Section 7
life is to cause the soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment. If the followers of the Man-Savior allow their soul to have its enjoyment in this age, they will cause their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age. If they allow their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoy ment in this age for the sake of the Man-Savior, they will cause their soul to have its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age, that is, to share the Lord's joy in ruling over the earth (Matt. 25:21, 23). To preserve our soul is related to lingering in the earthly and material things mentioned in Luke 17:31. We linger in the earthly things be cause we care for the enjoyment of our soul in this age. This will cause us to lose our soul; that is, our soul will suffer the loss of its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age.
THE RAPTURE IN RELATION TO
OUR PRACTICAL LIVING
In 17:34 and 35 the Lord says, "I tell you, in that night there will be two on one couch; the one will be taken, and the other will be left. There will be two grinding at the same place; the one will be taken, but the other will be left." In these verses the rapture of the overcoming