Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Has Christ delayed His second coming, or have we? Bible testimony seems clear:
(a) We entered "the time of the end" at the close of the 1260 years of Daniel 8:17; 11:33-35; 12:4.
(b) Jesus specified "signs" in the heavens and on earth that would coincide: Luke 21:25-28.
(c) It was the Lord's intention that the "generation" that "saw" all these events as "signs" would also witness His return: Matthew 24:33-37.
(d) Christ's second coming is likened to "the marriage of the Lamb": Revelation 19:7, 8. The timing has to be contingent on the "bride" "making herself ready." No bridegroom in history forces his bride to say "I do." Christ's sacrifice has given freedom of choice to "every one" including the church, which Christ has "purchased with His blood" (Acts 20:28). If "she" wishes to delay His coming by not "making herself ready" for "the marriage of the Lamb," Christ is helpless. His first coming was established by time prophecies of Daniel 8, 9; His second is in "her" hands--"making herself ready." He cannot, will not, force her.
(e) This is a love story; Jesus has quoted Song of Solomon chapters 4, 5 as "Scripture" (John 7:37, 38); He then quotes 5:2-8 as the story of the "bride's" reticence to submit to Him as a bride (Revelation 3:20). She has clearly rebuffed Him.
But repentance is possible (vs. 19), and the honor and vindication of Christ depend on her welcoming it.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 7, 2006.
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