June 21, 2025

Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Saturday, June 21, 2025, and this is episode #9 in Series 2025. This episode is titled, “Jesus Christ Is Coming Back Soon!”

If you are at all in tune with world events, you very likely have heard mention of an event called the Rapture. If not, let me explain to you what the Rapture is.

The Rapture is an event predicted in the Bible whereby Jesus Christ Himself will appear in the air and gather together from the four corners of the earth all those who follow Him. It will be a sudden event and will leave those who are not raptured reeling in shock as to what happened.

Let me read to you directly from the Bible as it describes this cataclysmic event in 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-3:

“Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and security,’ destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.” (1 Thessalonians 5: 1-3)

Did you catch the words “peace and security”? Have you noticed that those words are being uttered all over the news every day and are being pronounced continually in meetings at the United Nations?

Friend, Jesus Christ made this prediction over 2000 years ago, and we are now seeing it being fulfilled right before our very eyes. Should this not cause us to pause and consider?

You may be saying, “Well, Dr. MaryAnn, I don’t believe in the Rapture. In fact, I don’t even believe in Jesus.”

I would say to you, “You are free to believe what you choose. But what you believe does not change the truth.”

For example, you could say to me, “Dr. MaryAnn, I’m going to climb up on my roof and jump, but when I do, I will go up instead of down.”

I would say to you, “I don’t think you will go up when you jump off your roof. I think you will go down and possibly get hurt. There is a law of gravity that will cause you to go down when you jump. So, if I were you, I would reconsider my belief. But, of course, you are free to believe whatever you want to believe.”

But know this, my friend, whatever we believe has consequences. So be prepared to face the consequences of your belief that when you jump off your roof, you will go up.

The same is true about the Rapture and the Bible in general. The Bible is God’s inspired word. He directed different people in different centuries to write His Word. Despite the fact that those people for the most part didn’t know one another and lived centuries apart, they all wrote the same truth expressed in different ways. Doesn’t that tell you something?

Bottomline, we will believe what we want to believe. But we had better make sure that what we are believing is the truth. Otherwise, we will end up where we don’t want to be.

There are numerous signs in the Bible of the Rapture. Some will say that the word “rapture” is not in the Bible. Actually, it is. It is found in the Latin Vulgate translation as the word “rapturo.” “Rapturo” means “a catching away,” which is exactly what the Rapture will be—a catching away of the people of God by Jesus Christ Himself.

Lest you think this is far-fetched, so is the concept of aliens far-fetched. Yet, people have no trouble believing in alien invasions. Over the decades, the world has been programmed through movies and books to believe in aliens. In fact, once all Christ-followers have left the earth, their sudden departure will be attributed to an alien abduction of inferior creatures of a lesser consciousness. (As an aside, aliens are fallen angels who rebelled against God with Lucifer, now known as Satan.)

Other signs of the imminent Rapture are the world’s current focus on Israel and the Middle East. Zechariah the Prophet prophesied about 2500 years ago that Jerusalem would become a “cup of trembling” in the last days (Zechariah 12: 2).

And so it has become. The nations of the world are now focused on annihilating Israel. Anti-Semitism has skyrocketed as the world increasingly opposes Israel.

But God will not be mocked. He promises woe to those nations who oppose Israel and warns that those who divide His land will suffer great punishment. Hear what the LORD says in Joel 3: 2:

“I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special possession, for scattering my people among the nations, and for dividing up my land.” (Joel 3: 2 NLT)

So, my friend, as you can see, many signs point to the soon return of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to meet Him? Or will you be left behind to endure seven years of horrendous tribulation under the brutal dictatorship of the AntiChrist?

According to Biblical signs, the Tribulation could begin this very year. During the Tribulation a huge portion of the population will die. But worse than that, most of those who die will go to hell for all eternity.

I urge you not to be one of them. Make the decision now to believe in Jesus Christ. He is the only Savior of the world. There is no other way to be saved. He Himself said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.” (John 14: 6).

If you want to escape the Tribulation and spend eternity in Heaven, pray this simple prayer with me now:

Lord Jesus, I want to escape the wrath of God during the Tribulation. Most of all, I want to escape it forever by going to Heaven. I cannot save myself. So I come to You now and ask You to save me. I believe that You are the Son of God Who died for me and Who rose from the dead. I invite you now to come into my life to be my Savior and Lord. Make of me who You created me to be. In Your Name. I pray. Amen.

If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. You have been given an inheritance by God Himself that includes hope, peace, and joy. Write to me at drmaryannn@maryanndiorio.com, and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.

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Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. Yet He doesn’t want to keep you there. As you live in Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.

Dr. MaryAnn Diorio
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