The Coming of our Lord
When I was a boy, the cry of the church was, “Jesus is coming! Like a thief in the night, he will return when you least expect him. He’ll come in the twinkling of an eye, with the sound of the trumpet. Be ready at all times.” Throughout my teenage years, this cry was heard at every Sunday meeting. Every evangelist who came to preach in my father’s church had a stirring message about the soon return of Christ. Their cries are burned into my memory. And the message formed in me a godly fear and expectancy. I learned to live expecting the Lord to return at any moment. This cry, “Jesus is coming”, is seldom heard in the church today. I can’t remember the last time I heard a message on the coming of the Lord. As a result, when I look at Christ’s body, I see little expectancy for the Lord’s soon return. Sadly, only a few righteous servants seem to yearn and look for his appearing.