"If the Lord comes and takes you all to heaven, I will become a Jew, and be saved with the remnant.”
Such was the utterance of a boy to his mother.
At that time he did not know his sins forgiven, and he feared he would be left behind if the Lord Jesus came for His waiting saints. He resolved in his mind that his only chance would be when the Lord again takes up the Jews for blessing, after the translation of the Church to heaven. He thought he might have a good chance to be saved when the Millennium came.
Very often grown people think the same. Religious people generally know something of the Millennium, but perhaps not enough to dispel such ignorance. Hardly any godly person doubts that there will yet be a thousand years of blessing for this poor sin-stricken, sorrow-burdened earth, though all may not be agreed as to how it will be brought about.
Those who have heard the Gospel and rejected it in Christendom, will never witness Millennial blessedness. Such will be morally blinded, like the Jews of old, who, when they had the Light, refused to believe. Hence they were left in darkness. Their minds are blinded, as a people, to this day. Solemn reflection for all Christendom, since Paul says, "For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee." Rom. 11:2121For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. (Romans 11:21).
Reader, you form part of Christendom, so that warning is most needful, and it is meant for you. If you are Christless, be wise and heed it.
Before the Millennium is introduced, the Lord Jesus will come into the air for His true Church. Every person who has been born again by the Spirit of God, has the knowledge of the forgiveness of sins, and is indwelt by the Holy Ghost, forms part of the Church, and such only. It is the blessed hope of the Church to wait and watch for her coming Bridegroom. His last message to her is, "Surely I come quickly." Her response is, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Rev. 22:2020He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20).