The Door Will Be Shut

From: Echoes of Grace: 1948

• 1 min. read • grade level: 5

Reader, the moment is fast approaching when every soul who has not Christ for his Savior will be found in an awful position.

At the voice of the archangel and the trump of God, all those who are Christ's―the sleeping ones raised, the living changed―shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air! (1 Thess. 4:16, 17¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16‑17))

What a moment will that be for every soul "left behind"! Every saint, every soul born of God, indwelt by the Spirit of God, every real child of God, by whatever name called by man, will be gone to be with Jesus forever. All who are not His will be left behind. In which company will YOU then be found?

It will be too late to flee, there will be no escape. "The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the water shall over flow the hiding place." There will be no escape.

"The door will be shut." Left behind, not only for a fearful, lost eternity, but for the unrestrained power of that "wicked one.”

Be warned now. Flee from the wrath to come!

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