There are four future raptures, not one. In the Scriptures there are five raptures altogether. The first involving the Lord Jesus Christ took place before the inauguration of the church about two thousand years ago. In the last seven years of the current dispensation of grace that is about the same as the Jewish 70th…
On earth all Christians are equal, but in heaven there is hierarchy in the similitude of Israel in the wilderness. The Body of Christ is made up of raptured saints and millennial citizens. Within the Body, there are hierarchical levels.
You cannot begin to understand the plan of God and the working of His kingdom unless you are born again. To attain one’s expected end in this life, after being born again, one must grow in grace from babyhood to maturity in Christ Jesus. Here are seven levels of growth in the Christian faith.
Man has nothing of his own to offer to God. A born again Christian is a slave of Christ. He owns nothing. Whatever he has was given to him for a purpose. His duty is to obey the revealed will of the Father. An unbeliever is darkness, a child of the devil with nothing to…
Martyrdom before the rapture of the called-out ones will be rewarded with the crown of life. It has other benefits. Martyrdom after the Ekklesia is lifted up to heaven is the qualification required to be raptured on the last day of the dispensation of grace.
