0589. Is Christ's Coming Near?

Is Christ’s Coming Near?

"For yet a little while, (how little, how little) and He that cometh will come, and will not tarry" (Heb_10:37).

We may not know the day of the coming of Christ, but we certainly may know the times and the seasons.

If the men of the world can discern the sky and foretell whether it will be fair or foul weather, surely we can discern the signs of the times (see Mat_16:3).

Where is the bride that does not know that her marriage draws near? She knows it long before the public knows. It is her secret; it is the joy of her heart; and God has written certain things across the years by which we will know when the time of His coming is near.

1. There are the Jewish signs. Truly when the fig tree puts forth its leaves, we know that summer is nigh; so also when we see Israel turning her face toward Jerusalem, her long cherished home, we know that Christ is near; even at the doors.

2. Spiritual signs proclaim His coming. To our minds, there is no sign of Christ’s soon coming so marked as these.

All over the world to-day, ministers who know the Book, and saints who love the Lord, are preaching and proclaiming the blessed hope of the Lord’s return.

3. Moral signs proclaim His coming. The fact that evil men and seducers are waxing worse and worse; that the apostasy with its denials of the faith has come. All of these proclaim the soon coming of the Lord.

There are many other signs of Christ’s soon coming, surely He is near, even at the door.

Many are the signs that greet us,

As we lift our eyes–they meet us,

Christ is coming–He is near:

Far and wide the cry is sounding,

Through the world it is resounding;

Soon the Bridegroom will appear.

O then, let your lamps burn steady,

Be ye robed and be ye ready;

That the wedding ye may share.

Don’t delay your preparation,

Men of every tribe and nation,

For the Coming now prepare.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR