Just read an article the other day that said more or less AI is not ready to rule the world just yet. One example was starbucks adopting AI to do its inventory and 9 months later they had to switch back to humans because of all the errors it produced. This servant uses AI almost daily and repeatedly has to correct the date AI is reporting as "current" even after it has been given specific instructions to report as of todays (most current date). If AI has daily problems reporting todays date, it is not ready to rule the world yet.
Why bring this up? Yes, the Lord could decide to return unexpectedly for us at any moment. However, He has a time in mind for when that is going to happen. Combine AI's not ready status with the 1% or less gospel penetration in places like North Korea and it points to a possible counterweight to all the evidence suggesting the Lord's return is any moment now. What are you saying brother D? We have to be ready either way.
Lets look at the wise virgins of Matt 25. They were ready, prepared for two outcomes. They were ready to meet the Bridegroom at any moment AND they were prepared with oil to wait for however long it took Him to arrive. So, should we be ready today? Absolutely. We, the Church are being prepared daily to meet our Lord in the clouds at a moments notice. We also have to be ready and prepared to wait indefinitely for His return. We need to be just as prepared and ready for one as we are for the other.
Predictions and "confirmations" and all the other nonsense we have seen over recent history only lead to burnout and disillusionment for some people. That is not helpful. Combine that with the fact that nowhere in the Bible do we read a requirement for the Church to predict when the Lord is coming back. Yea, but brother D what about "the Lord never does anything without revealing it to His prophets?" What prophets? You mean the people who tell us over and over again they are not a prophet then they proceed to predict and forecast as if they were? Or what about the tribe of Issachar? Okay, what about them?
“And of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.” — 1 Chronicles 12:32 (NASB)
What does the Bible say about them ^^^? They understood the times and what Israel should do. Great, you mean like knowing we should be prepared and ready for the Lord's return because we are in the last days? Okay, check next to that box but nowhere up there do I read anything about predicting anything...
We need to be prepared to stay and prepared to go. Fully prepared both ways. That is the life of a soldier. Train, train, train, prepare for war daily even when many soldiers prepare an entire career and never see a bullet fired in anger at them. We train like we fight. We prepare for what is coming regardless of when that is. The signs and signals all around us encourage us to stay on the cutting edge of our preparations but they do not suggest a day or hour when the Lord will come back. He said we would not know that and so far He has a perfect track record of 100% vs the youtube prophets whose record is at a solid 0%.
The point is, we need to do exactly what the Lord told us to do. The Holy Spirit's footstomping on love and leveling up (be perfect Matt 5:43-5:48 covers both love and "leveling up" or becoming perfect). The message on love, the insistence on it is in itself a possible clue to how late the hour is. On the other hand, thats something we should have been doing all along...
This is getting long but you get the point. 3 months till september 11-13 which is Feast of Trumpets 2026. We are predicting nothing and preparing for everything. While we wait to see what happens we need to be very busy at the Lord's Work which is everything He has impressed upon us to do before He returns. The list is long, lets get after it!
Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.
Glory to God
grace and peace
