“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:51-13).

It is impossible to separate the power of the Holy Ghost from the Rapture and resurrection of the saints. If the resurrection of Jesus Christ was clearly the divine function of His Spirit, then our resurrection is even more the sovereign work of the same Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul said it plainly, “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:11).

This verse is not only speaking of His resurrection but also our present resurrected life with a clear secondary meaning in relation to our coming resurrection. You cannot separate our present Spirit anointed life from our future Rapture and resurrection. It is all the work of His Holy Ghost in us, shedding forth the power of His resurrection. If you do not have that power working in you now, you cannot expect to receive some kind of infusion when the Son of God splits the sky.

This future demonstration of this office of the Holy Ghost is breathtaking. The powers and supernatural activities of this event will expand the greatest display ever to occur at one moment of time since creation. In fact, I think it will be so similar to creation that we can learn much from that historical moment.

The account of Moses in Genesis is a beautiful picture of sheer Holy Ghost creative power. When God the Father chose to create this earth, the Son of God was the Word and the Holy Ghost was His right arm.

“And God said” was a statement which embodied the action of His eternal Son, who He called the “Word.” The Gospel of John begins with this account, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1-3).

But we must give His eternal Spirit His rightful place, also. Even before Jesus (the Word) spoke the first statement of creation, the Scripture stated, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). I love that statement, “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

The triune God was creating this universe and each member of the Godhead was powerfully involved. The Father made the choice, the Son spoke the Word, and the Spirit of the Father and the Son acted in supernatural powers and this cosmos “was created.” Every sphere of life in this entire created universe is throbbing with His spark of life since that moment 6,000 years ago. If His presence was withdrawn for one minute, every expression of living cells, atoms, and molecules would fold in instant death. All life is the living manifestation of the whisper of life
by His mighty Spirit.

Creation was an incredible moment of mighty acts of power. Our bodies are a living testimony of this power, as is all of creation. Every creature after his kind was created and Adam named them by their characteristics. Scientists baffle themselves in their study of life when they refuse to believe the account of Genesis. I have been reading a book titled, The Body Electric. This capable doctor and surgeon speaks glowingly of the body’s ability to heal itself and has proven that our body is not just a mechanical machine.

His documentation of a current, which he cannot understand, acting in the human body amazed him. All I could think was how much he needs to meet this Creator I know, and then he could know. The mystery of life is everywhere and God’s Spirit (the Holy Ghost) is the ordained source of every speck of that life. Nothing exists apart from our great God.

The Holy Spirit fulfills this office of all life and resurrection as the Spirit of Jesus Christ. All the glory is given to Christ when the Scripture says, “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” (John 1: 4-5).

The glory goes to our Lord Jesus Christ who by His Spirit gives physical life to all creation, even the unsaved.

“…For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:45).

Thank God that He not only gives us natural life and a natural world where His evidence is everywhere, but to the souls that surrender to His saving blood, He gives much, much more. It is impossible to be “born again” without the convicting office of the Holy Ghost and His renewing and sealing of our hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ. He renews our spirit and we are quickened to life in His likeness. We become “new creatures.”

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald” (Revelation 4:1-3).

The Rapture and the Resurrection

No wonder the Holy Ghost is called “The Seven Spirits of God.” Just as in the Trinity we do not dare speak of three different Gods, so in the person of the Holy Ghost we do not speak of seven separate and different Spirits. The Holy Ghost is one, but His expressions and offices are set forth in the completed expression of “seven.” He is the Spirit of life and was active with Jesus Christ in His resurrection. He is to us the Spirit of life and there is no resurrection f His anointed powers.

Jesus Christ could not be held in death because there was no sin to grant powers of death to His enemy, Satan. If His resurrection was aided by the Holy Ghost even though He was without sin, ours is totally dependent upon the Holy Ghost because of the death which works in our sin nature. But our Lord by His blood has defeated death as our substitute and if we are cleansed by that blood then death has lost its sway.

“O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 7:24-25a).

Our resurrection and the Rapture is guaranteed by His New Testament covenant with us. To the Corinthians He said, “For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 5:4-5).

The Holy Ghost anointing upon our life is our “insurance policy” or “earnest” (guarantee). Multitudes of empty church people are going to be miserably disappointed after the rapture. You have no assurance of this glorious hope of the rapture if you have no fire of the Holy
Ghost in your soul.

His living and anointed presence working in your life is your certainty of readiness. It is not an experience we need but a total surrender to His will and leading. Our song must become, “Where He leads me, I will follow.”

