But he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid which is Jesus Christ…Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear, for The Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire and the fire will test each one’s work of what sort it is. But let each one take heed HOW he builds on it. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation and another builds upon it. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor, for we are God’s fellow workers, you are God’s field you are God’s building. This judgment is in heaven! Let us look at the passage below. Proof of this is that the saints are in heaven! It is not possible for an unsaved person to enter into the heaven of heavens. It is important to realize that our salvation is not the issue at this judgment of Christ concerning his children. That next event is called in the Word, “THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.” It will be good and helpful to think of this judgment as a work of purification which is necessary at this time, so needful in fact that it is conducted by our Lord and King! But what remains to be purified then? It is our works that will be judged, from the time of our new birth until the end of our time on earth. However, there is another major event yet to come while we are in heaven. Spirit, Soul, and Body will be truly completed in the large sense of the word. Notice the two absolutes in the passage above: “we SHALL ALL be changed,” and “we SHALL be changed.” In that moment carnality will end for the saints. We shall not all sleep (die naturally) but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump…and we shall all be changed. What was changed? Our mortal bodies were made immortal and incorruptible.īehold, I tell you a mystery. Right here is a good place to remember that just before that great catching away, we born again Christians will have been changed physically in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Though the word rapture does not appear in our Bible, it correctly describes what will supernaturally take place in us as we are caught up to heaven and shall always be with the Lord thereafter. The word rapture is defined in Webster’s School Dictionary as, “a deeply moving sense of joy, delight, or love.” When we saints are caught up to meet the Lord Jesus in the air, at that very time we will experience the greatest manifestation of that definition of rapture we have yet known.
We refer to this event as the Rapture of the church. Our text (1 Corinthians 3:8-15) will expound on the judgment that every child of God will experience in heaven after the church (all born again saints of God) has been caught away from the earth. McCallum’s books, you may contact him by phone at (918) 451-2038, or write to him at 12645 E. If you are interested in ordering information for any of Rev. A veteran of service during the Korean and Vietnam wars and the Cold War, his last assignment was as the Commander of the 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron flying the world’s fastest, highest flying jet (2200 mph 85,000’), the SR-71 Blackbird.īrian’s desire and prayer to God for you is, “that we would all find and occupy our place in that army quickly and do our part with all our heart, all our mind, and all our strength until Jesus comes to catch us away to heaven. Before attending RHEMA in 1978-79, Brian and his wife, June, operated a ministry for troubled young people in Grass Valley, CA, and were also associate pastors of a local church at that time.Īs a pilot and officer during twenty-three years of military service, Brian served in many locations worldwide flying aircraft of all types and sizes. Brian has ministered in churches, Bible schools, seminars, and crusades stateside and abroad, and has authored and published eight books. McCallum has been an instructor, staff member, and Dean at RHEMA Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, OK, for the past thirty-one years.