Faith In The Rapture?

Q. Thank you for your insight and study and the willingness to share your time with us. I have a concern/question: I have read your studies on the Rapture and how to be ready when He comes. I believe what you present, but struggle with the teaching of others that say you have to have faith to be taken in the Rapture, just as you have to have faith to be saved, healed, etc. How do I reconcile the two?

Some don’t believe there will be a Rapture, but have given their lives to the Lord and are truly born again. I do have faith in my salvation, but isn’t my salvation all inclusive? If I understand what you have presented then, yes. Why then would I have to have faith and believe for the Rapture when it is contained in my salvation? I guess I just need some clarity, and trust in my Lord to work it out. What would you say to someone who doesn’t believe every truly born again person will be caught up regardless of their walk or belief in the Rapture?

A. The faith that saved you was a gift from God.  At that moment the Holy Spirit was sealed inside you as a deposit guaranteeing your inheritance  (Ephes. 1:13-14).  A part of your inheritance is inclusion in the Rapture.  It doesn’t matter when you believe it will happen, or even if you believe it will happen, if you are a born again believer you’ll go with the Church in the Rapture.