01How will the Lord appear and work when He returns? How should we remain alert and wait to be able to welcome the Lord?

1)How will the Lord really appear and work when He returns?

Bible Verses for Reference

“Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes” (Matthew 24:44).

“For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in His day. But first must He suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation” (Luke 17:24–25).

“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame” (Revelation 16:15).

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).

2)How should we remain alert and wait to be able to welcome the Lord’s appearance?

Bible Verses for Reference

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7).

“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6).

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).

“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:7).

“These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb wherever He goes” (Revelation 14:4).

02How can we determine that Almighty God’s words are God’s voice, that the Lord has appeared to work?

What is most critical to welcome the Lord is heeding God’s voice and recognizing His appearance and work. Because the wise virgins heard and understood His voice and saw His appearance they were able to welcome the Lord. So how can we determine from Almighty God’s work and utterances that His words are God’s voice, that the Lord has appeared to work?

Bible Verses for Reference

“Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).

“I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come” (John 16:12–13).

“He that rejects Me, and receives not My words, has one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:48).

“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:7).

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).

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