Beauty Treatments

Whenever people talked about the rapture and they made it seem like a reconnaissance mission I always felt a little bit bad about that.  The main reason I felt bad was after the rapture occurs there will be perilous times, unlike any the world has ever seen.  Well, I have unsaved friends and family members so if Jesus were to come back today that would mean they were to face seven years of misery.  I was not ready to be happy about that.  Sure I’d be safe and secure in Heaven but other people I love will be here to stand up to the worst time history will ever know. 

I have to admit I got a bit hung up a few years ago about the whole blood moon thing where there were date setters.  I did not go overboard but I was persuaded enough to envision the end as I knew it.  I know the dangers of that now and I am really glad I “fell” for it as it gives me a much better (first hand) understanding of how segments of the world get duped into the “facts” and begin to live their lives as if it is the end.  

What I have heard recently is it is wrong even to think of it as a reconnaissance mission when Jesus comes back.  The Word says He is coming back for His perfect, spotless bride.  I don’t know where you live or what your neighbors are like but I would really be stretching it to call His bride at this time perfect and spotless.  Heck, the different churches are so divided and the Scripture says in John 13:35 ^“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”  I mean, I don’t think so.  That is not the view from where I’m looking.  So just maybe He’s not coming (right now) on a rescue mission.  Instead He is pouring His Spirit out over all the earth to be who we are called to be.  And I’m going to just come out and say it:  

John 1:12-13  Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

Did He give us the right to become children of God so He could rescue us or for something else?  Did He say Luke 10:19 or not?

“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”

If nothing will harm us, what then do we need to be rescued from?  Rescued from nothing?  That is not a rescue.  Maybe, just maybe, we are supposed to start walking in the power and authority we were given at salvation, i.e.:  The blood of Christ, the DNA of the Father, and the power and authority that carries.  This phrase keeps coming up in my own personal life but, “What if we have been asking for the very thing we already have?”  We just don’t know we have it.  And we don’t know how to use it.  Queen Esther had six months of “beauty treatments” before she was to be presented before the King as a possible wife.  I believe we have come into a new era and you will begin to see the body of Christ rise up on the wings of the Holy Spirit and do many signs and wonders. I’m not the first one to say it but this may be your first time to hear it.  Put away your rapture ideas and begin to embrace the greatest time the world has ever known. 

Now for those of you who know my New Age background, I can assure you this is not the same. In a sense it is why I fell into New Age 31 years ago because I knew the quest and zeal for the “power” New Age offered.  Organized Christianity did not offer more at the time.  This is exactly what I was looking for in 1987 only with one BIG exception: it is backed 100% by Scripture. Anything deviating from Scripture is a lie so with that said, get ready.  The negative, dark side of media, news reports, entertainment and our culture are going to be overtaken by the move of the Holy Spirit.  And it won’t be small either, it won’t be like you will be able to miss it, it will be everywhere. 

So, playing the devil’s advocate, what if I’m wrong and the rapture is coming soon?  Well, I’m happy, enthusiastic, loving God and other people, joyful and expectant.  So I go to Heaven in the rapture blessed and abundant.  Maybe even convert a few others along the way.  It’s a win-win.  So unpack your bags and start asking the Holy Spirit to prove this right or wrong.  Let’s have some beauty treatments!