OCTOBER 15 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:02)

 

OCTOBER 15  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#30 

“Do you not see all these things?”  (Matthew 24:02)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Redeemer of my soul, Lord to think that God has bestowed

 eternity on every soul that He creates through His Miracle of Life and

 then He endows each soul with True Freedom of Choice is almost more

 than our finite intellect can absorb — for why would such an 

All-powerful, All-knowing Supreme Being put such awesome power

 in the hands of such weak creatures? 

Lord, help us to understand that it is our weakness that

 is a blessing, but only if we recognize both the power that we 

have in these two miracles of God — Life and Free Will — 

and the responsibility to use both for the Glory of God the Creator

 and not to succumb to our weakness and live only for ourselves!

 Lord Jesus, You came and took on flesh that we might have an 

“example" of how to live our lives seeking the Father’s Will 

and let His Power work through our weakness, for only the 

Creator of Life can guide us in how best to “live” and how to make

 “good choices”  with our God-given powers of “life and free will”!!!

 Help us Lord to see that it is our attitude towards others that affect

 our eternity for You have declared that our eternity is based entirely

 on the choices we make in “how” we treat others 

that will determine “how” we ourselves will be treated by God!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has addressed the “Great Tribulation” (Matthew 24:21) 

which is marked by the “Abomination of Desolation” (Matthew 24:13)

 that the prophet Daniel had written about in 600 B.C. and then Jesus 

confirms that He will return unexpectedly and quickly when He said;

 “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,

 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:27) 

One can assume that the “Son of Man” will return when the earth

 is in turmoil for Jesus had said earlier,

 “…you will hear of wars…nation will rise against nation, 

and kingdom against kingdom…they will deliver you up to 

tribulation and kill you…” (Matthew 24:6-9) 

and then as soon as Jesus declares the 

“coming of the Son of Man” He adds, “For wherever the carcass is,

 there the eagles will be gathered together” which paints a grisly

 picture of earth when it is at war, nation against nation, and kingdom

 against kingdom, which could explain why Jesus had earlier made

 the statement about the “Great Tribulation” — 

“And unless those days were shortened no flesh would be saved; 

but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” (Matthew 24:22)

 These statements are prophetic and encouraging for the “elect” 

(of God) for although the “Great Tribulation” will cause much death

 throughout the world, God will be protecting His "elect”!!! Jesus then 

reveals a time frame for this “lightning” strike that comes with the 

“Coming of the Son of Man” as Jesus concludes His “Signs” with:

 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be

 darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall

 from heaven , and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the

 tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man

 coming on the clouds of heaven 

with power and great glory.” (Matthew 24:29-30) 

Therefore Jesus began with a question: 

“Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:2) 

and then proceeded with a list of observable “signs” that will mark His

 “coming”, and the “end of the age”. Therefore we should be looking

 for His Return and understand that He will Return to save the

 “elect of God” which will be consistent with the Work that God has

 Given the Son — Jesus said that His first coming was to bring

 Salvation to God’s people that Returned to Him and His Second Coming

 will be to bring Salvation to God’s “elect” that have indeed had their

 spiritual eyes opened and their heart softened 

so that they could receive the Gift of Grace! 

Jesus finished His List of Signs with a “Promise” to add to His assurance that 

“…he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:13) with this:

 “And [God] will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, 

and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, 

from one end of heaven to the other.” (Matthew 24:31) 

As always, Jesus asks us a Question then gives us the answer

 and then He always checks to make sure that we “understand” 

and that we can “see all these things” that God has revealed to His “elect” —

 all we have to do is open our eyes and observe the Glory of God!!!  

It is interesting to note that the term “elect” means “chosen” 

which gives additional weight to God’s Law of Choice and Consequence 

and our God-given gift of Free Will — 

The “Consequence” of “Choosing God” over man is that we 

are the “elect” because God “chooses” us because we “chose” Him!!!!! 

