Text: 1 Corinthians 15:19 NKJV
Further Reading: Matthew 24:1-3
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
1 Corinthians 15:19 NKJV
MESSAGE
Jesus will come back again! Praise the Lord. Though the people in the world try to contest this truth, it does not make it untrue because heaven and earth will pass away but His word will remain the same (Matthews 24:35).
The same Jesus who was taken up into heaven will so come in the same manner as He went to heaven (Acts 1:11). The book of Revelation says that He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation 1:7 NKJV
Many people have argued that it’s been more than two thousand years now since the promise has been made and He has not yet come. So they conclude that Jesus will not come again. The people in the days of Noah said the same thing, they despised Noah’s warning but perished in the end. So be warned.
Others have said that Jesus had secretly come to take away the saints. This is not true because the Bible told us that the Rapture of the saints will shake the whole world. Though it will be sudden, every eye will see it. It will not be an isolated or hidden event. Jesus compares it to the coming of the thief in the night, who shows up suddenly without prior notice, but his presence is known around.
Believers especially must be serious with their Christian faith, knowing that the time is short. Remember that it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.
Hebrews 9:27 NKJV . You must be ready to go with Christ on the first flight.
This is the hope of us Christians, we know that our suffering and trials are nothing compared to the glory awaiting us in heaven. Whether we are alive or dead in Christ, we know that we will hear His voice some days and rise again to be with our Lord forever and ever. Amen (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
Don’t let anyone teach you otherwise. The Bible says that the reason for the delay as some say is so that many more would come into glory. His will is not for any to perish but that many through repentance might come to the knowledge of the truth (2 Peter 3:9). Imagine if Christ had come before you became saved, what would have been your lot? The same mercy is been extended to every sinner.
Are you a doubter – a sinner walking in evil imaginations and practising sin? God is still waiting for you, the door is not yet shut if only you will accept Jesus Christ today.
One thing the Saints must continuously do is to purify themselves in the blood of Jesus to be able to meet with Him at last. Only the blood-washed redeemed of God will be raptured.
REFLECTION
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
1 Corinthians 15:22-23 NKJV
Be prepared, because Jesus is coming again very soon.
PRAYER
Father, please don’t let me miss the coming of Christ. Keep me ready.