The Sheer Display of Holy Ghost Power

No one can possibly doubt the supernatural power of the Holy Ghost. The Bible is a catalog of incredible acts of divine intervention, expression, and creation. From the parting of the Red Sea, where a host of tens of thousands of escaping Hebrews fled before the Pharaoh’s army, to the event of three Hebrew boys that were unscathed by a fiery furnace, miracles are the common facts. Elijah was supernaturally transported from earth to Heaven, Lazarus was called out of a tomb after his body was already decaying, and Blind Bartimaeus received his sight by a simple command. All of these miracles and a multitude more fill the pages of God’s Holy Bible. The Spirit of God was the Father’s and the Son’s manifestation of the Godhead’s every supernatural act.

This future resurrection the Rapture will be the Church’s grand finale of supernatural intervention.

Nothing since creation comes close to revealing so much power in one moment of time. Every grave of every dead saint from all history [except Enoch, Elijah, Moses, and the saints that arose at His resurrection (Matthew 27:51-53)] will be opened as a testimony to his or her escape. Their dead bodies will be changed from the dust of death and in some cases gathered from seas or the winds to become glorified specimens of eternal lives. Millions of living saints will step out of their suits and dresses into transformed specimens of the same eternal glory.

There is no such thing as a secret Rapture. There is no way such a display of Holy Ghost power can escape the attention of this world. Thousands of cars in the developed world or riding carts in the undeveloped world will suddenly be missing their drivers. Telephone lines will be jammed with frantic calls from hysterical husbands, wives, parents, children, etc. to make missing person reports.

Big name politicians, who discover that their old grandmother that begged them to serve Jesus has disappeared, will drop to the floor of some government chamber unable to stand. The news will suddenly be filled with liberal ministers explaining the disappearance with deceiving words to cover their broken theology. The world will never be the same after that day. There will be millions that repent and prepare that day for what they missed.

“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof” (Amos 3:7-9).

The Event Itself Is Supernatural in Every Detail

The apostle Paul declared this by describing the details:

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (I Thessalonians 4:16-18).

Our Father does not send His greatest archangel. But the Son Himself will descend into the mid-air. It’s a little thing with God but it’s a transcending matter to the church. Satan is the “prince of the power of the air.” This evil personage of fallen glory has a kingdom of millions of fallen angels organized for warfare. They inhabit the air above us and even the saints with glorified bodies are no match for their skills.

Michael, one of the greatest of angelic beings, refused to rebuke Satan in his own power but rested in the victory of the Lord. Jude, the brother of Jesus, stated, “Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee” (Jude 1:9).

Our victory now and forever is Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

So Jesus descends into mid-air above us. Nothing about this event is natural. Jesus had but to speak and the storm on the Sea of Galilee was quieted. Demons (fallen angels) begged for mercy at His feet. Death is already a vanquished foe, so His descent to rapture His Bride in waiting is but the first transcending act of His coming kingdom.

The Son of God shouts as He descends. Why does the Bible confirm that He shouts as He returns into mid-air? Consider that He shouts just to dislodge the army of the fallen angels or disorient them and confuse their battle plans. Of course, He shouts to wake the dead for He is the Word and when He speaks, there is creation in His voice.

This shout will shake the universe and start the entire matter of resurrection. Every grave of every saint will hear that shout and the earth will literally cast out the dead. This is His earth and He created every atom of life. When He shouts, nothing in this universe will resist. His shout is a triumph over every foe.

Nothing could possibly be hated more by Satan than to see the Church escape his accusations. The saints have always been “Satan’s axis of enemies.” He hates the saints that defy his effort to lead them to hell.

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3: 1-5).

The Mortal Will Put on Immortality

Of all the Holy Ghost powers manifested, nothing is more glorious than our change from the mortal to the immortal. Let’s allow the apostle Paul to describe this moment in our future:

“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, ‘Death is swallowed up in victory’” (1 Corinthians 15:50-54) .

That passage reveals the indescribable facts of our coming change. Our bodies are destined to put on a “house not made with hands” (2 Corinthians 5:1).

Everything about our new house/body will be supernaturally constructed. Flesh and blood born of woman is a marvel and was originally created to live forever with the aid of the Tree of Life. This new body will replace the old so we can share in His resurrection likeness for eternity.

Consider our body that is made of billions of cells constantly dying and being renewed, replaced with new eternal ones. This body is a living organism created to constantly replace itself by its built-in creative powers. It is substantiated by a kind of supernatural life which proceeds from the Spirit of Life. We are already a marvel but this is only a taste of the new body. Every cell will be changed in a moment.

