My Dearly beloved Friends,
I have been led of the Lord to write on the most wonderful event, that is yet to happen in this world, and that is the wonderful second coming of Our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. In writing this, I am not going to take a position on when the rapture will happen. I am someone who just believes that we will be raptured and am looking forward to that great event.
Please feel free to share this message with everyone you can, the Word of God needs to get out into the world. The church needs to awaken, and I just hope that God through His Precious Holy Spirit, uses this message to encourage and bless my fellow believers in their most holy faith.
All bible quotes are from the Amplified Bible.
“WE DO NOT KNOW THE DAY OR THE HOUR”
Mark 13:32-37
32 But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
33 Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come.
34 It is like a man already] going on a journey; when he leaves home, he puts his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and he gives orders to the doorkeeper to be constantly alert and on the watch.
35 Therefore watch (give strict attention, be cautious and alert), for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming–in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning–
36 [Watch, I say] lest He come suddenly and unexpectedly and find you asleep.
37 And what I say to you I say to everybody: Watch (give strict attention, be cautious, active, and alert)!
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Acts 1:6-7
6 So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when you will re-establish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?
7 He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.
My Brothers and Sisters,
In the church today, there is much debate, about the exact time Jesus will return. Indeed some people are even saying, that they know the day and hour of His coming. HAROLD CAMPING and others are WRONG…AGAIN!!!!!
Please note from the words of Jesus, that the time of his return, is entirely in the hands of the Father and no one else. If you hear people say, they know the date and time of the rapture, do not believe them. They are deceived, and they are attempting to deceive others. However, the Lord gives us clues regarding His return. If you read Mark 13 and Mathew 24, Jesus tells us that there will be signs that we should look for that may indicate His return is near. Two significant signs are: “Nation shall rise against nation and the gospel will be proclaimed to all people.” Jesus warns the disciples that many will say, “Look here is Christ.”
He gives us these words of warning in Matthew 24:23-27
23 If anyone says to you then, Behold, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or,
There He is!–do not believe it.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).
25 See, I have warned you beforehand.
26 So if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness (desert)–do not go out there; if they tell you, Behold, He is in the secret places or inner rooms–do not believe it.
27 For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and [h]is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
So how is Jesus going to return to Earth? We are told in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons,
with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God.
And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously
be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we
shall be with the Lord!
18 Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
We are also told that it will take the world by surprise. Jesus says that it will be the same as in the time of Noah.
Mathew 24:38-39
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and
took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of
Man.
I Thess 5:1-4
1 But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren,
you have no necessity for anything being written to you.
2 For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the]
Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night.
3 When people are saying, all is well and secure, and, there is peace and
safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come
upon them as suddenly as labour pains come upon a woman with child; and
they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape.
4 But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that
day to overtake you by surprise like a thief.
So in light of all this, what is to be our attitude? How does the return of Jesus affect our daily lives? Here are some principles for you to consider:
1) Keep looking up.. Amen. I don’t know about you, but I am always scanning the skies, eagerly looking for as Paul puts it…the glorious appearing of our Lord. I hope your eyes are turned upwards…looking for Jesus.
Titus 2:13
13 Awaiting and looking for the [fulfilment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One)…
2) Continue living for Christ.
One of the greatest things we can do is share the gospel. Every day over 150,000 people die. The vast majority of them are going to die in their sins and go to hell. Many will have never heard the gospel of Jesus. Why? Because the church did not take the time to reach them. CT Studd said, “Some wish to live within the hearing of church or chapel bells. I want to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell.” Time is short, people are sick and dying and you believer have the cure; if you saw someone dying and you had medicine to cure him/her, wouldn’t you give it to them?”
Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 1:8, tells us what we are to do, and it is not to debate and speculate on when He is coming back. To do this is to fall into a trap of the devil. He wants us to be side-tracked from our main task of sharing Christ, and will do whatever it takes to keep us from doing so.