Revelation watch: Day 24
... wait patiently
Jesus is coming with the clouds: Rev.1.7 (Photo by DZN)
It happens every time. People get excited about the return of Jesus, and they check the latest prophetic messages making the rounds, new dates are set, but their interest fizzles out soon after the dates arrive and nothing happens. Well, some things are going to happen. God, who cannot lie, said they will happen.
The closer we get to them - things of the Lord's appointed times - the sooner it will become evident that we are at the end. The end of the world? No. The end of this age. Matthew 23:3 - "As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Another age will begin. In Habakkuk, we are told that we are to "wait patiently," and from the context of the Book of Habakkuk, the instruction is aimed at the people who are living at the time that Habakkuk's future vision was to be fulfilled. The Lord's instruction clearly applies to us today. Wait patiently.
Scriptures
Habakkuk 2:1-3: (NLT) -
(1) I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the Lord says
and how he will answer my complaint.
(2) Then the Lord said to me,
“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
(3) This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
Genesis 41:32 - "Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about."
Ezekiel 12:28 - "Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’ declares the Lord God."
Revelation 10:6-7 - "He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. He said, “There will be no more delay. 7 When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as he announced it to his servants the prophets.”
Revelation 22:20 - "He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!"
Shalom!
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