Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 ESV
I don’t know where you stand about last days theology but I believe that not only are we living in the last days, Acts 2:17, but as the Apostle John writes he was living in the last hour, I am therefore confident that we are now closer to the return of the Lord than any other generation.
We know from scripture no man knows the hour nor day of his coming but we are given signs and told to be found waiting and watching for his return.
John’s gospel chapter nine verse 4 tells us that Jesus said:
“We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”
And from John 4:34 we read:
“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his works”.
In Matthew 24 we read a sequence of events regarding the last days, which Jesus tells us, are the beginning of the end. It’s not the end, just the beginning of birth pains. As a woman who has given birth, I have an understanding of the process we go through in labour. This knowledge gave me confidence, along the way, to know of a certainty that delivery was getting close. Just so, we as believers are able to look at these signs and determine the seasons we are in.
And in this season of these last days Jesus said;
“This will be your opportunity to bear witness”. Luke 21:3
This season is our season filled with opportunities to bear witness. In the book of Revelation, Jesus is called the “faithful witness”. We know Jesus was faithful to reveal His Father in every dimension of his activity while on the earth up to and including His death on the cross. This too is our opportunity to be His faithful witness.
Should we be less than His expression? Should we not be busy about our Fathers business, working while it is day? Should we not have our lamps full, and be found watching with expectation?
God is doing a mighty work in the world today as trust is being shaken from every conceivable place humanity could place it. Governments will fall, nations will fall, and the money will fail. Jesus has declared it. The bible tells me so. When earthly systems fail, mankind seeks a saviour.
And we are those who hold the words of life. Jesus lifted up, draws all men unto Himself.
Lift up your eyes and look on the fields the fields for they are white unto harvest. John 4:34
We know this is the last hour and we must be about our Fathers business.