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Jesus Is Coming Again
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
When Jesus returned to Heaven following His resurrection, the angels announced clearly that He would be returning. The Old Testament prophets spoke of His Second Coming. The Lord taught about it during His ministry.
Yet despite the clarity of the doctrine, it quickly became a subject of confusion and even mockery. Peter described the scoffers of his day who said Jesus would never return. "And saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation" (2 Peter 3:4). The fact that Jesus has not yet returned does not mean that He will not. Indeed what it tells us is that we are one day closer to His return than we were yesterday.
The truth that Jesus will return is not merely an academic proposition or a theological position. It is primarily meant to serve as a motivator to us to live each day in such a way that we will not be embarrassed to meet Him.
John wrote, "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming"
(1 John 2:28). Every day brings us opportunities to serve God, to love others, and to live obediently. Those who are living with a clear appreciation that each day could be the day He comes will act accordingly.
Knowing the Lord could return today should influence everything we do and every decision we make.

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