Sure He could. The world stage is setup perfectly for that exact scenario to play out. At the same time, the Lord could delay His return by months or even years. Its up to the Father to determine what He wants done on this earth and when that has been sufficiently accomplished to pull us out of here. Which is why we have to be prepared and ready to leave at a moments notice and we have to be fully prepared to stay and continue to do our job with all of our talents, skills and abilities aligned with His Will.
We can do this. We have been doing this for decades. We will continue to do this as long as the Lord sees fit to have us employed on the face of the earth. We are here because we have a job to do. One of those jobs is to be salt and light in the earth, which is de facto restraint on darkness, rot and decay. That is part of our job description. Nowhere in the Bible does this servant see anything about us just rolling over and allowing the enemy to steam roll the earth while we the Church are here. Nowhere. We have been given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. We have been empowered to bind and loose both on this earth and in heaven. Apparently our Lord wants us fully engaged in what is taking place down here.
The fact that the Church remains on the earth today should be one of the most encouraging thoughts any believer can have. Why? Because that implies the enemy is restrained, and will continue be restrained as long as we are here. The enemy is in the midst of a full scale assault on humanity attempting by any means necessary/possible to implement their demonic world order as soon as possible. The Lord has countered that effort with and through His Church and with various courses of action He has taken to slow down their progress. For example had the cackling hyena won the last election the earth would probably be in the throes of full scale demonic domination, oppression and suppression. But that did not happen.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
1 Thess 5:16
16Rejoice always, 17pray continually, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Today, we will rejoice, we will pray and give thanks in all circumstances which includes our hardships, trial and tribulations on this earth. How do we do 1 Thess 5:16 in the midst of hardship and warfare? Refer back to Romans 8:28. All things somehow, someway, through the eternal omniscient knowledge, foreknowledge and power of the Lord our God, its all going to work out in our favor.
The Lord has saved the best for last for us. This servant believes that with all his heart. We see that in the Lord's first miracle on this earth:
John 2:10
and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
We also see this in the trial and tribulations brother Job had to endure:
Job 42
10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver a and a gold ring.
12The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
This servant would like to encourage you with the encouragement the Lord Holy Spirit has provided today.
Jer 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
The Lord never ordered us to predict the future, He already did that for us. He did give us plenty of other commands and directions. Part of that, a most important part is to stay in a place of rejoicing and thanksgiving-all the time.
Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Paul and Silas were in prison, and still ^^^ taking care of business. Still singing, still praising, still praying. The Lord would encourage us to lift up our heads and be encouraged today to do our work on this earth while we still have time. Who knows, maybe the Lord comes back for us today. Or maybe its a few years from now and we continue to do what we were put here to do. In either case we do it with rejoicing and thanksgiving.
Have a great day <3
Glory to God
grace and peace
