Yesterday I talked about how immanency seems to be a factor in the last days. The Lord says He will come like a thief in the night. However, if He didn’t come until Armageddon, that doesn’t suggest like a thief in the night at all.
If He could come at any time, then He could definitely come like a thief in the night.
There is a section in Luke chapter twelve that refers to “Watchfulness.”
Luke 12:35-48 – 35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of
Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant
will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “That servant who knows his master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
This isn’t talking about the believing and unbelieving. That’s why I underlined what I did above. This is talking about the servants of the Lord. About the ones not living the way they should for Him and living a life that is no different than all the unbelievers around them.
Looking for the Lord everyday helps keep us from sinking into the world. We have to take the warnings deathly seriously. This is not the only one either. The New Testament is full of the exact same types of warnings. The warnings are for us right now. If we put them off and live worldly, sinfully, evil, and ungodly, and we know we are, what message are we sending to our Lord?
Take a stand in love for Him. Take a stand against evil, which once again shows your love for Him.
He is going to come soon, because all the signs are happening. For many, and I mean many, it’s going to be
like a thief in the night.