1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

All over the world, Jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the
Jewish New Year. Occurring usually in the month of
September, this feast is celebrated with the blowing of
trumpets—the shofar or ram’s horn. That is why it is also
called the Feast of Trumpets.

The Jews observe seven feasts: The Passover, Unleavened
Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement and
Tabernacles. The first four have been fulfilled literally by
Jesus. He was the Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7), the
bread of life (John 6:35) and the firstfruits of those who
have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:20) And when
Pentecost had fully come after His ascension, He sent us
the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:1–4)

So the next feast that we are waiting for Jesus to fulfill
literally is the Feast of Trumpets. Why is this feast
significant to us? Because when Jesus fulfills it, it means
that we are going up to meet Him in the clouds!

I am talking about the rapture of the church. When the
trumpet sounds, “in the twinkling of an eye”, we who are
alive will be changed. We will put on new bodies that will be
like Jesus’! Those who are dead in Christ will rise and also
receive new bodies. They will go up first followed by us who
are alive, and we will all meet the Lord in the air. (1
Corinthians 15:51–55)

This means that there is a possibility that you might not see
death! The Bible says, “Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17) It is one thing to
happen to be alive, but quite another to remain alive.

I believe that there is a generation of Christians who know
the resurrection power of the Lord. They know how to walk
in their inheritance and put off sickness and death until the
coming of the Lord. My friend, may you be counted as one
of them as you take the Lord Jesus and His finished work
as your victory over sickness and death!

Thought For The Day

When the trumpet sounds, we who are alive will put on new
bodies like Jesus'!


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