Encouragement From an Analogy About The Rapture

Watchman35 · 2020-06-09T10:12:39Z

The Lord brought another analogy to my mind about the rapture and 70th week this morning while I was out walking. The world today is like a ship being tossed to and fro in an increasingly tempestuous storm. The wind, the waves, the torrential rain, the strong current all, in this analogy, represent the various kinds of evil that are assaulting the earth right now, seeking to destroy it and to run it aground upon Tribulation (capital T) Isle. The Restrainer, the Holy Spirit indwelling the Body of Christ, is the anchor that continues to hold the ship in place out on the sea, refusing to allow the vessel to be moved despite the assault from the storm. The anchor rope itself is like the age of grace, which holds the Restrainer in place to keep the ship from being shipwrecked on Tribulation Isle until its appointed time. A moment is coming soon when the Hand of God will reach down with the Scissors of Heaven to cut the rope, ending the age of grace, removing the effect of the Restrainer (anchor), and allowing the ship to now be driven along in an unrestrained manner by the evil (wind, rain, current, waves), which results in its arrival at its shipwrecked destination of Tribulation Isle (70th week). The encouragement to the body is this. No matter how bad the storm may get while we are still on the ship, the Anchor/Restrainer will not permit us to be driven onto Tribulation Isle until the rope is cut (age of grace ends), at which point we are rescued from the ship in a great escape via helicopter (the rapture) before the shipwreck. I know this is nothing new in concept for those who regularly frequent this site and embrace the sound doctrine of a pre-70th week harpazo, but I found this to be an encouraging reminder and wanted to share it. No matter how bad the storm gets, the anchor will hold until the helicopter arrives. And if you have ears to hear, the whir of the helicopter blades is clearly audible. Maranatha!!!

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Tu B'av this year falling on a Wed and also being the last day of the wheat harvest! Hmmm

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