Bible Talk: Ready Now, Not Later

What if the trumpet sounds and you’re still here? Sister Deb leads a frank, Scripture-first conversation about the rapture, the difference between religion and a living relationship with Jesus, and the real cost of faith when the world tilts into chaos. We open the Bible to 1 Thessalonians 4, Matthew 24, and Revelation to ground hope in truth, not headlines. The message is urgent but loving: almost saved is still lost, and guesswork is not readiness. If Christ returns without warning, eternity will not wait for better intentions.

We walk through the hard question most avoid: what to do if you miss the rapture. The guidance is direct—repent and get under the blood of Jesus, cling to God’s Word, and prepare to endure pressure. Expect a rising deception and the lure of a global solution that demands absolute loyalty. The mark of the beast, economic control, and persecution aren’t movie plots; they’re sobering warnings. Yet salvation remains available to those who call on the name of the Lord, even when following Him may cost everything. Real discipleship is daily: prayer, repentance, obedience, and courage to witness when comfort is gone.

To resist lies, we emphasize printed Bibles, Scripture memory, and wise community. Avoid miracle-chasing and media narratives that dull discernment. Learn from the ten virgins: five were ready when the door closed, five were not. God warns because He loves, and the door is still open. If your faith feels lukewarm, choose watchfulness today. If you think you’ll stand tomorrow, live boldly for Christ now. Listen, share with someone who needs hope, and take a step toward readiness that can carry you through whatever comes next.

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Transcript

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Welcome. You're listening to Bible Talk with Sister Deb Osborne with Mama. Visit our website at H O R421 Show.bussprout.com. Like to give thanks to all the listeners and supporters. Always keep us in your prayers and spread as we spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you like to contact Sister Deb, you can email her at OsborneDebra K at gmail.com. If you'd like to support the show, you can support it through PayPal. Slash H O R 421 or go to our website at HOR421 Show.buzzprout.com. Stronger in the Fourth Dimension. Fourth Dimension Treatment Center is a substance of use treatment recovery. Tired of alcohol and other drugs control in your life? Step into the fourth dimension. Break free from addiction. Compassion, evidence-based care design to support long-lasting recovery. Phone number 606-621-5007.com. Now I give you your host, Sister Deb.

