Our God Shall Come

I want to approach a subject which is considered a controversy. Some clap their hands and say a loud "Amen" when hearing about it. Many others shrug their shoulders and say, "Yea, another nut."

"Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him (Ps. 50:3 KJV)."

Let's move ahead and pick up the words of Jesus Christ:

"For as lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall the coming of the Son of man be (Mt. 24:27 KJV)."

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken (Mt. 24:29 KJV)."

Then we have this interesting verse written by the Apostle Paul:

"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night (1Thess. 5:2 KJV)."

A thief breaking into a home or a place of business tries to be as quiet and unnoticeable as possible. How can our God come and not keep silent? Is this a contradiction?

Our verse from Psalms says a fire will burn before God and a tempest will rage around him when he comes. This doesn't sound like he's coming as a thief in the night.

Let's look at the words of Jesus. He says his coming will be like lightning flashing from the east to the west. The word tempestuous from Psalms 50:3 means to hurl as a storm or to come like a whirlwind. Is our God returning in the middle of a major storm? How is this compared to the coming of a thief in the night?

Jesus says the sun and moon will be darkened. Our verse from Psalms says fire will proceed before God. Earthquakes break gas lines and ignite fires. Volcanoes spew lava igniting fires. The blast from bombs ignite fires. Fire generates smoke. Smoke blackens the sky, inhibiting the light from the sun and moon from shining. Fire and smoke, how is this like a thief coming in the night?

Jesus says stars will fall from heaven and the powers of heaven will shake. I want to pick up on the words stars, heaven, powers, and shake, or shaken. Stars means the stars. Heaven means the sky above us. Powers means ability or might. Shake, or shaken, means agitated or disturbed. Stars falling from the sky could be meteorites or missile strikes. The might of the skies being disturbed or agitated sounds a lot like severe storms. This doesn't sound like a thief coming in the night.

Whether you believe in the second coming of the Lord or not, the earth is shaking. The weather seems to be unpredictable. War and the fear of future war abounds. A day doesn't pass without hearing of the tension in the Middle East. Something will break sooner or later.

Imagine this scenario. A major war breaks out. Devastating earthquakes become numerous. Storms intensify. A meteorite strikes the earth. Someone launches a nuclear strike. Multiple fires rage across the planet. Oil wells burn. Cities burn. The entire planet is thrown into utter chaos. Our God comes.

The day of the Lord takes place. Nobody but those who are ready and watching knows it happens because of all the turmoil around them. Because of the intensity of calamity after calamity, Jesus returns like a thief in the night, unheard and unnoticed. Just something to think about. God bless...