Loss of fear of death looking forward to the rapture!

I have been in studying in Acts 2-8 the last few weeks. The apostles and disciples were fearless in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, despite tremendous opposition and persecution. One reason for this fearlessness was the indwelling of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 2. There are other reasons, but I have been meditating on their loss of fear of death after seeing Jesus resurrected.  Up until this point, the resurrection was theoretical, but afterward, it was a settled fact for the apostles and disciples.

Paul said when a disciple dies they will ” …depart and be with Christ…”  [Philippians 1:23b]

Also, Paul said: We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. [2 Corinthians 5:8]

We know our earthly bodies will be in the grave so this means our soul [and maybe some form of our body, [example Moses and Elijah Matthew 17:3-4] will be with Jesus. Then in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul describes the future rapture of the saint’s physical bodies from the grave and those still alive.

John said these raptured bodies will be like the resurrected body of Jesus: Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. [1 John 3:2]

Then Paul described the Rapture: 1 Thessalonians 4:  ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. ¹⁵ For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Note in the picture that the persons who rejected Jesus on earth are not resurrected at the rapture in the scripture above. Represented by the unopened grave, a man working in the field and a person asleep in bed. Their resurrection will be later and their judgment with a sentence “thrown into the lake of fear” described in Revelation 20:11-15.

Henry Luke August 19, 2016, Revised 9/16/2019

Genealogy of Jesus and Age of Earth # 207

Genealogy of Jesus from Adam!

Source: Age of the earth–Dr Lukes testimony by Bible Science Guy
https://biblescienceguy.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/16-age-of-the-earth-lukes-testimony/

Henry Luke April 16,2016

Jesus is at the right hand of God now!

Below are 20 verses of scripture that attest to the fact that Jesus is currently sitting at the right hand of God on the throne with God. This reveals the power of Jesus and His word. Even one verse is enough to be true, but 20 indicates its importance.

1. 1 Kings 9: 5 … I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne …’

2. Psalm 16: 8 I have set the LORD always before Me;…He is at My right hand

3. Psalm 110: 1The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

4. Matthew 22: 44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

5,6,7. Matthew 26: 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” [ Mark 14:62, Luke 22:69]

8. Mark 16: 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

9. Acts 2: 25 For David says of Him [Jesus], ‘I [Jesus] SAW THE LORD [GOD] ALWAYS IN MY [Jesus] PRESENCE; FOR HE[Jesus] IS AT MY [GOD] RIGHT HAND,

10. Acts 2: 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

11. Acts 7: 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

12. Romans 8: 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

13. Ephesians 1: 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

14. Colossians 3: 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

15. Hebrews 1: 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

16. Hebrews 8: 1Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

17. Hebrews 10: 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

18. Hebrews 12: 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

19. 1 Peter 3: 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

20. Revelation 3: 21 … I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Henry Luke 4/11/2016

31 Days of Supplication Prayer for my family members!

Day of month/Prayer request

1. Each family member be saved (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9)
2. Be filled daily by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18a; Galatians 5:22-23a)
3. By God’s grace walk with Jesus daily looking for the blessed hope
(Titus 2:11-13; Romans 5:2; Galatians 2:20, 3:3)
4. Pursue holiness by God’s grace (1 Peter 1:16)
5. Faith from abiding in God’s word (Romans 10:17; John 8:31-32)
6. Acquire God’s wisdom
7. Have Daily devotions & Quiet Time Journal
8. Surrender personal kingdom to God (Luke 9:23)
9. Love Jesus and others (John 14:15; 1 John 4:7-21; Matthew 5:44-47)
10. Glorify the Lord in all things (1 Corinthians 10:31)
11. God’s vision for each person
12. Be courageous without anxiety or fear (Philippians 4:4-8; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:16)
13. A prayer life that is continuous & in God’s will (1 Thessalonians 5:17; 1 John 5:13-15)
14. Be thankful to God in all things (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
15. Share the gospel of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:8)
16. Be a disciple maker 1 to 1 (2 Timothy 2:2; Matthew 28:18-20)
17. Produce fruit, then more fruit & then much fruit (John 15:1-8, Galatians 5:22-23a)
18. Do ministry God has for them
19. Protection from fleshly deeds (Galatians 5:19-21)
20. Tithe & save 10 percent minimum
21. Do all work as to the Lord (Colossians 3:23)
22. God’s wisdom to manage assets
23. Parents spend time with children
24. God to prepare His mate for each family member
25. Bible based marriages
26. No divorce in the family
27. Under authority of God’s representatives
28. Physical exercise program
29. Finish strong
30. Biblical world-view values/beliefs
31. Graduate from college or technical college

I have a 2nd version of Google calendar on my cell phone with each individual prayer request from the list below repeating monthly. I also receive an email with the prayer request on the day of the month at 11:00 AM.
Henry Luke 4/9/2016

Tragedy struck Philip Paul Bliss, tune writer for “It is well with my Soul”

Phillip Bliss (1838 – 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns. He was born in a Pennsylvania log cabin where his father led in daily prayer and where music was the primary entertainment. As a result, the lad found himself drawn to both the Lord Jesus and to music at an early age.

When he was 10, Philip, who lived in abject poverty, sold vegetables door to door. Approaching an elegant home, he heard a sort of music he’d never heard before. Dropping his vegetables, he scaled the fence and slipped unseen into the parlor. A woman was playing something new and strange to Philip – a piano. He was enthralled. When she stopped, he exclaimed, “O lady, please play some more!” The sounds of that piano stayed with him and deepened his desire to become a musician.

In 1859, Philip married Lucy Young and spent a year working her father’s farm. Lucy encouraged his dreams, and her grandmother provided funds for classes at a nearby music school. The next year, armed with a melodeon, Philip mounted his horse, Old Fanny, and began traveling place to place, teaching music and leading singing schools. In 1864, he sold his first song to a publishing company. Within a remarkably short time, he was one of America’s foremost writers of gospel hymns. Among his songs: “Wonderful Words of Life,” “Almost Persuaded,” “Dare to Be a Daniel,” “Hallelujah, What a Savior,” “The Light of the World is Jesus,” and “I Will Sing of My Redeemer.”

In 1870, Philip joined the staff of the First Congregational Church in Chicago and continued penning some of America’s favorite gospel songs.

In 1876 he read the words of Spafford’s hymn and was so impressed with the text that he wrote the music for “It is Well With My Soul.” While he and his wife Lucy were spending the Christmas holidays with his family in Pennsylvania, a telegram arrived requesting they come to Chicago to sing at Moody’s Tabernacle on the last Sunday of the year.

On December 29, 1876, leaving their two small children with Philip’s mother, they boarded the Pacific Express. About eight o’clock that night as the train creaked over a chasm in Ohio, the trestle bridge collapsed. The passenger cars plunged seventy-five feet into the ravine and caught fire. Philip and Lucy were among hundred people who died.

Philips trunk arrived in Chicago safely. In it was found the music for “All Is Well With My Soul.”

Source: Suzanne Church from 101 Hymn Stories and Then Sings My Soul, 150 of the World’s Greatest Hymn Stories.

Story of Hymn writer’s tragedy’s https://thehlukejourney.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/it-is-well-with-my-soul-204/