What Scripture Says About Being Caught Up

If You Miss It: First Steps

Tribulation, Deception, And Persecution

The Mark, Control, And Endurance

Readiness Over Religion

Urgent Call To Repent And Prepare

Practical Guidance For The Left Behind

False Miracles And Media Deception

Watchfulness, No Second Chances, Now

Closing Plea And Prayer

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Jesus. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Hello, everybody. I uh I'm so glad to be here today talking about the Lord and the Word of God and just getting the word out there. I want to talk to you today about a subject that's not very popular among people. It's not uh it's not well talked about, it's not preached about, but it's something that I feel it's very necessary to talk about today. The Lord has laid this on my heart, and we're talking about the rapture. Now, before we delve into what's going to happen after the rapture, uh, let's kind of understand what the rapture is. Okay, so I don't think, nor that I have ever read, that that word rapture is that it doesn't appear in the King James Version of the Holy Bible. Now it may appear in other versions. I don't know. I I'm not sure. I tend to be biased about the King James Version. But like I said, I don't think that word is in there. But now the concept where they get that concept from is in 1 Thessalonians 4, 16 and 17. And the Bible says, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. And then they that are alive, which are alive, will remain, and remain, shall be called up, caught up together with them in the air, in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall ever be with the Lord. So friends, listen to me. We're I I try to you need to understand, we the children of God will not have beamed up into some intraplanetary spaceship or nothing to be reprogrammed. We're not gonna be taken by aliens, we're not gonna be teleported to Europe or Africa or Asia or or in some beach somewhere. Nope. That's not what it's gonna be. We will have left the earth on a cloud of glory to meet and to be with Jesus Christ forever. Think about that. Think about that. But I'm not here to try to tell you, I'm not here to talk about, well, I'm here to to talk about actually being ready, but I'm more here to talk about what's gonna happen if you're not ready and you miss it. Okay. So if you miss the rapture, okay, the first thing that you're gonna have to do, friends, is you're gonna have to repent hard and get yourself under the blood of Jesus Christ. Repent over and over and over again and get your sins under the blood. Because Jesus is the only way. All right. Jesus said in John 14 and 6, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me. Romans 10 and 13 says, For so whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. My friends, I'm telling you, if you miss the rapture, okay. Because one day the Lord is going to descend, and all the believers are gonna be caught up. It's gonna be sudden, and some are gonna miss it. Matthew 24 tells us that one's gonna be taken and one's gonna live, one's gonna be left. All right. If you miss it, there is trying times ahead. And my friends, I'm telling you right now, church attendance does not guarantee your readiness. Good intentions don't guarantee your readiness. Being almost saved is still lost, friends. And this is not about religion, this is about a relationship with Jesus Christ. And if you miss it, there's gonna come a time after the rapture that's gonna be called the tribulation. It's gonna be a time of global deception, judgment, persecution. I mean, friends, trying times are here now, and you can imagine what it's gonna be if you miss the rapture. You know? And according to the book of Revelation 7, Revelation 7, 9 through 14, many people will be able to be saved during this time, but trust me, it is going to be hard. There's gonna be severe persecution for believers. There's gonna be the rise of the Antichrist. Economic control. And when I mean when I say economic control, friends, I'm talking about the mark of the beast is going to arise. Now, salvation's gonna be possible, but it's gonna be much harder. Right? And the first thing that you after, the first thing after all of this happens, after the rapture happens and all these people, millions of people disappear, the world is going, the first thing they're gonna do is they're gonna try to explain away the rapture. We're gonna be, we will have been taken away by aliens. This mass disappearance is is just the global reset. No. Believers will know the truth, friends. Believers will know the truth. Right? Uh I'm telling you, when and if you miss the rapture, there's going to be so much trouble going on. There's going to be so many things that you are going to go through. Um, but um my question to you is Revelation makes it very clear that many tribulation believers will be martyred. You know what that word means. All right? If you miss the rapture and you give yourself to the Lord, yeah, it's you're it's gonna be hard. But it says tribulation believers will be martyred. That means you are going to be put up against the wall and you're gonna be told, deny Jesus Christ, deny God, or you are going to be shot. Now, friends, my thing is I want you to believe the thing I want to put you in your mind today, the thing I want to leave with you today is if you won't live boldly for Christ now, if you won't get up and out of your pew and raise your hands and worship the Lord, if