Jesus is coming again (soon!!)

 

On approaching the village of Moira (in Northern Ireland) from the M1 motorway, one cannot fail to see the words “THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH” inscribed in large, white letters on a stone wall. It was painted many years ago by a man with a love for the gospel and a burden for souls and its clear announcement has arrested not a few over the years and alerted them to the imminence and inevitability of this great event and the need for preparation as no one knows when the Lord will return.

Over the years since it first appeared so visibly and legibly on that wall, many headlines have been written which proved to be false, but the passing of time has not changed by one iota the truth of this statement found in the Holy Bible. The man who painted these words so carefully and skilfully was convinced that the Lord’s coming was near, and how much closer it must be now!

Have you made preparation for that event which will have a seismic impact on this world in a moment of time? Only those who are saved, who have trusted Christ, will be involved in the mass exodus of millions, dead and living, who will disappear when the Saviour comes back for His own as He Himself stated in John 14.3: “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”.

Many doubt if the Lord Jesus will ever come back: “scoffers” who ask derisively, “Where is the promise of His coming?” 2Peter 3.4. Even some who should know better, who have heard repeatedly from earnest preachers that “the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven …” 1Thessalonians 4.16, and that it will happen “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye …” 1Corinthians 15.52, have questioned if it is true! My friend, it is absolutely true and is the hope of every believer in our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Saviour has already been here; He came as the infant born in Bethlehem. For over thirty years He lived among men, seen and heard by them and acknowledged to be sinless. He had come in wondrous love to bear “our sins in His own body on the tree” (the cross at Calvary) 1Peter 2.24, to bear the punishment we deserved as guilty sinners and to provide an eternal salvation by the shedding of His precious blood, the laying down of His life. He finished the work that His Father had given Him to do, provided a full and final answer to the problem of sin, and rose again. He is all you need and His work alone is sufficient to take you to Heaven. God will not and cannot accept any plea other than “I was a guilty sinner but Jesus died for me.” He “appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” Hebrews 9.26, “and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation” Hebrews 9.28.

You have no time to lose; the day of opportunity is fast ebbing to a close, for “the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” James 5.8. When that momentous event takes place, the door of salvation will close forever for all who have been privileged to hear the gospel. It could happen before you read the poem at the end of this article.

O I say will you be ready at the coming of the Lord?

Are you sure of God’s salvation, are you sheltered by the blood?

For ’twill be too late to seek Him when at last you sadly find

That the saints have ALL been taken and that you are left behind.

Used by kind permission of Assembly Testimony

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