Bible Questions Answered:
“If Jesus is coming soon what do we
do.”
Clay/ El Cajon, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Live, spiritually ready!
Matthew 25:1-13 MSG (Oil-a type
of The Holy Spirit.)
1-5 “God’s kingdom is like ten
young virgins who took oil lamps and went out to greet the
Bridegroom. Five were silly and five were smart. The silly virgins
took lamps, but no extra oil. The smart virgins took jars of oil to
feed their lamps. The Bridegroom didn’t show up when they expected
Him, and they all fell asleep.
6 “In the middle of the night
someone yelled out, ‘He’s here! The Bride-groom’s here! Go out
and greet Him!’
7-8 “The ten virgins got up and
got their lamps ready. The silly virgins said to the smart ones, ‘Our
lamps are going out; lend us some of your oil.’
9 “They answered, ‘There might
not be enough to go around; go buy your own.’
10 “They did, but while they were
out buying oil, the Bridegroom arrived. When everyone who was there
to greet Him had gone into the wedding feast, the door was locked.
11 “Much later, the other virgins,
the silly ones, showed up and knocked on the door, saying, ‘Master,
we’re here. Let us in.’
12 “He answered, ‘Do I know you?
I don’t think I know you.’
13 “So stay alert. You have no
idea when He might arrive.
I Thessalonians
5:1-8 KJV
1 But of the times and the seasons,
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of The Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a
woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light,
and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and be sober (spiritually alert).
7 For they that sleep sleep in the
night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an
helmet, the hope of salvation.
II Peter 3:8-10
KJV
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of
this one thing, that one day is with The Lord as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning
His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance.
10 But the day of The Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away
with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
I Corinthians
1:7-9 NLT
7 Now you have every spiritual gift
you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 He will keep you strong to the end
so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord
Jesus Christ returns.
9 God will do this, for He is
Faithful to do what He says, and He has invited you into partnership
with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
I Thessalonians
1:10 KJV
"...you are looking forward to
the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from
the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the
coming judgment.
Titus 2:11-14
KJV
11 For the grace of God that
bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus
Christ;
14 Who gave Himself for us, that He
might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works.
As you live close
to The Lord, calling upon His name, do not forget to gather together
with others of Christian faith, to be encouraged by them, and so that
you may help them as well.
Psalm 34:3 KJV
O magnify The Lord with me,
and let us exalt His name together.
Hebrews 10:25
NLT
And let us not neglect our meeting
together, as some people do, but encourage one another,
especially now that the day of His return is drawing near.
