Our paragraph topic is: (The sign of the last day) Part 2.
The last day is approaching, and we do not know when it will come. Christ, however, is telling his disciples and those who will listen and believe what to look for, what to believe, what they will see as the last day approaches. He wants to warn the people. He wants them to know what to expect. He wants them not to be caught off guard as the thief comes to rob and pillage the people of their lives.
The last day will come without warning to those who do not know. It will come unexpectedly for those who have not paid attention to the signs. It will come as a shock to those who have ignored in disbelief what was shouted from the rooftops that this day was coming. But Christ warns, beware of the scams and the tricksters who will attempt to mislead. For he says: "For false christs and false prophets will arise."
Be aware of what is coming at the end of days, he says. Christ tells us that there will be imitators. There will be false prophets. There will be soothsayers and people speaking in tongues. Beware of what you hear. Beware of what you see and believe for the falsehoods will be masked as truths to mislead one to believe other than the truth. One must question what is real and what is false based upon the spirit that is given us from Christ.
The end times will challenge us. The end times question our faith, our hope, our belief in the one true God. It will strengthen us or weaken us. It will enlighten us or darken us. It will add to us or take away from us that which we have not. For the end times is the final battle for that which is given us by Christ, and it is through him that we will be able to survive it.
He came that we would have life more abundantly. And it is that life that he has given us the opportunity to have freely through his sacrifice. The end times will challenge our knowledge of our life and determine if we will become stronger or weaker through that knowledge. For knowing who we are in Christ helps us understand our true selves and that knowledge helps us withstand the challenges we may face. Our life will grow and shine with that knowledge and reach full potential when we become fully aware of who we are in him. We are one in him as he is one in the Father. All praise and glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
