“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.” (Matthew 24:32-34)
I have always related his return with my celestial Father’s return. What will it be? I’ve even though what will it be if I stayed –left behind!-, or how the world will be (no, thank you. I have no interest in seeing Left Behind: The Movie.) But I have also thought about how will Heaven be, ho we’ll ge there, how will my family be with me… How will people from all ages fly above Jupiter, Saturn, to the dark bank of space, to reach to Jesus’ hands for all eternity? How will the worship be? (Have I talked about this earlier?)
The return of Christ has become a hope of life for Christians and dismay for skeptics. However, and I am a stern believer that these end-time topics should be preached and studied carefully and prayerfully, starting on this one. This can be easily used for scaremongering, and it should always be checked up by the Bible.
One point is, one point has: Jesus is coming again, punto y punto. It’s easy to condemn everyone to Hell, if one is worse. It’s easy to go in-your-face and say “Jesus is coming, are you ready?” to everyone on Times Square. (Good technique, though.) It’s also easy to put up the long list of those who go to Hell by default. But the only condition to be with Christ in His return is… to believe. Believe that Jesus is Lord, and He will change me in His Holiness, by His grace and by faith only. And that, no matter how sinful we are (don’t keep doing sin, you have to repent from it), you’ll always turn your eyes upon Jesus for EVERYTHING.
Writing this post means a lot to me. Knowing that my dad’s coming soon gave me hope and partial anxiety (haha). But learning that His return is soon can give me a slight scare, but for the long haul, the hope of being with the Lord of Ages, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Savior, the Best Friend, Adonai, worthy of all praise, for the centuries… AMEN.