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FROM NOW ON UNTIL JESUS REAPPEARS ON EARTH
I really and truly like and love Jesus. I am very happy for Jesus, for He has gone to the Father, who greater and more important than He is.
John 14:28
The time is coming when I will long for Jesus to be with me even for a single day, but Jesus won’t be here. Reports will reach me that Jesus has returned and that He is in this place or that. I shall not believe it or go out to look for Jesus. For when He returns I will know and recognise it beyond all doubt. It will be as evident, plain, obvious and unmistakable as the lightning that flashes across the skies.
Luke 17:22-24
It will be “business as usual” right up to the hour of Jesus’ return, the hour when He reappears on earth. Those people away from home must not return to pack. Those people in the fields must not return to town. I remember and call to mind what happened to Lot’s wife, who looked back and became a pillar of salt. If I cling to and hold fast to my life, I shall lose it. If I lose my life, I shall save it. I shall rescue it and keep it secure and unharmed.
Luke 17:30-33 Genesis 19:26
I am not letting anyone deceive and trick me. For many people will come claiming to be the Messiah and will lead many people astray and out of and off the right way.
Matthew 24:4-5
I am not letting anyone mislead, misguide and misdirect me. For many people will come declaring themselves to be my Messiah, and will lead many people astray and out of and off the right way.
Mark 13:5-6
I don’t let anyone mislead, misguide and misdirect me. For many people will come announcing themselves as the Messiah and saying, “The time has come”, but I don’t and won’t believe it or trust in, rely on, and depend upon them.
Luke 21:8
Wars will break out near and far, but this is not the signal, sign or indication of the end-time. For nations and kingdoms, governments and administrations, authorities and interests will declare war and fight against each other. There will be earthquakes in many lands, in many countries and famines, that is, an extreme scarcity of food, starvation and troubles. These herald and announce only the early stages of the intolerable anguish and sufferings ahead, the severe physical and mental pain and distress to come. But I watch out, observe and take note when these things begin to happen. I will be in great danger. I will be dragged before the courts, and beaten in the religious premises and accused before governors and kings, political leaders and authorities of being a follower of Jesus. This is my opportunity to tell them the Good News. This is the News that is really good, favourable, agreeable, advantageous, gratifying and satisfying News. This is God’s latest announcement, communication and message with information and advice, instructions and directions. For the Good News must first be made known in every nation before the final days come. But when I am arrested and stand trial, I am not to worry about what to say in my defence. I just say what God tells me to. I will not be speaking but the Holy Spirit will. I endure and persist to the end, without renouncing, rejecting and disowning Jesus and I shall be saved, rescued and kept secure and unharmed.
Mark 13:7-13
I pray, request and ask God for strength to pass through these coming horrors.
Luke 21:36b
I pray, request and ask God that, if possible, I may arrive in Jesus’ presence, without having to experience these horrors.
Luke 21:36b
The question is, “When Jesus, the Son of Mankind, returns, how many people will He find who have persistence in the faith with a firm relying trust, belief, assurance confidence, reliance, dependence, expectation and hope in Him?”
Luke 18:8
I have persistence in the faith with a firm relying trust, belief, assurance, confidence, reliance, dependence, expectation and hope in Jesus and I keep on praying and making my requests to God.
Luke 18:8
I endure and persist to the end and I shall be saved. I shall be rescued and kept secure and unharmed.
Matthew 24:13
I stand firm and will win, gain, obtain and secure the true life and vitality of my soul, my life, my being and myself.
Luke 21:19
So when all these things begin to happen, I stand straight and look up! For my salvation, redemption and deliverance is near, is approaching, and is coming in!
Luke 21:28
I learn a lesson from a fig tree. When her branch is tender and her leaves begin to sprout, I know that summer is almost here. Just so, when I see all these things beginning to happen I can know that Jesus’ return is near, even at the doors. Then at last this age will come to its close.
Matthew 24:32-34
I avoid trouble by always being ready for Jesus’ unannounced return.
Matthew 24:44
I am prepared; for I don’t know what day my Lord is coming.
Matthew 24:42
I stay awake and I am prepared, for I do not know the date or moment of Jesus’ return.
Matthew 25:13
Since I do not know when it will happen, I stay alert. I am on the watch, on the look out, for Jesus’ return.
Mark 13:33
I watch out! I am not letting Jesus’ sudden coming catch me unawares. I am not living in careless ease, carousing and engaging in drinking bouts and rounds, drinking and occupied with the problems, the doubtful and difficult questions requiring answers and solutions in and of this life, like all the rest of the people of the world. I keep constant watch and alertness.
Luke 21:34-36
I am not being evil. I am not thinking, speaking and acting against God’s Laws and saying to myself, “My Lord won’t be coming for a while.” I am not beginning to ill-treat my fellow servants, my fellow workers, living it up and getting drunk. If I do, my Lord will arrive unannounced and unexpected and severely whip me and send me off to the judgment of the hypocrites, the pretenders. There will be weeping, shedding of tears and gnashing and grinding of teeth and disappointment.
Matthew 24:48-51
I keep a sharp lookout! For I do not know when Jesus will come, at evening, at midnight, early dawn or late daybreak. I must not let Jesus find me sleeping. I watch for his return! This is Jesus’ message, announcements and communications, with information and advice, instructions and directions to me and to everyone else on earth.
Mark 13:35-37
I am a wise and thoughtful, faithful, reliable and dependable servant and personal attendant of the Lord. Jesus has given me the task of managing his household, to feed his children day by day. Blessings, that are, God’s favours, kindnesses, advantages, benefits, assistance and support will be on me if Jesus returns and finds me faithfully, loyally and obediently doing my work. Jesus will put such faithful, reliable and dependable ones in charge of everything he owns.
Matthew 24:45-47
I am prepared – all dressed and ready for my Lord’s return from the wedding feast.
Luke 12:35
I am ready all the time. For Jesus, the Man of Glory, the Son of Man, will come when least expected.
Luke 12:40
Then the
peoples of the earth shall see Jesus, the Man from Heaven, the Son of
Man, coming in a cloud with power, strength and ability and great glory
and splendour.
Luke 21:27
Jesus seriously and solemnly declares to me that when these things happen, the end of this generation, this age, has come, has arrived and is here.
Luke 21:32
Though all Heaven, God the Father’s Home, Rule and Care and all and the whole earth shall pass away and come to an end yet Jesus’ words remain forever true, real, actual and authentic. Jesus’ words, message, announcement and communication with information and advice, instructions and directions remain forever true, real, actual and authentic.
Luke 21:33
I don’t forget but I remember always God’s message with teaching, instructions and directions.
Mark 4:15
I listen to Jesus as He speaks.
I obey Jesus.
I do as Jesus directs me.
Matthew 17:5 Mark 9:7 Luke 9:35
I like and love Jesus
John 14:22-24
I like, love, honour, respect and obey Jesus.
I do as Jesus directs me all the time.
This is not the end but always, until Jesus reappears, the possibility of a new beginning with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Jesus will test, try and judge the nations, the peoples of the world
Jesus does not fight or shout, does not raise his voice, does not crush the weak
Or quench the smallest hope
Jesus will end all conflict, fighting, struggle and strife
With his final victory and defeat of the enemy
Jesus’ Name shall be the hope, desire and expectation
Of the entire world, of all the peoples of the world
Matthew 12:17-21