IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL
TOPIC JESUS IS COMING
Mark 13:28-37
READY OR NOT, HERE HE COMES
One of the most memorable games from my childhood days is the game of hide and seek. On many occasions throughout the year. The children would usually start a game of hide and seek.
When the game started, someone was chosen to be “it”. A spot was chosen to be “base”. Whoever was “it” would stand at “base”, close their eyes and count to 100. The other players ran and hid. Then it was “its” job to find them before they could return to “base”. The game ended when everyone made it back to “base”, or when “it” found someone who was hiding. In the next game, the person who was caught became “it”.
The part of that game that still echoes in my mind is what “it” would say before he or she came looking for those who were hiding. “It” would always say, “Ready or not, here I come.” When “it” said that, you had better be ready, or you were going to be in trouble.
When I read this verses, that old childhood game came back to my memory. Jesus is telling His men that there will be a day when He will come again. That day will arrive whether people are ready or not.
This chapter began with the disciples asking Jesus about the end of time and about the signs accompanying that time period, v. 3-4. The rest of this chapter is spent answering their questions. These closing verses offer a few warnings that all people of all ages should take to heart. These warnings should especially be heeded by people who are living in these late hours of time.
Jesus is coming! Skeptics and scoffers deny that fact, but they can’t change the truth of it. Jesus is coming, and He is coming soon. This is not a childhood game! Eternity is at stake!
Ready Or Not, Here He Comes! There are warnings in these verses that should be heard and heeded by all of us. These verses are a challenge for the saints to be ready, and they are a call for the lost to get ready. Jesus is coming and you do not want to be found unprepared for that day.
LET US PRAY
In Jesus Name, you and me will not miss heaven, we shall not go to Hell
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