Revelation 22:7 (AMP) And behold, I AM COMING SPEEDILY. Blessed (happy and [a]to be envied) is he who observes and lays to heart and keeps the truths of the prophecy (the predictions, consolations, and warnings) contained in this [little] book.
Revelation 22:12 Behold, I AM COMING SOON, and I shall bring My wages and rewards with Me, to repay and render to each one just what his own actions and his own work merit.
Revelation 22:20 (AMP) He Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says, Yes (it is true). [Surely] I AM COMING QUICKLY (swiftly, speedily). Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
Philippians 4:5 Let all men know and perceive and recognize your unselfishness (your considerateness, your forbearing spirit). The Lord is near [He is coming soon].
2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return.
Hebrews 10:37 (AMP) For still a little while (a very little while), and the Coming One will come and He will not delay.
Those words had been resonated and given to His people who have been waiting for the Lord's return for 2000 years. Yes, two thousand or so years ago, His message was "I AM COMING SOON!" For two thousand years, many within each generation thought the Lord would return within their life time.
When God speaks and if we attempt to define the words "imminent", "very soon", and "coming soon" from the perspective of our time, you will be discerning it from the flesh and not from the Spirit of the Word.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (AMP) But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED and ESTIMATED and APPRECIATED.
I personally believe the Lord will return in my life time but if He does not and it is for the next generation then I will be sure I am caught doing His work and in His Will for the Kingdom of God is within me. John the Baptist said the Kingdom of God is at hand two thousand years ago.
When Jesus walked in the flesh, many asked Him when He would over throw the Romans and establish His Kingdom. But they did not realize the Kingdom of God was at hand. Scripture says when demons are cast out by the finger of God or when people are healed the Kingdom of God has come upon you.
Yes, the Kingdom of God is coming but it is also here! Many are seeking the Kingdom of God to come and for the Lord's return because many may be seriously sick, experiencing high debt, family chaos, addictions, bondage, depression, loneliness and other similar problems such as the people of the world face. Such problems should only be temporary as we have Grace to draw closer to HIM being cleansed to be set free from this world and for His Glory. We are not meant to die under such conditions. We are not meant to die in our sins but to grow in His Grace moving from Glory to Glory.
But if we are the children of the Most High and if we cannot overcome and reign in this life then how are we expecting to reign with HIM in the next? Shouldn't the life we live here be a manifestation of what is going to be in the next instead of us going backwards?
2 Timothy 2:12 (AMP) If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us.
If would be wise and prudent to use this time and Grace to get your house in spiritual order. If our houses are not in order then what makes us think we qualify to be the Bride or be rapture? Acknowledging His Return does not qualify you to anything. Abiding in HIM daily to overcome enduring in all your trials and tests is your qualification to represent HIM properly. If the Kingdom of God is upon us, then we must ask the question whether we are bearing the fruits of such a Kingdom. Otherwise, the Kingdom will be taken away from us. Is the fruit of His Righteousness, His Peace, His Joy in the Holy Spirit reigning in your life? It is not a temporary joy of yourselves but a genuine Joy in the Holy Spirit? Or are we at least making those steps toward HIM? Stagnation and back wards is but a road to being religious.
Romans 14:17 (AMP) [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 21:43 I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it.
If you are looking for the exit door because you deplore your life or circumstances, you will come to a rude awakening on that Day. Yes, He is coming but do not be deceived brethren by false prophecy that hype up your emotions just because it itches your ears rather than digesting hard meat that grounds you to HIM and His Word. There are more false prophecy out there than Truth therefore discern it spiritually and not carnally. His Ways are not our ways nor is His Time our time. This is Truth.
Fire of God
Steve Yong Kim
April 11, 2012
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