Raptured With Christ

“…we…shall be caught up.” ~ 1 Thess. 4:17

They tell us the words “caught up” in Greek means “rapture.” I looked up the definition of this latter word and found out it meant “to transport from one place to another…a state of being carried away with joy, love, etc…ecstasy.”

In our generation, the only rapture we are aware of is one that is to happen in the near future and deliver Christians out of their miserable existence in this world. The commercialization of this future rapture has lined the pockets of a few authors, so that they have now joined the ranks of the world’s millionaires.

Paul had a rapturous experience, where he was oblivious to all around him. He was so taken up with another world that everything else, for a brief time, faded into obscurity. True, we are no Apostle Paul, and need not expect such an experience, yet we can, and should, have rapturous thoughts of Christ. We can be so taken up with Him for a time that we forget time.

”Being daily enraptured with Christ should be our top priority.”~ rds

by an Aged Saint

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