Why does God keep us waiting....?

[reddogs]

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded" (Psalm 22, 1-5).

We have seen the signs of the end of times, we have seen the wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, we have notice the wickedness increase, we have felt the wings of evil and death brush closely by, what else is there? Why does God keep us waiting....?

 

[MidnightCry]

Hi reddogs,

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matt. 24:14)

Has every soul in China heard the good news? How about India? Russia? God does not even want one to perish. Are we all doing all we can to make sure everyone has heard the Gospel?

Or maybe God is waiting for a people who will be ready to stand before Him when he comes. Are we doing all we can to live a holy life, to overcome sin, is He waiting on us to be ready?

 

[thecountrydoc]

There can be little question that;

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matt. 24:14)

A bigger question for each of us to ask ourselves is this: What am I doing TODAY to finish this great prophecy? Are we thinking only of the far flung corners of the earth? Or are we thinking of those next door, or around the corner from where we live? Remember that "this gospel" includes the third angel's message.

Respectfully, your brother in Christ,
Doc

 

[reddogs]

Hi reddogs,

"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." (Matt. 24:14)

Has every soul in China heard the good news? How about India? Russia? God does not even want one to perish. Are we all doing all we can to make sure everyone has heard the Gospel?

Or maybe God is waiting for a people who will be ready to stand before Him when he comes. Are we doing all we can to live a holy life, to overcome sin, is He waiting on us to be ready?

With the modern means of worldwide communication we have now, it is now possible to say the whole world has the means to hear the gospel. My neighbor is Chinese and goes there all the time on business, some of my wifes clients are also Chinese and have told her it has become very modernized with internet, computers and modern appliances and much more freedoms. We have Russians, Vietnamese and Indians who also have told us the same about their countries. I think the time has come to give the gospel to all nations with the means we have been given.......

 

[MidnightCry]

With the modern means of worldwide communication we have now, it is now possible to say the whole world has the means to hear the gospel. My neighbor is Chinese and goes there all the time on business, some of my wifes clients are also Chinese and have told her it has become very modernized with internet, computers and modern appliances and much more freedoms. We have Russians, Vietnamese and Indians who also have told us the same about their countries. I think the time has come to give the gospel to all nations with the means we have been given.......

I agree, reddogs. The gospel is going to all the world like never before. But I thought every person must make a decision for Christ one way ot the other before Christ will return.

 

[honorthesabbath]

I agree, reddogs. The gospel is going to all the world like never before. But I thought every person must make a decision for Christ one way ot the other before Christ will return.

I liked the way Doug Batchelor put it one time. Just like the friends of the ill man who tore up Peter's roof because there were too many preventing him from getting to Jesus thru the door, the servants of Christ today are getting His message out thru the roof (meaning satellites and tv antenna's).

 

[OntheDL]

Hi Red,

Here is your answer if you were asking for it...

"Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of the Saviour shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim His own. It is the privilege of every Christian, not only to look for, but to hasten, the coming of our Lord. Were all who profess His name bearing fruit to His glory, how quickly the whole world would be sown with the seed of the gospel! Quickly the last great harvest would be ripened, and Christ would come." Maranatha chapter104 {Mar 112.5}

Mark 4
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

I didn't see Doc's reply.

A couple of points I think would help to understand the answer...

If we agree God commissioned SDAs out of the 1844 movement to proclaim the everlasting gospel: Three Angels' Message (from Revelation 10, 11), then:

1. who are the intended recipients of the 3AM?
2. what is the essence of the 3AM?

I like Doc's answer.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded" (Psalm 22, 1-5).

We have seen the signs of the end of times, we have seen the wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, we have notice the wickedness increase, we have felt the wings of evil and death brush closely by, what else is there? Why does God keep us waiting....?