Part 1 – To Watch It seems that the more clear it is that the Lord’s approach is immanent, the less Christians are interested in it. In the visible Church, they are actually being taught not to watch for His coming. Will He find us asleep when He comes?
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Chapter 6 The Longsuffering of the Lord
Of all people in the New Testament, Peter perhaps speaks most soberly of the coming of the Lord. He says that we must be diligent to be without spot at His coming, and not fall away from our steadfastness. 2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may…
Chapter 5 Confident at His Coming
Watching has to do with being ready for His appearing. But what does it mean to be ready? Perhaps the simplest statement made by the Apostle John related to this is: 1Jn_2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at…
Chapter 4 The Prophetic Generation
We live in a unique time. There has never been a generation in which all of the signs that the Bible says that we should look for have converged simultaneously. Those who study prophecy know that when Israel was gathered back into the land in 1948, it was a great sign from the Lord, promised…
Chapter 3 The Church is being Taught to Sleep
It’s one thing to fall asleep because of our nature. However, in the present theological environment the immanency of the Lord’s coming is denied. Believers as a result are actually being taught to “sleep”. Mocking and scoffing: In some cases, there are scoffers who mock the literal interpretation of the Bible and the Prophecies. Peter…
Chapter 2 The Bible Warns against Not Watching
In addition to the encouragement to watch, there are plenty of warnings against NOT watching. I won’t review them all here, but for one significant passage in 1 Thessalonians. Paul contrasted this watching for the Lord’s coming (like a thief) with not watching. When speaking of watchfulness, he made the comparison between darkness and light,…
Chapter 1 The Bible Teaches us to Watch
The fact that we are living in the “Last Days” can be demonstrated from the scriptures. We live in a time where all the major trends that were predicted by the Prophets in the Old Testament and the Apostles in the New are coming to a climax. For a believer who loves the Lord, this…