TOPIC: PREPARING FOR RAPTURE (PART2): WASHING YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

TEXTS: REVELATIONS 7: 9-17

REVELATIONS 7:9-17 (KJV)

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.


INTRODUCTION

One day, I got an email from one lady-evangelist that I exchange end-times email with. In the email, She narrated a testimony she had on one fateful day. The Lord used the testimony to bless and inspire me a lot. I share the testimony as follows.

My friend said she just finished using the toilet and she was washing her hands in the basin. That was about the third time she used the toilet and she washed her hands, each time, after such use. As she washing her hands, she said she heard a voice, which she recognized, in heart. The Voice asked her ‘why are you washing your hands’? I just used the toilet. I am washing my hands to cleanse any germ I might have contacted. She replied. But, You washed your hand in the morning after using the toilet! The Voice reminded her. Yes, I did because I used the toilet in the morning. Anytime, I use the toilet I wash my hands to cleanse any germs I might have contacted. My friend replied.

Why then do you take the washing of your heavenly garment as less serious and unimportant? The Voice finally asked a question that totally caused my friend to have a change of orientation. Perhaps, my lady-evangelist friend never realized she had an heavenly garment that she needed to take its wash as serious as she washed her hands to prevent infection with germs. Perhaps, She realized she has not measured up to expectations in this regard.

Are you in the same shoes my friend was before she had a change of orientation? Do you know you have a garment God reckons with? Do you even know how to take care of this garment? What exactly is this garment for? How is this garment connected to Rapture? If you do not already know these things, this teaching plans to explore them. Or do you already know about this garment but are complacent in handling it? Why then do you take the washing of your heavenly garment as less serious and unimportant?


WHAT IS THE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?
To answer this question, let us see from the bible whether we can draw an analogy between types of garment and righteousness. We arrive at two major types as follows.

1) FILTHY RAG (GARMENT), Isaiah 64: 6a
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;

Here, God links a type of righteousness to Filthy rag (garment). If we are to interprete this verse, we can say that, if we are to liken our level of righteousness to the nature of garment we put on, then we can say that all of us are putting on filthy rag and this filthy rag make us, all, unclean. This was the state of any man before he knows JESUS CHRIST. All unrepentant sinners are still like this. No one has power to remove this filthy garment by himself unless He repents in Christ Jesus.

2) FINE LINEN (GARMENT), Revelations 19: 7-8
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Here, God links a type of righteousness to Fine Linen (garment) and says those who will be raptured must be dressed in this garment (see Part 1 of this teaching). Unlike the filthy garment that is unclean, God says this type of garment is fine, clean, and white. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ and became born-again, our filthy rags were removed and we are dressed with the beautiful garment of righteousness, the fine linen. So when we say garment of righteousness in the remainder of this teaching, it is this FINE LINEN, clean and white that we are referring to.


DO YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?

YES! There is a deliberate need to take care of your garment of righteousness because Jesus Christ says you must take care of it. Lets read Revelations 16:15

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Jesus Christ said in this scripture above that if you did not keep your garment, when He comes at rapture, you will walk naked and your shame will be seen. The phrase ‘keepeth his garments’ means exactly two things:

1) To keep your garment means to make sure you did not lose or remove your garment.
2) To keep your garment means to make sure your garment is in proper shape; not tattered, nor wretched.

If you lose your garment or remove it, and have nothing to wear, you will be naked and people will see your shame. Also, if you did not keep your garment very well and it became torn, people will still see your unclothedness and you will be ashamed.

The first case of removing the garment is for the backslider. The bible makes us to understand that Jesus Christ is our righteousness. We put Him (Jesus) on like garment. So, when a believer backslides, he has not kept his garment. He has removed Righteousness (Jesus Christ) altogether from his life. He has removed his garment.

The second case is for believers who have not backslided but have unconfessed and unforgiven sins in their lives. All these sins are defilement to them. They tarnish the righteousness of Jesus Christ that they put on as garment. Even though, they are still in Christ and they have not removed their own garments like the backsliders, their garments have become torn and filthy again. Soon, that filthy garment they put on will expose their unclothedness and people will see their shame.

Keeping your garment, like Jesus Christ said, will help you, believer, prevent yourself from the two situations above, arising from not keeping your garment. The next thing is to look how to keep or maintain (wash) your garment of righteousness clean and white. But before that, let us look at why we need to keep our garment clean and white.


IS GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IMPORTANT TO MAKE RAPTURE?

Yes! One principal requirement to making rapture is that we must possess garment of righteousness and that it must be holy, white and clean (not filthy) up to the last minute of rapture. Lets briefly look at why this garment and its condition are both necessary at rapture.

1) WITHOUT GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE RAPTURE Mathew 22:11-14

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

From the text above, we see how God, The Father, will make the possession of garment of righteousness a prerequisite to be at the marriage supper of The Lamb.

2) IF THE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS DIRTY, STAINED OR FILTHY, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE RAPTURE Ephesians 5:27, Revelations 19:8-9

Ephesians 5:27
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Revelations 19: 8-9
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

From the two scriptures above, we see that, to make rapture, God expects the garment of righteousness on us to have ‘no spot’, ‘no wrinkle’, ‘ no blemish’ but that it should be holy, clean and white; the exact state it was when we first surrendered to Jesus Christ. So, in order to know how to keep our garment of righteousness clean and white or how to wash it, first, we have to know what can make it dirty (unclean, spotted, wrinkled).


WHAT COULD MAKE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE STAINED, SPOTTED, WRINKLED, AND DEFILED (DIRTY AND FILTHY)?

As we have already shown above that we were in filthy rags before we surrendered to Jesus Christ. These dirty rags just depict how spiritually dirty we were before holy God because of our sins. But when we give our lives to Jesus Christ, He washes away all the sins that brought filthiness to us. He took away the filthy rag and gave us spiritually fine linen of righteousness.

Let us consider 2 cases from the bible

Case 1, Adam and Eve (Genesis 3: 21);
When Adam and Eve fell through sin, they realized they were naked and became ashamed. Their sin exposed their unclothedness, and God put a garment made from the skins (supposedly from an animal) to cover them (Genesis 3:21). By this act, God covered the shame of unclothedness that Adam and Eve were exposed to, through sin. By this act, God laid an example of how Jesus Christ would be slained as a sacrificial animal (lamb) and cover our sin and unclothedness with the garment of righteousness, which is the blood He shed on the cross of Calvary. This was mercy from God. This is why the Bible says Jesus was slain from the beginning of the world, (Revelations 13:.

Case 2, Joshua, The high Priest (Zechariah 3:1-4);
Also, consider the case of Joshua the high Priest, (Zechariah 3:1-4), Satan had a legal right to accuse Joshua, the high Priest, because Joshua was adorned in filthy garment. It took God to rebuke Satan for Joshua's sake. God asked them to remove the filthy garment of Joshua. After removing this filthy garment, God said to Joshua that Joshua's sins had been forgiven him. God directly equated Joshua's filthy garment to Joshua's sin. Then, God clothed Joshua with fine linen. Can you see the sequence?

From the 2 cases above, we can see that is sin that can make a believer be without garment or make his garment dirty and filthy. What stains are on your own garment? How have you soiled your garment since Jesus Christ purchased it for you? Is it the stain of lusts, worldliness, and disobedience to God, immoral dressing or some other stains you have on your own garment?


WASH YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
As believers, we are not supposed to commit sins deliberately again. otherwise, we face the fierce wrath of God. However, any sin we commit unconsciously is still a sin and will still be a stain to our wedding garment of Lamb of God and must be washed away.

Our text above is very clear about how to wash our garments from stains of Sins. Revelations 7:9-14 above makes us understand that Apostle John saw the people that will make the rapture and all of them have one thing in
common; they have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Verse 14 can be expatiated as follows above.


• All those that made rapture washed their robes; This suggests that their robes were dirty, stained, spotted or filthy initially.

• All of them made their robes white; This suggests that they continued the washing of their robes till all dirts were removed.

• They washed their robes in the blood of Jesus.

All the actions above were done deliberately, not by accident. This verse, Revelations 7: 14 was what the Bible summarized in Revelations 19:7-8.

Revelations 19: 7-8
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

These two verses imply that the bride of Christ deliberately makes herself ready. So, you can see that to wash your garment is to make yourself ready. Will you wash your garment and make yourself ready? Will you come and wash your garment before Jesus comes? Wash! I say wash!


HOW TO WASH YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

How then do you wash your garment?

