【Hot Discussion】In What Way Will the Lord Truly Appear to Mankind When He Returns?
Recently, We saw some believer asked in a post on Facebook, “Now is already the last days and the prophecies of the Lord’s return have basically all been fulfilled, but why haven’t we met the Lord yet? Is it that there is something wrong with our way of waiting?” Actually, most brothers and sisters are also confused about this. Regarding this question, I have some simple understanding and would like to share it with you now.
The Lord Jesus has ever told us, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself … ” (John 14:3). “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30). Throughout the past two thousand years, many believers, based on these prophecies, believe that the Lord will come again on a white cloud, so many brothers and sisters in the Lord hold onto such viewpoint, watchful and waiting for the Lord’s second coming.
When prophecies are mentioned, it reminds me of the mistake committed by the Pharisees when they waited for the arrival of the Messiah. Back then, the Jewish Pharisees were full of imaginations when it came to the Messiah. They saw the biblical prophecies, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even for ever” (Isaiah 9: 6-7). “But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (Micah 5:2). So in accordance with these prophecies and their various long-term imaginations and reasoning about the arrival of the Messiah, they determined that the Lord would be definitely called Messiah, born into a wealthy family, like David and would lead them to break away from the rule of the Roman government. However, the Lord didn’t do these things according to their notions and imaginations, so the Pharisees tried to find all kinds of accusations against the Lord Jesus, condemned and blasphemed the Lord Jesus. Even though at that time the Lord Jesus expressed many truths and performed many miracles, fully demonstrating God’s authority and power, the Pharisees did not care how profound the Lord Jesus’ words were or how great His authority was. As long as it did not conform with their notions and imaginations, as long as He was not born into a wealthy family and His appearance was not noble and dignified, as long as His name was not the Messiah, they would condemn and resist. Due to their truth-hating nature, they ultimately nailed the Lord Jesus, who expressed truths and performed redemption work, to the cross! From the bitter lesson drawn from the Pharisees’ failure, we know that the prophecies cannot be interpreted at our will. Often, not until the prophecies are fulfilled, do we know their true meaning, so we should take a right attitude to the prophecies.
Furthermore, we all know that there are many prophecies about the Lord’s return in the Bible, and it is not merely “descending with the clouds”. For example, the Lord said, “Behold, I come as a thief” (Revelation 16:15). “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6). “But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36). These words are always read by us but overlooked by most of us. Speaking of “coming like a thief”, it implies coming quietly, secretly. Therefore, from the prophecies recorded in the Bible, we can roughly determine that there should be two kinds of ways in which the Lord shall return. One is to come secretly, and the other appear publicly. Facing two entirely different explanations about the Lord’s return, if we only blindly wait for the Lord Jesus to return on the clouds but neglect His coming in secret, we will probably lose the salvation of the Lord!
Think back to when the Lord Jesus came to do His work, just as the Bible says, “Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straightly charged them, saying, See that no man know it” (Matthew 9:29-30). In addition, after the Holy Spirit revealed the Lord Jesus to Peter as the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Lord charged the disciples not to tell others. (see Mark 8:29-30; Matthew 17:9) From the facts, we can see that the Lord initially did work secretly, and after the Lord Jesus was nailed to cross to accomplish the redemption of all mankind, was resurrected after three days and showed Himself to disciples, the Lord began to appear publicly. From then on, the gospel of the Age of Grace started to spread to other nations. From this, it can be seen that the Lord Jesus’s work was secret first and became public later. Then, there are two ways in which the Lord will come again in the last days: coming in secret like a thief and descending with the clouds, which entirely confirms with facts, without contradiction.
The Pharisees of that time waited for Messiah but resisted the Lord Jesus, the lesson of the Pharisees is painful. It’s already the last days now, and how should we meet the Lord’s return? The Lord Jesus said, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33). Now we know that every prophecy about the Lord’s return will be fulfilled. We must put aside our notions so that we can recognize the Lord and welcome Him when He comes to do work secretly, that’s to say, when He comes like a thief. I believe that as long as we genuinely long for and seek God’s appearance, we will be surely enlightened and led by God to find His footsteps and keep pace with His work.
