God, through Paul, told the saints to patiently wait for Christ to come:
2 Thess 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God,
and into the patient waiting for Christ.
God, through Paul, showed that the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ will be at the end .... in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Cor 1:7-10 So that ye come behind in no gift;
waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end,
that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye all speak the same thing, (that would include the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, as well as Peter, James, John, and ALL the apostles of the Lord)
and that there be no divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind
and in the same judgment.
God, through James, taught the same truth .... thus, speaking the SAME thing:
James 5:7-8 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts:
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
The coming of the Lord is not imminent. It could NOT happen ANY moment. There are events that must occur FIRST .... BEFORE the day of Christ.
2 Thess 2:1-4 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (when the abomination of desolation is set up - Dan 11:31, 12:11; Matt 24:15; Mark 13:14):
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Whatever generation (Matt 24:34, Luke 21:31-32) sees the beginning of sorrows (Matt 24:8) .... will see the coming of the Lord and the end of the world (Matt 24:3). It will be a horrific time on the earth (Matt 24:21) .... but saints will know when their redemption is near:
Luke 21:25-28 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
God, through Paul, encouraged the saints to patiently wait for the redemption of our body at the coming of the Lord:
Rom 8:22-25 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit (also see 1 Cor 15:20-24), even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
If you are alive during ‘that generation’ .... will you wait patiently for the coming of the Lord?
This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”
