Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
"WHEN, WHEN, WHEN will this [another] angel come whose message will lighten the earth with glory [Rev 18:1-4]? WHEN will 'Elijah,' long promised, come and 'turn hearts'?" (Mal. 4:5, 6).
These questions were asked by a correspondent who referred to a statement by a thoughtful writer, "When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own" [obviously, a reference to the "marriage of the Lamb" like a bridegroom "taking" his bride].
Our correspondent also asks, HOW can this be accomplished? We cannot save ourselves; only the Savior can save us!
The question resolves itself to this, "Why doesn't Jesus do this for His people? Why delay His return and end the suffering in the world?"
This in turn raises the big question: Whose fault is it that Christ hasn't returned when the last page of the Bible says, "Behold I come quickly"? (Rev. 22:12). One church has been saying it's "near" for well over 150 years. Is this delay the will of Christ? Or have His people delayed His coming?
But there is an even more important question: the veracity of Jesus Himself: He said long ago that His coming was "near." More tomorrow.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 5, 2006.
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