Christs Return

Second Coming of Christ

^{Matthew 24:36} “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. ³⁷ For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. ⁴² Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷ Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know ⁵¹ and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

God’s word is very specific in relating to us that Jesus is definitely coming back. When He is coming we will never know. It is because we will never know when that we must be ready for His return at all times. In Matthew 24 and 25 Jesus Himself explains this to us through several parables. When Jesus returns He will look at each of our hearts to know if we are His child or not, it will not matter how we are dressed or how good we are with words. All that will matter is Jesus being Lord of your life. He clearly shows this in Matthew 24:37-51. He shows repeatedly things that will take place and how some will be left behind while others are taken up to Him in the heavens.

In verse 44 He makes a statement that I personally think people need to pay more attention too. He says that He is coming in an hour we do not expect. This meaning, like when we went from 1999 to the year 2000 and every one was afraid of the computer crash and so many were saying it is time for Jesus. The reality is, there was no chance of His returning then because of how obvious it was. He tells us we will not be expecting it, or in other words it will be in a time when we think of it the least not the most. So if you wanted to make a prediction of His return then I would tell you to find a time when nothing is happening.  No major events, no historic wars or world peace assemblies. But, even then your prediction would be wrong because then people would be expecting it because of the prediction just like with the Mayans in 2012  .

This all being true, you should emulate the story of the 10 virgins and be one of the 5 who brought extra oil:

 

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. ² Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³ For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, ⁴ but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. ⁵ As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ⁶ But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ ⁷ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ ¹⁰ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. ¹¹ Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ ¹² But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ ¹³ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

If we are vigilant in our relationship with Christ then there is never anything to worry about. When He comes we will be there and we will be ready for Him and it will be a glorious site indeed.

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ ⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

 

In His word He goes on to tell us how He will return. He will come in all His glory and with all His angels (what a sight this will be). Once this takes place then He will gather every person on the planet before Him. Rich and poor, King and peasant alike and He will begin to separate them into two areas. One will be the faithful who stayed the course and maintained Him as their Lord and Savior. The other will be everyone who claimed Him but never knew Him, those who chose to keep control of their lives and do things their way instead of His. Those who refused to do His will by being a loving and kind person to all who entered their life. So there is no mistake in this comment the love is God’s love and the Kindness is His kindness for man is not capable of giving the kind of loving kindness that He requires without His presence in their lives. TO all of these He will say depart form Me I knew you not and in that moment they will realize the futility of how they lived and what they missed. They will then receive the consequence of their life choice and go to be with their father in His dwelling for eternity. This is a place known as Hell.

            The rest will go with Him into the heavens and live out eternity in His presence doing whatever it is He desires. This may not sound too much like heaven to many, doing what someone else desires I mean, but when His desire is your complete happiness and He knows how to achieve that for you better than you do. Why would you not want to be part of it?

            When he comes, will you be ready for Him? Will you be with those chosen to go to Heaven with Him and to live out eternity in complete happiness with Him or will you go and spend eternity in Hell because you chose to be rebellious and maintain control of your life? Will you do His will no matter what it is, knowing He knows how to make you completely happy, or will you do your will living in misery both here on earth and in eternity? The choice is yours to make. Make the right one!