Memory Verse: 11 Kings 2:11: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Heaven is a real place.
Elijah ascended there without experiencing physical death. He was caught up to heaven in a chariot of fire. Enoch was the only other human being to escape death, going directly to heaven. In the New Testament it is written of him: "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God" (Hebrews 11:5).
Translation. What a good word to describe the miraculous journey from earth to heaven taken by these two men of God. In translating words from one language to another we make thoughts and statements understandable that were formerly mysterious. When Elijah and Enoch arrived in heaven their discoveries must have been enlightening beyond their wildest dreams.
Christ is coming again. Perhaps soon. When He comes He will take all living Christians to heaven. IF that great event takes place before we experience physical death, we shall be translated....take to heaven....caught up: "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Those who have died before His coming will be resurrected and will also be caught up to meet Him.
If Christ should come today, are you ready to be CAUGHT AWAY?
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