Why Christ’s 2nd Coming Will Be “Sudden” Part [2] 09/20/2024 (Morning thought)

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!

Why Christ’s 2nd Coming Will Be “Sudden” Part [1] 09/20/2024 (Evening thought)

Mark 13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

The second coming of Jesus is the consummation of the Christian’s hope. It is all we have ever looked for with eager anticipation, and it is the blessed hope in our hearts, which buoys up our spirits, when we are feeling down and out, and when, because of earthly turmoil, some are tempted to sing the blues. But, although it has been prophesied about so many times in the Old and New Testaments, it’s scheduled to occur suddenly, at a time when most people, will not be expecting it.

And there are valid reasons why it will occur that way. We will deal with some of the reasons why, later on. One of the main problems many persons have with God is that some find He takes too long to fulfill His promises, even though this is not the case, for God deals in the fullness of time, whereas human agents usually tend to prefer specific times and dates. For instance, when God makes us a promise that He will do such and such, the next question we usually ask is when.

But if God were to reply by saying: “In the fulness of time” the human agent generally will begin to wonder when exactly the fulness of time will be. In most instances recorded in the Scripture, this has been case and thus, it’s no different with the second coming of Christ. If you were to ask any Christian in our day when they believe Christ is coming, most of them will answer, soon. And if you were to go back almost 200 years, in the history of the advent movement, and ask any of the believers the same question they too will most likely answer soon. But what you would hardly hear for an answer is, in the fulness of time.

Mark 13:35 Watch you therefore, for you know not when the master of the house will come, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning. 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!