Second Coming

Once again we find ourselves beyond Easter, the ascension and Pentecost. What's next? Jesus is coming again. This is the final event in God's redemptive story. It is the last chapter in the mighty mystery of God's redeeming love. It is the last revelation of Almighty God to the world. It will be a revelation unlike the incarnation, crucifixion, or Pentecost. The Gospel writer declares this same Jesus who you saw go into heaven will come again. The glory of that moment we can't comprehend. It will be a rude interruption to all the plans of mankind. The politicians of this world will have nothing to say as they are called to account before Christ. The mighty will call for the rocks to hide them from the wrath of God. Those who have lived in rebellion, sin, carnal selfishness, hedonistic pleasure and mockery of God and His holiness, will proclaim Jesus is Lord. They will do this from bended knee. Not because they want to, they will have to. Their littleness, will be overwhelmed by His greatness. Their emptiness will be exposed by His glory. It will be part of their eternal torment to admit their sinfulness and realize that Jesus is the Way, Truth, and Life. His coming has nothing to do with Iraq, or Syria, or Russia, or anything else that the pundits attempt to make it. It has everything to do with God's sovereign purpose and plan. It has everything to do with His determination that now is the time. The preachers with their charts and graphs, with their books on signs and times, are empty voices. The Lord's own message is to live ready. Watch, pray, for you don't know when. A life of readiness, a life of expectation. A life of hope and holiness. A life looking forward to the new heaven and new earth, the home of righteousness. May the body of Christ in America begin to live up to the promise of His coming. May we be about he Master's business-loving God with all and our neighbor as self. The Gospel writer asks the question, 'when Christ comes will he find faith on earth?"