Our Calling and the end times

[sandman]

I have recently noticed an increase of talk amongst many Christians about the end times and tribulation

So many people are trying to pinpoint specific events and signs that indicate things have started or are in the process of taking place right now….. and while I agree, there are crazy events taking place throughout the world …there will be no mistaking when the tribulation starts. My advice to Christians regarding the return is to “live as though He is coming back today…. but plan as though He is never coming” …because you can get so caught up in events and signs of the return you will “miss the forest for the trees”.

This I can promise you…. Christ is coming back….. This is an event that will happen whether we believe or not. It does not matter if you hold a post tribulation belief, or pre tribulation belief ..there is nothing you can do to accelerate or change when He is coming, and there is no way you can know when it is going to happen…this is strictly in the hands of God.

For post-tribs … Christ’s return is written in the stars, and in the gospels, with signpost throughout the OT…However no matter how smart you think you are in figuring this out…. God states in Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

For pre-tribs…… there are no signs, and nothing written in the Word of God nor in the stars as to when Christ will return…it’s going to happen in the twinkling of an eye….…. hellooooo… Jesus!

Certainly as believers we are to research (study) the Word to see how it fits together, and the end times can be exciting and addictive…..But our calling is not to get wrapped up in signs and other things that can lead you astray from your walk in Christ…Because if no one knows when…. all speculation and figuring is fruitless …unless you think you know more than God.

We have been called to walk in Christ Jesus to proclaim, teach, walk, and live in the glorious light of the Word while we are alive on earth… The some of the greatest “practical application” of your walk is written in the epistle to the church of God in Ephesians, which is a doctrinal epistle that sets the standard of right believing for the walk of the believers …and it starts in chapter Eph 4:1 and runs through 6:24

 

[Freth]

When John the Revelator saw the angel and fell at his feet, the angel told him not to worship him, but God. And then he said something important.

Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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The reason I bring this up is because earlier in Revelation, we are told that the remnant keep the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus (Revelation 12:17; also faith of Jesus in Revelation 14:12). If the testimony of Jesus is indeed the spirit of prophecy, then it is a key attribute of the end time saints to watch and be sober.

Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
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That said, I agree with you. It shouldn't adversely affect your Christian walk.

 

[bniffty]

Jesus said to WATCH and i'm watching , doesn't effect my walk.

 

[Sunshinee777]

Jesus said to WATCH and i'm watching , doesn't effect my walk.

I am the same and even I know tribulation comes my eyes are on Jesus, not in tribulation. But we have to know what we have to know (lamp unto our feet, that is enough) so we can help others to know what they need to know, if they don’t know it yet. Lol. That is what agape love is.