Any time you ask God genuinely for mercy and forgiveness of Sins (REPENTANCE) you are washing your garment. This repentance will help you wash away the stains of sins that have come into your life by carelessness, ignorance, or through any other means. These stains will hinder a believer from making rapture if they are not attended to. I do not encourage that a believer commit sin deliberately.

I wash my own garment by saying the following prayer as many times as possible everyday.

Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. Forgive me all sins. Forgive me all sins that can lead me to hell. Forgive me all sins that can deny me a place in heaven. Forgive me all sins that can make me miss the rapture. Wash me with your blood. Wash my body, soul and spirit. Wash me inside and outside. Wash my garment with your blood and prepare me ready for your coming. Cover me with your blood in Jesus name. Amen.

I say this prayer as many times as possible in a day, even if it is just for 1or 2 minute each time. Sometimes, I say this prayer as many as 10 to 15 times a day or as God allows me. I have attached this prayer to my use of water. Most time I use water for any purpose, I say this prayer. I encourage you also to say this prayer as often as possible in a day. We do not know the day nor the hour that Son of man will come and any little stain of sin will disqualify us. That is why you must wash in his blood all the time to stay blameless.

You can see that, contrary to some believers that say we do not need to ask for forgiveness of sins again apart from the one we asked on the day we give our lives to Jesus, we need to continue repenting till Jesus comes even though we are to avoid committing sins. You also must make conscious effort to run away from sin.


SUMMARY

We have seen that the issue of fine, clean, and holy garment for rapture cannot be waived. It is compulsory and you must wash your garment if you must make rapture, otherwise, people will see your unclothedness at rapture. Wash lust of the eyes, evil thoughts, anger, pride, worldliness that have stained your garments and make them filthy. Once again, wash in the blood of Jesus.


ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,
• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.
• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.
• Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.

If your answers are NO, then you can repent today. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord.


PRAYERS

If you will like to confess your sins and accept Jesus to save you, say the following prayers, sincerely and faithfully and make a determination never to commit sin again.

Lord, Jesus Christ, I am sorry for all my sins. I confess them with my mouth and I ask for mercy. Please forgive me and wash me in your blood. I accept you as my personal Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life. Give me power over sins and fill me with your Spirit and Joy of Salvation. When rapture trumpet sounds, let me make it. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name, I pray.

Begin to read bible. Begin with the book of John. Pray always. Fast regularly (you can begin with once in a week). Look for a bible believing church where they teach repentance, holiness, salvation and fellowship with them. Pray before you go. Don’t just go to any church. There are a lot of deceptions out there. If you need our assistance, we can recommend for you, if you email us. Always run away from SINS.

• Lord, Jesus Christ, wash me in your blood.
• Lord, Jesus Christ, remove filthy garment from me.
• Lord, Jesus Christ, adorn me with fine linen.
• Lord Jesus Christ, wash my wedding garment in your blood and make it ready.

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We will like to get as many people as possible ready for rapture. We wish nobody goes through the great tribulation. What are happening now are child’s play.

Shalom.
JESUS is coming.

Where did you buy that suit you are wearing? Is it from UK or US? I tell you. No matter how beautiful it appears on you, if you have not accepted JESUS CHRIST as your Lord and Saviour and you are not preparing for rapture, God is seeing that suit on your neck as a filthy rag. Put away that filthy rag, now. accept Confess your sins to him. accept him as your Lord and Saviour and begin to live holy and righteous. Prepare for his coming.

think about.

Jesus is coming.

Soon and very soon,
Soon and very soon,
we are going to see THE LORD.
Halleluyah!
No more dieing days,
No more dieing days,
No more weeping days,
No more weeping days,
Halleluyah!
We are going to see the Lord.

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Meditate daily

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Thank you. May God reward us accordingly. I pray that that the Lord will save souls for his name sake.

annyplenty:

Thank you. May God reward us accordingly. I pray that that the Lord will save souls for his name sake.

Amen. Thanks for constructing such posts, may the spirit of God encourage you the more

Preparing for RAPTURE, Part 3, is coming very soon. May the Lord, Jesus Christ prepare us blameless unto his coming by himself.

Shalom
Jesus is coming.

annyplenty:
Preparing for RAPTURE, Part 3, is coming very soon. May the Lord, Jesus Christ prepare us blameless unto his coming by himself.

Shalom
Jesus is coming.

God be with you

meditate daily on this post

Time is running out at a very alarming rate. Pls make use of the last few seconds we have.

Jesus is coming.

annyplenty:
Time is running out at a very alarming rate. Pls make use of the last few seconds we have.

Jesus is coming.

very alarming indeed

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My question is- is this post to christians or unbelievers?

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SURELY THE END IS NEAR

Those in Yahshua dont have any filthy garment to wash, Yahshua's garment of righteousness is theirs and they CANNOT loose His Righteousness garment.

presher: SURELY THE END IS NEAR

surely the end is near

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NOW, WE ARE TEACHING 'PREPARING FOR RAPTURE'. AFTER RAPTURE, THE TEACHING WILL NO MORE BE 'PREPARING FOR RAPTURE' BUT 'HOW TO ENDURE THE TRIBULATION'. I PRAY I WILL NOT BE THE ONE TO TEACH YOU AND YOU WILL NOT BE TAUGHT SUCH IN JESUS NAME. WE WILL HAVE GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

PREPARE NOW TO MEET THY LORD.
JESUS IS COMING.

annyplenty:
NOW, WE ARE TEACHING 'PREPARING FOR RAPTURE'. AFTER RAPTURE, THE TEACHING WILL NO MORE BE 'PREPARING FOR RAPTURE' BUT 'HOW TO ENDURE THE TRIBULATION'. I PRAY I WILL NOT BE THE ONE TO TEACH YOU AND YOU WILL NOT BE TAUGHT SUCH IN JESUS NAME. WE WILL HAVE GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

PREPARE NOW TO MEET THY LORD.
JESUS IS COMING.

May God help you to keep up the teachings, Amen

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Meditate daily

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Till we meet at His Feet.

Prepare.

He is coming.

Prepare to meet they Lord.

annyplenty: TOPIC: PREPARING FOR RAPTURE (PART2): WASHING YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

TEXTS: REVELATIONS 7: 9-17

REVELATIONS 7:9-17 (KJV)

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.


INTRODUCTION

One day, I got an email from one lady-evangelist that I exchange end-times email with. In the email, She narrated a testimony she had on one fateful day. The Lord used the testimony to bless and inspire me a lot. I share the testimony as follows.

My friend said she just finished using the toilet and she was washing her hands in the basin. That was about the third time she used the toilet and she washed her hands, each time, after such use. As she washing her hands, she said she heard a voice, which she recognized, in heart. The Voice asked her ‘why are you washing your hands’? I just used the toilet. I am washing my hands to cleanse any germ I might have contacted. She replied. But, You washed your hand in the morning after using the toilet! The Voice reminded her. Yes, I did because I used the toilet in the morning. Anytime, I use the toilet I wash my hands to cleanse any germs I might have contacted. My friend replied.

Why then do you take the washing of your heavenly garment as less serious and unimportant? The Voice finally asked a question that totally caused my friend to have a change of orientation. Perhaps, my lady-evangelist friend never realized she had an heavenly garment that she needed to take its wash as serious as she washed her hands to prevent infection with germs. Perhaps, She realized she has not measured up to expectations in this regard.

Are you in the same shoes my friend was before she had a change of orientation? Do you know you have a garment God reckons with? Do you even know how to take care of this garment? What exactly is this garment for? How is this garment connected to Rapture? If you do not already know these things, this teaching plans to explore them. Or do you already know about this garment but are complacent in handling it? Why then do you take the washing of your heavenly garment as less serious and unimportant?


WHAT IS THE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?
To answer this question, let us see from the bible whether we can draw an analogy between types of garment and righteousness. We arrive at two major types as follows.

1) FILTHY RAG (GARMENT), Isaiah 64: 6a
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;

Here, God links a type of righteousness to Filthy rag (garment). If we are to interprete this verse, we can say that, if we are to liken our level of righteousness to the nature of garment we put on, then we can say that all of us are putting on filthy rag and this filthy rag make us, all, unclean. This was the state of any man before he knows JESUS CHRIST. All unrepentant sinners are still like this. No one has power to remove this filthy garment by himself unless He repents in Christ Jesus.

2) FINE LINEN (GARMENT), Revelations 19: 7-8
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Here, God links a type of righteousness to Fine Linen (garment) and says those who will be raptured must be dressed in this garment (see Part 1 of this teaching). Unlike the filthy garment that is unclean, God says this type of garment is fine, clean, and white. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ and became born-again, our filthy rags were removed and we are dressed with the beautiful garment of righteousness, the fine linen. So when we say garment of righteousness in the remainder of this teaching, it is this FINE LINEN, clean and white that we are referring to.


