Psalm 49 Offers Another Hint at Rapture

As I have mentioned, the last few weeks I've been asking God, and wondering myself, how it can be that so many followers of Christ can see things so differently?  I've listened to some great preachers who, I have no doubt, love the Lord and know their Bibles but they don't think Israel today is relevant to prophecy and they don't believe Jesus is coming in the clouds to snatch His bride before wrath comes upon the world.

Yesterday a friend sent me a text that she had received from another Christian friend that basically said, "I don't want anything to do with you anymore."  When I read the reasons they included, "We are in the Tribulation now.  Israel is the synagogue of Satan.  Christians who voted for Trump have false idols and they shouldn't have voted at all because Jesus wouldn't have voted for Trump or Kamala, your NIV Bible is wrong, only King James, etc..."

Why is their so much confusion in the church even amongst those who have repented, surrendered and study the Word?  Are all of us watching and listening for the trumpet to blow totally deceived?

So today my READING THE BIBLE IN A YEAR daily reading included Psalm 49, posted below.

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For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

1 Hear this, all you peoples;

    listen, all who live in this world,

2 both low and high,

    rich and poor alike:

3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom;

    the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

4 I will turn my ear to a proverb;

    with the harp I will expound my riddle:

5 Why should I fear when evil days come,

    when wicked deceivers surround me—

6 those who trust in their wealth

    and boast of their great riches?

7 No one can redeem the life of another

    or give to God a ransom for them—

8 the ransom for a life is costly,

    no payment is ever enough—

9 so that they should live on forever

    and not see decay.

10 For all can see that the wise die,

    that the foolish and the senseless also perish,

    leaving their wealth to others.

11 Their tombs will remain their houses[b] forever,

    their dwellings for endless generations,

    though they had[c] named lands after themselves.

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;

    they are like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,

    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[d]

14 They are like sheep and are destined to die;

    death will be their shepherd

    (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).

Their forms will decay in the grave,

    far from their princely mansions.

15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;

    he will surely take me to himself.

16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,

    when the splendor of their houses increases;

17 for they will take nothing with them when they die,

    their splendor will not descend with them.

18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—

    and people praise you when you prosper—

19 they will join those who have gone before them,

    who will never again see the light of life.

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding

    are like the beasts that perish.

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I put verse 15 in bold because the entire Psalm is awesome but verse 15 hit me for the first time!  HE WILL TAKE ME TO HIMSELF!

1000 years later Jesus (who is God) said in John 14:3

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

I'm convinced that God answers personal questions using His word.  I've probably read that Psalm twenty times over the past decade and that verse never stood out to me...until today...after I had asked the Lord if I was on the right track in believing He is going to come in the clouds, with the sound of the trumpet and take us away.

This verse is simply more evidence that the rapture of the bride (the Church) is taught throughout the Bible.  We are on firm ground.  This is NOT a recent teaching only brought up by John Darby in the 1800's.  We are not wasting time by watching current events while reading our Bibles.  We are being obedient by watching and being ready for the Bridegroom.

Maranatha!