Can you not see that “belief” is a “choice” and we must 

use our God-given “choice” wisely, 

our “Eternity” depends on our “Choice”!!!!!!!!!

OCTOBER 14 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#30 “Do you not see all these things?” (Matthew 24:02)

 

OCTOBER 14  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#30 

“Do you not see all these things?”  (Matthew 24:02)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, O Holy Spirit, let my lips ever praise Thee but more important

 let my life be lived “in Christ and with Christ in me” each and every day!

 Lord grant it that my heart be forever grateful that Your Grace restores us

 to the Father and Your Forgiveness frees us from our slavery to sin 

and the world! Lord may each day continue to begin with writing the 

Precious Name “JESUS” but if I write it or not, may my heart, mind, and

 body worship You and witness to Your Glory for it is more important 

for the kingdom’s sake that Jesus Himself is written on the “Way” 

that I live my day-to-day life! 

Lord, may my heart never forget the moving of the Holy Spirit in my life

 nor the Eternal Truth that He is ALWAYS there to comfort, correct and 

to guide us if we but call on Him with a humble and contrite spirit.   

AMEN

OCTOBER 14  THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus has a point in first asking “Do you not see…” and then making 

a list of “…all these things?” and as usual that “Divine point”

 is to convey a Truth of God and reveal God to us through our 

reflection on His Question as we try as best we can to “understand” 

the Question Jesus is asking us and to give Him an honest answer — 

for only in knowing the TRUTH OF GOD can we truly 

“understand [i.e. ‘see’] the Creator’s world in which we live”. 

God had planned long before the Creation “all these things” 

that would come about and 

Jesus is fulfilling that Divine Plan which includes letting 

God’s people know the Truth of God in order to make 

their decision about their own eternities!

 This characteristic of God of letting us “know” the details of His Plan

 “ahead of time” is part of The Divine Prophetic Plan in order that we

 will recognize the TRUTH OF GOD that He has a DIVINE PLAN in place

 for how else could Daniel write so clearly about the 

“abomination of desolation”

 or Jesus give details of the “Great Tribulation” that follows

 (Matthew 24:15-22)

 if it had not already been determined and laid out in detail 

by the Omnipotent, Omnipresent Creator God? 

For instance, Daniel first wrote of the Messiah and 600 years later 

Jesus fulfills the Messianic Prophecy of Daniel so completely 

that there can be no doubt that 

JESUS and ONLY JESUS IS the MESSIAH 

for He fulfilled exactly EVERY DETAIL of the Messianic Prophesy 

and now Jesus is in effect saying that because He so completely

 fulfills Daniel’s Prophecy that we must then look at the other 

prophecies and KNOW that they are from God Himself and therefore

 they will come about! This “fulfilling of God’s Word” can be drawn 

from what Jesus said as He was describing the “Great Tribulation”

 that was to follow the “Abomination of Desolation” Daniel described

 when Jesus said plainly and clearly to His disciples, 

“See, I have told your beforehand…” (Matthew 24:26) 

which clearly ties His original Question,

 “Do you not see all these things?” 

with the fact that only Jesus and Daniel can list

 “…all these things…” 

because they are part of God’s Plan and that God Himself revealed 

His Plans to Daniel in a vision and God the Father had worked out

 the details of His Plan with Jesus Himself before the Creation was 

ever in place and now as “…all these things…” that were written 

and told to us “beforehand” happen right before our eyes we should

 certainly be able to “SEE”  what God reveals so plainly to us!

 Jesus then added,

 “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west,

 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:27)

 So Jesus is telling us “beforehand” that we will be able to 

“see” God’s Plan unfold and we will KNOW that it was a PLAN 

told us and written down for us to in order that our 

FAITH WILL BE MADE SIGHT and we indeed will “see all these things” 

are from God!!! For only the ONE that KNOWS the PLAN 

can actually “see” the PLAN unfold in our daily lives and the

 only “Way” we can KNOW THE PLAN is to LISTEN 

to the ONE THAT MADE THE PLAN 

and has the SUPREME POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!