Buhay Kristiyano: 2. Maayos na tugunan ang mga pagkukulang ng ibang tao at mga hayag na kasamaan. Huwag basta na lamang sukatin o hatulan ang iba.
Sinabi ni Jesus: “Huwag kayong magsihatol, upang huwag kayong hatulan. Sapagka’t sa hatol na iyong ihahatol, ay hahatulan kayo: at sa panukat na inyong isusukat, ay susukatin kayo” (Mateo 7:1-2). Ang mga aral ng Panginoon ang nakatulong sa akin na maunawaan na lahat tayo ay mga taong pinasama ni Satanas. Magkakatulad ang ating masamang disposisyon. Kung ipinapahayag ng iba ang kanilang mayabang, mapagmataas, makasarili at kasuklam-suklam na mala-satanas na disposisyon, maihahayag din natin ang kaparehong disposisyon. May mga pagkukulang din tayong kagaya sa iba. Hindi tayo iba sa kanila. Kung hinahatulan at sinusukat natin ang iba dahil sa kanilang mga pagkukulang at kasamaan, unay tayong mayayabang kung gayon at tunay na maliit ang ating pagkakilala sa ating mga sarili! Samakatuwid, anumang ihayag na kasamaan at pagsalangsang ng iba, dapat nating pakitunguhang mabuti ang mga ito at hindi natin sila dapat basta na lamang hahatulan at susukatin. Alalahanin ang saloobin ni Jesus nang nagsalita siya tungkol sa mga makasalanan na naitala sa Biblia: Hinablot ng mga Fariseo ang isang babaeng nahuli sa pangangalunya at dinala siya sa harap ni Jesus. Itinanong nila kay Jesus kung paano dapat pakitunguhan ang babaeng ito. Ayon sa mga batas noong panahong iyon, ang babaeng iyon ay dapat na batuhin hanggang sa mamatay. Gayunpaman, hindi siya hinatulan ni Jesus para sa kanyang mga kasalanan. Ang tanging ginawa Niya ay ang sabihin sa kanya na huwag nang magkasala sa hinaharap. (Tingnan ang Juan 8:3-11.) Mula sa siping ito, makikita natin na naiintindihan ni Jesus ang nararamdamang pasakit at kawalan ng kakayahan ng mga taong pinasama ni Satanas at namumuhay sa kasalanan. Nahabag siya sa kahinaan ng tao. Kapag nahayag ang ating kasamaan o nakagawa ng kasalanan, hangga’t tayo ay tunay na nagsisisi, binibigyan tayo ng Diyos ng sapat na oras upang magsisi at magbago. Dapat rin nating sundin ang halimbawa ni Jesus at maayos na tugunan ang mga pagkukulang at hayag na kasamaan ng ibang tao. Dapat ay tingnan natin ang iba mula sa isang pananaw ng pag-unlad. Ito rin ang prinsiyo ng pakikitungo sa ibang tao na dapat taglayin ng ibang Kristiyano sa kanilang mga buhay. Kung mayroong tayong mabibigat na mga inaasahan mula sa ibang tao, kung nakikipag-away tayo sa kanila, at kahit basta na lamang hinahatulan ang iba, kung sinusukat natin sila at pinagpapasyahang sila ay wala nang pag-asa kapag nalaman natin ang kanilang mga pagkukulang, ito ay isang halimbawa ng paggamit ng mayabang at mapagmataas na masamang disposisyon upang makitungo sa iba. Kung gagawin mo ito, hindi ito alinsunod sa mga layunin ng Diyos at lubos kang hindi magkakaroon ng normal na kaugnayan sa ibang mga tao.
Best Praise and Worship Song "God's Love and Essence Has Always Been Selfless"
God gives His best, His best side He gives.
The best things, very best things, He gives.
Never disclosing or showing His suffering.
God, He endures, waiting in silence.
