16/02/2011 - The purpose of the second coming of Jesus

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“Before the LORD for He is coming to judge the earth with righteousness He shall judge the world, and the peoples with equity. (Psalm 98: 9)

Psalm 98 says that we’re expected to praise the Lord with all our strength and ability. He even invites nature to take part in this celebration which must happen before His holy face. The redeemed will be welcomed in Glory, in this happening which has been the most expected one throughout the centuries, and they’ll never leave there. Now, as for the lost, they’ll be taken to the lake that will burn in fire and sulphur for eternity (Revelation 21: 8). That day will be dreadful when all the burning elements will melt; then hell, Satan along with his demons and those who, unfortunately, haven’t been born again, will be thrown into the lake of eternal fire.

It’s worth remembering how the Lord will carry out His judgment: with righteousness. That means that someone might be a member of a church or even be a preacher of the Word but they won’t escape judgment if they’ve committed a sin because nobody has a right to sin. If that was possible people could say: “How can God condemn an adulterous worldly man if there are Christians committing adultery?”. How could He judge thieves if some of His children are also doing robbery? The Most High will certainly judge everyone by the same weight: justice with equity for all.

Today we need to ask the Lord to capacitate us to exam ourselves because we can still confess our sins and receive forgiveness while we’re living on Earth. Yet, all we’ll be able to hear is the voice of condemnation if we keep on putting it off for the Judgement Day! So, what’s the point of playing with our eternal happiness? Everything the Lord has declared will certainly be fulfilled to the fullest. In fact, nobody will get away with any excuses, because the Bible tells us about the eternal judgment. So, men must make amends with the Almighty and make God’s covenant with them a reality in their lives, a covenant made by the blood of Jesus.

Christ taught us that ,by no means, we’ll enter the Kingdom of God unless our righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 5: 20). My brethren, that rule will never change. So, are you living a life like the lost or the religious people? If the answer is “yes” get ready then! The revelation states that we’re expected to exceed the righteousness of the scribes and the pharisees as we’re doing justice. That prophecy will not be left unfulfilled!

The strongest strategy used by our enemy today is to lure many children of God into imitating other people who mistakenly claim to be “servants of the Lord”; and because of that they try to justify their wrongdoing by saying that the Most High won’t condemn them to eternal torment because they know there are others, also His children, who are doing wrong deeds as well, and since they’re people of the Lord they won’t be doomed. How mistaken they are! Those who are in error when the die or are living in error when the Lord Jesus returns, won’t be benefited by what is in store for the blessed and faithful children of the Lord – instead, condemnation is what they’ll receive!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares