Glorious return of Jesus and you will bow down before Him overcome by His Majesty and Power! The Bible says that every knee will bow. If you love Him you will bow and if you hate Him you will also bow. The time of standing in opposition to God will be over. No one will be able to oppose Almighty God.

Every follower of Jesus will see that moment. If you have already died, you will rise to greet Him. If you still alive you will be changed from perishable to imperishable.

Perishable food has an expiration date and so does this perishable body. No perishable body will last beyond the return of Jesus. When Jesus returns you will receive a permanent eternal body if you are one of His! No one will ever be concerned with the decay of that body. If will always be in perfect shape and never be sick!

That day will be a little like the children’s game when you hear Him shout: READY OR NOT HERE I COME!