Are you Ready?

Continuing in Acts chapter 1, let's discuss verse 6 (So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?).  The cross referenced verse are Matt 17:11, Mark 9:12, Luke 17:20 and 19:11.
Jesus was with all His disciples, after telling them to stay in Jerusalem to await the baptism of God, and they asked about His kingdom.  Israel believed that Jesus came to be an earthly ruler coming to take them out from under Roman rule.  They were not grasping at all the fact that God's kingdom was going to be a spiritual one, that Jesus was going to be the Cornerstone of a new church.  They hadn't yet realized what it meant for Jesus to have been killed on the cross then buried and resurrected.  They hasn't yet realized that everything...everything...had now changed.  It hadn't changed just for Israel and the Jews, but for every single person living and all who will live on the earth.  Jesus' death on that cross still didn't quite make sense, so they still thought He had come to save them from the Romans.
In verse 7 (He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority) (cross references: Matt 24:36 and Mark 13:32), we see Jesus telling them it's none of your business right now.  In the cross referenced verses, while Jesus was still alive, He tells them then that only the Father knows some timetables, that even the angels nor the Son know.
It's sometimes scary to realize that things are out of our control.  It's hard to grasp the concept of God being our Creator and is working on our behalf, if we are right with Him through Jesus.  It's equally scary, if not more so, to fathom an entity who is constantly working against us.  Yet, we know satan is real and his sole desire is to kill and destroy (John 10:10a).  God, Jesus, and the Bible have been proven.  I know they are real.  I know

what the Bible says is true.  That makes satan real.  God's simple rule for our lives...BE READY!! (Matt 24:44)  That's it.  Be ready for Christ's return.  What does that mean?  Simple really.  It means we need to get right with God and live right for Him (believe, repent, confess, baptism).  Don't fret over when.  Don't watch the news and see "end times" stuff going on and worry if the end is near.  Just be ready.  Then enjoy the life God gave us.  I know our finite minds cannot seem to grasp the eternal spiritual kingdom of God.  Don't think we were meant to honestly.  It's none of our business right now.  Just get right and live right for God.  He will take care of us, and all this not so good stuff going on right now...He will turn it into good, for God causes all things to work for good for those who love and obey Him (Rom 8:28). God's got this!!
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