you won't get up off of your seat and pray for your brothers and sisters, if you won't walk out your door and spread the word of God and pray for your neighbors and tell people about the good news, then if you won't live by that now, what makes you think that you're gonna be ready to die for him later? People, listen to me. Why gamble with your soul? Why assume that if you wait till later that you're gonna be stronger now when you're you're you're gonna be stronger then because you're lukewarm now? My friends, there's a parable in Matthew 25, 1 through 13. He gave us a parable about 10 virgins, and five of these virgins were ready and five weren't. Five had the oil they needed, five had reserves for later, five didn't. And see, while five were off trying to pick up other oil and get other get themselves ready, the bridegroom came and what did he do? He took the ones in that were ready and he shut the door. Now, friends, I'm not trying to scare you. God's not trying to scare people into heaven, but he's warning us now because he loves us. 2 Peter 3 and 9 says, The Lord is not willing that anybody should perish. He doesn't want anybody to perish. And my friends, somebody needs to hear my voice today. If you are unsure about yourself, you need to get sure. If you're lukewarm, and you know you're lukewarm, and you there's things you need to work out with the Lord, and you need to repent and get ready. And if you're playing for God's sake, now is not the time to play. Friends, I'm begging you, do not plan your salvation for the tribulation. Don't plan your salvation for the tribulation. You need to get ready now. Stay ready now and live ready now. Okay, now. So what if you woke up tomorrow and and and millions of people are gone, right? What if you woke up tomorrow and the brothers and sisters that you know that we're believers have disappeared? What if you woke up and you realize, well, I've missed the rapture? Remember 1 Thessalonians 4, 16 and 17. And the Bible tells us that this moment is coming. And the question isn't if, it's when. And the biggest question is, are you ready? Because one day a trumpet will sound, the dead in Christ will rise, and us believers will be caught up, and we are going to leave with Jesus Christ forever. It's going to happen without a warning, suddenly. My friends, this isn't about fear, it's about readiness. Right? Matthew 24, 40 through 44 tells us that there's going to be two in a field, and one's going to leave, and one's going to stay. And I'm going to get a little bit more personal with that. Your family members, you may be walking down the road with your family members or sitting in with your family watching TV, and one's going to leave and one's going to stay. Your church members, you may be sitting in church with your arm in the pew with your arm around your friend, and you may look up, and one's going to be gone and one's going to be left. My friends, today we need to talk about this. No, it's not comfortable. No, it's not popular, but it is absolutely necessary. 1 Thessalonians 4, 16 and 17. I cannot stress it enough. People, it's not poetry, it's prophecy. This is coming. Not gradually, not after a warning announcement. Jesus Christ is not going to send us an email telling us I'm coming tomorrow. He's not going to send your phone a text message to say I'm on my way. The word of God said, suddenly. Friends, some will be taken, some left. Family members taken, family members left, two sitting in church. One left, one taken, ready or not, it's coming. And I'm telling you, sitting with safe people in a church is not going to help you. Having that praying grandmother that prays with you for you constantly is not going to save you. And I'm telling you what, listening to Christian podcasts will not save you. People, you have to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. And I'm begging and pleading with somebody today, don't hope to be ready. Don't guess that you're ready. You better be ready and you better know that you're ready. My friends, don't test your faith in the tribulation of the fires of tribulation. Why would you want to do that? God is revealing the future right now. So we'll respond right now in the present, in the here and the now. He's telling us here and now what's coming. And you need to prepare for the appearing and coming of Jesus Christ. Right? This is not a scripture written in a uh an apocalyptic movie. I can't say the word. It is a warning. Friends, if you are left behind, you will be entering what's called the time of the year. It's called seven years of tribulation. It's going to be a time of severe judgment. While it's not going to be too late for salvation, it will require immense faith. Faith like you've never had it before in your life. And more than likely, friends, I'm not going to, I'm not going to beat around the bush. More than likely, it's going to cost you your life. Right? So I'm going to talk to you today. I want to tell you some things that you need to work on, that you need to look at, that you need to listen to and believe, that you need to get in the word of God and read. And immediately after this happens, if you wake up and all your friends are gone and all your church members are gone and you see you've been left behind, the immediate thing you need to do is get yourself right with the Lord and get yourself under the blood of Jesus Christ. Get in his word and stand firm. Friends, salvation comes through endurance. And you are going to have