“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.”
(Jude 1:14)
I have known prophetic Bible teachers so dogmatic about every little detail of Christ’s coming that those who were not of the same mind were treated like dogs! There is never an excuse for being uncharitable to a Christian brother. Great and godly men have differed on minor details throughout the centuries. The early Christians greeted one another with, “Maranatha” (The Lord Cometh). Not how or when He was returning, but the fact of His return. They were not dogged over details of little consequence.
It is possible to lose the blessed of the “Blessed Hope.” It’s not a rapture we are to look for, but our Redeemer; not a Kingdom, but rather, the King. We are not to be enthralled with an event, but a Person! Much of what is written about the Second Coming today needs to be put in the fiction section of bookstores, not alongside books about facts. To some, prophecy is no more than a novelty.
Many things about prophecy we will not understand until after it comes to pass. Jesus told His disciples, “I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it come to pass, ye might believe.” The implication is that they would not understand the full significance of foretold things until they were fulfilled. Hindsight, if you please.
“Maranatha! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
(1 Cor. 16:22-24)
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