For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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… Very powerful, very beautiful things. Matthew chapter 24, verse 44, the Bible tells us here. In fact, it's interesting because this is a, it's technical because Matthew 24 is a chapter dedicated to the future events, and yet the Bible has been with us for nearly 2,000 years and the Bible is going to be with us next week. So when God wrote Matthew 24 as other chapters as well in the context, it covers both the future events, but it also applies to every generation of believers. So with that background, verse 44 says, Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour you do not expect. This is not the first coming and it's not the second coming. this can only refer to his sudden appearing. I want to give you this quote that sums things up. Jesus is saying, I am coming back for those who, yes, believe in me, but even more so, those who actually believe me. That's important. …
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Wait you to be seated. so uh i was just talking to someone recently who is training for a marathon it's it's it's a grandma's marathon up here in duluth grandma's is a restaurant it's also a marathon where people run from two harbors minnesota about 26.2 miles roughly 20 roughly exactly 26.2 miles to duluth minnesota and uh they were already starting to train for grandma's marathon this now grandma's marathon happens the third saturday of june and yet here they are at the beginning of December, end of November, and they are already training for this marathon. And I was like, oh my gosh, that is, it seems like a lot of time to have to wait. I've even said this. They're like, that seems like a long time to have to wait. And they had such a good perspective. They're like, well, I'm not waiting. I'm training. I thought, oh my gosh, that's so good. That'll preach. …
… Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. And Jesus said in Matthew 24, verse 44, Therefore be ye also ready. For in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Question, are you ready now? Jesus said you are to be ready. Now He's coming, as we said, 1 Corinthians 15, verse 51, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Somebody said that the average person blinks his eyes 20,000 times a day. Now who counts those kind of things? How do you figure that out? But I thought that's so interesting. That's how quickly you blink your eyes. That's how quickly the Lord Jesus Christ is coming. In a moment, in a split second, in an indivisible time, Jesus Christ is coming. People say, well pastor, you're talking about the wind. don't you think that the signs of the times mean that Jesus is getting closer? Yes I do. But that's not proof. Jesus could have come at any time. We're not waiting on any sign to be fulfilled. You see these signs of the times are really for things that will take place primarily after the rapture. …
… Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. And Jesus said in Matthew 24, verse 44, Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Question, are you ready now? Jesus said, you are to be ready. Now He's coming, as we said, 1 Corinthians 15, verse 51, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. I heard the other day on the radio, I thought how apropos because I'm preparing this message, somebody said that the average person blinks his eyes 20,000 times a day. Now who counts those kind of things? How do you figure that out? But I thought that's so interesting. That's how quickly you blink your eyes. That's how quickly the Lord Jesus Christ is coming. In a moment, he says there in verse 51, the word moment is the word we get our word Adam from. Not Adam, the man Adam, but A-T-O-M. It means an indivisible unit. That's what men first thought the atom was before the day of nuclear physics. …