Did Jesus say to WATCH or NOT TO WATCH. Let's look at that
verse that the enemy uses to strike fear in the heart of the believer.
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven but my
Father only.
Matthew 24:36
Is this verse a command NOT to watch or is it a MYSTERY and a challenge TO
WATCH? Is this verse a WARNING NOT TO concern yourself with the day and hour
of Jesus' return for His Bride or is it a SECRET and a PUZZLE to be
atttempted to be solved with more pieces of the puzzle (through revelation,
scripture, visions, dreams, prayer and Bible study) being put together as
His appearing draws near?
We are commanded to WATCH!
WATCH therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
Matthew 24:42
We are commanded to BE READY!
Therefore, be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not, the Son
of man comes.
Matthew 24:44
We are commanded to WATCH and PRAY!
WATCH you therefore and PRAY always that you may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son
of man.
Luke 21:36
WATCHING is not looking up in the sky for His appearing. WATCH means to
compare Bible prophecies in relation to current events in the world. When
they take place, you will recognize fulfillment of scriptures.
We are commanded to LOOK UP and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your redemption
draws near.
Luke 21:28
This is another way to get us to pay attention to the nearness of His coming
- by the signs in the heavens; the stars, the sun, the moon, the earth, the
heavenlies, etc.
We are commanded to ASSEMBLE and to EXHORT ONE ANOTHER
NOT forsaking the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as the manner of some
is, but EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER: and SO MUCH THE MORE as you see the DAY (of
the Catching Away) approaching.
Hebrews 10:25
Can you sense
the urgency that was anticipated at the end of this verse? We are at the
time of, "so much the more"!
There is a BLESSING for WATCHING!
BLESSED are those servants, whom the Lord, when He comes, shall find
WATCHING: verily I say unto you that He shall gird himself and make them to
sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them.
Luke 12:37
There is a CROWN for believers that are found WATCHING!
Henceforth, there is laid up for me a CROWN of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and NOT ME ONLY but
unto ALL THEM also that LOVE HIS APPEARING.
2 Timothy 4:8
SCRIPTUAL FACTS:
Surely the Lord God will do nothing but He reveals His secret unto His
servants the prophets.
Amos 3:7
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him and He will show them His
covenant.
Psalm 25:14
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given to you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:11
Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard and hold fast and
repent. If, therefore, you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief
and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
Revelations 3:3
Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Savior Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13
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.
2 Peter 3:3
And He said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end.
Daniel 12:9
But you brethren, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a
thief.
And when the world is about to explode do you have any Idea where we are today. The Middle East to Africa to America to Asia all over the world the stage is being set.
here is an example from today news with a quick blurb. TWO NUCLEAR POWERS READY TO BATTLE are we BLIND!
INDIA & PAKISTAN
Army says India must hit hard at militants
Senior officers are planning bombing raids, backed by ground attacks involving helicopter-borne special forces in an operation lasting between 30 and 45 minutes. The aim is to immobilise Pakistani forces in Kashmir.
Indian defence officials said Pakistan had deployed more than four divisions, about 100,000 troops, along the frontier of Jammu and Kashmir state, and were fortifying their positions.
Indian forces, estimated to be 400,000-strong, have been on high alert in the border region since the attack on parliament.
India and Pakistan 'reposition' their troops as tension mounts over parliament attack
http://janes.com/security/international_security/news/misc/janes011219_1_n.shtml
India, Pak exchange fire in Naushera: Kashmir
JAMMU: Indian troops on Thursday replied effectively to Pakistan's unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region's Naushera sector inflicting heavy damage on Pakistani posts, Defence sources said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=1726335733
ISRAEL
Lebanese Army on high alert fearing Israeli air strike
Lebanese Army units and Hizbullah and Palestinian groups around Lebanon went on high alert yesterday fearing a large-scale Israeli air offensive.
The Israel Air Force committed 28 violations of Lebanese airspace earlier this week, consisting of 35 jets and five helicopter gunships and including flights near Palestinian refugee camps, according to a United Nations report.
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/12/20/LatestNews/LatestNews.40315.html
IRAQ
US build-up in the Middle East!
MORE than 20,000 American troops have been moved into Qatar and Kuwait amid repeated suggestions that Washington is preparing to move the war on terrorism into Iraq, defence sources said yesterday. The United States moved the headquarters of its 3rd Army to Qatar two weeks ago and defence analysts have reported large numbers of troops being moved into the region since. The 3rd Army is the ground component of the US Central Command, which oversees America's military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan and was in charge of coalition forces during the Gulf war. The Pentagon has insisted that it is merely rotating troops but defence analysts say that about 24,000 troops have been moved in with barely a brigade, around 4,000, moving out. The Czech Republic inadvertently confirmed yesterday the military build-up in the region by suggesting that up to 400 troops it has committed to the US-led war on terrorism might be sent to Kuwait. Miroslav Titz, the deputy chairman of the Czech parliament's defence and security committee, said an anti-chemical warfare unit and a field hospital could be deployed at an American military base in the Gulf state. "A joint contingent is being considered," he said. "It might be deployed at a US base in Kuwait where it would have logistics support." Czech chemical defence units and a field hospital were based in Kuwait during the Gulf war. The deployment of so many troops may be designed to intimidate Saddam Hussein. American officials admitted that a State Department team, led by Ryan Crocker, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, was surreptitiously sent into northern Iraq recently to meet Kurdish leaders. The visit was intended to make Baghdad jittery and to encourage the Kurdish leaders to unite to provide opposition to Saddam. President Bush and his top advisers are said to have decided against launching an attack on Iraq and favour encouraging opposition forces to overthrow Saddam from within. Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, is devising a long-term plan aimed at forcing Iraq to readmit United Nations weapons inspectors and co-operate with a set of economic sanctions. Officials say if the Iraqi leader refuses they do not rule out using military force.
Doesn't matter to me where you folks are headed I know where I'm going! I'm just here to send a message. REPENT OR BURN!
