In the event of an emergency, do you have some kind of plan set up of what you will do, or where you will go? I know of many people who, if their family becomes separated, they have a certain, special area to go where they can meet up again. If they become separated in a large store for instance, they will meet in the back right corner of the building, or if the unfortunate event of a house fire happens they will meet at a neighbor or friend’s house. And that is the only place that they will go to, they will not be anywhere else.
So if someone came up to them and said, “hey, your (family member) said to tell you that they are waiting for you outside in the car,” or, they are at this other location, you can know that they aren’t telling you the truth, because they have a certain place where they would be and no where else.
When Jesus returns He is going to be in a certain place where we can all find Him.
Matthew 24:23-30 “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Behold, I have told you before.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
When He returns Jesus is going to return in the air, in the sky. Jesus likened it to how lightning stretches across the sky, from the East to the West. I’m sure we have all seen the incredible brightness of lightning during a rain storm. You just cannot not see it, it is so bright. That is how it will be when Jesus returns. You won’t miss it.
Revelation 1:7 “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”
Every eye will see Him. He isn’t coming secretly and hiding Himself somewhere for people to come and find Him. He will come back in the sky for everyone to see.
Just as it says, many false Christs and false prophets will arise, trying to deceive people into following them. They will perform many signs and wonders in their effort to lead people away from Christ, but the true elect of Christ will not be deceived because they will know the scriptures. They will know when someone is lying when they say, “Jesus is over here! Go and see!” If they haven’t seen Christ returning on the sky then He hasn’t come back yet.
The return of Christ is coming soon, to be certain, but it hasn’t happened yet. Just remember when the time comes, when people claim that Jesus has returned, did you see Him return in the sky? You won’t have missed it.
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 