At An Hour You Do Not Expect

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:36-44 NKJV

Be ready and prepared for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ! People in the time of Noah were eating, drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage until the day he entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them away. So shall be the Second Coming of the Son of Man. It will be quite and stealth when He comes again. It will be one of just normal and humdrum days while we continue to maintain the normal life of eating, drinking, and marrying. There is nothing wrong in eating, drinking, and marrying. They are part of God-given life. But it is wrong for people to think that they are all but life.

Just as there is earthly life, so also shall be heavenly life (1 Corinthians 15:40). The Scripture says that we human beings are spirits just as our God is Spirit (John 4:24). What is seen is not all, but what is unseen true and real. So, we live not by sight but by faith in the Son Jesus Christ whom God sent as the random sacrifice in our place. Living by faith shall not end but continue all throughout the earthly lives and in eternity as well. There is no retirement in living by faith. By fixing our eyes upon our Lord Jesus Christ, the perfecter and author of our faith, we will be welcoming the Lord Jesus Christ when He comes again with the armies of angles and mighty trumpet sounds (Hebrews 12:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:16).

“However, when the Son of Man comes, will be find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8b) Do I live by faith or by sight? Do I continue to fix my eyes on my Lord and King Jesus Christ in the midst of stress and pressures or on something else like my pride?  Am I ready to welcome my Lord now or stirred up like the people in Jerusalem when they heard the news of Messiah’s birth from three Magi?