Totally Despondent

Dear Mr. Froese,I just read your book, The Great Mystery of the Rapture, and like it very much. Yet I have difficulties with your statement that we should be comforted with this hope that Jesus could come back at any moment. I believe so too, that the Rapture could take place at any moment. Unfortunately, this comfort is not the case with me. I just can’t be comforted. Frankly, I feel as if I am an alien in this world. I am so tired of life and have such a deep and inner yearning to be present with the Lord, so much so that it becomes somewhat painful. I just want to get away from here. Every day I hope for the Rapture to occur, and every day passes by and the Lord has not come. As a result, I am progressively sad, tired, and despondent. There seems to be nothing to be joyful about. Do you have an answer for me?-N. Schanz, Berlin, GERMANY


Arno's Answer:


You are making a mistake by confusing your physical person with the spiritual one. You are still in your flesh and blood here on earth, and you have a job to do. That’s why 1 Corinthians 15 ends with these words, “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” (verse 58). And 1 Thessalonians 4:18 concludes, “Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” My advice is Hebrews 12:12-14. Actually, I read somewhere that Martin Luther said, “Should I know that my Lord comes tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.”

Midnight Call - 04/2016

Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.

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