History's Most Viewed Event

History's Most Viewed Event - Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

 

Of all my cogitating on Bible prophecy, the thought just never struck.

 

I'm partner with Todd Strandberg in raptureready.com. I've written hundreds of articles on the subject. I've authored entire books devoted just to the topic. Yet I've never even thought, much less written about, one particular aspect of the matter. Some might correct me on that, but that is my memory-or failure thereof-on this thing specifically involved.

 

The topic, the subject, is the Rapture-that stupendous instant when Jesus Christ steps out on the clouds of glory and shouts with the last trump and the voice of an archangel, "Come up here!"

 

We believe that it will happen in an atomos of time-quicker than it takes for light traveling at 186,000 miles per second to enter the eye and strike the retina. That's much faster than the eye can blink, I'm told.

 

Again, we believe that millions of all born-again believers who are alive will vanish in that instant. It will happen all over the world, but perhaps in no place on earth will the great event be witnessed by more people than in America. And, I'm not meaning that this is because there are more Christians-true believers-in the United States than in any other place on the planet. That might be the case, but that isn't why I state it.

 

The thought, as I said above, had not crossed my mind until an epiphany came in the form of an email by a Christian sister, whom I presume is a long-time family member of our Rapture Ready website.

 

Although I won't mention her name, I will relate a part of her email that struck deeply into my prophecy-watcher alert center:

 

Terry: Concerning the Rapture discussion about whether or not people will see us leaving when we are caught up. They will certainly see SOMETHING, because there are cameras everywhere constantly filming everybody.

 

So, if I'm out in the middle of the street talking to one of my neighbors when Jesus suddenly calls me up into the clouds, at least three of my neighbors' security cameras are going to record my disappearance. (Where did she go? She was standing right there talking to Dave and then she just disappeared!").

 

Whether we just disappear or can be seen rising up after we are transformed, the cameras at the grocery store, the bank, the jam-cam on I-10, the neighbor's security camera or doorbell ring camera, all those cameras recording everybody everywhere all over the world are going to capture it all.

 

Again, this is just an idea that never struck me. But it will surely happen just as she describes, barring an unforeseen EMP attack or other phenomenon that shuts down all cameras in the nation.

 

Anyone who has watched forensic shows that record crimes in every possible location knows that we're under constant surveillance. There is no way we can escape the cameras looking down on us from telephone poles, building roofs, or wherever.

 

Even drones now circle overhead and record every movement we make, both for law enforcement and commercial purposes. Private drones now keep track of us just for amusement and entertainment.

 

But it's the cellphone and other devices held by individuals in every town in the country that make the emailer's observation of special, prophetic significance.

 

People are literally filming on their phones every moment of every day and night, especially in America, where so many people have smart devices. There is no doubt that the disappearance of people around towns all over America will be captured in that staggering instant.

 

The news-gathering entities around the US will be soliciting every video they can find. Social media venues will go crazy with quantities of footage that will likely almost melt down many websites. It will be the most filmed event in history!

 

Many of those video recorders will still be going when they hit the ground, having been dropped by Christians doing the filming. These, too, will give credence to the message of those of us who have been teaching the truth of the pre-Trib Rapture.

 

Perhaps it is the many such videos that will convince a great number of people who have heard our message. The message? That Jesus has called believers to Himself. Those who see and are thus convinced might then seek earnestly all information left behind that forewarns of what they have just witnessed.

 

My thanks to my emailer friend who stimulated the thought about history's most viewed event!