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JESUS’ SOON RETURN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23
Luke 12:35-48

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

 

“Be ye therefore ready…”

 

JESUS’ SOON RETURN
 
Jesus Christ said He can return at any moment. He thus enjoined His people to be prepared and ready always.
 
By means of a parable, Jesus told His disciples that there would be two types of believers when He returns: the true and the false (cf. Matt 24:42‑25:13). True believers will be found doing God’s will when Jesus returns. False ones will do the opposite. Such ones will be cut off, and lumped together with unbelievers; a separation of the goats from the sheep, the tares from the wheat. These claim to be believers but are imitation or fake ones. They reveal that they are truly unbelievers by their works. They call themselves Christians but behave no differently from the world. Christians, though in the world, are not of the world. But these pseudo-Christians are not only in, but also, of the world. When the Lord returns, He will judge them with fire together with the world.
 
But before Jesus comes back as the King of kings and Lord of lords (the Lion from the tribe of Judah), He must fulfil His mission as Servant of servants and Man of sorrows, the Lamb of God. Jesus had to go through the baptism of death, and was flooded with anguish until it was accomplished. The cross is terrifying, and the pain excruciating. In deep agony, He displayed His humanness. The mental suffering Jesus went through was very real. But the greater the agony, the deeper His resolve. He could not be stopped from fulfilling His mission on the cross. What a Saviour!
 
THOUGHT: Can Jesus return in our lifetime?

PRAYER: Father, I want to be ready when Thou returns.

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