FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!
When you obey The Word of GOD, you align yourself with blessings from Heaven. When you are disobedient, you open the door to the consequences of sin. It is a very simple choice.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow Me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share My cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to My Ways.
25 For if you choose self-sacrifice and lose your lives for My glory, you will continually discover True Life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will forfeit what you try to keep.
26 For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?
27 I, the Son of Man, will one day return with My angels and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. And then I will reward each person according to what they have done.
Mark also recorded Jesus’ Words in Mark chapter 8:
38 If you are ashamed of Me and My Words while living among sinful and faithless people, then I, the Son of Man, will also be ashamed of you when I make My appearance with My Holy messengers in the glorious splendor of My Father!”
As the third witness of Jesus’ Words, Luke recorded in Luke chapter 9:
26 So why then are you ashamed of being My disciple? Are you ashamed of the revelation-Truth I give to you? “I, the Son of Man, will one day return in My radiant brightness, with the Holy angels and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. On that day I will be ashamed of everyone who has been ashamed of me.
When three Gospels record this future event, shouldn’t we always keep this reality before us? Our Heavenly Father is not restricted to time. Time is not relevant in the realm of THE SPIRIT.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 10:
35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!
36 You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s Will and then you receive the promise in full.
37 For soon and very soon, “The One who is appearing will come without delay!”
38 And He also says, “My righteous ones will live from My faith. But if fear holds them back, My Soul is not content with them!”
39 But we are certainly not those who are held back by fear and perish; we are among those who have faith and experience True Life!
Often, believers only want to focus on Scripture that meets their immediate needs without viewing the importance of the long term. Perceived delay does not invalidate the Truth found in HIS Prophetic Word to us.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Habakkuk chapter 2:
2 Then YAHWEH replied: “Write down the revelation; write it legibly on clay tablets so that whoever reads it may run and explain it to others.
3 The vision still awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove to be false. When the appointed time comes, it will happen with breathless haste. Although it may seem slow, just be patient and wait. For it will surely come right on time.
Don’t let up now! I am eagerly awaiting His return no matter when the appointed time arrives. In the meantime, I am going to be fruitful and I suggest you do the same.