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“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord…for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (James 5:7-8).
The book of James is good for all of us to read, but it was written mainly for the Jews who had been saved, and were living in various parts of the Roman Empire. Because most of the Jews did not recognize the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, those Jews who were saved were often persecuted for their faith.
Here James encourages them to be patient, and to wait for the coming of the Lord. The persecution might continue, and might not stop until the Lord came and took those dear Jewish believers home. So it may be with us. We may not be persecuted as the Jews were in those days, but this world has rejected the Lord Jesus, and if we are faithful to Him, we will be rejected too. But “the coming of the Lord draweth nigh,” and then we will enjoy perfect peace forever. We can be patient, when all this is ahead of us.
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