Matthew
24:36-44 NIV
36 “But about that day or hour no one
knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of
Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the
flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about
what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it
will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the
field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding
with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do
not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the
owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was
coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be
broken into. 44 So you also must be
ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect
him.
A Great Change
You know, Jesus was
sitting on the Mount of Olives speaking to, and teaching, His disciples at the
time these words were said. Was He looking out over the people in the city thinking
about them and how His coming now to His suffering, crucifixion, death,
resurrection and ascension were about to take place? Was Jesus looking at the
people He came to save, thinking of how He was coming to them and had come to
them from heaven? Did Jesus look from the Mount of Olives and have compassion? Maybe
He really saw a couple women grinding at the mill and thought about how He
would come to them, now and in the future. Maybe He saw the owner of a house, from
His perch on the Mount of Olives and thought about how His coming would be
sudden and unexpected. Oh, how much Jesus wants all of us, there in His time
and throughout all time to look forward to His coming into their very beings
and His coming again after His ascension back to heaven.
There is a big
change happening. God has come to this earth, became and lived as a human, and
will now suffer and die as a human. God descended from heaven to be a man and
now will ascend to heaven AS a man. All for the love of mankind. A love that
will draw all believers in God back to Him once again, as it was always intended
to be, to be with God, in His Kingdom, as mankind, in eternity.
So… Keep your eye on
Jesus. Jesus IS God. Jesus brings about A Great Change!
In this passage of
Scripture and Teaching of Jesus from the Mount of Olives to His disciples, Jesus
tells us that a BIG change is on the way. Expect change. Look forward to this
God change. Embrace this change from God. It IS Jesus coming.
Acts
1:7 NIV
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know
the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.
Don’t be so enamored
with this world that you fail to be ready for the next. Don’t be eating and gnawing,
like an animal at the pleasures of this world, that you lose yourself to it. This
IS ignorance ON purpose!
When the time for
Jesus coming is too late, there is no escape. You did it to yourself. But to
those taken by God in Jesus in this world, here and now, and in the future when
Jesus returns to draw us to Him in a new world; there IS protection. This
coming of Jesus, at any time now and at any time to come, IS God’s Gift!
As Jesus was sitting
on the Mount of Olives; was He looking at women grinding meal?
May I too, hear God’s
Word in what my eyes see, near at hand. A Great Change IS near. A great
gathering is coming. Jesus comes in both the common ways of life AND the
eternal WAY of Life.
Being ignorant of
the time of Jesus coming to you and to all, is no excuse. As you work at the
mill stone, EXPECT the Great Change, and glory in that Change. This IS the
Kingdom of God, here NOW and in Eternity as well. Get excited about it!
Yes! You’ve been
warned. Jesus WILL and HAS come. Be ready for it. It’s a SURE thing, one way or
another.
Let Jesus teach you.
Let Jesus lead you. Yes, Jesus judges us AND changes us.
So, it’s now time
for you too to “Set Your Face Like Flint” to travel with Jesus, now and forever.
Yes, put on Jesus and live FOR Him, and NOT for the flesh of this world.
Come, Lord Jesus,
Come… today… tomorrow… and forever. --- Amen
I leave you with
this YouTube Music Video that inspired me during this past week of study… enjoy…
“Jesus Is Coming
Soon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BMJXt6QC8&list=RDG1BMJXt6QC8&start_radio=1
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