WHat If Today Is the Day?

 

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

"When you see these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.  Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.  But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone" (Matt. 24:33-36).

 Hey Gang: Could it be today?  You bet your sweet bippy!  It could be right this moment! BUT, every moment He delays gives us a moment to fulfill His command to His children: "Go into all the world and share the good news that Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords".  Matthew 28:19.

 No warning, folks! One will be gone and the other left! While I was still an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation Agency there was an airline that made sure at least one of their pilots on board every flight was a non-believer, in the event Christ would come an collect all those whose names were recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life and take them to the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. 

 The disciples asked Jesus, "When will these things happen? What will be the sign of Your coming and the end of the age?"  (Matt. 24:3).  Notice His first response, “Be very careful that you do not buy into the things of this world and be diverted from the truth for many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another, many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.”  (Matt. 24: 11-12).

 Jesus also gave us an iron clad formula to prevent or allow (by our choice) slue foot to take us down the road to the pit: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world" (I John 4:1).  John goes on and gives us a formula for testing the spirit:  "By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God" (V.2).

 During the Cold War Years there was a group of world guru's who got together each year to set the hands on the "Dooms Day Clock".  Man, through the advent of the nuclear age, had now found the key to annihilating life on planet earth.  It is said that we now have the power to annihilate every human being on earth many times over and, we are learning through the barbarism of Isis, Boka Haram, Hamas, Al Qaeda, Hezballah and other terrorist groups, there are those that have the will to do just that!  (This week it was stated that enough fetenal has come into our country –(maybe this year?)-to kill every person in the US.)  

Jesus said,  "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.  But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into, for this reason you must be ready, for the son of Man is coming at an hour when you don't think He will (24:42-42).

Soooo, I ask you again, could it be today?   No man knows the day or the hour, not even the Son of God, Yeshua. Is He your Savior and LORD?  Is your lamp filled with oil -the Holy Spirit- and your armor in place this morning?  Have you honed your defense by spending time with the Lord and in His word?   Jesus said, "Behold when I come, I come quickly and the door of salvation will be closed"          

 Blessings,

 Gramps

PS Sooo.. what generation is the one that will see the return of Yeshua?  We do not know - only our Father in Heaven. But- many think it is the generation that saw Israel  reborn as a Nation in 1948, saw the retaking of Jerusalem in 1967- and then declaring Jerusalem the official Capitol- 2017- and move the US Embassy to Jerusalem May 14,2018 -70 Years   later. My Generation? Gma J