When is the rapture?

There is much talk about civil unrest and rapture before the end of this year. I heard one prophecy by November 2012, USA will be pretty much in total disarray. Many think rapture is imminent to the point that it will be by January 2013. There will be NO rapture by the end of this year nor by January 2013. Such same people said it was by Dec 2010 and other dates. Yes, many things are coming upon the earth. Yes, there will be many groans by the earth. But sorry, there will be no rapture by the end of this year. How do I know?

We may look for signs of the end times and look for the signs of rapture but you must also look for the signs that it may not happen now, this month, this year, or next year. You must look for both signs.

Many are spiritually packed and ready to go. Where in the bible does it say to be spiritually packed and ready? Do not be like the servant who buries their one "talent" in the ground. The master called such servants wicked and lazy. You must continue to seek His Will for your personal lives and make those "talents" go to work. This is to be rapture ready. You must be overcoming all your trials and tests. This is to be rapture ready. It is not to be rescued from your torments. His sons and daughters are Overcomers!!

Matthew 25:13-30 Watch therefore [give strict attention and be cautious and active], for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come.14 For it is like a man who was about to take a long journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his property.15 To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one—to each in proportion to his own [a]personal ability. Then he departed and left the country.16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he gained five talents more.17 And likewise he who had received the two talents—he also gained two talents more.18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.19 Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.20 And he who had received the five talents came and brought him five more, saying, Master, you entrusted to me five talents; see, here I have gained five talents more.21 His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, [b]admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the [c]blessedness) which your master enjoys. 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, Master, you entrusted two talents to me; here I have gained two talents more.23 His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, [d]admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the [e]blessedness) which your master enjoys.24 He who had received one talent also came forward, saying, Master, I knew you to be a harsh and hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you had not winnowed [the grain].25 So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is your own.26 But his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed?27 Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest.28 So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be [f]furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.30 And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

The storms and signs of the time are a warning to His people. It is a warning for His people to awake. We are sleeping because we are no longer praying. We rather look for signs and visible display. It is the lazy way. But Jesus said, the Kingdom of God does not come with signs and visible display.

Luke 17:20 (AMP) Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display,

Jonah in chapter 2 was sleeping in the bottom of the boat while the storm was occurring. He had left the presence of God by not adhering to His Will. The mariner told him to awake! When Jesus went to pray in Gethsemane, the three disciples fell asleep. He told them to stay awake and pray! Do you not understand the revelation brethren? To stay awake is to be in prayer.

Matthew 26:41 All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Yes, the Lord's return is imminent! But He speaks in the context of eternity and not your physical time. I do believe He will return in my life but it will not be by the end of this year. Do you know His Voice? Do you not know His Ways? How will we know His Voice and Ways when most of us know so little of His Word? Do not be deceived brethren. Do not be burying your "talent" in the ground. For the servant caught burying their "talent" will be thrown into outer darkness where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

May you awake!! May you awake and be ready for HIM while you are in prayer and doing His Will!

Fire of God Ministries International
Steve Yong Kim