“So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 1:7).
The imminency of the Lord’s coming, the fact that He may come at any moment, is seen in the fact that the Scriptures exhort us to be constantly looking and waiting for Him. We are told to be “looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.” We are not told to be looking for Antichrist, for the revived Roman Empire, for spectacular signs, or even for worldwide evangelization, but for the Lord Himself. “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Other events will occur in due time, but our expectation is the fulfillment of His promise that “I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” He says, “Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” What encouragement for us as we “wait for His Son from heaven.”
The Lord is coming to take us home,
Redeemed and made clean by His own blood,
To be forever with Him there,
As He promised in His holy Word.
Titus 2:13; Phil. 3:20; John 14:3; 2 Peter 3:14; Rev. 22:12; 1 Thess. 1:10.