Why Christ’s 2nd Coming Will Be “Sudden” Part [12] 09/25/2024 (Morning thought)

1st Kings 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

This has the potential to interfere with the process of sanctification, which, as was stated before, also includes God’s creative work, and His regenerative power exercised in behalf of the believer, because Sunday worship cuts off half of the day which is to be found in darkness. In other words, even though Sunday is embraced by the overwhelming majority of Christians, as being the contemporary Christian Sabbath, no one ever keeps Saturday night holy, and rightly so, for indeed, it is not.

Whereas the keeping of the Bible Sabbath includes the darkness as an integral and inseparable part, the substitute sabbath only involves daylight hours, and thus, even in its usurped or substitute role it falls far short of the ideal day cycle, given in Genesis, and in God’s law. The Christian in our day who would not to fall a prey to the suddenness of Christ’s second coming, must do two things:

[1] They must not focus on a specific date or time. [2] They must live in readiness at all times. Waiting to get ready is one of the problems that are associated with focusing on specific time, because persons would, in most cases, put off readiness until they see the day approaching. Hence the reason why the Bible doesn’t teach, or promise tomorrow, but only today.

Hebrews 3: 7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, today, if you will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Why Christ’s 2nd Coming Will Be “Sudden” Part [11] 09/25/2024 (Evening thought)

Leviticus 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from evening unto evening, shall you celebrate your sabbath.

Sanctification includes God’s creative work in our hearts, for it is the same power that was exercised in Genesis, which now works in the heart of the believer. Thus, God specified when the Sabbath was to be kept, as the memorial of His creative power. Sunday worship, which represents the symbol that Papal Rome cites as the badge of her authority, isn’t only the incorrect day of worship, it also does not include any darkness, because it does not begin on Saturday night, and thus, it leaves out the dark part of the day.

Luke 24: 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on. (The Darkness part of the day) 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Which Commandment?: Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Nehemiah 13: 19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

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