In church yesterday during testimony time, a person mentioned something that made my mind ponder.  Although I do not remember what was said, I do remember what it made me think about.

Let your mind drift for a few minutes and think of that glorious day when the Lord will come and take us all home.  I know there are some that do not believe in the Rapture or Catching Away  of the church, but for the multitude of us who do, consider on that day after the dead in Christ have risen and we that are alive and remain have been changed, in that twinkling of an eye after we are all joined together, what will the trip home be like..

Yeah, I do not have a clue if we will instantly be in heaven with the Lord or if it will be like traveling, nor does it really matter, but that is not my focus here.  The part I thought about is after we get there as we enter into the gates of that heavenly City, what it will be like.  The great multitude of the redeemed, all in glorified bodies, coming thru the gates of that City.  What a time that will be!  All of the heavily host witnessing the glorified church coming home!  The thunder of that great number of people, the roar of praise flowing out of our mouths, as we celebrate and worship while entering those gates!  All of us with our Lord!

What a time that will be!  Lord let it be this year!  Come sweet Lord, Come!

As a believer in the Rapture or "Catching Away" of the church, I thought was to the point:

Today, I learned something from Jack Van Impe (which seems to go way out there at times).  While I know the specific Scripture in Revelation 4:1 and how many of us think this is one of the Scriptures referring to the Rapture (or Catching Away of the Church), I always thought it was a “weak” referrence and did not carry a firm standing pointing to a Pre-Trib rapture, but I found there is more to it!

Well, Jack happened to have a “question of the week” where a viewer asked how he could relate the “Come up Hither” that passage to actually refer to the Church and not just to John which the write of the question said was obvious.  Jack laughed and said it was easy (I was wondering the same thing, while I belive it refers to the Rapture, what proof?).  Jack pointed out that in Revelation 4:10-11 that there were the 24 elders falling down and worshiping the Lord.  That is not proof, but it also says that they cast their crowns down at his feet, BANG!  Yep, they already have crowns a chapter 4, the Crowns are awarded at the return of Yeshua (Jesus) as mentioned:

2 Timothy 4:8 “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing”. 

If they already have the crowns the Lord must have already came at that point.  Have to keep that one in mind and add it to my list.