The Rapture is a conviction that the Holy Spirit, has overcome sin, evil and oppression - that imparts the Word of God within to do something similar

[Gottservant]

Hi there,

So I am just teasing out what the Rapture means. The idea in theology is that the Rapture is an event, that separates those that have it from those that don't. There is some truth to this. But what is actually happening?

My understanding is that the Rapture is the birthing of a conviction in the heart, that the Holy Spirit has overcome sin, evil and oppression. This conviction in turn empowers the Word of God, to act within the heart of the believer. What does it do? It instills the inspiration of the Word, to utilize this overcoming, to put it to work for the Glory of God. With the right conviction, Man can achieve almost everything.

So does this conviction change? It is just a fantasy? No and no! The point of the conviction of the Holy Spirit, is that understanding it is done; now is the time to begin to trust it and act on it. The Devil will say that you need more conviction, but the Holy Spirit will say let me go the extra mile. The readiness to serve, will be in the conviction! We have only to love this and we will be in Heaven, forever.

Now we know that Jesus told us, the Holy Spirit would convict the world of sin, righteousness and judgment - how then does sin translate to sin, righteousness to evil and judgment to oppression? Jesus said He will convict of sin, because they do not believe in Me, to overcome sin, then you need to understand what specifically they do not believe - the Holy Spirit will grasp this. Again Jesus said He will convict of righteousness, which relates to evil, in the sense that when you sin and ignore righteousness the only balance you can strike is evil. Again and lastly, Jesus said He will convict of judgment, because the god of this world is judged, this is what happens when you overlook that the difference has been understood and a balance struck, because your conviction does not grow. Our conviction should always grow.

If then the Holy Spirit reminds us, of what the Rapture was in the beginning, then to be caught up in it now, will deliver us from all these things - sin, evil and oppression. Wanting this to be powerful, is natural. We can command it, through the Spirit, if we take up our Cross. This was Jesus' message "the Holy Spirit will give you everything you need, empower you every way you need to be empowered" (John, loosely interpreted). The Holy Spirit is communicating this gold all the time, you just need to tune in to it! This is what it is to submit to God, in the Holy Spirit, to have His conviction growing in us!

I hope this has been of some encouragement to you.

God bless.

 

[rebuilder 454]

I do think that part of what you're saying is true because the body of Christ was never meant to operate in a mental or luke warm state.
In the book of revelation, it is the Luke warm believer that He will spew out of his mouth. The rapture, though, as portrayed in the Bible, is an event, and in that event the ones that are on fire for Jesus, are gathered.
The lukewarm believers stay, and That dynamic is depicted in Matthew 24, and then again in matthew twenty five.
The same percentage that go with Jesus,is depected in both matthew twenty four and matthew twenty five, so in both depictions by Jesus, half the church goes, and half the church stays.
In mat 25, Jesus names the game changer, that causes half the church to go to the marriage.
That game changer is the Holy Spirit , As the foolish had some oil, but over time, their light went out.
In other words, they grew carnal.
However, the wise virgins purposed to have oil. Their light was burning bright when Jesus found them.
In other words they were on fire for jesus and full of the holy spirit

Remember that in the 7 letters to the 7 churches? Jesus is telling them about the condition they need to be in when he returns.
So we were without excuse ,because we know if we are Lukewarm, like the 5 foolish virgins, he will not take us to the marriage

So yes, be on fire, like you say, for the rapture.