“And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
Romans 13:11-12 NIV
We can read the events of history going back thousands of years. We can relive the moments in time where great accomplishments, wars, and even failures occurred. History has a long story but it will not go on forever. At some coming moment, history will begin to wind down on this earth and a new era will begin. The time is coming when the Lord returns to earth for his followers and when he does, the ending of the world as we know it will begin.
For us who believe, the hour is surely coming, we must wake up for our salvation draws near. Paul tells us that it is time to awake from our spiritual slumber. Time to live with real purpose and time to live with urgency. We may not know the date but we know it is coming and his return is closer than ever before. No matter if you believe this coming event or not. No matter if you have grown complacent about its coming impact, it will come. When it does, everything we know about our earth and our lives will change!
It is time fellow believers to live for God’s purpose not our own. To live with urgency as we know what the consequences are for nonbelievers. Let us be alert, vigilant to the coming event of his return, with one eye on serving our fellow man and the other on the sky expecting to see him any moment!
In Christ
RJ