Look up!

Submitted by Michael (United States), Nov 22, 2008 at 22:04

In the first century so many prophesies had been fullfiled concerning the coming of the Messiah in the Books of Moses and all the Hebrew prophets: the 69 weeks of the prophet Daniel, the appearing of the star, the Caldeans who came to worship the baby born the King of the Jews, born in Bethlehem, both mother and father were in the lineage of King David, the signs that no one ever did, Yeshua did, including raising the dead, declaring the Kingdom is near you, declaring with power, before Abraham was I AM, accused by the Jewish Supreme Court of blasphemy, claiming he was God, confessing before Pilate, I am the King of the Jews, being cut off from the land of the living but rising from the dead in three days and appearing to over 500 disciples over a period of 40 days before being caught up to heaven in the same manner in which he will return---yet the Jews, with notable exceptions, missed the coming of their long prophesied, long awaited Messiah---and caused him to be crucified, also prophesied. How? Why? Because they really weren't looking for him, they were not prepared. The Jewish religious and political leaders liked things as they were, thank you very much.

And that is exactly where confessing Christians are today, compromised with sin and the concerns of the world, with apostate church leaders and denominations, ignorant of and neglecting the Holy Scriptures and therefore blinded to the imminent and sudden return of the Lord for his own. Christians are exactly where the Jews were spiritually 2000 years ago, torpid and asleep. Because most confessing Christians are not looking for Christ's return, they will be unprepared and be left on earth to become the apostate church of the antichrist. When we anticipate the Lord's return and look for it, we are sanctifying ourselves and preparing ourselves as the Bride for her Bridegroom and our Wedding in Heaven.

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