SO said little Janet, a child of five years old, to a visitor who had just come in.
“Indeed,” said the visitor, looking surprised,” and where are you going?”
“O, do you not know that Jesus is coming to take us to live with Him in heaven?”
This was a very happy thing to clear Janet. She often asked questions, and talked about the coming of the Lord. It was, indeed, a great reality to her, and filled her little heart with joy.
Yes, dear young readers, there is a great day coming, and it may be near. The same Jesus who was nailed to the cross of Calvary, who was laid in the cold tomb, who rose from the dead and ascended to God’s right hand, He whom all the angels worship continually, is coming again.
He will at first come only to the air, then the trumpet will sound, and all those who have died in Christ, their bodies will rise up from their graves, and all who are alive will be changed as quickly as your eye can twinkle; then, all together,—those who have died, and those who will never die (John 11:26), shall go up to meet with Jesus in the air, each one shining like Himself,—for when we see Him, we shall be like Him.
Every one washed in the blood of Jesus will be there on that happy day, and not one left behind, (1 Cor. 15:23, 51), for He knows every heart that is trusting in Him, and He says, “They shall be Mine in that day when I make up My jewels.” Malachi 3:17.
Dear young friends, let me ask you in love, where would you be if the Lord were to come this very day? Would you go up to be with the Lord, or would you be left behind to weep in hopeless sorrow?
There will be many separations on that day. Children will be left by their parents, and parents without their children. Some without brothers, and sisters; some will be taken to be with Him, and others left bind.
Dear little Janet, though too young to understand many of these things, yet she understood that Jesus loved her, and that His blood had washed away her sins. She loved Him, and looked for Him.
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God, and Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity.” Titus 2:13, 14.
ML-12/29/1935