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).