Be Ready for the Coming of Christ

Matthew 25: 1-13
1 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaidst who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.3 The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps,4 but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.
5 When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’7 “All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps.
8 Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
9 “But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’10 “But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.
11 Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
12 “But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
13 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.

As I was reading in Matthew I ran across this very familiar parable that I've always thought was a great analogy for the second coming of Christ. Jesus often taught in parables so that mere humans, like ourselves, could understand these complex things in a more simple matter that related to day to day life.

Now obviously the culture in the modern world isn't like this one. In those days when there was a wedding the groom would come almost in a surprise fashion and the people would go into the wedding when they were called out to come. It's not necessarily like that today. We're invited months ahead of time so that everything has already been prepared and taken care of. But I think this is still an interesting analogy.

Now as you see here, there were five people who were wise and were prepared. They knew that any minute the groom could come and they didn't want to miss out on it. But there were five who didn't find it important enough to be ready for the coming. When the groom came the five who were ready did not panic, got their lamps ready and followed him into the place where the wedding was to begin. The other five were in complete panic mode. I liken it to today's day when we wait until the last second to pay the power bill and their a few hours away from cutting the power off to your home.

So as they dash to buy the oil needed for their lamps everyone goes into the place and the door closes and locks. When they come to the building and see this they begin to call out for them to be let in, no actually the beg. But upon hearing the pleas, the man says he doesn't know them. If they knew the man, they would have been ready for him.

Jesus tells us this is how he will return. No one knows. Not even Jesus knows the time or date when the the father will send him to take his children.

So to end, if you don't know Christ, then please start a relationship with him. The beauty of him is he came to die for all of us and give us eternal life with him in Heaven, when all we really deserve is a life of pain and agony in Hell. The only thing we have to do is accept him into our lives and strive to repent of our sins and follow him the best of our abilities.

If you already have that relationship with Christ, then go out and tell others about him, so that no one shall perish. There are a lot of people who don't have their lamps ready. It's up to us to help them know where to buy the oil, so to speak. It should be our desire that no one should live this life without the beautiful relationship of Christ that we have.

Luke 14:23- And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

-Pastor D

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