His Return

It is Sunday morning, 28th November, the year 2021, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan with a thought for today.

“For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.”

Luke 17:24

Jesus is coming back like a flash of lightning. We don’t have to look all over the place. We don’t have to listen to this prophetic word or that prophetic word and this date or that date - No! When He comes back we will all see Him in an instant. But remember, Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is within us... You will see that in verse 21. We need to be prepared for the coming back of our Saviour. I can’t wait, I don’t know about you - Today would be fine for me!

But seriously, we need to work like He is coming back in a thousand years but we need to be prepared like He is coming back today. Peter said this in 2 Peter 3:8:

“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.”

Now Peter said that because the people were mocking... They were saying, “Where is this Lord? You have been saying for ages He is coming back” - the scoffers who were mocking him. I want to tell you folks, for the Lord, a thousand years is like one day. So time is not an effort and He is no respecter of time whatsoever - He is time.

So, I can hear somebody saying, “What are we to do, how should we live?” Well, Martin Luther said: “What would you do if you knew that the Lord was coming back tomorrow?” He said, “I would plant an apple tree today.” Now, as you know, there are lots of apple trees in Germany - He would carry on living.

The asked John Wesley, “What would you do if you knew the Lord was coming back tomorrow?” He said, “Well, this morning at 9 o’clock, I have got a Bible study meeting, then I am riding on my horse over to such and such a place, and I have got another cottage meeting and then I am preaching tonight.” In other words, he would carry on as if the Lord was coming in a thousand years, but prepared for Him to come immediately.

Remember, we have said it before to you many times - If you are a follower of Jesus, you are in a win-win situation! Paul says:

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

Philippians 1:21,

You can’t frighten a Christian with Heaven, right? So be ready... Enjoy your life. Make plans for the future but always be ready for the coming of the Lord, because the Kingdom of God is within you.

Have a beautiful Sunday, together with your family.
God bless you and goodbye.