But could it be the absence of signs will be the one great sign?
Peter says just prior to our Lord’s return “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation.”
In both Matthew and Luke’s gospels, Jesus says, “As it was in the days of Noe,” and, “As it was in the days of Lot,” so it will be preceding His coming. I was taught as a young believer that every minute detail of these two men’s generations was the thing to watch for. But the context says nothing of the kind!
The one thing, and only one thing He teaches, is the fact that the world was going on at its normal state (that is, normal for a sinning world). They were marrying and giving in marriage, eating and drinking, “until the day.” That is, right up till the time. Thus, He ends His teaching concerning His second coming with these words, “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”
There is no question, someday, will be the last day. But as my dear friend Dr. John R. Rice used to say, “Jesus is coming again, signs or no signs.”
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