THE KING IS COMING: THE PREDICTION

 

THE KING IS COMING: THE PREDICTION

Isaiah 9:6; Acts 1:11; etc.

All throughout the Scriptures, God made very clear that Jesus, the promised Messiah would come to set His children free. No one well-versed in the Scriptures could miss the message if their hearts were open to the Lord. After the resurrection two disciples were walking on the road to Emmaus discussing the recent events of the past couple of days when Jesus suddenly appeared and walked with them. They did not recognize Him as the Lord and He began to show them through the Scriptures that He was indeed the promised Messiah who came to set people free. Luke 24:13-35

Although there was much confusion about Jesus’ coming as the Messiah, Jesus slowly made it clear to His disciples that He came to set us free from our sins, not political powers that rule over us.

The Scriptures also make it clear that Jesus is coming again. God makes it clear that Jesus is coming back to take the true church out of this world home to heaven. The New Testament writers believed in it so strongly that they were looking for Him to come during their lifetime. Although Jesus still has not come in fulfillment of their predictions, He is coming. As we read the Scriptures and observe what is happening in the world around us, I believe it’s going to be very soon.

God always keeps His word. He would not have told us that it was going to happen if it weren’t. Although we often wonder why it hasn’t happened it, I believe that it’s because there are still souls to be saved, and the Lord wants to give all the people He can opportunity to be saved. Peter reminds us that God is not willing that anyone would perish, but that all would come to a saving knowledge of Him.

God is doing everything He can to give us opportunity to be ready for Christ’s return. He makes it clear that only those who are righteous and holy before Him will be taken home to heaven. He admonishes us to be personally ready at all times and to tell as many others as we can to get ready. Whether we are alive on earth at the time of His coming or not we don’t know, but if we are living in Christ as long as we have breath, we will be ushered into heaven with the church when He comes.

What we must never forget is that death, or the Lord’s coming, is but a breath away for all of us. We have no guarantees about life on earth. We will be here only as long as God permits it. We dare not assume anything about our lives. Now is the day, now is the time, of our salvation.

Are you ready for the Lord’s return? Are you certain you are ready to die? All who aren’t will spend eternity in hell when they take their last breath on earth.