“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
~ Matthew 24:44
Hi James and Ellen,
Do you think that there will always be wars? Do you think that there will always be rumors of a pending war? Do you think that there will be people groups of guys and gals who will always innately hate another people group of guys and gals enough to attempt to purge that people group of guys and gals completely off planet Earth? Do you think that there will always be famines and earthquakes? Do you think that faithful Christ-follower guys, gals and kids will always be intensely disliked by some guys and gals who are not Christ-followers? It is going to be this way because God – as God the Son – as Jesus Christ, said that wars will always happen, that nations will always rise up against other nations and that there will always be famines and earthquakes. Jesus Christ – as God the Son, said that it is going to be this way until that unknown day when His awesome power and majestic glory will be seen by His specially elected guys, gals and kids as He is riding everywhere over planet Earth on the clouds. This is the response that Jesus made to a question that asked Him by one of His disciples. The question from one of the twelve guys who He was discipling was instigated one day by Jesus as He and His disciples were leaving the temple that was in the city of Jerusalem. Jesus had told the guys who He was discipling that every stone that had been used to build the temple that was in the city of Jerusalem would one day be toppled and randomly strewn. When one of His disciples asked when the total destruction of the temple that was in the city of Jerusalem was going to happen, Jesus’ answer was that no one knows – that not even He knew when God – as God the Father – Who was Jesus’ Father, will do what He has planned to someday do. This dialogue that Jesus had with His disciples is recounted in Matthew 24. As Jesus was explaining to His disciples what the future was going to be like for each of them and for each guy, gal and kid who God – as God the Spirit, has led to and through the grace/faith door when he or she made the faith decision to become a Christ-follower through repenting of his or her sinful nature, through personally acknowledging that Jesus’ death on a cross was the ransom payment for his or her sins and through accepting Jesus as being his or her Lord and Savior, Jesus was giving clues to them as to what to look for when the day arrives for Him to return again to planet Earth. Jesus told His disciples that every Christ-follower guy, gal and kid will hear loud trumpet calls that will be made by angels who God – as God the Father, will send to announce the arrival of Himself – as God the Son, to planet Earth to gather all of His specially elected guys, gals and kids to take them to heaven to be with Him.
Are you ready for the return of God – as God the Son – as the Son of Man, to planet Earth? Verse 44 says, “So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” The few guys and gals who knew for sure that a flood would cover the entire surface of planet Earth was Noah and his family; the rest of the guys, gals and kids who were living on planet Earth in Noah’s days were oblivious to the fact that they were facing imminent drowning. What happened when God – as God the Father, totally flooded planet Earth’s land area to drown the guys and gals who were eating, drinking, living depraved lives and ignoring His existence, is what is going happen in a similar way on planet Earth on the day that God – as God the Son, shows up on planet Earth again. Jesus expressed two major concerns as He discussed with His disciples that momentous day when He will return again to planet Earth. Jesus’ first concern was that the signs – such as seeing fig trees showing off through their tender twigs and emerging leaves that summer is very near, of His eminent return will not be seen by the guys, gals and kids who will be living at the time on planet Earth. Jesus’ second concern was that guys, gals and kids who will be living on planet Earth on the day that He will return as a thief who breaks into a house when the owner of the house least expects a thief to get into his house, will not be ready or prepared for His return to planet Earth. Jesus made it very clear that not every guy, gal and kid is going to be glad that He has returned to planet Earth to collect His specially elected guys, gals and kids. There will be cases where there will be two guys in a field. One guy will join the guys, gals and kid who are being taken away by God – as God the Father, as he or she is one of the kids who was adopted by God before He formed planet Earth while the other guy will be left on planet Earth standing in the field. This same scenario will happen with a couple of gals grinding with a hand mill; one of the gals will join guys, gals and kids who are praising God while the other gal will be left standing at the hand mill.
Your grandmaa and grandpaa want to be always prepared for God – as God the Son – as the Son of Man, to return to planet Earth – as He is to return at any moment. Deceivers of Gospel truths are found everywhere today in Islamism to Mormonism, in asceticism to materialism, in spiritism to animism and in syncretism to atheism. This distortion of the message of hope that is foundational in believing what took place when God – as God the Son, sacrificially died on a cross evidences the impending return of God – as God the Son, to planet Earth. The global fighting between subversive terrorists and peace pursuing guys is taking place everywhere on planet Earth. Food shortages in Africa and massive, killer earthquakes in Middle East and Asian countries all could be omens of the approaching return of God – as God the Son, to planet Earth. Are you prepared for the day when the sun will be darkened, the moon’s light hidden, the stars falling from the sky and other celestial bodies being shaken? It will be a horrific time for the guys, gals and kids who have rejected believing that Jesus would one day return to planet Earth.
Matthew 24 (720)