to endure a lot of things coming. A lot of things coming. Right? There's going to be a lot of things. A warning. There's a warning in Revelation 13. The Bible declares that at one point in time, that a time is going to come when people, great and small, rich and poor, little and big, are going to be required to see receive a mark on their right hand or their forehead. And without it, no one will be able to buy or sell. Not even a piece of bread or a cup of water is going to be within your control. People, listen to me. Listen to me. If you're left behind, they're going to tell you this man is going to rise and he's going to try to tell you to take this mark. And if you take that mark, Revelation 13 is plainly telling you, you're going to be under the, you're going to belong to Satan forever, people. Right? If you miss the rapture, the best thing you're going to have to do is you're going to have to get yourself right with God. And your next step is going to have to be is find you a printed Bible. Because trust me, there's going to come a time when that word of God, that holy Bible, is going to be against the law to own. There's going to come a time they're going to bust your door down. They're going to search your house and everyone that they see, they are going to try to destroy them all. This man coming is he's going to try to destroy everything. And the word of God promises, listen to me, if you get you a printed Bible and keep it, hide it, you need to start now collecting them and putting them somewhere, hiding them, bury them, whatever. Because I really believe in that seven years of tribulation, electronic things are going to go. You're not going to be able to pull the Bible up on your phone and read it. My friend, but God's word says, Matthew 24 and 35, says, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words will never pass away. You need to get your word, you need to get the word of God, and you need to keep it. You need to hide it because people, when the Antichrist government takes over, they're going to destroy all the Bibles. Right? You need to get yourself right with the Lord. Jesus Christ says in John 14, 6, I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man comes to the Father but by me. Again, Romans 10.13. For who shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Call upon the name of the Lord. You will be saved. Is it going to be easy? No. My friends, the thing about I want you to tell you is you're going to have to be prepared to be martyred. Because many people are going to turn to the Lord in the many people are going to turn to God in the tribulation. And you're going to be martyred for your faith. You're going to be made deny Christ or die. Right? You're going to be, they're going to stand you up in front of the at this wall, and they're going to tell you, if you do not deny God, we will blow your head off, and it's going to happen. You will be made to deny Jesus Christ. Right? I'm telling you, friends, it's going to happen. There may be even become a day. They're going to march all your family in front of you, and they know you're serving the Lord, and they know you don't believe them. They know you're not after uh serving the devil. And they're going to put your friends in front of you and your family, and they're going to tell you, deny God, or these people are going to die. And your eternity is going to be in your hands. See, those people have been told. People have been warned. But there's going to come a day that's going to happen. And people, you need to be ready. Some of the things that you need to do is not trust the mainstream media. Don't trust the sources. Because the New York Times and Washington Post, CNN, ABC, all of those things are probably going to be under the control of the Antichrist. Right? People trust only in the Word of God. The whole world is going to be under deception at that time. You're not going to be able to believe all that you hear. Okay? Other things that you need to do, don't avoid left-behind churches. There's going to be left behind churches that's going to pop up because traditional churches is going to be under the control of the Antichrist or even false prophets, too. My friends, there's going to be a such thing called the post-rapture period. And during this time, the world's going to be under the rule of the Antichrist with intense persecution, famine, destruction all around. The world will go through some severe disasters, including plagues and cosmic disturbances. You're probably going to see the stars fall from the sky. Friends, this is the wrath of God, and it's going to happen. And this global leader, he's going to arise and he's going to make all these promises, and he's going to sound awesome. He's going to tell you, I've got things under control. The people are going to be deceived and follow him. And that's when he's going to tell you to take this mark. My friends, I'm telling you, it's not going to be a fine time. Those people who turn to Christ after the rapture will likely, you're going to face major, major persecution. Major. You will deny Christ or die. There's going to be false miracles and deceive many. Matthew 16 and 26 says, For what good is it to do if a person would forfeit his soul but gain the whole world? You have those willing to lose their life for Christ will save it. And that's coming. That is coming, my friends. You're going to see widespread lies and false miracles. The world's going to be chaotic and dangerous. They're