"Left Behind"

"The Lord of the servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 24:50 & 51) Hell on earth; that will be the description for those days; especially for those that believe and know what is happening. Let me paint you a picture of what I am talking about. First off, let's address the "hypocrites" that are spoken of above, that are those that are counterfeit, pretenders; even those that lay shares, and in Job 36:13 it indicates an impurity of the heart which cherishes an inward bitterness against God. Now, just so you know, I am somewhat convinced that many of these that are so called hypocrites, will be converted to full Believers during the Tribulation; much the same as the "servant" that is mentioned above. In other words; those that have known the truth, or have been exposed to the truth, will be more likely to become those that will see the truth of what has taken place. Okay; let's try an illustrated picture; and let's start with the basic nonbeliever who attends church, but has not yet given their heart to the Lord. Here we have a person who has no doubt heard about 'The Rapture', and has at least heard about the Tribulation; not truly convinced that these things are real; and not yet truly convinced that Jesus is what they need to be saved; although they have been spoken to on this matter several times before. And then we have that day and hour appear; those that were in this person's life, trying to convince them of their need to be saved, are gone; just like that, they are taken from this earth in a twinkling of an eye. What would you expect to be this nonbeliever's reaction? IT WAS TRUE!!! Oh may goodness, I should have listened!!! Here I believe is the difference in these two worlds: one that is prior to the rapture of the church, is a world where Jesus is washing and makes white as snow, placing upon us white robes; the other, is one in which those that shall be saved, will be required to participate in the washing of their own robes, and they shall be faced with great trials, persecution, and death... "These are they which came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (Revelation 7:14)