09/25/2025
Maranatha
🔊CHURCH: The disappointment, the pain, the hurt of a passing date are seen and rewarded by the Lord! Not for even one second think it was wasted — it was time invested in Him and in our growth! OUR HOPE IS NEVER WASTED! LET'S KEEP PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND LET’S KEEP WATCHING!! JESUS IS STILL COMING FOR HIS CHURCH!
Jesus says,
📖“Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching!” Luke 12:37
🔥He is the author and perfecter of our faith, even in this waiting! There is no single verse in the Bible that gives us a step-by-step guide on how to watch—but Scripture is full of warnings about the mockers, scoffers, and trials we will face while faithfully watching!
🗓️When a date we thought might be the rapture passes, it affects people in different ways. There are always three groups: the hopeful, the indifferent, and the scoffers.
👉🏼THE HOPEFUL:
Those who now feel disappointed or even heartbroken. These are the ones who were watching, longing, and ready. Their pain is real because, as Scripture says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick”. But they are also the ones Jesus spoke of when He said,
📖“Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching” Luke 12:37
💡Their hope is NOT wasted — it is SEEN and REWARDED by the Lord!
📖"Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown." Rev 3:11–13
👉🏼THE INDIFERENT:
Those who never really dared to hope. They continue living as though nothing has changed, remain unmoved by the signs, are content with the world, and avoid investing their hearts into watching or risking disappointment. They simply want to enjoy the best of both worlds — living their lives comfortably while waiting to be surprised by the Lord, without any of the hassle of watching.
📖"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth." Rev 3:15–16
👉🏼 THE SCOFFERS:
Those who mock, ridicule, and drag others down. Peter warned us against them:
📖“Scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?’” 2 Peter 3:3–4
These are Satan’s minions, both within and outside the Church. Their words wound, but their presence proves prophecy true. They live according to their own desires, are spiritually blind to God’s timing, and openly mock believers who are watching and longing for Christ. Their mocking is expected, and we are called to stay firm, continue watching, and not be discouraged by their ridicule.
🔔Listen: The job of the Church is NOT to protect people from disappointment by telling them not to watch or by discouraging them from doing so on certain dates. To do that is to keep them from having their faith perfected and to ROB them of a blessing!
💡God knew that His people would long for His appearing and would stumble in their waiting, failing time and time again, and that we would have to endure with perfect patience. There is not a single verse in the Bible that instructs us to limit our watching, or warns against “hoping during certain dates.” Over and over again, the warnings are against scoffing and lukewarmness — not against watching or the way we should do it!
💐There are blessings that come to our lives by watching, BY PERSEVERING! It’s not in vain — it produces endurance, strengthens faith, and secures eternal reward.
📖"For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise." Hebrews 10:36
📖"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3–4
📖"Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." (Revelation 3:10)
❌Jesus never said, “Do not watch so you won’t be discouraged.” Instead, He said:
📖“What I say to you, I say to all: WATCH!”. Mark 13:37
That is not optional. He commanded us to stay awake, to keep our lamps burning, and to comfort one another with the promise of His coming.
📖“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.”1 Thes 4:18
📨Paul’s final words to Timothy point directly to the Blessed Hope, where he explains the crown of righteousness that the Lord will give to all who have loved His appearing. Even in the face of death, Paul’s hope and faith remained fixed on the rapture, showing that the Blessed Hope is not only a future promise but also the anchor of the believer’s life, reminding us how vital it is to PERSEVERE UNTIL THE END.
📖"For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.” 2 Tim 4:6–8
👉🏼Paul spent his life waiting for the Lord’s appearing, and he wanted Timothy to know that this is the greatest reward believers can look forward to. Nowhere in Scripture do we find an example of someone turning away from watching—Paul himself remained watchful until the very end.
⚠️If watching were something that could weaken our faith, both Jesus and Paul would have warned us! Instead, we are reminded that Christ holds each of us securely in His hand, will never let us go, and, as the Author and Perfecter of our faith, watching ANCHORS us firmly to Him.
And in the end, the question remains: If Jesus comes today, what does He want to see?
⏹️People waiting anxiously and lovingly for Him, like the faithful church?
⏹️People indifferent, and distant absorbed by this world?
⏹️Or people discouraging others from watching, robbing them of the hope of His appearing?
✅The answer is clear. Jesus desires His church to be watching, longing, and filled with hope — even if we fail, time and time again, even if we grow weary, we rise again to keep hoping. THAT IS THE FAITHFUL CHURCH!!
🔊Church: Jesus didn’t leave us instruction on how to watch because watching is not about perfection or getting it right — it’s about a heart fully fixed on Him, trusting Him, and persevering in hope against everything. Every moment we wait, every tear we shed, every act of faithful watching strengthens our faith, anchors us to Christ, and prepares us to receive the eternal reward He has promised!! DON’T BE DISCOURAGED, GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MOCKERS — LET'S KEEP PRESSING ON AND LOOKING UP!! JESUS IS STILL COMING!!
Maranatha!
