Nobody Knows The Day Nor The Hour

Tis True

Nobody but God know the day nor the hour that Jesus is coming back

ah the end of the world

we quote that scripture a lot

the whole nobody knows the day nor the hour,

but I wonder how many of us remember what else was said there

I wonder if many actually paid attention to the part about the signs of the end

     Yesterday on my journey through the book of Matthew I made it to chapter 24 and I realized something. I realized that though God's word does say that nobody know the day nor the hour, He doesn't leave us in the dark about the signs. He says that there will be many coming and saying that they are Him, but they will be false yet still deceive many. There will be wars and rumors of wars. There will be earthquakes in various places, and what I gather from various places is that there will be earthquakes where earthquakes should not be. There will be famine in many places, and He says that this is just the beginning of the birth pains of the return of the King!

    

Think about that though. 

Those things sound horrific. Don't they? 

But these are signs of the returning of our KING! 

They are signs of the true ruler of the world coming to reveal Himself to the world!

In all of His splendor and all of His glory!

     Jesus says later that there will be great persecution upon His people! People will be betrayed by friends and loved ones for Christ name sake. The persecution the church will face will not be simple internet bullying, or dealing with arguments at school, work, or other places. No the persecution we will face will be us being put to death! But Jesus says in verse 13 

"But the one who endures will be delivered!"

Which brings me to today

as children of God

as the Kingdom of God

the question we must ask ourselves

is this

Where do we stand?

Think about that question...

There are clearly rough times ahead

Will we choose to endure in Christ or will we relent to this world

that choice is not a choice that can be made 

when the time comes

but one that must be made DAILY

it's a choice that must be put into practice DAILY

how can we expect to stand for Christ in the midst of all that

if we won't even say His name in public now,

if we won't even spend time with Him now,

and if we won't live for Him now

what will we ever do when that time comes?

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed