Is There Biblical Support?

Good morning on this Friday! Okay, we have a theory, or maybe just a hypothesis. Wait, could be that it's just a sort of vague idea not very well formulated yet. A thought has flitted through the brain and you may wonder if it is theologically sound. The first place to go in all of this is in prayer with the Lord. But, after that, we may not yet have anything definite from the Lord on that floating idea, we need to check for scriptural support. It is never good enough for us in Christ to just say "It sounds good to me!" Many dangerous ideas have come and gone with this sort of support. No, we need to get Bible support for our next idea, hypothesis, or theory. I don't get to stand up in the Bible study and just say whatever I please. The pastor cannot stand up before the church and say any old thing. (If you think that's exactly what your teacher or pastor does, just go pray for him or her, real quick like.)

Let us say that the dream of the Lord's return came to one of us last night. We are tempted to run out onto the streets, or at least to our next Bible study, and report the imminent arrival of the Second Coming of our Lord on January the 24th at 9 o'clock. Uh oh, a quick check of the scripture reveals that our Lord himself stated, "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only." (Matt 24:36) God keeps this knowledge to Himself. We don't get to know it, whatever that dream said. We long for the day, but we do not know the hour or day when Jesus will return. Sorry, scriptural support lacking for our announcement, better to thank God that Jesus will indeed come on that great day and hour that only our Lord knows. We see that the event must be very close, but we do not know the time of that appointment.

Other things we may know. Look to the scripture. Did the Lord tell someone that Jesus would come the first time as a child before the man saw death? Yes, we can read of that in the scripture. It may well be that one among us will know that the Second Coming will occur during his lifetime, just not the day or the hour. It appears the man in the scripture story may have waited daily in the temple for quite some time before seeing the Lord's Christ. Will a prophet (or two!) appear before the end times begin? Sure, we have scriptural support for that. Not only did John the Baptist appear like Elijah, but we have the prophecy of the two olive trees who appear near the end. (see Rev 11) Scriptural support is important to us for it is the very Word of God. Could revelation appear to one of us not mentioned in the scripture? Sure, but, wow, there is a lot of prophecy not yet fulfilled. I'm thinking God probably already covered everything about these end times at least on a general level. A prophet today may gain further details, but the main story has been written in the scripture.

Have a wonderful day in Christ!
Bucky