Revelation 22:20 “He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
I believe that Jesus Christ is coming, do you? If you
are a Christian, and if God has blessed you with the precious gift of
salvation, are you prepared for Jesus to return for the rapture? I have read
that even in bible seminaries that most of the students do not believe that the
return of Jesus is imminent, even worse a very large number of those doubters do
not believe He will return at all. This leads me to ask, if they deny the word
of God in His promise that Jesus will return and that is it imminent, then how
can they qualify as teachers of God’s word? How can any Christian even call
themselves a good Christian if they deny that His coming is imminent? As
Christians if we cannot look at this world and cannot see the bible unfolding
right before our eyes then we are too busy to pay attention to God. Have we not
seen the apostasy or the falling away from the Lord’s churches? Can we not see
the “luke warmness” of the Lord’s churches as in the Church in Laodicea? Can we
not see that God is not saving as many lost and dying souls today? Can we not
see that the future of the churches is getting dimmer and dimmer? Can we not
see that Pastors of Truth are getting fewer and fewer. Can we not see the world
waxing worse and worse, and that America is on the verge of socialism and maybe
even communism? Even though the times sometimes may seem to be improving, the
Lord warned us not to be deceived. God promised that Jesus is going to return,
Jesus promised that He would return, therefore, never doubt, Jesus is coming
and He is coming quickly.
Another promise God made was that Jesus would come as
a thief in the night, meaning when you are not prepared, while you may be sleeping
on Him, when you may have lost faith or interest in His return, when it is too
late, Jesus will return. 1 Thess. 5:2 - 4 “For yourselves know perfectly
that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall
say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail
upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not
in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” Jesus will not
announce His coming, He will not let us know, but when the ordained time is
here the last trumpet will sound and Jesus will order us up to Him. It is going
to be a world disaster because people will be working and be gone, planes
flying and people will just be gone even some pilots. People everywhere from
every part of the world will at one time disappear.
Are you ready, have you prepared, or are you a doubter
that His coming is imminent. So many Christians are not ready and that is sad,
sad because they will regret not filling their lamps with oil and allowing them
to burn bright. Sad for not fulfilling God’s commandments in their everyday
life. Serving God is not an option in life but a demand from our King, Lord,
and Master. Churches will regret turning to lukewarmness instead of being hot
as God intended and for allowing our own selfish hearts destroy what God has
assembled together. Just because God ordained this time, just because God
warned us these days were coming before the return of our Lord does not justify
it’s happening. I remember back when Christians were pleading with God for
Jesus to return, their prayers were filled with request for the Lord’s return,
and today you rarely hear prayers request the Lord to return. Are our lights
still shinning in a dark and dying world that gets worse and worse? Are we
still doing everything possible to get the gospel out to this lost world. Have
we forgotten our responsibility that God has given to us as churches and
Christians? God gave us one purpose in this world, “Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matthew 28:19 – 20
Beloved, I believe we are in the last days, the Lord
is coming, the question is, how will He find His people and churches doing? Why
should this concern us so much, because He is coming in judgment for us all.