DO YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?

YES! There is a deliberate need to take care of your garment of righteousness because Jesus Christ says you must take care of it. Lets read Revelations 16:15

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Jesus Christ said in this scripture above that if you did not keep your garment, when He comes at rapture, you will walk naked and your shame will be seen. The phrase ‘keepeth his garments’ means exactly two things:

1) To keep your garment means to make sure you did not lose or remove your garment.
2) To keep your garment means to make sure your garment is in proper shape; not tattered, nor wretched.

If you lose your garment or remove it, and have nothing to wear, you will be naked and people will see your shame. Also, if you did not keep your garment very well and it became torn, people will still see your unclothedness and you will be ashamed.

The first case of removing the garment is for the backslider. The bible makes us to understand that Jesus Christ is our righteousness. We put Him (Jesus) on like garment. So, when a believer backslides, he has not kept his garment. He has removed Righteousness (Jesus Christ) altogether from his life. He has removed his garment.

The second case is for believers who have not backslided but have unconfessed and unforgiven sins in their lives. All these sins are defilement to them. They tarnish the righteousness of Jesus Christ that they put on as garment. Even though, they are still in Christ and they have not removed their own garments like the backsliders, their garments have become torn and filthy again. Soon, that filthy garment they put on will expose their unclothedness and people will see their shame.

Keeping your garment, like Jesus Christ said, will help you, believer, prevent yourself from the two situations above, arising from not keeping your garment. The next thing is to look how to keep or maintain (wash) your garment of righteousness clean and white. But before that, let us look at why we need to keep our garment clean and white.


IS GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IMPORTANT TO MAKE RAPTURE?

Yes! One principal requirement to making rapture is that we must possess garment of righteousness and that it must be holy, white and clean (not filthy) up to the last minute of rapture. Lets briefly look at why this garment and its condition are both necessary at rapture.

1) WITHOUT GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE RAPTURE Mathew 22:11-14

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

From the text above, we see how God, The Father, will make the possession of garment of righteousness a prerequisite to be at the marriage supper of The Lamb.

2) IF THE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS DIRTY, STAINED OR FILTHY, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE RAPTURE Ephesians 5:27, Revelations 19:8-9

Ephesians 5:27
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Revelations 19: 8-9
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

From the two scriptures above, we see that, to make rapture, God expects the garment of righteousness on us to have ‘no spot’, ‘no wrinkle’, ‘ no blemish’ but that it should be holy, clean and white; the exact state it was when we first surrendered to Jesus Christ. So, in order to know how to keep our garment of righteousness clean and white or how to wash it, first, we have to know what can make it dirty (unclean, spotted, wrinkled).


WHAT COULD MAKE GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE STAINED, SPOTTED, WRINKLED, AND DEFILED (DIRTY AND FILTHY)?

As we have already shown above that we were in filthy rags before we surrendered to Jesus Christ. These dirty rags just depict how spiritually dirty we were before holy God because of our sins. But when we give our lives to Jesus Christ, He washes away all the sins that brought filthiness to us. He took away the filthy rag and gave us spiritually fine linen of righteousness.

Let us consider 2 cases from the bible

Case 1, Adam and Eve (Genesis 3: 21);
When Adam and Eve fell through sin, they realized they were naked and became ashamed. Their sin exposed their unclothedness, and God put a garment made from the skins (supposedly from an animal) to cover them (Genesis 3:21). By this act, God covered the shame of unclothedness that Adam and Eve were exposed to, through sin. By this act, God laid an example of how Jesus Christ would be slained as a sacrificial animal (lamb) and cover our sin and unclothedness with the garment of righteousness, which is the blood He shed on the cross of Calvary. This was mercy from God. This is why the Bible says Jesus was slain from the beginning of the world, (Revelations 13:.

Case 2, Joshua, The high Priest (Zechariah 3:1-4);
Also, consider the case of Joshua the high Priest, (Zechariah 3:1-4), Satan had a legal right to accuse Joshua, the high Priest, because Joshua was adorned in filthy garment. It took God to rebuke Satan for Joshua's sake. God asked them to remove the filthy garment of Joshua. After removing this filthy garment, God said to Joshua that Joshua's sins had been forgiven him. God directly equated Joshua's filthy garment to Joshua's sin. Then, God clothed Joshua with fine linen. Can you see the sequence?

