TEXT: MATTHEW 24:29-31, 36-44
Nothing else should be of greater
importance to all believers than the imminent second coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The first phase of His coming is the rapture of saints which will be
heralded by Christ’s appearance in the air and the catching up of prepared
saints. At the second coming, His feet will rest on Mount Olivet and this event
will usher in His millennial reign of righteousness and peace on earth.
The second coming of Christ is
the blessed hope of all the believers. Christ will come again literally and
visibly – this is the promise given by Christ Himself before His ascension to
heaven. Angels and the Apostles confirmed it (Acts 1:10; 2 Peter 3:10). Today,
believers look forward with great eagerness to the day of Christ’s coming when
all our sorrows will be wiped away and a new dawn of joy and peace will come
from heaven.
As we expect His appearing, the
word of God enjoins us to be watchful since He will come at a time we are not
expecting. Watchfulness is a great pan of believers’ preparation. Failure to
wait and watch will lead to serious disappointment and sorrow on that day.
Waiting entails sobriety in all things. We must be on our guard always.
Frivolity is unbecoming of a watchful heaven-bound believer because “…they
that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night.” So, “…be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer” (1
Thessalonians 5:7; 1 Peter 4:7).
The Apostle Paul enjoins us to
watch and stand fast in the faith (1 Corinthians 16:13). The duty of watching
is of paramount obligation aimed at all believers. We must watch out life,
conversation, relationship with God and with men. We must give ourselves to
fervent prayers and daily seek to do His will.
As we wait for His coming, our
duty as believers is to reach out with the gospel to the millions of unsaved
and careless souls around us. Knowing the terror of the Lord, we need to
persuade men to come to Christ and receive eternal life before it is too late. “And
what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.”
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