Just finished reading Matthew 24 during my time of “Coffee with the Lord” today – a passage that deals with what Jesus had to say about the “end of time” or “the last days.”
Believe me, there are just a host of competing theories about what will take place – how it will take place – the sequence of events that will occur – in “the last days” before the Lord returns!!! “Eschatology” – the Biblical study of “end time events” – for the average person is a confusing, scary, but interesting, study filled with controversy! Differing Bible scholars offer a host of bewildering opinions… I could start identifying them, but it wouldn’t clear up the murky theological water for you at all…
As I was reading Matthew 24 today the differing opinions began popping into my head… and then it happened… ONE THING IS CLEAR… ONE OF THESE DAYS, WHEN MANY LEAST EXPECT IT, JESUS IS RETURNING!
Here’s a few key things Jesus, the One who is returning, had to say…
“Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes [people groups] of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other… But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only… Therefore, stay awake [alert and ready], for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming… Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (From Matthew 24)
Hey, there’s much we don’t know… there debate among sincere Christians about the details… But one thing is sure… THE LORD JESUS IS COMING BACK! I want to be alert, expectant, and ready!!! And I want to do everything I can to help others to be ready! Don’t you?!
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