Our high watch period extends through 9/24. Why are we watching and practicing preparedness for the Lord's unexpected return? Not because of dreams, not because of visions, not because of youtube videos, not because of pages and pages of "confirmations." We do what the Lord God told us to do in very clear language:
Luke 21:
34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Mark 13
32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Matt 24
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matt 25
1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
We have seen both extremes in this season. We have "thus saith the Lord" type "confirmations" that are going to leave egg all over untold number of people's face if the Lord tarries. On the other side we have famous preachers and teachers telling us how confident they are that the Lord is almost certainly not coming back this year.
Both extremes are way way out over their skis. The reason for what we do is the Word of God period. This servant has had zero dreams, zero visions, zero "confirmations" concerning the Lord's unexpected return and is preparing as if its going to happen anyway because of what the Lord God told us to do. The wise virgins were prepared to meet the Bridegroom and prepared to wait however long it took for Him to show up.
The meeting over Rosh Hashanah at the UN declaring a two state solution will not be endorsed by Israel and likely not by the United States either. That leans in the direction of the Lord tarrying. That said, we are in a watching and preparedness exercise that takes place and continues regardless of what the world is doing. If the Lord tarries, we continue to watch and pray because thats what we were told to do. A look around at world events suggests Jesus is at the door and ready for His unexpected return regardless of what happens over the next two days.
The other day on a walk the Lord impressed a couple of points about all this. Those who claim the Lord "must" return on the Feast of Trumpets are seriously mistaken. Nowhere in the Bible can you find that first of all. Second is this:
Matt 25
13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
That is talking to us. The world has zero chance of passing this test, and we better be watching and ready always to pass the test ourselves. The Lord impressed the idea upon this servant that its an easy thing for an all knowing all powerful God to thwart the will and imagination of man. He knows every prediction of every man and woman on earth. Combine that with His ability to choose a day and hour that no man or woman is even bothering to predict and you have a dead on bullseye fulfillment of Matt 25:13 above that works just fine interlocked with every other promise and prophesy in the Word.
It is correct that no man knows the day or hour points to the Feast of Trumpets. The Feast days are appointed times or days of observation and reflection on what the Lord God promised to do, has done, and will do in the future. This one particular Feast is the one out of all of them that can not happen exactly on the Feast day (s) and still be an exact bullseye hit.
We even have people predicting the hour this year (because declaring "confirmation" of the day was not enough). We need to be watching and ready regardless of the excessive extremes on both sides. We need to continue to be watching and ready after the Feast of Trumpets if the Lord tarries which is why we have it built in to our daily prayer targets.
The Lord could come back a week from now, or next year, or tomorrow. Fact is, no man, no woman, no angel, even the Son of God our Lord Jesus Christ Himself does not know, only the Father does. All this other nonsense we see and read about needs to go straight into the trash can where it belongs. Our enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. He likes to false flag everything as we have seen repeatedly over the years. The answer to all this is for us to do exactly what we were told to do and keep our eyes on Jesus Christ our Lord and King. Simple, discard the trash. Stay focused.
Things are moving fast. We see prophecy being fulfilled almost daily. Now, or next week or next month is not the time to relax for another year like this guy:
Luke 12
35“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
41Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Lets continue to do what we have been doing through the entire high watch season-just two more days. Then we continue to do our job if the Lord tarries while not forgetting the Lord could show up at any time because He is in no way limited to a return on the Feast of Trumpets.
Glory to God
grace and peace
