~ John 12:36 A Prayer for Jesus to Return SoonĪll who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” ~ Matthew 21:13īe sober-minded be watchful. Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the Lord." ~ Isaiah 65:17-25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent's food. ![]() "It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer And while they are still speaking, I will hear. They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them. They shall not build and another inhabit They shall not plant and another eat For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall build houses and inhabit them They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. "No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. For a beautiful prophetic description of the new heaven and earth see Revelation 21 and Revelation 22. The new heavens and earth will be the same ones transfigured for the better. Through evangelism ( Mark 13:10), prayer (especially the Lord's Prayer), holy living ( 1 Peter 2:12), and repentance and obedience ( Acts 3:19-21). Christians can actually hasten the coming of that day. ~ 2 Peter 3:10-13 2 Peter 3 Meaningīecause this world will pass away, we ought to be holy and godly, living as citizens of the new heaven and earth. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. ![]() For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night." ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:1-7īut the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. Our place is to be ceaselessly aware of the primacy of God's Kingdom and to have full control over our spiritual faculties. Paul tells them, you have no need (1 Thess 5:1) for that kind of information (because it is not available.) "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only." ( Matthew 24:36)ĭoes a thief in the night announce his coming? The disciples had gotten the same kind of answers to their questions on the Second Coming from Christ Himself ( Matthew 24:36, Acts 1:6-7).Īnd suppose we knew the end what is this to us? Christians are called not to set dates but to make themselves ready to meet the Lord by being watchful and sober. The Thessalonian Christians had been speculating about the return of the Lord and making their own predictions. 1 Thessalonians 5 'Like a Thief in the Night' Meaning
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