Not cold or numb, not a sign of weakness.
God’s essence and His love are always selfless.
God gives His best, His best side He gives.
The best things, very best things, He gives.
For all mankind, He suffers; He suffers, bearing quietly.
Quietly He gives, He gives His best.
Never disclosing or showing His suffering.
God, He endures, waiting in silence.
This is the expression of His essence and disposition,
of who He really is: the Creator of all things.
God gives His best, His best side He gives.
The best things, very best things, He gives.
For all mankind, He suffers; He suffers, bearing quietly.
Quietly He gives, He gives His best.
He gives His best, He gives His best.
God gives His best, His best side He gives.
The best things, very best things, He gives.
For all mankind, He suffers; He suffers, bearing quietly, quietly He gives.
Bearing quietly, quietly He gives;
He gives His best, He gives His best.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
你知道神怎麼回答你的禱告嗎（有聲讀物）
王 楠
很多主內的弟兄姊妹都有這樣的困惑：我也誠心向主禱告了，可似乎主並沒有垂聽我的禱告，應允我的祈求。我們常常為此感到不解，主不是垂聽我們禱告的主嗎？為什麼我們誠心地祈求，卻得不到主的回應呢？我們在尋找原因之前，不妨先考慮這樣幾個問題：我們想讓神怎麼回應我們的禱告？我們又是否知道神回應我們禱告的方式呢？如果我們不知道神回應我們禱告的方式，是不是很容易錯失神的應答呢？https://reurl.cc/DxOyR
我記得曾看過這樣一個小故事：有一個牧師，在發洪水時被困在了房頂上，他誠懇地向上帝禱告，也相信上帝必會來救他。禱告後，前後來了一艘小船、大船和直升機，當救援人員一次次救他的時候，他都拒絕了，原因是他相信上帝會來救他。最後可想而知，這個牧師被淹死了。在這個故事裡我們能說上帝沒來救牧師，沒垂聽他的禱告嗎？不，上帝垂聽了他的禱告，並一次次差派救援隊伍來救他，可牧師卻活在觀念想像中，不認識神垂聽人禱告的方式，一次次地錯過了神的救恩。想想我們在經歷中何嘗不是像這位牧師一樣，在禱告神的同時，還在想像、盼望神按著我們的要求與方式來回應我們，如果神作的不符合我們的觀念想像，我們就認為神沒有回應我們的禱告，其實很多時候不是神沒有回應我們的禱告，而是我們不認識神回應我們禱告的方式。我們都知道，神是造物的主，我們是受造之物，神是智慧的神，神的意念無人能測透，神怎麼回應我們的禱告有神自己的方式，也有神的心意在其中，我們應該站好自己的地位，學會等待、尋求、接受、順服才是，這才是人該有的理智。我們要是要求、奢望神按著我們的想像方式來回應我們的禱告，一旦神沒按著我們的想像作就埋怨神，那樣，受虧損的還是我們自己！https://reurl.cc/DxOyR
