DAY 300 Read Luke 21:5-38; Matthew 25.
Today's reading: We have another account of our Lord's great prophecy. We assume that, while He is speaking, darkness falls, and He tells a story based on a wedding procession that could be seen in a village below the mountain.
Memory gem: "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28).
Thought for today:
We are looking out on a civilization that, in the view of many people, is in danger of collapse. Human civilization is not able to save itself; that is clear. After thousands of years, war is still with us; crime is here and climbing fast; fear, heartache, death have not been conquered yet. The return of Jesus is God's answer to earth's great problems. "The kingdom of this world" must become "the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ" (Revelation 11:15). That is the only hope, the gloriously certain hope, called in the Bible the "blessed hope."
Christ has given signs of His coming. He says that we may know when He is "near, even at the door" (Matthew 24:33). These signs have appeared. Now we know of a surety that the Lord's coming is at hand. "Heaven and earth shall pass away," He said, "but my words shall not pass away" (Mark 13:31).
A little longer, and we shall see the King in His beauty. A little longer, and He will wipe away all tears from our eyes. A little longer, and He will present us "faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
Today's reading: We have another account of our Lord's great prophecy. We assume that, while He is speaking, darkness falls, and He tells a story based on a wedding procession that could be seen in a village below the mountain.
Memory gem: "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28).
Thought for today:
We are looking out on a civilization that, in the view of many people, is in danger of collapse. Human civilization is not able to save itself; that is clear. After thousands of years, war is still with us; crime is here and climbing fast; fear, heartache, death have not been conquered yet. The return of Jesus is God's answer to earth's great problems. "The kingdom of this world" must become "the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ" (Revelation 11:15). That is the only hope, the gloriously certain hope, called in the Bible the "blessed hope."
Christ has given signs of His coming. He says that we may know when He is "near, even at the door" (Matthew 24:33). These signs have appeared. Now we know of a surety that the Lord's coming is at hand. "Heaven and earth shall pass away," He said, "but my words shall not pass away" (Mark 13:31).
A little longer, and we shall see the King in His beauty. A little longer, and He will wipe away all tears from our eyes. A little longer, and He will present us "faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
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