When is Jesus coming again? I don't know, but I don't feel ignorant because I am in good company. In Matthew 25:36 Jesus said: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
All of the events of the end-time are in the mind and heart of God and will unfold as He deems necessary. Jesus added in Matthew 25:44: "Therefore be ye ready; for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." The point is that we are to be ready for His coming. As I've often said: "I'm not on the time and place committee, but I am on the preparation committee." There is another aspect to this matter of preparation that I picked up on in Acts 1, where Jesus is about to ascend to the Father. His disciples ask Him a question:"Lord, wilt thou restore again the kingdom to Israel.?" Here is Jesus' answer and introduces the other aspect of preparing for His coming that I mentioned above. Jesus said: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power. But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:7-8) Jesus told them not to spend their time speculating but serving, because the Father is perfectly capable of taking care of His end of the bargain. As the angel said to Jesus' disciples in Acts 1:11: "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven." It's almost as if the angel is saying, "Didn't you hear what He said? Stop gazing and go witness as He told you." In this matter we are not speculators or spectators, rather we are participants, servants who are to "occupy 'til He comes." Bro. Joe
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