A watchman’s cry is never anticipated; however, watchmen are strategically placed to warn of imminent danger. If the trumpet sounds, immediate action is required. When the warning is ignored, the outcome is often catastrophic. If not heard, then we were in the wrong place to start with. “Birds of a feather flock together” is common knowledge; everyone understands.
I
remember a song we used to sing when I was newly saved, “say will you be ready
when Jesus comes”. With emphasis placed upon our positional place in the
finished work of the cross. I wonder how
many understand today's urgency. It’s extremely important to dress for battle,
we must be a people that is Bible-saturated, and there are so many conflicting
voices that if we miss this we may miss out on one of the greatest events of
all time, the return of our Saviour.
The
Bible refers to this specific event, and this is how our beloved brother Paul
pens it; “I tell you
this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the
perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We
shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the
dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.” (1Corinthians 15:53)
A fairytale to the blind and unsaved, nevertheless
the Christians' greatest hope. A trumpet will sound and the Lord Jesus will
return and the Christians living on the earth will experience this miraculous event
and be changed in the blink of an eye, one minute going about daily activities
in our human corruptible bodies and then the switch, into a glorious eternal
body with timeless properties attached. Let this truth sink in the next time we
are confronted with temptation.
The weakness of our flesh is a pitiful thing. It has
been corrupted by sin and is constantly dying. So many of us spend so much time
on it in one way or another, what a calamity. There is a day coming when the Christians
will receive their glorified bodies. Bodies made up of different substances
and with eternal properties, the best way for our carnal brains to process this,
think about a Marvel action hero with superhuman strength. A body capable of
standing on the surface of the sun, or with vital organs that never need to be
repaired, the imagination can run riot if given liberty. Without going beyond
what has been written, there is a day coming when we will be reunited with our
God and King and it will be glorious, we will receive glorified bodies that
will never age, but the greatest prize is this. God will be our God and we will be his sons.
Let us all think on this and look to Jesus for sustenance,
one day at a time, just for today we need to find grace to put the body under…
Blessing to all that confess the Lord Jesus as
Lord and for those who have not yet truly cried out to Jesus for rescue, today
is the day and while you have breath you have hope. But call you must, if not, well, that is too terrible to contemplate.
Signing off
Tyrone
