The Divine Kiss

What do you need to face your final moments? What can God give you that would take away any fear of death?

I discovered a secret through my studies of the Scriptures. Aaron, Moses and many other heroes of the Bible, at the end of their lives, experienced a mystical event that Jewish sages call the Divine Kiss. I am persuaded that this very personal experience is every bit as glorious and wonderful as the rapture of the church. I call it the Secret Rapture.

The Divine Kiss is a sort of bubble between the natural and the supernatural worlds, an event shared in this world and in the spiritual realm simultaneously, in which we are able to experience the full racham love of God and face our last moments with joy and praise. It is a passing from one realm to the next without pain, fear or agony.

As the Bride of Christ, the end of life for a believer is merely a consummation of our marriage with God. The enemy no longer has his stinger. In fact, he does not even have an invitation to the wedding!

So why do we fear death? At the end of this earthly life, the desire of our soul to be joined with our Creator, to become one with Him in love and peace, is fulfilled.

As a child, I remember being with my grandmother in a park during the Fall. All the leaves were changing color and falling from the trees.  I asked my grandmother why the leaves turned to such beautiful colors.  She told me that God created every green leaf for a purpose. Its mission on this earth was to provide life-giving oxygen. When it comes time for the little green leaf to die, as all life on Earth must, God gives each leaf a kiss, and that little green leaf turns into something beautiful. Then, waving her hand over the majestic scene filled with the glorious color of the falling leaves, she said, “Never forget. When it comes time for us to die, God will give us a kiss and make us into something beautiful.”

The Jewish sages call this the Divine Kiss.