Afterward

 

Afterward

Acts 1:9 “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.”

Matthew 24:48 “But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”

2 Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”

     Well, according to the Lord, we may be on day two.  Given a thousand years here or there, we wait for Him in expectation.  Seems like a cruel game to play with His Church.  We look back in Man’s history to see the changes and wonder if He is ever coming back.  Afterward, He has left us, but not as orphans.

     We have in us the Great Testimony.  He has sealed us with His Spirit.  His presence is here.  We feel Him.  He is truer to us today than yesterday.  We work in His patience.

      Kingdom work takes time.  Noah’s generations were perfect.  In other words, from Adam to Noah, they looked ahead to a savior.  That was about fifteen hundred years of waiting.  From Noah to Abraham, we see another five hundred years.  From Abraham to Christ, Mankind waits another nineteen hundred years.

     So we have a pattern of waiting on God.  As if our God does not pleasure in immediate gratification.  Like a well aged wine, He makes His plans and works taking all things into account.  These plans are extremely complex.  The birthing of Israel's Messiah and the execution of our Christ fulfilled prophecy.  He continues with us foreseeing  Christ’s return.  He impels us to wait on Him.  We live afterward in the light of the cross.  He endeavors to work by the power of His Spirit He has unleashed upon earth.

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