Monday 010625
Don’t let me or my writings influence or scare you in any way, instead, allow me to be used as a vessel to open the Word, just a little bit, and hopefully, together we are going to read and study His Word, and let God teach us what He wants us to hear.
Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.
The verses we are going to study tonight:
Revelation 5:11, 22:20; Colossians 4:5-6; Ecclesiastes 3:1-22; Matthew 24:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Matthew 24:42-44.
I’m on the computer this morning, checking out some articles written on Google and I’m just doing a little studying.
Let me share some of the opinions expressed online.
Time is a measurement of distance. Time is often used to measure distance, as implied by phrases like my home is ten minutes from work by car or the business district is a five-minute walk.
In these examples, the speed of walking or driving converts distance to time.
So, as I’ve stated in earlier studies, I’ve been watching the television series called ‘the Chosen.’
On one of the episodes, Jesus makes a comment on the word ‘SOON.’
Soon is a measurement of time but the word ‘soon’ could be in 30 seconds, or it could also be in 2000 plus years.
The lesson taught on the television series is that the word soon is the most imprecise word known and used by mankind.
So next I asked Google a question:
Does the bible make any reference to the words ‘soon’ or ‘time’ and Google responded with this for an answer.
Yes, the Bible mentions the word ‘soon’ and ‘time’ in many places, including verses that discuss God’s relationship to time, time management, and specific events.
I found only certain versions use the word ‘soon.’
Revelation 5:11 ‘…I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown…’ ESV (English Standard Version)
Revelation 22:20 ‘…He who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…’ ESV (English Standard Version)
There are verses that speak about ‘time.’
Colossians 4
vs5 ‘…Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time…’
vs6 ‘…Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
vs1 ‘…There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven…’
vs2 ‘…A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted…’
vs3 ‘…A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up…’
vs4 ‘…A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance…’
vs5 ‘…A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing…’
vs6 ‘…A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away…’
vs7 ‘…A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak…’
vs8 ‘…A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace…’
vs9 ‘…What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors…’
vs10 ‘…I have seen the task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves…’
God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind
vs11 ‘…He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end…’
vs12 ‘…I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime…’
vs13 ‘…moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God…’
vs14 ‘…I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it. And God has so worked, that people will fear Him…’
vs15 ‘…That which is, is what has already been, and that which will be has already been; and God seeks what has passed by…’
vs16 ‘…Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness…’
vs17 ‘…I said to myself, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for a time for every matter and for every deed is there…’
vs18 ‘…I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves…’
vs19 ‘…For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility…’
vs20 ‘…All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust…’
vs21 ‘…Who knows that the spirit of the sons of mankind ascends upward, and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth…’
vs22 ‘…I have seen that nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
The Bible also uses different words in Greek and Hebrew to refer to time:
Chronos: The Greek word for human time, which is used in the Bible 53 times, including in Matthew 2:7, ‘Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.’
Kairos: The Greek word for time in God’s time.
Et: The Hebrew word, which can mean linear time but is often associated with specific events.
The measurement of time is found in almost every book of the Word.
Time has been a valuable lesson for us human beings that we’ve been shown by God, and yet us human beings have not really grabbed ahold of the real meaning that God has tried to teach us.
I remember in my earlier years, those years I went to grade, middle, high school and in my college years, time seemed like it took forever for a 24-hour day to get done.
After college, I got my first job and just that 8-hour day seemed like on some days, it lasted for ever.
Over the years, those 24-hour periods have gotten a lot faster.
Now I’m in my late 60’s and there have been some of those days that just flew by. It seems like that minute hand on the clocks was just spinning faster and faster.
I’ve noticed though that when I’m in His Word studying, there are times when it seems as if time stops. What I thought might take hours to read may only take a few minutes to really comprehend what has been said.
I’m able to study for an hour and totally fulfill what my body seemed to be lacking. There have been times, when I’ve shut the computer down, closed the covers of the Bible only to find myself turning everything back on because of the hunger I’ve found that I have in a particular subject.
ONLY God knows when the end is going to happen.
Matthew 24:36 ‘…But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
The end will come like a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 ‘…For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
We’re told in the Bible to remain always READY.
Matthew 24
vs42 ‘…Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming…’
vs43 ‘…But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into…’
vs44 ‘…For this reason you must be ready as well; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Be like a Boy Scout, our motto was to always, be prepared. Be ready for anything.
I love y’all. Keep yourself in the Word and learn of all the wonderful Mysteries God has waiting for us.
Read His Word and listen to the words He uses to teach us.
Listen to what God is trying to tell you, and forget about what someone else is saying.
Open His Word and HEAR Him speaking to you, you don’t need me, or a pastor, or a church or its denomination.
Listen to what God is telling you.
OPEN YOUR BIBLE AND READ HIS WORD.
Jesus, I pray that those ears and eyes, either listening or seeing this message today would be opened to the very fullest and allow Your love to come inside their lives and comfort them. Teach us Jesus. Protect us. We love You. Amen
InHIM. ><)))o>