The present corruptible body will be totally changed to an incorruptible body by the quickening of the Holy Ghost. The mortal will put on immortality and this change will be instantaneous. When Jesus descends into the mid-air and shouts the command, an explosion of resurrection will master the darkness of death. The saint, dead or alive, will be infused with this sheer supernatural power to step out of flesh and blood and step into flesh and spirit.

Can you imagine a stubborn husband that rejected his wife’s gentle witness and godly life sitting beside her when this change occurs? A beautiful godly woman will suddenly become a glorified radiant saint. That man will never have another comfortable day unless he is enabled to fall on his face in repentance and prepare to die at the hand of the Antichrist crowd. Encounters of this nature between the resurrected and the “left behind” crowd will be multiplied millions of times.

“Death will be swallowed up in victory” right before a stunned world and this world will never be the same again. It will produce conviction and consternation far beyond any past human event of devastation and judgment.

Graves Opened and Saints Appearing

The resurrection of Jesus Christ was God’s “first fruits” of the coming resurrection of the dead in Christ. It was the type or example of how the future event will be manifest. The picture that Matthew gave us will be replayed and multiplied by millions. It will be sheer Holy Ghost power great enough to shake the cosmos out of its complacency of sin. I promise you that sin will never have the same satisfaction after this coming hour.

Matthew alone described the first fruits resurrection of dead saints. He stated, “And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many” (Matthew 27: 51-53). This is God’s pattern.

Conclusion

Never has an event of biblical fulfillment exceeded the transcending moment of the resurrection and the Rapture. There are other wonderful truths that will also be grand in their fulfillment but this beginning of the end exceeds them all. The resurrection and the Rapture are like the opening of a long and glorious drama with each day revealing more and more of the accomplishment of His cross and redemption plan.

This world as we know it cannot continue much longer. Even nature is groaning for redemption and the dead will be removed from its bowels of sorrow. The spiritual war that is being raged by Satan and his host is especially directed to defeat this prophesied event. Satan will fail and we will escape before his last acts of blasphemy.

“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 4:1-3).

I believe America is still a sheep nation. America is not Babylon as some suggest, neither is New York City Babylon.  Babylon is Babylon unless a prefix is added to the name such as in Mystery Babylon.  Mystery Babylon is interpreted, according to end time theology, and represents the coming “one world religion” where all religions become synchronized as serving the same god.

We see this clearly in Revelation chapter seventeen. It is very important for Americans to understand our character as a sheep nation and to act accordingly.  It is an incredible responsibility.

What Makes America a Sheep Nation?

The answer is this: The way we treat the Jewish people.  This was one of the great teachings of Jesus Christ concerning his own people, the Jews.  The Bible is filled with a picture of the latter days of time and the place Israel, as a nation, and the distinct children of Israel, would occupy.  The Bible says that Jerusalem would be a cup of trembling to all other nations.  That particular statement in the book of Zechariah has been fulfilled to the ultimate. The words of Zechariah are breathtaking:

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.  In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness”  (Zechariah 12:2-4).

This development has been in process since 1948, when Israel became a nation, and has finally reached a time of scary reality Jerusalem is the city of God.  It is the central city of the entire earth already, but will become the capital city of the Millennium reign after the Son of God returns to set up His kingdom. All of this is presently in preparation as the nations of the earth are sifted.  Every nation of the world is being forced to decide the place they will occupy and the action they are willing to take. As it develops in this war-like atmosphere, Jerusalem and Israel will continue to be a thorn. Will we try to stop terrorism everywhere but in Israel? Will Israel be forced to give up Jerusalem to become the capitol of Palestine? Whatever happens in the short term, it will be rectified in the final reckoning. Our duty as a nation is to make certain we never forsake Israel.

The place of biblical principles in American history has guaranteed our partnership with Israel.  The presence of many Jews as American citizens has further assured our love for them and their right to a nation of their own.  We have been blessed because of this union with the Lord Jesus Christ’s brethren.  They may have been our enemies for the gospel’s sake, but they are beloved of the Father.

“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.” (Romans 11:28.)

Many good people have spoiled their own life and misled many other people because they failed to rightly discern this passage of Scripture in Romans chapter eleven.  The Jewish nation and people as a majority still reject their and our Messiah, but that is soon to change.

“They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth” (Psalm 72: 5-7).

America: A Sheep Nation

I cannot imagine a truth more important to America at this time in our history. When we speak of this idea of a “sheep nation,” we are dealing with responsibility, not privilege.  The Bible is perfectly clear that both individuals and nations will answer to the Creator and Sustainer of this universe.  The Scripture states, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psalm 9:17).

