Luke 17:20-37 "When the CLOCK and CALENDAR Don't Matter!" Early and UGLY draft
Posted by: pastorbob <pastorbob@...>
Luke 17:20–37 "When the CLOCK and CALENDAR Don't Matter!"
- The Kingdom of God is Coming
- This is settled and absolute
- There will be a rapture, a tribulation, a millennial reign and a finality to this earth.
- Theologians have battled for centuries about HOW this will happen
- But NONE doubt or argue that it WILL HAPPEN
- I can tell you today EXACTLY how the "END TIMES" will play out in our reality
- Exactly
- Even with a timetable….
- Ready?....
- The Kingdom of God will come for you and me and for all creation….
- Exactly WHEN, WHERE and HOW God says it will! Not sooner or later
- The WORLD wants to get so concerned about the timing of armegeddon, the rapture, and more
- Look here…Look there…
- Post a billboard
- Set a date
- DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THEM
- Movies, books, cults, even religions and churches can make the timing of Christ's return their major focus….and fundraiser
- Don't be consumed by this question
- It will play out God's way
- Pre-trib, mid – trib, post -trib or amillennial
- We argue, debate and fuss about something we DO NOT KNOW
- Trust GOD with that time
- Your time may come WAY BEFORE this event anyway
- The TIMING is not for us to know right now
- The CLOCK and CALENDAR DO NOT MATTER!
- Maybe soon for some and longer for others
- Maybe those of us gathered here will survive until the rapture of the church…
- Maybe not..
- Not YOUR business
- Above your pay grade so to speak
- The REALITY of the return of Jesus Christ is VERY MUCH our business!
- Reguardless of God's TIMING
- We are called to BE READY!
- Be SAVED
- Be SERVING
- You may be called to martyrdom
- He who loses his life will keep it
- Give Your life to God
- It is His anyway
- He gave it to you
- But a fearful and weak faithed people want a sign
- Here's Your Sign
- Your daily life
- Nothing else needs to happen prophetically for Christ to Return
- No prophecy remains unfilled before the rapture occurs
- The Kingdom of God could return for you…for us
- Today!
- NOW!
- Or in 100 years or more
- BE ready
- This scripture tells us it will be like in the days of Noah before the flood and the days of Lot before the fire and brimstone
- Normal days
- Eating, drinking, sleeping
- Working and playing
- Building families and communities
- A day just like every other day
- UNTIL something UNUSUAL happens and changes everything.
- Suddenly, quicker than the Flash or Superman
- BOOM
- People will be at home and BOOM some are gone and some are left
- People will be working and BOOM some are gone and some are left
- People will be doing what they do every day, living in their self imposed rut and routine and BOOM some will be gone and some will be left
- DO NOT be left behind
- Death is left behind everywhere
- Choose life!
- Be ready!
Ephesians 2:4-10 "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them"
ESV
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