ONLY THE FATHER KNOWS

Matthew 24:36-51 (KJV)
^“36  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”
I have heard it said, live as though Jesus came yesterday, died and arose from the grave today, and is coming tomorrow.  Living in the expectancy of His return is how He taught us to live. Absolutely nothing is impossible with God concerning this. To concern ourselves about that moment beyond the expectancy is also taught by Jesus as a subject only the Father holds in His knowing.

In my life time I have seen signs come and go, and I have heard one attempt after another with every sign prediction of that moment as being imminently “NOW.”  “Now” and those predictions have left many predictors with the “oops syndrome.”

We have had enough signs that if there is one significant sign marking that moment, He should have already come many times over.  Signs do not exist to announce the moment He returns, they exist to remind us He is returning and we are to live as though it can happen the moment the Father decides.

We are to live as though He is coming; and with that in mind, knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we are to persuade people to accept His love and live. This is a life style prescribed by Christ. We should not need terror tactics to move us into this lifestyle; we should have been living this way all along.

Besides, people who are lost without knowing His love is swept off the earth daily. We should have an urgency to touch as many as we can with His love so they can love Him back in repentance and live. Those who are working to provide His presence now will not have to work at it when He comes.

Reading the apostles of the Lamb, you will find they believed He would come in their day. They lived that way, they ministered in that way and so should we. No sign should cause us to be any more urgent than we already should be.