Illustration by ©2008 Rafael Vilá

Definition: It is the belief that the faithful Christians will be taken from the Earth in physical body, removed suddenly from the world, to be united with the Lord “in the air”. Some people, although not everybody, think that the word “abduction” the word used in 1 Thes. 4:17, and speak of the “caught of the church”. The expression “abduction of the church” does not appear in inspired Scriptures.

Do you believe in the “Abduction of the Church”? Every single Christian believe that God will come back for His church. And when I mentioned church is not referring to any religion in particular, but to every person that had been living according to the Word of God. Which is The Word of God? What it is written in the Bible.

Nobody know exactly when Christ will come back for the church. But what we do know is that we need to be prepared for that moment. I want to leave. But, if Christ comes tomorrow, I think I will be left behind. There are still a lot to do in me to be perfect, but God will help me day by day. I had thrown away many things from my life that wouldn’t let me surrender entirely to God, but I had decided to take away what it’s left... and I will.

¿What should I do to leave with Christ in the Abduction Day?

First you have to repent, accept God and ask forgiveness for your sins. Ask Him to give you strength not to fall down into temptation no more. Live according to His word. Remember, good works don’t save.

Only the faithful will be safe!

Those who don’t believe in the “Abduction”, will tell you using Matthew 24:37-39 as my reference, we see how Jesus said to his disciples “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” What does Jesus tried to say? During Noah’s time, nobody believed about the flood, but it came and everybody drowned... this way will be the second coming of my Lord.

“For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” Matthew 24:38-39

Now, the second coming of the Lord is not the same as the abduction. In that time we will live an apparent normal days. People will be partying, having pleasure and sin, the live the World knows how to live while ignoring the evangelical call as for now.

I hope this little article make you meditate, because the Abduction is real and we need to be ready. I want to be with God, for the devil let him explode with anger; but I adored God above all things.

by ©2008 Vanessa Caballero