Jesus went up to heaven leaving his disciples a promise that he would return. He assured them that it would take awhile but that he would return. He said some would get weary of waiting but that he would return. Christians try to imagine what it must have been like to be a nascent Christian in those early days of the Christian Church. We envision the zeal and fervor of those early believers and we yearn for a revival of that early faith but what we forget is that they were alive with the promise of Jesus that he would return. They were expecting him to return. I don't know if that meant to them that he was expected in their lifetimes. Or if they envisioned 2000 years of earth history happening after their deaths and that still no Jesus!
Jesus went up to heaven leaving his disciples a promise that he would return. He assured them that it would take awhile but that he would return. He said that some would get weary of waiting but that he would return. Christians today walk their Christian faith with a doctrinal understanding that Jesus will return but we don't eat, breath and sh*t it! What would the world be like if every professed Christian behaved as if Jesus return was happening right now? I will tell you! Their would be a figurative light so bright shining from this little planet that every corner of the vast expanse of space would be lit with the zeal and fervor of a people ready for his return. If we don't see that then it must be that we are among those that have gotten weary of waiting.
Jesus went up to heaven leaving his disciples a promise that he would return. He assured them that it would take awhile but that he would return. He said that some would get weary of waiting but that he would return.
Eat that promise. Live that promise. Sh*t that promise. Let it be spread so far and wide around you that there is no doubt that you believe that he will return.