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At that electrifying point in time, nobody will have to be told any more; every eye in the universe will be fixed on Jesus. Says Revelation 1:7, Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. What a shock! At that moment millions will be begging, "Wait! Wait, I'm not ready!" But time will have stopped. And the Spirit will never again plead, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts" (Hebrews 4:7) -- There'll be no more "today'! Suddenly every person will be caught in his tracks. Like action on television, in an instant the frame will freeze! And then this verse will come true: Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; Let him who is vile continue to be vile; Let him who does right continue to do right, And let him who is holy continue to be holy (Revelation 22:11). And it will be judgment time. I was carelessly tootling along in the car the other day doing sixty-five in a fifty-five-mile-an-hour zone, and not even conscience-stricken because all the cars around me were going at least that fast. But suddenly at the side of the road was a brand new gadget our City of Newport Beach had just installed: It recorded my personal speed -- only mine -- in huge numbers for all the world to see. Newport Beach with all its powers of authority and punishment was scrutinizing me -- at that moment only lil' ol' me. I tell you, I felt as guilty as sin. My heart raced as I slowed down to fifty-five and looked in my mirror for the Long Arm of the Law. There wasn't any. Whew. But that was nothing compared with the moment when the Lord Jesus as Judge will fix His eye on me. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad (2 Corinthians 5:10). That's why 1 John 2:28 says, Dear children, continue [or abide] in him, so that when he appears, we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. Just the same, consider these wonderful facts: 1. He loves us! (1 John 3:1). 2. We're going to be like Him! (1 John 3:2). When at His return He wants to so gloriously transform you -- don't, don't you dare take advantage of that promise and fool around now. You'd be so embarrassed, so full of regrets! Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself (1 John 3:3). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's pray together: O Lord God, we have all eternity to enjoy our rewards, as Amy Carmichael said, and only a few short years to win them. Lord, write eternity on my eyes. May I see all things from Your perspective -- and most of all, may I see You Yourself. O Lord, I want to live at this moment, and the rest of this day, and the rest of my life, so that I can continually say, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come soon! Come now!" Fix my eyes on You. In Your precious name, amen. * * * * * Lord of the cloud and fire, I am a stranger, with a stranger's indifference; My hands hold a pilgrim's staff, My march is Zionward, My eyes are toward the coming of the Lord. --Old Puritan prayer.

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