FRIDAY March 13, 2026

Faith That Pleases God

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6

It is our faith that pleases God. Do you, by faith, believe in the Rapture of the Church? Listen, all the way back in the book of Genesis, we find that Enoch was “taken away.” He became a type of the Rapture of the Church. The words taken away in Hebrew means “translated” or “transferred.” Where did Enoch go? He was “taken” or “translated” to heaven.

Some people complain, “Why hasn’t the Lord come back?” Today, even some well-known Christians have departed from the doctrine of the Rapture of the Church. That is nothing new. In the past, people also scoffed at the doctrine of the Rapture saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Peter 3:2-4).

However, we have a clear answer why the promise of the Lord’s return has not yet happened: The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). If the Lord had come back in 1972, imagine all the millions of people who would have perished. So many people have been saved, including myself! The Lord is still giving people an opportunity to repent and to put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

Did you know that when the Rapture happens, there will be an entire generation that will not die? There will be a sudden disappearance. At the Rapture of the Church, an entire generation will be transformed. They will not taste physical death, but will be transformed into that new image of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). Have faith in what the Bible teaches, the Rapture will happen! Your faith in God will be rewarded: God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
~1 Corinthians 15:21~

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