WHY IS TODAY SO IMPORTANT?

We hear many ministers talk about the end today. Even on this ministry you have seen us begin to warn you of the coming Judgment of God and how you MUST be prepared. Does it ever occur to you why we are saying such things? Does it make you wonder, why this time and age is different than the rest? And, what makes us closer to the end than any other time in history?

The Bible records these words: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh” (Matthew 24:32). Jesus, speaking here, begins to give a parable to his disciples after a long discourse of signs pointing to the end of the world and his 2nd coming. He then gives the parable of the fig tree. This tree, in winter time, looks no more special, or different, than any of the other trees in winter time, and, cannot be distinguished as a fig tree just by mere looks than the rest of the trees. But, as summer time approaches, and the buds on the limbs begin to show, we then, and only then, can discern two things:

1. That this is a fig tree, not just any other tree.
2. Summer time is soon approaching.

I proclaim to you, this morning that the FINAL summer time is soon upon you. Read your Bible today, and not let it continue to be a “prop” on your shelf, and open its pages to Matthew 24. There you will find startling evidence that the end is creeping up upon you like a thief in the night:

Jesus said these things WILL happen when his “summer time” (The second return of Christ) will be upon us:

1. Wars and rumors of wars
2. Famines (Severe lack of food for everyone)
3. Earthquakes
4. Pestilences (Weird and powerful diseases)
5. Men will begin to hate one another without a cause
6. Men and women will leave their natural affection for one another (Homosexuality)
7. This Gospel will be preached in all the nations.

CAN YOU SEE IT MY FRIEND?

Jesus told us in Matthew 24, and in many other passages, that these signs would be happening at the beginning of the down hill run to his return! Let me explain it this way, Jesus taught us the above signs would be present when the “past the point of no return” run would be happening, signaling he was on his way back to earth, and no amount of pleading or evil activity could stop it. Here is what separates us from other times in history, from other ministers in the past proclaiming the end is near, IT IS THE SIGNS PROCLAIMED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BEING FULLFILLED BEFORE YOUR EYES! Remember the fig tree; you know summer is approaching, are you ready?


I leave you with this passage: “Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not” (Luke 12:40). Jesus has given us signs that his coming is soon, and all those who have made their self ready from the world and sin will be going with him. All those left behind will suffer eternal damnation separated from God, in pain and torment. But these signs won’t give you “Insurance” when to get ready in the nick of time, on the contrary, even with these signs, Jesus’ return to earth will happen when people least expect it. Those banking on “living it up” till just the right time to get in WILL be caught un-ready. Are you ready for summer? Can you see today is different than times past. The signs are happening right before your eyes. I beg you today reader, check yourself, make sure everything is in order with you and Jesus. Don’t let summer catch you like a thief, you will not have a second chance.