Thoughts for another day

Dec. 19, 2013.

Today's verse: Matt. 24:36-39. No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 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; 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. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

As I write and the reason I write is, I believe the coming of the Lord Jesus is near, very near…it could happen in a split second.  I usually never touch on the end times because it’s a subject on which God never sheds any light as to the day, but He has given us enough warning of what will happen on that day, a day of distress and great tribulation and the Bible is full of what is to be on the Day of the Lord.  Recently, I’ve been getting feelers of this and as is my task, I must warn the people; so I write. 

See, Jesus says that just before this day, it will be very normal times, as normal is, to the world and those who live its way.  People will be eating and drinking and making merry.  Don’t we see that all around these days?  There’s so much revelry and fun, it raises a stink in our nostrils.  There’s so much sin that beyond the cloud of sin, we can hardly see anything.  People aren’t bothered to mend their ways.  If you tell the young, they say, it’s time for us now to enjoy; when we become old, we’ll see.  But, will they get old?  If you tell the old, and this really happened with me, they may say, ‘well I’ll bother about my salvation, you bother about yours!’  Boy, are people so blind that they can’t perceive that all is not well?  Truly the god of this world has been very successful in blinding their minds and hearts to the things of God, even to their own destruction.

The whole idea is that you and I must prepare ourselves for His coming lest we be caught unawares, for the scenario of the days for those who aren’t saved is terrifying.  I landed upon a book recently where the writer spoke of the devastating scenarios in hell and the least I can say is that the images are terrifying.  They’re beyond anything we’ve seen in terms of terror and no one is to be subject to them.  Desist my friend from your evil ways and no matter what age you’re at, like Paul advised, I’ll do too, ‘devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and thankful,’ Col. 4:2, so that you’ll be able to stand up on Judgment Day and be found worthy of His Kingdom and say, ‘Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him, and He saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in Him; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation’ Isaiah 25:9.