Christ Is a Savior To Those Who Are Watching

(From an article by Chris McCann on Ebiblefellowship.com)

Picture a mother whose son has left her to go and find his fortune in the world. He tells her that he doesn’t know when he’ll be back. After grieving for the loss of her son, she gets used to the idea that she doesn’t know when he will return, let alone the exact time of his return. Years pass and one day a messenger comes and tells her that her son will be returning on May 21, 2011.  Is there any mother who if told this, having no other information, would not make sure she was prepared to greet him regardless of any doubt she might have that he might not show up?

People in the churches are so sure that they are right in not knowing the time of Christ’s return, they have no interest in looking into how true that claim is. They will not look to see if Scripture is revealing the exact time of the end. And this is the shocker: This is not because they already believe that they cannot know the time of the end, ultimately, the bottom line is, it is because they do not want God to end their world and their lives. “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion!” Amos 6:1

In God’s Word, there are references to God’s children not knowing the timing of the Lord’s coming, yet, in almost all of these passages, there is also the admonition to watch. Now, even human logic tells us that if one is not expected to ever know the timing of a future event there would not be an encouragement to look for it. This is how God wrote the Bible. He has put two ideas next to each other that seemingly contradict one another. God has done this in order to open the eyes of some and close the eyes of others.

“And He said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables, that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.” Luke 8:10 

It is not the human mind that interprets Scripture, it is the Holy Spirit working in the human heart that guides those who are being saved to the truth.

Those who will not be saved will not believe the truth. The truth about the end of the world, for those who are being saved, is the knowing that God’s Kingdom is much better than this world.  

“Having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better.” Phil 1:23. This is why those who believe are watching for the end. “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Cor 5:8

 “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness.” Jeremiah 17:5-6.

Believers are being told the time of the end to sound the warning.

“To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, the Word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.” Jeremiah 6:10

Those who are not being saved are more comfortable with the idea that they do not have to know the end date. In these end days, not knowing the exact date is like the end never coming to the mind of fallen man. As for Christ’s own, they do not love the world too much to not yearn for their Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, when the announcement is made that the groom is coming.

“And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Rev 22:17

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