The date-setters are discouraged. September 23, 2025, has come and gone, and the Rapture didn’t happen. Date setting is always an exercise in futility. If God had wanted us to know the exact date of the Rapture, He would have made it crystal clear. He didn’t, yet Christians everywhere sold their property, isolated themselves, and waited. Today, there are a lot of homeless, lonely Christians who wonder what went wrong.
What did go wrong?
The Rapture will happen, but we won’t have advance notice. When we look at Scripture, it seems as if it was always a surprise to the one taken. We know it will happen; we just don’t know when. The first Rapture revealed to us in Scripture was Enoch. “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24).
Scripture doesn’t tell us exactly how Enoch walked with God, but he must have been a God-fearing man. He lived during a time of great sin but was not a part of the sin; he stayed true to God. He was an example to his children and grandchildren of a man who followed God. He is also an example to us. Do you walk with God? We live in very wicked times, and too many Christians take part in worldly sin, walking in the ways of the world instead of honoring God. Enoch was “raptured” prior to God’s judgment on the God-rejecting people, and so will Christians.
Sin was great in the days prior to the Flood. The fallen angels had taken human women, and they had children. Evil children who weren’t fully angel nor human. “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose” (Genesis 6:1-2).
Too many Christians don’t believe Scripture and have corrupted the words to mean that Seth’s sons married Cain’s daughters. That doesn’t make any sense. I don’t know how angels can mate with humans, but I do believe God’s words. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
This wickedness corrupted all of the human genome, but thank God for God-fearing men like Enoch, who passed his wisdom on to his descendants. God saw the wickedness and the corruption and had to send judgment in order to keep people genetically pure. First, He took Enoch away from the coming judgment. He was Raptured. No date-setting; just one day, he was gone. It will be the same with Christians. Wickedness is everywhere, and the hearts of people are hardened to God’s truth.
Are people genetically pure? Beware of mRNA vaccines, and study about the experiments that are taking place in the scientific world. It’s mostly evil. Today, we do have something that Enoch didn’t have. We have our faith in Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit indwells us. Enoch had to be sure he followed God with no mistakes.
Enoch is an Old Testament “picture” of the Rapture. His son, Methuselah, is a “picture” of God’s grace. People who know little of the Bible will use the phrase “Old as Methuselah” because he was the oldest person to ever live. He was 969 years old when he died. God waited as long as He could before judgment, and apparently, Methuselah died in the year of the Flood. This is a picture of God’s grace; God gave people many years to repent and turn to Him. Methuselah was the grandfather of Noah.
There comes a time when God has to judge wickedness. We seem to understand when a human judge sentences a criminal to prison for his crimes, but we expect God to chuckle at our own wickedness. He has given us Scripture to guide our ways, but humans are rebellious and want to follow their own hearts. That can lead into sin. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
People had been corrupting their ways before the Lord for many years, and God had to judge. This is where grace and mercy came in. “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD” (Genesis 6:8). Noah had not corrupted his ways. This kept him and his sons from the judgment to come. “And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth” (Genesis 6:12).
Don’t be a part of the corruption that is happening today. Sin and wickedness are out of control, and God won’t hold off judgment much longer. Only those who have given their lives to Jesus and have faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ will be saved, like Enoch, from the judgment of God.
God told Noah to build an Ark that would protect the genetically pure people and animals through the judgment of the flood. There is coming a time of great Tribulation, but God will save those who earnestly turn to Him in faith. It won’t be easy living through God’s judgment, but some will make it through. The smartest thing you can do right now is to repent of your sin, ask Jesus to forgive you, and follow Him. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1).
Earnestly repent and trust in the grace and mercy of Jesus to take you away from the judgment that is soon to come.
Many Christians are desperately yearning for the Rapture. I confess, I’m one who truly desires to be called Home in the Rapture. That’s where the date-setters come in. Every year on various Jewish feast days, someone will say that Jesus personally told them that the Rapture would happen on such and such a date. So far, the date-setters are 100% wrong. When someone sets a date for the Rapture, think of it as taking directions from a fortune cookie, a horoscope, or any false prophet.
Only God knows the date, but He has given us clues. When the disciples asked Jesus to tell them what would be the sign of His coming, and of the end of the world, the first warning Jesus gave was not to listen to man’s deception. “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you” (Matthew 24:4). Date-setters are deceivers. Remember, the disciples didn’t ask when the Rapture would happen, but asked about the end of an era. They used the word “aion,” which means “age.” Most modern translations use the word “age” instead of “world.”
Then Jesus described some very scary things that would lead up to the Tribulation. These are all signs that the Great Tribulation is getting close, but Christians have the blessed assurance that we will not go through that judgment. Still, we can look at the signs and know for a fact that the Rapture will precede the Tribulation and Jesus’ second coming. As we see these signs happening all around us, we can be encouraged. “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:6-8).
Have you noticed any of these things increasing? I have, and they are becoming stronger and more often.
We can be sure that Jesus wasn’t speaking about the church but was speaking about Israel. “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes” (Matthew 25:15-18). These are very Jewish instructions, not instructions to the Gentiles. There is no Temple in Jerusalem today, so the abomination of desolation has no place to stand yet.
As I see the excitement over the red heifers needed for purification, I get excited. Christians don’t need the Temple to worship God, but knowing that it will be built in time for the Tribulation tells me that the Rapture is getting closer by the day. Jesus also said to pray that this doesn’t happen on a sabbath day. Christians know we worship every day and don’t observe the sabbath. Jesus is our Sabbath rest, so, again, this isn’t talking to Christians.
Even though all of the signs are manifesting, they will become stronger as we move closer to the Rapture. We also need to study Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation, among others, to get a greater understanding of what to watch for. Brothers and sisters, it’s getting close.
The fact that the Rapture didn’t happen on September 23, 2025, has discouraged many, but it should be seen as a challenge to us all. Don’t trust man’s ideas, but run everything through the light of Scripture and find truth. Also, understand that the Rapture isn’t a date-oriented event. “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in” (Romans 11:25).
God has not forgotten, nor has He replaced Israel. In this period of time, He’s allowing Gentiles to come to Him for salvation. If you, like me, are yearning for the Rapture, then here’s the challenge. Share the Gospel. There are many lost souls all around us. God is looking for a certain number of Gentiles, not a date. When that number is reached, we will be called Home. What a day that will be!
Brothers and sisters, remember, we are not the judges and jury when sharing the Gospel. We are the ones who bring the message of salvation. Share God’s truth without compromise, but with love. Then, remember that a new believer needs to grow. Jesus told Peter to feed both the sheep and the lambs. The only way for lambs to grow into healthy sheep is to nourish them on Scripture. Lead them away from sin. We will never be perfect, but our righteousness is through Jesus, and the Holy Spirit will lead us all to a closer walk with our Lord.
Don’t be discouraged; be encouraged. “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
Christians are redeemed, but we need to share Christ so others will be redeemed by His blood before it’s too late.
God bless you all,
Nathele Graham
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