Today i heard someone mocking the second coming of Christ. The person said for years we have heard Christ is coming and coming....when will HE come...and it was a secular and business setting - hence had to keep my mouth shut.
But i know the God of the bible is truthful and reliable. His word is the TRUTH.
Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen. Revelation 1:7
He is coming for a blameless Church and take the saints with him ....also to Judge.
This is a revelation only for those whose eyes are unveiled can grasp the impact.
I heard a preacher saying (Adrian Rogers) the word coming is not bound by time....its not a NOW word i.e. immediate happening but His Coming is Imminent i.e. impending/ forthcoming/ looming/ about to happen/ on the cards
im·mi·nent /ˈɪm ə nənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[im-uh-nuh nt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.
[Middle English iminent, from Old French imminent, from Latin imminēns, imminent-, present participle of imminēre, to overhang : in-, in; see in-2 + -minēre, to jut, threaten; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
imminent
1528, from L. imminentem (nom. imminens), prp. of imminere "to overhang, impend, be near," from in- "into" + minere "jut out," related to mons "hill" (see mount).
im·me·di·ate /ɪˈmi di ɪt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[i-mee-dee-it] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. occurring or accomplished without delay; instant: an immediate reply.
2. following or preceding without a lapse of time: the immediate future.
3. having no object or space intervening; nearest or next: in the immediate vicinity.
4. of or pertaining to the present time or moment: our immediate plans.
5. without intervening medium or agent; direct: an immediate cause.
6. having a direct bearing: immediate consideration.
7. very close in relationship: my immediate family.
8. Philosophy. directly intuited.
[Origin: 1525–35; <>im-2, mediate (adj.) ]
—Related forms
im·me·di·ate·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. instantaneous. 3. close, proximate.
Christ’s coming is always been an Imminent one than immediate. That’s what the church believes. Its not that we are walking towards the end But we are walking on the line which is the end itself…from the Ascension of Christ we are walking in that thin continuum towards is HIS coming. This is the HOPE and one of the key pillars of Christian faith.
I can only say alongwith all those who are awaiting His coming – Come Lord Jesus Come…Maranatha…Come Lord Jesus Come
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