PROCLAMATION
“Therefore
be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not The Son of Man cometh.” Matthew 24:44 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These words
are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, which were
spoken by Christ according to the Apostle Matthew. As Jesus left the
temple and while walking to the Mount of Olives, He told His disciples that the
day was coming when all of the buildings would be torn down, and not one stone
would be left on top of another. (Matthew 24:1-2) His disciples asked Him
when this would happen and what would be a sign of His returning and the end of
the age? (Matthew 24:3) Jesus said that there would be false prophets
claiming to be The Messiah, there will be wars and rumors of wars, there will
be famines and earthquakes in various places, and when you see “the abomination
that causes desolation” standing in the holy place as prophesied by Daniel, you
will know that the time is near. (Matthew 24:4-34) Then Jesus said no one
knows the day or the hour when this will happen except God, The Father.
(Matthew 24:36) He also told them you must be ready because The Son of
Man will come when you do not expect Him. (Matthew 24:44) Then Jesus said blessed is the servant whom The
Lord finds doing as he was told. (Matthew 24:45-46) He made reference to
the rapture when He said: “Two men will be in the field, one will be taken and
the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill, one will be
taken and the other left.” (Matthew 24:40-42)
APPLICATION
Christ is
going to return, but no one knows the exact day or the hour of His
return. That is why we have been advised to be ready. It has been
said that He will come when we least expect Him. We need to get ready now
and stay ready. When He comes there will not be time for us to get
ready. We do not want to be like the five foolish virgins who delayed
getting oil for their lamps and when the master came for them they were not
ready to go. (Matthew 25:1-13) When the rapture occurs, we will be
taken up to meet Him in the clouds, (1 Thessalonians 4:17) or we will among
those who are left behind. Don’t put off coming to The Lord until you
“get yourself straight” because you can never get yourself straight enough to
be right with Him. Just come as you are and confess your
shortcomings. For “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleans us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
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