We are still in Day 1 of Feast of Trumpets 2023 (sundown Friday to sundown Saturday). Today we remember what the Lord said here:
Matt 24
36“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,b but the Father only. 37For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant,c whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow servantsd and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
We note the Lord's description of the days before the flood: they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
^^This description reads like today, a day like any other. There is nothing in there to raise the hair on the back of the neck or cause anyone to suspect anything besides business as usual. And it was and will be business as usual until things radically change in a day. We read "they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away." We are not those people. We are aware of what the Lord said and what could happen today.
The mockers and scoffers come out every year just after Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets to point the finger laugh and mock. There is coming a day however when the finger will be pointed at themselves and they will only be able to mock their own foolishness. We are doing exactly what we were told to do by the Lord God Himself. He told us to always be watching and ready.
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.
If we do exactly what He told us to do we cant screw this up. And an added bonus is we can circle file (trash can) all the debates and arguments about pre-trib, mid-trib, pre-wrath, post-trib. There are all irrelevant garbage in light of a one sentence command from our Lord. We do this every year and will continue to do this as long as the Lord keeps this servant on the earth. Watch during the appointed time/feast days then continue to watch and do our jobs after that. The idea that we are somehow going to "walk away from the faith" because the Lord did not show up one year or another year is ridiculous and has been proven to be a garbage argument as well.
Let us continue to watch and pray for the Lord's return over this FOT 2023. If He decides to wait, we continue to do our job of restraint through prayer.
2 Thess 2
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
Our God is very good. Glory to God.
grace and peace
