Be Ready!

The important thing is not so much knowing how or when He shall appear, but to be ready when He comes.

Matthew 24:42 "Watch therefore"

Matthew 25:5, 10 "While the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept ....
they that were ready went in .... and the door was shut."

Matthew 24:44 "Be ye also ready"

Mark 13:33-37 "Watch and pray"

Luke 12:40 "Be ye therefore ready also ..."

Luke 21:34 "take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be over charged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."

Luke 21:36 "Watch ye therefore, and pray always"

1 Thessalonians 5:4, 6 "watch and be sober"

1 Peter 4:7 "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."

2 Peter 3:11, 14 "Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be ... be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot,
and blameless."

Revelation 2:25 "hold fast"

Revelation 3:11 "hold that fast"

Revelation 16:15 "Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments (righteousness)"

Conclusion: It is unlikely but possible that all the signs have been fulfilled that precede the return of Jesus. This position does justice to the warnings to be ready and the admonition to watch.

The warnings to be ready are real--for we don’t know if all the signs are fulfilled, and we should be ready. Just as one should wear a seatbelt in his car, even though he think an accident unlikely.

With every wave of circumstances, our expectations are intensified and our eagerness to be ready, even though we do not know if these times are the final times. Just as Hitler very much appeared to be the antichrist in his time.

But since it is unlikely that signs have been completely fulfilled, we should be watchful of signs so to have our expectation heightened, and understanding increased, so as to respond appropriately.