The parting of the Red Sea for the Israelites to escape through is likened to the coming rapture of the church, a form and type. Many have speculated based on the description given in the Bible of the physical location of the parting of the waters in the Red Sea. No matter how you slice it, the event would have been on an unfathomable scale like nothing ever known to man, even today. Based on archeologists’ findings, it would have been the separation of a six-mile stretch of sea water that is beyond mind-boggling. The rapture will also be an event of a magnitude that will make the parting of the Red Sea look like kindergarten by comparison. But nothing is impossible for GOD, and HE will be showcasing HIS incredible range of power over the physical world again. To be left behind after witnessing an event like that will be absolutely devastating in the minds of the lost church, realizing the enormity of what has taken place, and only to not be part of it will be overwhelming.
A few years ago, my son and I both each had what could only be described as rapture-like out-of-body experiences. First, I had one then he did only a short time later within the same time frame, so that after he had his experience, I knew exactly what he was describing to me. I want to share our experiences with you because I’m here to tell you that what happened to us was fast, really fast, and I fully believe that the rapture, when it happens, will be just as fast. It was shocking, but real, I mean you feel that you are there experiencing this. There was no pain, I just remember it being incredibly fast and real. So here is what we experienced:
I found myself years ago having an amazing spiritual encounter AND I WAS FULLY AWAKE: I was home in my bedroom at the time and then next suddenly I was hovering above a town—I could see hills or mountains; trees and houses. Then suddenly I was hovering above the earth—it was like a large blue and green basketball below me. Then suddenly I was shooting out into outer space a rapid speed past stars. It was so real to me I literally panicked and then in one moment I was back on earth. If this is what the rapture will be like, well it was amazing.
So, it was a few years later after my OBE that I started to realize the magnitude of what exactly happened to me. Most people aren’t aware of this, but the nearest star system to Earth is ALPHA CENTAURI. If you put a baby in a rocket ship and sent him into space, if he were in that rocket for 80 years, he still would not make it to Alpha Centauri, the closest stars to planet Earth. The fact that I was passing by several stars at a rapid speed, meant that somehow, some way, my spirit had traveled far into space in a very brief amount of time.
My Son Ethan’s Holy Land Experience:
Our family went to Orlando, Florida for a spring break vacation. While there, I really wanted to go to the Holy Land Experience, a theme park that depicts the life of Christ. It was great to see different parts of the park focusing on the life and times of Jesus. There was a kind of auditorium in the park in which the re-enactment of the Last Supper was performed.
Before the program started, we were ushered into a room where we were sitting in a row of chairs. While sitting there waiting for the show to begin, I looked up and on the ceiling around the top was written the different names of God. As I was sitting there waiting, I looked over and Ethan looked pale as if he had seen a ghost and he was a little slumped over in his seat. He told me he just had an incredible experience, as he sat more upright in his chair. We watched the program and waited until we were outside for him to tell me what happened.
Then Ethan (about 14 at this time) told me that while we were waiting for the program to start, that something amazing happened to him. He said that he had suddenly left the room and went out into space and he was moving like the speed of light into space, passing by many stars. But then, he described that he turned his head and then just as quickly he was back in the room again.
Ethan describes his experience in his own words this way:
We had gone to Florida for spring break to spend the week. We had gone to the Holy Land Experience, which wasn’t too far from where we were staying. After we were there for awhile, right after we saw the re-enactment of the Crucifixion, we went to see the Last Supper play and right before the play had started I was taken out into outer space and I couldn’t even see the sky. I was out in outer space and it was as if I was light, and stars were shooting by me like streams of light. Then next, I turned my head to look back and suddenly, I was back in the room. And while this was all going on I was sitting in this chair and I lost control of my body and was slumped over and my spirit had left me and it was weird. And then all of a sudden I was back and I was slumped over and I was trying to figure out what just happened and then I leaned over to my mom to see if she had seen anything that had gone on and she said no and I told her all that had happened and she just looked at me and soon after that we left. At the time, it happened I felt peaceful, but when I got back, it was shocking to me.
