"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words".
Sometime we tend to forget about our Blessed Hope which we have in Christ Jesus our Lord. Because of the "cares of this life" Luke 22:34, which the Lord warns us While He was on the Earth. He knows that we would be caring things on the Earth as we are human being, and said "so that day come upon you unawares", 35 "For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth", 36 "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man".This was the sound warning from the Lord to all the Believers around the World. That His coming would be in a day we never expected. "As a thief in the night" 2 Peter 3:10 . But Jesus gave us a hint that His Return would be taken place when all people heard the gospel as a witness "As this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" Matthew 24:14. We are sure that now only a few places are remain in the World who do not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ...the Imminent return of the Lord is at hand.
Why should He come Back? The reason Jesus will return is, to take them Home who are believing in Him and Obeyed His Gospel...Jesus Said in John 14:2-3 " In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am , there ye may be also " this is what the Lord promises us. That He would come back to take us Blessed Heavenly Home of His Father, Who is loving and Blessed forever and ever.
We may ask ourselves sometime why the Lord delayed His coming??? there is an answer in 2 Peter 3:9 " The Lord is not slack concerning his promises, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance " the Lord is patiently waiting for all people to repent and believe in Him...so no wonder His return seems to delay."But, beloved be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" 2 Peter 3:8, so if we count with God's day, that is only two days for the Lord, when He was ascended to Heaven with the clouds. But we do not know nor even the angels or demons nor Satan could not know when the Return of the Lord is... " But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father " Mark 13:32. All things are in God's hands and He will decide When Jesus Christ is going to come back...
We are told to wait with the task...or talents which the Lord has entrusted upon every one of us since we had come to Faith and in His Body, to multiply them wisely and to win many lost souls to make bigger population in the Kingdom of God, before His return. For Jesus said "Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing" Luke 12:43.
Here is my encouragement for myself and for you all... To grip or to hold on what we have got from the Lord and to strive lawfully till He comes back...and to hear from Him said ,,, "well done faithful servant, come unto my rest". The Lord bless you ....
(all scripture portions are taken form King James Version of the Bible )
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