going to be telling you Jesus is walking up the road. They're probably going to tell you there's angels down at the river waiting on you. Do not believe any of that people. Get into the word of God. You need to repent. Don't wait. Don't take the mark. Cling to scripture. Prepare to lose your life because it may happen. And avoid false religions. Don't go out here and just join any old church that opens up their door and says, Come on in, we're the church of Jesus, because it ain't going to happen. You're going to be told a lot of things. You're going to be made a lot of promises. You will think that, wow, okay, this is God. It's not going to be God, my friends. You better know in your heart, you better be somewhere with Jesus Christ, and you will know in your heart what's true and what's not. Right? If you're listening to me today and you're unsure of where you stand, then my friends, you need to, today is the day to get it settled. Because trust me, the Lord's return is certain. The timing is unknown. But salvation is available today. 2 Corinthians 6 and 2 says, now is the day of salvation. My friends, now. And if you're listening to this today, somebody needs to hear this today. If you have treated things of God casually and you've treated the word of God casually, and you've not listened and you've not paid attention, today you need to open up your eyes. Matthew 24, 42 says, Watch. Therefore ye know not what hour your Lord doeth come. Jesus told us to stay awake, people, not to guess on dates and times. He said, Wake up and watch. My friends, if you've been saying, Oh, I'll get serious about God later, or you're not promised later. You will not miss this event. But if you lag around and you don't listen and you don't take heed to what me and the Lord and the people that's preaching the word of God says, you will miss, you won't miss this event, but you will miss eternity with Christ. And I'm begging you today. If I have to beg, I'll beg today. Open up your eyes, people. Open up your eyes to the reality that Jesus Christ is coming. Eternity is real. Hell is real. It's coming. Brothers and sisters, I need you to hear me today, please. This is the ultimate reality. The Lord is coming, his return is certain, the rapture is real. The hour is unknown. But your eternity is in your hands today. And we need to get serious. Now, friends, we need to get serious. This is not hypothetical speaking. This is certain. There will come a day when those people who have rejected Jesus Christ is going to face the consequences. A day which there was going to be no second chances. No second chances. Because trust me, eternity is at stake right now and time is short. And I'm telling you, people, if you're listening to me today and you haven't gotten your sins under the blood of Jesus Christ, I plead with you to open your eyes before it's too late. This is real. This is serious. Salvation is now. Don't gamble with eternity. Don't get caught not ready. Listen at some of the things, people that I said that's going on. Look at around you. Look at the craziness now. Read revelations. Read the stuff that's coming. Pray and ask the Lord, He'll show it to you. So you wake up in the morning, there's going to be chaos all around you. Your phone's going to go crazy. You won't connect. Social media is going to go stir crazy. You may walk through your house and people's going to be gone. You may call your church, people's going to be gone. And then the thought's going to hit you. Did I miss the rapture? Friends, listen to me. What if that trumpet sounds? What if that those graves burst open? And those saints rise. What if? And you're still standing there. Please hear me. Don't gamble with eternity. The trumpet hasn't sounded yet. And the door is still open. Just like the Ark in the days of Noah. People had time. People were warned. People laughed until it started raining. They mocked until the water rose. They ignored the warning until it was too late. Because when the door shut, it shut. And the rapture is going to be just like that. One day you may be walking with your friend or boyfriend, brother and sister, mom or dad, whatever, down the street. You may be casually walking, casually smelling the roses and appreciating nature. You may be sitting with your friends at at lunch, having dinner with your family. A normal day. And then suddenly people are going to be gone. My friends, I'm telling you, if you miss the rapture, it won't be because he didn't warn you. It won't be because he didn't love you. It's because you chose. It's going to be because you chose not to listen. It's going to be because you said, I'll get right tomorrow. My friends, somebody needs to listen to this. Tomorrow is not promised. That trumpet could sound before this day ends. You could go to bed tomorrow and wake up and millions of people will be gone and the world will be in chaos. My friends, I'm telling you, if there's anything in your life right now that would keep you from rising when Jesus Christ calls, don't wait. Don't hesitate. Go somewhere to your nearest altar or sit down somewhere quietly and go to the cross of Jesus Christ. Meet him at the cross and get your blood, get your sins and your life under the blood of Jesus Christ. And do it now. Don't gamble that tomorrow's going to come. I mean, it's not only, it's not only the rapture, it could be your time to go. Because, my friends, one of these days, one of these days, you're going to be standing at the front of that line. I feel like we're all standing in a line, no matter where we all live or where we go, we're standing in a line. This line is in front of us. There's people in front of us that are going every day. And when we get up to the front of that line and it is our time to go. We can't step aside and let nobody go in front of us. We can't say, go ahead, ma'am. You can go before me. We can't go for nobody. We are only going to be able to go for ourselves. And my friends, you need to get your life and your sins under the blood of Jesus Christ. Because testing time is coming. And if you wait, and you wait until the rapture, and you see all your brothers and your sisters in Christ, all the people that you just knew were ready, and they are gone, and you thought you were ready. You hoped you were ready. You guessed that you were ready. And you see all these people gone. And you weren't ready. You will have salvation can still be possible. But you're going to have to have more faith than you have ever had before in your life. It's not going to be easy. Life is crazy now. And my friends, if you consider yourself, if you're lukewarm now, what makes you think you're going to stand then? You need to get under the blood of Jesus Christ now. Today is the day of salvation. And if you're a sinner and you're hearing me and you have not given your life to God, you have not got yourself under the blood of Jesus Christ, I strongly, strongly, strongly suggest you give yourself to Jesus Christ today. Get your blood, get your sins under the blood. And when all this happens, when all of this starts, and that seven years of tribulation starts, because it's not going to be fun. It's not going to be fun. Read the word of God. It'll take you, it'll show you, it will tell you. And then you talk to the Lord, He will tell you. And He will give you strength. My friends, you've got to get your sins under His blood. I beg you. I plead with you today that you're listening to my voice. Somebody needs to hear this today is the day of salvation. I know I've had these messages before, and like I said, if the Lord tells me to do it again next week, I'll do it again next week. I'm going to keep doing it when he tells me to, until somebody listens to me. Until somebody listens to the Lord. He is telling you now today, he is warning you. You're not going to be able to stand up in front of him and say, Well, Lord, I didn't know. I didn't know. Nobody told me. You're not going to be able to do that, people. He is going to tell you, depart from me. I hope and pray that this has blessed someone today, as much as it's blessed me to bring it to you. I'm going to close with this, my friends, a prayer. A prayer that you open up your eyes and listen. And I hope this has blessed you today. And I hope these words have got into your heart and in your mind and in your soul. I hope you've opened up your ears and listened and what the Lord has to say. I'm going to end with a prayer. Our Father God in heaven. Lord, I hope and pray. We just let these words, God, go to the people that need to hear it. The people, Lord, up above that need to open up their hearts and their minds to you. The people that are lagging behind there are waiting. The people that are trying to plan their salvation around the tribulation. Lord, these people that are lukewarm today need to hear this. They need to open up their eyes and realize that it's going to be too late. They need to read the parable of the ten virgins, the ten wise and the ten foolish. They need to read about the ark and people, when the door was shut, the door was shut. They need to read that and listen to it. God, I ask you to let these words, let the sound of my voice, your words, go to these people's hearts and minds today. Bring that conviction down on them. Open up their hearts to that conviction that they need right now to understand and know that salvation is today. That their eternity is in their hands today. Lord, let them see it. Let them feel it. Let them understand it. I don't care who they are, friends, family, I don't care who they are. They need to hear this. Let it go to the ones that need to hear it, to the souls that need to open up their minds and their hearts to you and get on fire. Because lukewarm ain't going to cut it. Almost saved is not going to cut it, and they need to realize that. God, I just give you these people that you'll that you know who they are, you know their names, you know where they are and who they are. And you know the ones that's lost that needs your touch. And ask you to touch them, Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ. Today, let them understand this. Lord, we thank you for this word. We thank you for these warnings. We thank you for this time right now that we can be able to reach out to people. We thank you for your grace and your mercy because we know that's what we're living on. Your grace and your mercy. We thank you for everything. We praise you. We honor you. We love you. We praise you. And we ask these in all things in Jesus' holy sweet name we pray. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. God bless everybody.

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So I woke up this morning with mama.

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You've been listening to Bible Talk with Sister Deb Osborne. Recorded at the 421 Studio. For contact information, you can email at H O R 421 Ministries at gmail.com. Phone number two three nine eight four nine fifteen oh two.