To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. He9.28 NKJV
I once saw a bumper sticker that said, “Jesus is coming! Everybody look busy!" Now, I must confess that I did chuckle out loud. The theology behind this bumper sticker does imply some interesting attitudes about how people view Christ. Not all of them are correct mind you, but common enough to resonate with most people so as to draw a similar response as mine. I think a good many people have been caught off guard, by a boss at work. I remember once working or I should say goofing off in the stock room with a fellow worker when we both looked up and saw the manager staring at us. Both of us immediately started “looking busy.” It was no good of course, we knew he had caught us with our pants down.
Christ tells us that His second coming will be “like a thief in the night,” that is He come unexpected. Yet, we are told over and over again to wait expectantly for Him. Actually this expression is used only seven times in the New Testament, and all of them refer to the second coming. The word also means to wait patiently and assiduously. In other words, to be attentive and industrious as we look for His return. So, instead of saying that Jesus is coming, everybody look busy, it might be better to say, though not quite as humorous, Jesus is coming, Everybody, be busy. 6/2/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
