Msg 2 - Being Watchful in Life

Speaker: Paul Onica; Our being watchful in life is for our maturity and for our early rapture. Reaping depends on ripening. The picture in Exodus 23:19 illustrates thisThe “firstfruits” of the good land were to be offered in the temple. Firstfruits ripen (mature) earlier than the rest of the crop; they are picked first. The saints who mature earlier will be raptured first and taken to the heavens for the Father's enjoyment. - Rev. 14:1-4 The majority of the saints (ripening later) will be raptured only to the air. - 1 Thes. 4:16-17 One of the signs of the Lord's coming is the similarity to the days of Noah among the worldly people. We must seize every opportunity to be vitalized and wake up (Eph. 5:14), walk wisely, redeeming the time in these increasingly evil days (vs.15-16), and be filled in spirit (vs. 18-20).