Hello John and Doves,
We are to encourage one another in watching for our Lord's return.Titus 2:13 - "...we wait for the blessed hope - the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."Matthew 24:44 - "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of Man cometh."Luke 21:36 - "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."Luke 12:37 - "Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching..."2 Timothy 4:8 - "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me in that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.""The all-important practical question for us all in connection with our Lord's return is what should be our personal attitude toward His coming again....While some preaching may urge people to live holy and work diligently because death is swiftly coming, this is not the Bible argument. The Bible argument is, Christ is coming. Be ready when He comes.""Our Lord Jesus is coming again! - precious words! How they ought to thrill our hearts! How they do thrill our hearts! How they ought to lead us to inquire diligently lest there be anything in us that will grieve Him at His coming.""The Lord Jesus Is Coming! How small these words make the world with its gain and its loss, its pomp and its pride, its pleasure and its pain, its praise and its blame, to appear...How these words should make us eager to bring our friends to Christ at once lest they be "left" at His coming.""Our Lord Jesus is Coming! He is coming, perhaps this year, perhaps this month, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps today. Are you ready?"Listen to the Watchmen. They are on the walls and at the gate. Heralding His soon return this September.In Jeremiah 6:17, the Lord said "Also I set watchmen over you, saying Hearken to the sound of the trumpet."We have Watchmen at FiveDoves and on Youtube - these Watchmen are warning of His soon return!Keep Looking Up!High Watch Month of September.Maranatha~ChanceWhen The Roll Is Called Up YonderJames M. Black (1893)1 When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.Refrain:
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.2 On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of his resurrection share;
When his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain]3 Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun;
Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care.
Then when all of life is over and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain]