We Are Still Here!

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.  Matthew 24:38-39

What? The clouds of crisis begin to lift and the world opens up for business once more, albeit slowly, as the pandemic threat recedes a bit. And we are still here? We know that it must be so, for our Lord spoke on the Mount of Olives that it would be so in our verses for today.

The return of our Lord will be quickly, suddenly, even in an instant. Our Lord Jesus told of how one man would be taken of two working in the field. We know from His story that it was not at opposite ends of a large field where one might be hidden from the other for a time, but two men working together; one left jaws agape and utterly amazed, while the other would be taken, snatched up in the twinkling of an eye. The two men working does not speak of a global lockdown, but business as usual, much like in our verses today. Life as we have known it for centuries goes on in marriages and wedding feasts, until one moment in time is marked by a great snatching away of many. So, yes, we are still here. Working and marrying, worshiping and rejoicing in Christ our Lord until the moment of our passing away to be with Him forever. 

Just a brief moment to repent before that left-behind moment will come suddenly. Repent and live! 

In the love of Christ Jesus,
Bucky