How do you know if you are ready for the rapture?
There are three criteria you must meet.
1. Matthew 24:43-51
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
This first verse describes how you behave in church. You have wicked servants who beat the other servants and eat and drink with the drunken. If that is your case you will not be ready for the rapture. However, if you are watching for the Lord's return which most who visit this blog probably are and if you are fellowshipping with others the things you are seeing then you are probably the faithful and wise servant mentioned here. This is the first test.
2. Matthew 25:1-13
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
You have to have a relationship with the Lord and if you do have a relationship your vessel will be filled with oil. Maybe He shone light on a verse, maybe you have some testimony of answered prayer, or other ways in which the Lord has moved in your life. You cannot have church be the sum total of your Christian life, you must be spending time on a daily basis with the Lord. Believe it or not this represents only one fourth of those who claim to be Christians. But there is still one more criteria you must meet.
3. Matthew 25:14-30
19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
You have to have a ministry. You need to share what the Lord has given you. It doesn't mean you are Billy Graham, or some other 5 talented member bringing thousands to the Lord. But surely you have brought some people to the Lord, surely you have shared your testimony with many others and not buried it in your back yard. Believe it or not, but only two thirds of those who have a close personal relationship with the Lord will actually have a public testimony where they are actively investing the talent the Lord gave them so that the Lord could have a profit when He returns.