and to wait for his Son from heaven…1Thess1.10 ESV
Time and again groups of people have sold all their possessions and followed some cultist leader to a remote mountaintop to wait for the return of Christ on a predicted day. Christ of course said that even He did not know the day or hour.
Even though there have been many false predictions, anyone reading the New Testament would quickly surmise that first century Christians were looking for the return of Christ. Jesus Himself told us that He would return as a thief in the night and that we should live vigilant lives. The two thousand years that have passed since Jesus said this have caused some to wonder if it is all a cruel hoax. For others the delay has only intensified their vigilance.
Did you rise this morning waiting on the Son to return from heaven? It seems to me that to believe that the return of Christ is near at hand is not so much actively watching the skies as it is actively making preparations for it. Am I living in such a manner that I am making investments in the coming economy of the Kingdom of Heaven? 10/10/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
