Jesus is coming soon! The events unfolding before our eyes speak volumes in agreement with the words Jesus spoke in the endtime prophecies concerning His return for His Bride.
"Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." Revelation 3:10
"Behold, I come quickly:" Revelation 22:7
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
There is rest in knowing the Lord's coming is soon. Just imagine what perfect peace, what eternal rapture, what joy, what rest, what consolation in knowing that we are forever present with our Bridegroom, never to face temptation, or trial, or tribulation again for all of eternity!!! Blessed and glorious thought!
He is giving the Church, as well as the world, the opportunity to be purified from all sin and idolatry, now, but as we see the signs of His coming unfolding, the time grows shorter with each passing day. Whatever keeps us from watching, praying, and looking for His return for us will quickly become an idol, if we allow it to. To the Bride of Christ, what on this earth could be more important than our fellowship with Him and our love for Him? Does the Lord expect less from His Bride than an earthly groom does? I think not!
Jesus is coming for a bride who adores and worships Him alone. Those Christians who allow themselves to be distracted by the cares of this world, the devil, the things of this world, ministries, anything that is more important to them than Jesus, will be left to go through the seven years of tribulation, many becoming martyrs under the cruel reign of the anti-Christ.
We can be assured of our readiness to go with Jesus by watching, praying, and loving His appearance, looking for His imminent return, keeping ourselves unspotted from this world. We are in this world, but we are not of it, in Jesus' words. These instructions are given throughout the teachings of Jesus and of Paul, John, as well as Peter. Many scriptures written by the holy prophets of old foretell the coming of Jesus for His waiting Bride.
If we cannot truthfully say that we are watching, praying, and loving the appearance of Jesus, to be carried away with Him as His Bride, we should get on our faces before the Lord and ask Him to cleanse us of any idolatry, whatever form it may take, commune with the Lord in prayer daily, and ask Him to put a love for His return for us in our hearts. He is waiting for us to come away with Him and be cleansed, be instructed by the Holy Spirit, Who speaks the same thing as the Father and the Son, and to be infused with a deeper love for the Lord than we have ever known before. He will put more of His love into our hearts, because He is love. Jesus never leaves us without His Word which is His Way. He is the Way.
