Taken: Will You Be Ready When Jesus Come?

By Aneala Lance

The fact that Jesus is definitely coming back is the bottom line and the source of comfort for myself as a believer, as I hope it is the same for you. Whether you believe that the Rapture will happen prior to the Tribulation or at the very end, the fact of the matter is, that its going to happen. Be encourage and keep your heart and faith in God as you look to the future with great hope. Grace, Mercy & Peace from God our Father.

Aneala Lance servant of the high God Jesus Christ

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524509736

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© 2016 by Aneala Lance.

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Contents

Memory

Special Thanks to Some Very Special People

Scriptures

Prologue

Interpretation of the Seven Seals

Introduction: What Is the Rapture?

Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation

A Day Like Any Other Day

Reminder: Very Important, Lechelle!

The Great Deception

The Next Morning

The Next Evening

Monique’s Dream

This Is What Happened

A Closer Look

References

The fact that Jesus is definitely coming back is the bottom line and the source of comfort for me as a believer, as I hope it is for you. Whether or not you believe that the Rapture will happen, the fact of the matter is that it’s going to happen. Be encouraged and keep your heart and faith in God as you look to the future with great hope. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father.

Aneala Lance, servant of the Most High Jesus Christ.

To Gods’ Deliverance for a Purpose Ministry and my pastor and aunt, Lena Belle Carr, who went after my soul. I will always be grateful to you, woman of God. The sole purpose of this ministry is for souls to become saved through the blood of Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for you and me in the hopes that through deliverance, all would one day find purpose and destiny in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (1 Corinthians 15:52).

To my mother, Lula Jackson, who has the voice of an angel, who sang me through some hard times in my life and prayed for me. To my father, Willie Jackson, who encourages me to be all I can be in Jesus Christ. I claim the soul of the backslider right now in Jesus’s name. To my daughter, Kristen Jackson, who encourages me in the Lord and prayed for me as a child growing up when I was at a fragile time in my life. You are saved in Jesus’s name. To my granddaughter Kioni Dacosta, who inspires me to live on for Jesus to conclude in her upcoming generation. You are saved.

To my son-in-law Emanuel Dacosta, I claim the victory over your life and soul that you will and shall soon be saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ! To my nephews Lorenzo and Isaiah and niece Shakira, I love you and pray God to save you all just as he did Jeremiah and Daniel. To my brothers Cosmo and Tony, I claim your souls for Jesus. It shall be done; you will be saved.

Joshua 24:15, King James Version (KJV)

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

In Memory of the Late Bishop John Boyd Senior (1926–2012)

A true pioneer, apostle, and general of the Gospel. A true fisher of men in gathering the lost souls to the found in Jesus Christ. I follow your footsteps every day in outreach ministry. I was hungry and you fed me and gathered the lost souls to be found. I am a fisher of men; thank you for showing me that. Thank you, Bishop, your works are held dear to my heart!

In Memory of the Late Scott Adams, the Question Man (April 11, 1990 to January 29, 2014)

A young man who had so many questions about the gospel of Jesus Christ and wanted to learn all he could about Jesus Christ. You inspired me to continue to go after the souls of young people. I will continue to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to all young and old, just as you would have compelled me to.

In Memory of the Late Maxine Jones, Singer of Institutional Radio Choir (When He Comes Back in the Clouds)

1 Corinthians 15:55–58, King James Version (KJV)

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Special Thanks to Some Very Special People

Dean Morgan of new Greater Bethel Church, the dean and my teacher and motivator in the gospel of Jesus Christ

Dr. Milton Rochford, my teacher, mentor, and inspirer

Lula Jackson, my mother

Willie Jackson, my father

Charles Richardson, my husband, who encourages me

Pastor Lena Carr, my aunt and spiritual birth mother (God’s deliverance for a purpose Min)

Pastor Karen Foster, my spiritual leader (Faith to Faith Ministries)

Prophet Billy Hicks, my spiritual father

Kristen Jackson, daughter and friend

Emmanuel Dacosta, son-in-law

Kioni Dacosta, granddaughter.

Tony Jackson and Cosmo Jackson, my brothers

Tammy Collins, Lucas, my cousin, friend, and prayer partner

Jennifer Strother, my sister in Christ, true friend, and prayer partner

Denise Williams, my godsister and prayer partner

Elder Rhoda Lakins, my prayer partner and mentor

Evangelist Denise Taylor, my street ministry partner and prayer partner

Reverend Herbert Crawford and Minister Cathy Crawford, my mentors and family

Prophetess Esther, who spoke into my life with the Word of Jesus Christ

Prophetess Ara Fulcher, my prayer partner and friend

Scriptures

For 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: Then 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 Thess. 4:16–18)

Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Cor. 15:51–53)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matt. 6:19–21, KJV)

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Rev. 2:17, KJV)

Prologue

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. (Rev. 1, NIV)

Interpretation of the Seven Seals

In Israel’s past, God had sent four judgments on his rebellious covenant people: war, plague, famine, and death (see Lev. 26:23–26; Deut. 32:23–25; and Ezek. 14:12–14, 21). But these judgments were never God’s final judgments. These served as preliminary judgments to motivate his wayward people to return to God. God remains in control even when his children die as martyrs. He also sets boundaries to the pale rider under the fourth seal (Rev. 6:8). Only one fourth of the earth and its inhabitants can be affected.

John is indebted to the Old Testament for his imagery of heavenly cavalry. Zechariah described four horses with different colors in his visions (Zech. 1:8–17 and 6:1–8) This indicates that we should look at the meaning of Zechariah’s four symbolic horses before we interpret the four apocalyptic horse riders.

In Zechariah 6, the interpreting angel explains that the four charioteers signify the four spirits or winds of heaven, that are sent out as ministers