No One Knows

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”
Luke 17:20–37
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No One Knows
There is no shortage of people claiming to have figured out the day and time when Jesus will return. Go to any Chirstian bookstore and there will be a section dedicated specifically to this topic. And while these authors may be good at selling books, they certainly do not know what they are speaking of. The popularity of these authors has confused many well-meaning Chrisitan into the false idea of a secret rapture or some similar event in which they will be spared the suffering in the tribulations to come. But the truth is, is that we have been living in the end times since the ascension of Jesus. And the Bible is quite clear that there will only be one coming of the Lord on Judgement Day. And when that day comes there will not be any second chances for anyone, all will be judged. So we must live in the reality that the kingdom of God will come unexpectedly, but surely, to all. And in this knowledge, we should live in daily repentance rather than put off repentance or take confidence that we can discern the day of Christ’s return. We can take comfort in the knowledge that we can trust in the Son of Man, who suffered and was rejected for us, so that His Father would not reject us. And therefore, we pray fervently and sincerely, Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly to take Your people home. Amen.