Again the Psalmist David said, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord . . .” (Psalm 33:12).  A nation that is a friend to Israel does not have the liberty to continue in the dark sins of greed, unbridled pleasure, etc., and, especially, the killing of the unborn in abortion, the acceptance of deviant lifestyles, and generally the forsaking of God’s commandments.

We will be held to a higher standard because of knowledge and the millions of professing Bible believers in America. Our airwaves are filled with religious and biblical broadcasting. We have sent tens of thousands of missionaries from these shores. We have no excuse for biblical ignorance.  Our great problem as a nation is that we are still conscience driven, but disobedient.

Our character is one of deep conviction, but shallow living. In the last days since September 11, 2001, there has been a surge of deep soul searching, but very little repentance of sin. The majority of this nation still respects the Ten Commandments, but does not obey them with strict surrender.

If God should judge us with the standard of Sodom and Gomorrah (ten righteous people would have saved the city from fire and brimstone), we will be spared. America still has a remnant of godly citizens in every religious tradition that live exemplary lives. We better be extremely grateful for this. But, we must not treat our sins as a nation lightly. Repentance should be the resounding message all across America.

Let’s look at Jesus’ Word, concerning the idea of what constitutes a sheep nation. This is a fairly long passage, but please read it carefully:

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink.

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:31-40).

The time of this ultimate fulfillment is after He returns to the earth to establish His kingdom worldwide.  Yet, the basis of determining those nations that are judged as “Sheep Nations” will be by their deeds before He returns.  If we are as close to the end as I believe we are, then our actions toward Israel at the present time will be the basis of His judgments.

Please note that this entire judgment is premised on how we treat “His brethren.”

The nation of Israel and the Jewish people are not always easy to love.  They are still a very secular people and often driven by the incredible fears and horrors of their past two thousand years. They are strong willed and even arrogant in their incredible capacities to be creative, successful, and to survive against multiple odds.  The Jewish people are characterized with a passionate thirst for the future. If they have a characteristic that is most “divinely given” it is their “passionate thirst for the future.”

“And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God” (Deuteronomy 26).

The future of Israel is absolutely incredible and we should share the joy of this by regularly “praying for the peace of Jerusalem.” There is a passage in the writings of Israel, which reminds us of the future of Jerusalem.  It is found in Isaiah chapter sixty-two.  The entire chapter promises Israel of her coming glory. One verse will show you a picture of what the Heavenly Father is planning.

“Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand

of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married” (Isaiah 62:3-4.)

But, the part I want you to see is how the God of Israel and the church has appointed angels to watch over Jerusalem.  Remember, this began well over two thousand years ago.

“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:  But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness” (Isaiah 62:6-9).

Already, for over twenty-six hundred years, angels have kept a vigil over the walls of this city.  He then reminds every Bible reader and believer to give Him, our eternal God, no rest until He makes this city, His city, Jerusalem, a “praise in all the earth.”  No wonder the city of Jerusalem is a thorn to the whole un-regenerated world.

“Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God” (Ezekiel 39:28-29).

The Arab People

Being a friend to Israel must not mean that we are enemies to the Arab people.  They are sons and daughters of Abraham, also.  If we can convince the Arab people that we can defend both of these distinct peoples, Israel and the Arab nation, it would be a giant step toward some semblance of peace.  Often we Christians, when defending Israel, come across as being enemies of everyone else in the Middle East.

It is clear that millions of Arabs are just as willing to be friends of Israel as we are in America.  Thousands of Arabs have died because they were not willing to join the Jihad of radical Islam.  There is a host of devoted Arab Christians that serve Jehovah God as we do.  There must always be a clear distinction between Arabs that are our friends and Arabs that hate everything the West believes.

We must not, as a nation, allow ourselves to be drawn into a holy war on Islamic people.  We defend every world citizen’s right to choose his/her own faith.  At the same time, we must refuse to put our faith in a context of a “one world religion” or compromise the uniqueness of the Lord God Jehovah that gave His only begotten Son.

Conclusion

Reading the literal truth of Holy Scripture reveals the uniqueness of our present times. We are privileged to live in such an hour that Bible prophecy is experiencing an explosion of fulfillment.  It is a truth beyond argument that the Father will choose the day in which He will send His Son into the mid-air to rapture the overcomers. If you have been cleansed by the blood  of Jesus mortal body and if the Holy Spirit  is constantly allowed to maintain the fire of His presence in your life, you are ready.