The Lord's return
Nobody knows when this event will occur
However,it will happen, of this we can be assured
The gospels record the Lord's promise to return when He left
Thus we are sure that He will not leave us to be bereft
This event when it happens will be unexpected,
likened to the time of the flood which left so many dead.
As in the time of Noah, when the ark enabled some to be saved,
so at the end times ' the church ' is also to be saved.
In words which at the time must have seemed unreal,
Jesus tells of those who sleep,grind corn or at work in the fields:
one taken and one left in each case; we now know that this could be.
The hemispheres ensure that such people could leave simultaneously
The parousia, Paul writes, will occur at the Lord's return to earth
In the twinkling of an eye ' the church ' will disappear from the earth.
Described as the rapture this results in the believers joining the Lord
They are taken, as Jesus had predicted, to be always with the Lord
The removal of believers means the Spirit also leaves the land,
'the restraining influence' in the world removed, leaves evil to have a free hand
Many views exist of what may happen as a result of this in the world,
however, until He comes or calls we must be His witness in the world.
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