翻開聖經，我們不難看到神回應我們禱告的方式，往往超乎我們的想像，打破我們的觀念。如舊約時代，以色列民受埃及人的壓榨，過著階下囚的生活，痛苦中以色列民向耶和華神禱告，求神拯救他們脫離埃及法老王的控制。然而，耶和華神並沒有按照以色列人的想像在頃刻之間就把他們救出埃及，而是差派摩西帶領他們離開埃及，因神的作工不合人的觀念，以色列人對耶和華神產生了很多悖逆、抵擋，最終他們在曠野流浪四十年才到了迦南美地。又如律法時代後期，以色列人活在羅馬政府的統治下苦不堪言，他們禱告呼求彌賽亞快點降臨，拯救他們脫離羅馬人的奴役。神垂聽了他們的祈求，然而當他們苦苦巴望的彌賽亞——主耶穌來作工拯救他們時，他們卻因主耶穌作的工作不合他們的觀念而將主釘在了十字架上，犯下了滔天大罪。從這兩個歷史事實中我們看到，我們雖信神禱告神，但因著我們不尋求神回應我們禱告的方式，不揣摩神的心意，還狂妄自大憑觀念想像定規，那就無法得到神的回應，還可能成了抵擋神的人。可見，認識神回應我們的方式太重要了！
主曾應許我們說：「你們祈求，就給你們；尋找，就尋見；叩門，就給你們開門。因為凡祈求的，就得著；尋找的，就尋見；叩門的，就給他開門。」（太7：7-8）神是信實的，神既這樣應許我們，就必這樣成就。那神是怎樣回應我們的祈求呢？事實上，神從沒有向我們隱藏，而是一直在藉著萬物向我們說話，或藉著身邊的人事物提醒我們，回答我們的禱告，把他的心意告訴給我們。我看到一段神的話是這樣說的：「當你仰望神的時候，也可能神不給你感覺，也不給你明確的意思，更不給你明確的指點，但是讓你明白一個事，或者就是這次你沒明白什麼，但是你仰望神這事對不對呢？有沒有錯啊？沒錯！人這樣實行不是守規條，而是心靈的需要，是人該有的實行。不是說每次仰望神、每次呼求神都能得著開啟引導，這個生命靈裡的情形是正常的、自然的，仰望神這就是人心靈裡與神的一種正常的交往。有些時候仰望神不是說有明確的語言求神作什麼，求神帶領什麼，或者求神保守，而是臨到一件事人就有一種真心的呼求。那神在那兒作什麼呢？當人的心一動，人一有這個意念，『神哪，這個事我自己不會做，我不知道怎麼做，我軟弱，我消極』，人一動這樣的心思，神是不是就知道了？當人動這樣的心思的時候，人的心是不是真誠的呢？人有這樣真誠的呼求的時候，神應不應允呢？別看人有時候沒動嘴，但是人動真心了，神就應允了。」（摘自《基督的座談紀要·年輕人應看透世界邪惡潮流》）從中看到神時刻陪伴在我們身邊，當我們有難處的時候，只要真心地向神呼求，神看到我們的心了，就會藉著他的話語開啟光照我們，實實際際地安排人事物來幫助我們，讓我們明白神的心意，難處得到解決。只要我們稍稍留意，用心經歷每天的人事物，就能體會到這一點。
其實，神應允我們禱告的方式多種多樣，絕不像我們想像得那樣簡單，在我們多年的經歷中也都真實地體會過一些。比如：有時神會開啟我們明確的神的話語，藉著神話語的引導帶領，我們就知道該怎麼做了；有時神會藉周圍的人事物提醒我們，不知藉著誰說了一句話，做了一件事，我們就會豁然開朗，難處也迎刃而解；還有時神會給我們一個開啟、一個感動，我們認真地琢磨琢磨，不知不覺就明白了神的心意。這都是神應答我們比較普遍的幾種方式，可以說每個真心信神的弟兄姊妹都體會過。神的智慧我們測度不透，在經歷中還有很多神應答我們的方式。當我們放下自己的觀念想像，不去定規神的作工，用心尋求神的心意時，就會發現神早已藉著各種方式回應了我們，這就需要我們在經歷中去用心體會了。https://reurl.cc/DxOyR
禱告是我們和神建立正常關係最直接的一種方式。藉著禱告，我們學會了尋求揣摩神的心意，知道了怎樣才能行到神的心意上；藉著禱告，我們獲得了聖靈的作工，明白了真理，有了信心與力量，靈裡剛強了起來；藉著禱告，我們看到了神的全能主宰和奇妙作為，心離神越來越近；藉著禱告，我們蒙了神的保守，逐步走上了敬畏神遠離惡的道路。反之，沒有禱告，我們和神就沒有正常關係，也摸不著神的心意，更沒法順服神，沒法遵行神的旨意……禱告是開路、帶路的，在我們的生命經歷中起到了至關重要的作用，因此學會向神禱告，學會留心神的回應也就顯得尤為重要了！一切榮耀歸於神！
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