From the 2 cases above, we can see that is sin that can make a believer be without garment or make his garment dirty and filthy. What stains are on your own garment? How have you soiled your garment since Jesus Christ purchased it for you? Is it the stain of lusts, worldliness, and disobedience to God, immoral dressing or some other stains you have on your own garment?


WASH YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
As believers, we are not supposed to commit sins deliberately again. otherwise, we face the fierce wrath of God. However, any sin we commit unconsciously is still a sin and will still be a stain to our wedding garment of Lamb of God and must be washed away.

Our text above is very clear about how to wash our garments from stains of Sins. Revelations 7:9-14 above makes us understand that Apostle John saw the people that will make the rapture and all of them have one thing in
common; they have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Verse 14 can be expatiated as follows above.


• All those that made rapture washed their robes; This suggests that their robes were dirty, stained, spotted or filthy initially.

• All of them made their robes white; This suggests that they continued the washing of their robes till all dirts were removed.

• They washed their robes in the blood of Jesus.

All the actions above were done deliberately, not by accident. This verse, Revelations 7: 14 was what the Bible summarized in Revelations 19:7-8.

Revelations 19: 7-8
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

These two verses imply that the bride of Christ deliberately makes herself ready. So, you can see that to wash your garment is to make yourself ready. Will you wash your garment and make yourself ready? Will you come and wash your garment before Jesus comes? Wash! I say wash!


HOW TO WASH YOUR GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

How then do you wash your garment?

Any time you ask God genuinely for mercy and forgiveness of Sins (REPENTANCE) you are washing your garment. This repentance will help you wash away the stains of sins that have come into your life by carelessness, ignorance, or through any other means. These stains will hinder a believer from making rapture if they are not attended to. I do not encourage that a believer commit sin deliberately.

I wash my own garment by saying the following prayer as many times as possible everyday.

Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me. Forgive me all sins. Forgive me all sins that can lead me to hell. Forgive me all sins that can deny me a place in heaven. Forgive me all sins that can make me miss the rapture. Wash me with your blood. Wash my body, soul and spirit. Wash me inside and outside. Wash my garment with your blood and prepare me ready for your coming. Cover me with your blood in Jesus name. Amen.

I say this prayer as many times as possible in a day, even if it is just for 1or 2 minute each time. Sometimes, I say this prayer as many as 10 to 15 times a day or as God allows me. I have attached this prayer to my use of water. Most time I use water for any purpose, I say this prayer. I encourage you also to say this prayer as often as possible in a day. We do not know the day nor the hour that Son of man will come and any little stain of sin will disqualify us. That is why you must wash in his blood all the time to stay blameless.

You can see that, contrary to some believers that say we do not need to ask for forgiveness of sins again apart from the one we asked on the day we give our lives to Jesus, we need to continue repenting till Jesus comes even though we are to avoid committing sins. You also must make conscious effort to run away from sin.


SUMMARY

We have seen that the issue of fine, clean, and holy garment for rapture cannot be waived. It is compulsory and you must wash your garment if you must make rapture, otherwise, people will see your unclothedness at rapture. Wash lust of the eyes, evil thoughts, anger, pride, worldliness that have stained your garments and make them filthy. Once again, wash in the blood of Jesus.


ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,
• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.
• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.
• Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.

If your answers are NO, then you can repent today. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord.


PRAYERS

If you will like to confess your sins and accept Jesus to save you, say the following prayers, sincerely and faithfully and make a determination never to commit sin again.

Lord, Jesus Christ, I am sorry for all my sins. I confess them with my mouth and I ask for mercy. Please forgive me and wash me in your blood. I accept you as my personal Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life. Give me power over sins and fill me with your Spirit and Joy of Salvation. When rapture trumpet sounds, let me make it. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name, I pray.

Begin to read bible. Begin with the book of John. Pray always. Fast regularly (you can begin with once in a week). Look for a bible believing church where they teach repentance, holiness, salvation and fellowship with them. Pray before you go. Don’t just go to any church. There are a lot of deceptions out there. If you need our assistance, we can recommend for you, if you email us. Always run away from SINS.

• Lord, Jesus Christ, wash me in your blood.
• Lord, Jesus Christ, remove filthy garment from me.
• Lord, Jesus Christ, adorn me with fine linen.
• Lord Jesus Christ, wash my wedding garment in your blood and make it ready.

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