MOST of our little readers might think it strange to have a picture of harvest at this of the year. But in some places where the poppies grow and farmers raise them in great quantities, March is the month they have harvest, as no doubt you all know, when it is winter north of the equator, it is summer south of it.
But I want to tell you about a harvest that is soon to take place, and it will be all over the world at the same time. It will not be a harvest of poppies or any kind of grain, but a harvest of people. The Lord Jesus is coming again, and is going to take all His own people away from this earth in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. All those who have died and were saved shall be raised up, and the living ones shall all be changed, and they shall be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air, and then they shall be forever with the Lord. He will take them to the Father’s house.
Now I would like to have you turn to 1 Cor. 15, in your Bibles and read from the 51St verse to the end of the chapter, and also to 1 Thess. 4, and read from the 51St verse to the end, and there you will get what I have been telling you about. When you are through reading these portions, answer to yourself the question, Will I be one of those who shall be caught up?
If you know the Lord Jesus as the One who died for you, you are one of His, and the Scripture says, “Christ, the first-fruits, afterwards they that are Christ’s at His coming.” 1 Cor. 15:2323But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. (1 Corinthians 15:23).
If you are not one of His, you will be left behind, and those who will be on the outside shall say, “Lord, Lord, open to us,” but He will answer, “|iI| know you not.” Mat. 25: 11, 12.
If you are not His, take Him now as your own Saviour. There is no time to waste, then when He comes He will take you along with all the rest who are His, to be forever with Himself, and there you will be able to praise Him for all that He has done for you.
ML 03/17/1918