St. Matthew, Chapter 24, verse: 14c; The End.

Our paragraph topic is:  (He tells them of trials and hard times to come) Part 13.  

They asked him to tell them of these things, when they would happen, the signs of their coming, and when the end would come.  Curious minds wanted to know what would happen.  They wanted to know details.  They wanted to be aware of the coming doom.  Little did they know that they would not see the day that it would happen.  They would be long dead and buried before the end came.  Yet Christ gave the word that the gospel of the kingdom would be told throughout the world before the end would come.

Nations would know of his words of the coming of the end before it would happen.  The disciples were the witnesses who would relay the message of the coming doom so that all would know of his words.  They would put to words his message so that all would have the opportunity to read and know the prophesy of Christ of the coming end of the world.  He told them that the gospel would be preached in the whole world:  "And then will come the end."  

We today still wait for the end.  We do not know, even though we have heard of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.  We still wait for the coming of the trails and tribulations predicted by Christ.  Some do not believe that they will come and go about their lives as though nothing will happen.  Others have not made any preparations for its coming.  They ask no forgiveness nor seek no thoughts of the wrongs they have committed against God and their fellow man.  Yet the clock ticks and time marches on minute by minute second by second.

The message has been given to those who would listen, those who have ears to hear, who hearts to believe, who have blood to fear.  It is available for all to read and know.  Their is no excuse, no escape.  God is patient for he wants all to have the opportunity to receive his grace.  But there is a limit to his mercy.  There is a limit to his patience.  There is a limit to what he will allow to pass without his judgement.  The end will come weather now or in the future, weather for the living or for those who have passed on.  All will see and all will know of it's coming, when it is happening.  Pray for God's mercy. Pray that we may not be caught up in the storm.  Pray that his love will save us from the trials and tribulations to come.  In Christ's name pray.

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 nd 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.

St. Matthew, Chapter 24, verse: 14a; Gospel of the Kingdom.

Our paragraph topic is: (He tells them of trials and hard times to come) Part 11. 

And now Christ makes a proclamation about what shall be known throughout the whole world.  His disciples need to know what their tasks are, what their jobs will be when he is gone.  They are the original ones, the original witnesses, the ones who will spread the message and lay the foundation upon which he is the cornerstone.  They will spread the message of the gospel of the kingdom to all.

Very few knew of the kingdom.  Those who knew did not spread that message, it was a knowledge kept to themselves.  The kingdom of heaven was not known to the people.  It was not spoken of in the synagogues, or read in the Sunday readings.  Christ came and brought the message to the people.  He came and gave them hope, faith in the one true God not the idols that were worshiped in those times.  

He came and demonstrated with great power who he was and who he represented, the likes of whom the people had not seen before.  But the rulers did not believe.  They were afraid they would loose their power over the people.  They had to rid themselves of this Christ.  So they crucified him and hung him on a cross for all to see.  And in true power and majesty God, the one true God, raised him from the dead that all may know.  Now he sits at the right hand of the almighty Father in the kingdom.  And Christ told his disciples:  "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world."

And so it is today that the whole world knows of the kingdom of heaven that is preached in the gospel and the proclamation made some two thousand years ago is true today.  

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 nd 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.