Dear friends, greetings to you all in the name of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. I would like to thank everyone who gave their valuable comments
on my previous article on Simon Peter. Really, I am encouraged to write many
more articles because of you all.
In this issue ,I would like to throw light on the second coming of our
Lord Jesus. , I am not that much mature enough to deal with topics like this ,but considering the need of the hour and
the tough days ahead it is obvious that
even the stones around us will start to talk about our Lord’s second coming.
Revelation 22:20 says : “Yes, I am coming soon .Amen .Come, Lord Jesus.”
‘Revelation’ from Greek Apokalupsis
means “uncovering or removing
the veil which is placed on human eyes so that they could not see what is going
to come and what is good for them. Also, the book of Revelation is a kind of
eschatology which is teaching about the last happenings and the end of the
entire world-the end of human history and the beginning of Lord’s eternal reign
with full sovereignty.
Today, many of us are crying unto the Lord and say “Come, Lord Jesus.”.
Why this prayer? The world has become a rotten rut ,a veritable hell ,a hot bed
of all vices and a hotch -potch of all nonsense.. Friends, just for a while
think about the activities of the people who live around you. Wherever we turn
we find appallingly abominable offences and crimes committed by people of all
categories-children ,students ,officials, politicians and even theologians. Ambition,
avarice,prejudices,petulance,selfishness,ingratitude,disobedience,arrogance, a
rat race for money ,all kinds of disorderliness at higher levels, nepotism ,
redtapism, corruption, injustice, mis-appropriation of public and government money, drunkenness, debauchery,
fearlessness, non-involvement, shirking responsibilities, terrorism, mutiny ,rape,
rowdism ,homosexuality, all kinds of betrayals , quarrels, strifs, struggles in
familes and societies, wife-beating, infanticide, unwanted court cases, divisions
in the church for power ,neglect of the elders and their advice, a new
generation of parsons and clergy men who mint money by misleading the ignorant
churchlings.. and what else !all these rule the roost today.
For scientific blessings we turn to the technocrats and we even
approach our political and social icons. For spiritual and ethical guidance we
have taken a detour from or God. Our Christianity has become Churchianity. People
even think that by donating liberally to Christian organizations they can win a
berth in heaven! Did Jesus ever keep money with Him ? He had no purse either!
It was with Judas. When He was asked to pay the tax, He asked Peter to catch a fish, find money in its
mouth and then give it to the tax collector Friends, our God never wants our money and our riches, He just wants a
humble heart which recites His name. Have you ever heard of the sword of
Damocles-it is just hanging above our head.
The famous English poet T.S. Eliot has pointed out that the world has
become a total Wasteland, a cactus-land with sterile and spiritually hollow,
empty and cacophonus people. God loathes us as He once loathed and confounded
the language of the people who tried to build the tower of Babel
against His wishes .During his earthly ministry , Lord Jesus warned the people
of the terrible times which will come very soon. The Bible says, ”For then
there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the
world until now, no, and never will be .And if those days had not been
shortened ,no human being would be saved but for the sake of the elect those
days will be shortened”(Matt 24:21,22)
Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:1-5”In the last days there will come times of
stress. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money ,proud, arrogant,
abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable,
slanderers, profligates, fierce haters of good, treacherous, reckless , swollen
with conceit ,lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God ,holding the form of
religion but denying the power of it”. Friends ,my aim is not to bring fear to
you after reading all these but to know the truth .As science and technology is
growing fast, many things have become real .But people seem to be insecure in
spite of all the security made available .Why all such situations?
The answer can be traced out only in the Bible .It is because of the
deliberate disobedience of the commandments of God. .The Bible says that when
Cain’s offering was rejected by the Lord ,he was annoyed and got angry. The Lord said
to Cain ,”Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen ?If you do
well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at
the door ;its desire is for you, but you must master it”(Genesis
4:6,7).Therefore it is written in the Romans 12:1,2,”I appeal to you therefore,
brethren ,by the mercies of God , to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship .Do not be
conformed to this world ,but be transformed by the renewal of your mind ,that
you may prove what is the will of God ,what is good and acceptable and perfect ”.Moreover
Jesus said, ”And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow
cold”(Matt 24:12)
The problems in the world are increasing day by day. As soon as a
problem is solved a new one will arise in a more complicated way .The progress
achieved in eradicating diseases like polio, chickenpox etc. are to be
appreciated; but AIDS and SARS are really testing man’s authority .The Bible
says when God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth and man’s
thought was only evil, HE decided to destroy mankind from the face of the earth
.It also says that when Sodom and Gomorrah became great with sin ,God decided
to destroy those cities. When wickedness of Nineveh was great God sent Jonah to warn them.
As they believed the word of God they repented .Lord sent His prophets in all
the ages to call people back to Him .Jesus said, ”The time is fulfilled and the
kingdom of God is at hand; repent ,and believe in the gospel”.(Mark 1:15).Peter
said to the multitude assembled at Jerusalem,” Repent and be baptized everyone
of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins “.(Acts
2:28)
Dear friends, everything happening around us are the signs of the
second coming of Lord Jesus. He wants everyone to come back to Him with true
repentance .Philippians 2:14-16 says ”Do all things without grumbling or
questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent children of God without
blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation ,among whom you shine
as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life ,so that in the day of
Christ ,I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain” .It is
difficult to predict what will happen next. We are truly living an uncertain
life. Hebrews 9:27-29 clearly says that the second coming of Jesus would be a
joyous day for those who are eagerly waiting for Him. Christ can come any day ,
anytime. Let us prepare ourselves for
the eternal journey with our Father.
I
have decided to follow Jesus
No
turning back.
The
world behind me ,the Cross before me
No
turning back.
