Life is very much like a crossword puzzle; there is little doubt about that fact of life. Have you ever thought about life being like a crossword puzzle?  Well, I think you would likely agree that we all attempt to navigate this life the best we can to try and find the correct answers to all our life’s problems, just like when we are trying to come up with the right answers in a crossword puzzle.

Life has its ups and downs, and things can unexpectedly come at us from the political left or right. So, life can be tricky as we try to figure out the meaning of everything. Some things seem to never work out, but thankfully a few things seem to fall into place.  Sometimes life seems to make perfect sense, but sometimes we need to try and try again to make sense of it. We often feel boxed in, so we try to think outside of the box to find the answers. Some answers are new to us, like a foreign language word, but I am sure we all enjoy familiar things, like the easy words in a crossword puzzle.

Sometimes the words and answers come easily, and sometimes they do not, so we find ourselves stumped and at a loss for words. We think we understand the mix of clues, but words fail us. The answers to problems can come quickly or take a long time to figure out.  Some answers stare us in the face, but we just can’t see them. The answers to our problems can be short or long, sometimes we don’t have a clue, but then something dawns on us. There are times we just don’t understand, and our brain draws a blank, but then a thought or idea comes to us, like switching on a light bulb.

A few things are for sure in our lives, just like in a crossword puzzle. We have empty spaces in our lives to fill in and try to figure out, we all have dark places in our lives, and our days are numbered.

Some of life’s answers just seem to fall into our lap while others seem to require divine inspiration. A dictionary or Google can provide help in finding answers to a crossword puzzle, but only the Holy Bible can provide all the perfect answers that make sense in life because the Bible is the Word of God. The answers to be found in the Bible can lead a person to live a satisfying and successful life. If a person reads the Bible, it can likely answer the puzzles and mysteries of our life here on Earth.

But the ultimate Biblical answer for our lives is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came DOWN from heaven to die on A CROSS to redeem us from our sinfulness and make us right with God the Father. If you will simply believe and trust that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, then you will ace every puzzle of life and be able to spend eternity in heaven, where everything will be made clear.

The New Living Translation of the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13:12 clearly explains how it is for us currently in this life and how it will be for us in our future heavenly home. The scripture says,

“Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.”

Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, and you will learn and know all life’s answers one day.

The Rapture is coming, the Rapture is coming! If you are a student of American history, this phrase may sound like the verbal warning announced to American colonists by patriots on horseback in April of 1775, spreading the urgent message that ‘the British are coming, the British are coming!

‘The Rapture is coming’ needs to be the urgent message spread by Christians to all the people of the world that Jesus Christ is coming one day soon for His Church (Christians), and people should be watching and preparing for His return. This important message is meant, in part, so that people everywhere may accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior before the coming Rapture in order that as many people as possible can avoid the terrible, terrible seven-year Great Tribulation period.

Until the Rapture takes place, there is still time for individuals around the world to believe in Jesus Christ and be spared from the worst time ever known to mankind on Earth. The ever-increasing frequency and intensity of the ‘signs of the time’ listed in the Bible seem to indicate that the Rapture, followed by the Great Tribulation, is fast approaching. Therefore, now is not the time to delay your decision for Christ. You don’t want to be around when all ‘hell’ breaks loose on Earth.

“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16). “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), and “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). “But God proves His love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “If you confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart, you believe and are justified [in the sight of God], and with your mouth you confess and are saved” (Romans 10:9-10).

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott rode horseback from near Boston, west down the road to Lexington and Concord, alerting the Colonial Minutemen to be ready for the advancing British troops. The next day, on April 19, the Minutemen were ready, the British troops arrived, shots were fired, and the American Revolutionary War had officially commenced.

Unlike the timely warning given to the colonists by the three American patriots the evening before the military confrontation, there will not be an advance notice about when the Rapture takes place. That’s because not a single human being knows when the Rapture (snatching away) will take place, but it will simply happen in the ‘twinkling of an eye’ as the Bible puts it (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).

Jesus tells us in scripture that only God the Father knows when it will happen. That is why it is so important for every individual to not put off their decision to accept Jesus today as their personal Savior, and therefore settle the matter of their eternal salvation before it is too late to escape the horrific tribulation time, which follows the Rapture. You do not want to be left behind to suffer through the unthinkable calamities on Earth, as detailed in the Bible! (Read the book of Revelation.)

There are and will be scoffers during the last days for those who do not believe in the Rapture but will follow their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation” (2 Peter 3:4).

Do not believe the scoffers. Yes, it surely seems like things are continuing as normal, but suddenly, one day soon, it will all change in an instant, without warning. Who will you believe, scoffers, or the Bible? If you read the Bible, you will find all the Biblical prophecies have a 100% accuracy record!

I have written the following words suitable for use as a song about the coming rapture of Christians.

If you wish, you may want to try singing these lyrics to the old gospel song tune of ‘I’ll Fly Away.’

THE RAPTURE SONG By Dale V. Nobbman

Someday soon, Jesus Christ will come again
Someday soon, Jesus Christ will come again
Someday soon, Jesus Christ will come again
Oh, happy day!

Oh, happy day of the rapture
Oh, happy day of the rapture
Someday soon, Jesus Christ will come again
Oh, happy day!

Jesus will come again to take believers home
Jesus will come again to take believers home
Jesus will come again to take believers home
Oh, happy day!

Oh, happy day of the rapture
Oh, happy day of the rapture
Jesus will come again to take believers home
Oh, happy day!

When we meet Jesus in glory in the sky
When we meet Jesus in glory in the sky
When we meet Jesus in glory in the sky
Oh, happy day!

Oh, happy day of the rapture
Oh, happy day of the rapture
When we meet Jesus in glory in the sky
Oh, happy day!

Jesus will come in the twinkling of an eye
Jesus will come in the twinkling of an eye
Jesus will come in the twinkling of an eye
Oh, happy day!

Oh, happy day of the rapture
Oh, happy day of the rapture
Jesus will come in the twinkling of an eye
Oh, happy day!

When Jesus comes again, don’t be left behind
When Jesus comes again, don’t be left behind
When Jesus comes again, don’t be left behind
Believe in Jesus Christ!

Oh, happy day of the rapture
Oh, happy day of the rapture
Someday soon, Jesus Christ will come again
Oh, happy day!