JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, HE IS COMING AGAIN

JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME

HE IS COMING AGAIN

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On Christmas Day so long ago

Jesus was born.

His Name JESUS means Y'SHUA

or  Salvation, Savior

The One Who Saves

The Deliverer.

Joshua and Jesus mean

the same in the Hebrew language.

Matthew 1.21  You shall call His

name JESUS, for He shall save

His people from their sins.

This is what the Angel told Joseph about

the Baby that was coming.

Think of it.

God stepped down from Eternity,

He who is Everlasting,

He who is not bound by time nor space,

to enter our world,

as a little Baby

totally human,

totally subject to our frail existence,

"boxed in"

by His human body.

From the moment He entered

Mary's womb,

Sent by the Father,

Produced of  the Spirit,

He was the HOLY ONE sent

from on High

He was the PROMISED ONE

the prophets declared would come.

HE IS COMING AGAIN.

This same Jesus is going to come

Hebrews 9.27,28

"And as it is appointed unto men

once to die,

and after this the judgment,

so Christ was once offered to bear

the sins of many,

and unto them that look for Him,

shall He appear the second time

without sin

unto salvation."

We should look for Him to come

expectantly.

We ought to be waiting, just as today

we wait for "Christmas to come"

we ought to be waiting for

HIS RETURN

He will come without warning.

He will come when we least expect it.

The Apostle Paul declared,

"I am now ready to be offered and the

time of my departure is at hand.  I have fought a

good fight, I have finished my course.  I have

kept the faith.  Henceforth

there is laid up for me a crown

of righteousness, which the righteous

Judge, shall give me at that day, and

not to me only, but to all them that love

His appearing.  2 Timothy 4.6 - 8



HE IS AT HAND

      The Time is coming when everyone will be caught by surprise, except for those who know our dear Lord Jesus Christ promised that He would RETURN AGAIN to take us home to Himself.   John 14.1 - 3 is very clear.   The Shofar trumpet will call us Home, and in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, we will be caught up together with those who died before us to meet in the skies.  
       He is at hand.   In the Greek the word means  "about to appear"  
       Let us advance then, knowing He is coming.   The signs of decay, of immorality, of unrestrained desires, of wars, famines, floods, and people talking of peace where there is no peace.    Let us live as Children of Light bearing the light into the dark places on this old earth, and know that God will triumph in every way as we do, for He is with us.   We are to punch holes in the darkness, and let light shine through.  
       Whatever our circumstances,  God will sustain us.  Psalm 55.22 tells us "Cast all your burdens upon the Lord, for He shall sustain thee.  He will never allow the righteous person to be moved."   What He is saying here is that the one who is depending on God for Righteous standing will not be shaken off their foundation.
       We are to be ready for His Coming.    We are to live in the light of His coming.   This means that we will be busy walking with God in the every day common things, letting others know by our life style and our attitude, that we are not shaken by all the decay and rot in the world around us that we see.  Instead, we try to do things that edify and build people up, to help others, to encourage others, to find ways to bring hope.
        He is Coming.  

JOHN 14.1 - 3  LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.  IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS.  IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.  I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.
        When Jesus told this to the Disciples, He knew that they needed comforting.   He took this time to explain that His relationship to them was like a Bridegroom leaving for His Father's House to prepare a place for His Bride.
        You and I who believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior have entered into that relationship.  Christ is the Bridegroom of the Church - the Called Out Ones - and we are the Bride, readying ourselves for His Soon Coming, and occupying our time doing His Will.
       He promised us that He is coming.    Let us look for Him.   We are to fill our days with the quiet ever constancy of a loving heart of a Bride for Her Bridegroom.    We are to live knowing His Return is Certain, and it is Soon.
      My love for Jesus grows day by day.   He who said "I AM" is YHWH, or, Yahweh, the One WHO IS.   Let us rejoice that we have His dear Spirit to guide and direct us as we Look for His Soon Return.