For thought and meditation

[rl69]

"So you, too, must keep watch! For you don't know what day your Lord is coming."

—Matthew 24:42

One night my wife and I were lying in bed discussing the Rapture. We were talking about how wonderful it will be when the Lord returns for us. As Cathe was talking about how it could even happen when we’re asleep, a devious thought crept through my mind. I quietly slipped off the bed and onto the floor, snickering a little. She said, “The Lord will come for us, and it’s going to be great, isn’t it, Greg? . . . Greg?” She reached over, and I wasn’t there. I was lying on the floor, laughing.

That’s a humorous story, but tragically for many, it will be an actual scenario. One person will be taken, and the other will be left. Jesus said, “Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming” (Matthew 24:40–42).

What will happen to you? Are you ready for His return? Hebrews 9:28 tells us, “Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.”

Are you looking for His return? To look for Christ’s return means to live your life in anticipation of that event. It means being ready to meet Him. It also means you shouldn’t be doing anything that could hinder your spiritual life.

If there is anything in your life that should be changed, anything in your life that is not right with God, I urge you to deal with it now

[Pine Baron]

1 Thessalonians 5 (NASB)
The Day of the Lord

5 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. 3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; 5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

[buckwheatpaul]

I believe that we, the Church, will be gone when the rapture happens....at least I am praying that we will be with the Lord and coming back with him to lay title to the earth!...thanks for the lesson....Paul

[Blackwater]

Anticipation of things we are averse to consider, is something we typically do very poorly. And most of us, like myself, love THIS world a little TOO much, and fear leaving it, or its total end. But as the scriptures show us, it IS real, and we MUST keep it always in mind, and never really forget it. We may not have the ability to focus on more than one or maybe a few things at a time, but we must ALWAYS keep this at least in the back of our minds. If nothing else, it just MIGHT keep us from sin, and out of trouble. And it's not like we haven't been warned of what's to come, so .... that just provides the motivation to remember it always. If only we'll just do it.