THE COMING OF CHRIST
“For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” – Heb.10:37
Last Sunday I preached about “The Coming of Christ” and I couldn’t help but think about how long it had been since I had done so. I was also forced to think about how little we hear today about the second coming of Christ.
Fifty years ago at least one night during revival meetings was devoted to the subject. Numerous books were being written about the subject and some daily radio programs were devoted entirely to the subject of prophecy. What has happened? Why the silence? Have we given up on the idea? Have we discovered something showing we were wrong?
I’m not smart enough to answer all the questions, but I’m not dumb enough to believe the Lord isn’t coming. In fact,He might come at any moment. That remains the “blessed hope” (Tit.2:13) that every Spirit-filled believer looks and yearns for. Let the scoffers rant and say what they will, we are of the same opinion still. We hold firm to our belief because God cannot lie (Tit.1:2) and we have repeated promises assuring us that “he that shall come will come.” To give up on that hope would be the height of folly.
Think about it, this could be the very day that the Blessed Redeemer comes to claim His own and deliver us “from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God” (Rom.8:21). We are closer to His coming than we’ve ever been before. “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” (Matt.24:42). My prayer is, as was John’s, “—Even so come, Lord Jesus” (Rev.22:20). So how does the thought of this affect you? – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
