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JESUS IS COMING
Are you ready for His Appearing?
(A Synopsis of Biblical prophecy)
“Therefore, be on the alert, for you do not know which
the day your Lord is coming. But be sure of this, that if the
head of the house had known at what time of the night
the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert
and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
For this reason, you also must be ready; for the son of
man is coming at an hour when you do not think he will.”
(Matthew 24:42-44 NASB)
These verses are quoted from the most detailed passage of
scripture concerning Christ’s second coming. Matthew chapter
24 is called the Olivet discourse and it centers on the teaching
of Jesus concerning His coming again. These events are not
historical but prophetical. That means that they pertain to the
future. But they are future from the perspective of Jesus and
they will be fulfilled. One of the problems in studying prophecy
is to keep thinking they are future and have no relationship to
what is happening in my life today. As I have mentioned
previously in other articles, the twofold purpose of prophecy is
first to instruct and second to prepare. No matter when
Christ shall appear, we are urged throughout Scripture to live
as though His coming were today. In Hebrews chapter 9:28,
we are told: “So Christ also was once offered to bear the
sins of many, and unto them who look for him shall he
appear a second time without sin unto salvation.”
The fact is, Jesus is coming and those who are eagerly
believing and awaiting that return will not be surprised when
He comes. To these, His coming will truly be “The Blessed
Hope.” To those who are unprepared, it will be a time of
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tragedy and great sorrow. (Revelation 1:7) Our lives are to be
in continual readiness for the Lord’s return. How simple can
we make it? Jesus is coming, are you ready? These are the
questions that every Christian ought to be asking himself and
to be telling others. Revelation 1:7 clearly shows us that this is
going to be one event that will affect the whole world. Every
eye shall see him both Christian and non-Christian alike. The
world needs to know that Jesus is coming and we are his
ambassadors to proclaim that message to everyone.
Do not be surprised if the world thinks you are crazy because
you told them that Jesus is coming. Think about Noah. He told
the people in his day that the flood was coming, and God
gave the skeptics of that time 120 years to think about it and
change their minds. Sadly, we are told that when they were
not expecting it, the flood came and took them all away. Jesus
says that is what his coming will be like. Those unsaved
friends will be taken in judgment and even if they will not hear
we still need to tell them because “Jesus is coming” is a
fact. If we believe that then we must proclaim it
I am writing this discourse to give an understanding of how the
prophecies concerning Christ’s return apply to us today, 2000
years removed from the time when Jesus first spoke them to
his disciples.
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