Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Now, while it’s good for us to have the blessed hope always bubbling up in our minds, we must always remember that God deals in the fulness of time. In fact, focusing too much on specific time, dates, and hours could set persons up for disappointment, and with expectation crushed folks could run the risk of backsliding. From God’s perspective, there isn’t anything called sudden about Christ’s second coming, for God has a specific day in which the expected event will occur.
In fact, the word “sudden” only pertains to the finite mind, for there is no such word in eternity, where God dwells. So, the next time you see or hear the word sudden, used in conjunction with Christ’s second coming, we could know for sure that finite minds, which dwell in time, are the reasons why the word is used. Thus, in the overwhelming majority of cases, when it seems as if Jesus is coming suddenly, it is not so much that His coming was sudden.
It’s rather that the waiting ones grew weary of their watch, or that the time of expectation came and went, without the event taking place in one’s lifetime. Back in the days when it came time for God to send His Son into the world, all of the prophecies which pointed to His incarnation were readily available to the seeker for truth, but as time passed with every generation coming and going, their hopes became dim, and the promise began to fade into the back of their minds.
Hebrews 10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!