Time is the shortest when you run out of it, isn't it?

Mat 19:27  Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

Mat 19:28  And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Mat 19:29  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Mat 19:30  But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Jesus' promises to us.

In the REGENERATION-  will we be there?

What do we forsake for Jesus Christ our Savior?

It doesn't seem feasible to us here in the USA and other parts of the Western world, that we would be asked to forsake anything at all, not really. But there are many who are asked to make that hard choice, even between life and death. 

We truly need to forsake anything that would keep us from our Savior, may God help us do this. Our flesh is so weak.

Now, let's continue with our prophecy study, the revelation that reveals to us TRUTH, TRUTH of our future, truth of our past.  The REGENERATION Christ speaks of WILL come to pass.

******* Continuing our prophecy study--  Please GO back and READ the study from the beginning to gain full understanding of where we are if you haven't been following this study daily.  Thank you :)  God bless you! ******

Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John

God gave this revelation to Jesus to show to his followers- his servants. --

Servants-

Col. {4:12} Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ

Titus {1:1} Paul, a servant of God

James {1:1} James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ

2 Pet.{1:1} Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ

Jude {1:1} Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ

1 Cor.{7:22} For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant

Matthew {20:27} And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: {20:28} Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matthew {23:11} But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

John {15:20} Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.

God gave this revelation to Jesus to show it to His servants, us, we who are reading and trying to understand, we who are followers of Christ seeking to serve Him, and to serve others for Him. We are being shown things and these things MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS.

We are being shown things that will come to pass without a doubt. Things that WILL happen. There are certainties in life, a lot of them. There are positives in life. If you mix sugar with water without a doubt that sugar will dissolve. It's a positive. There are things which are positives and nothing can alter them, nothing. We can't hold back time it marches on whether we want it to or not- that's a positive. It's a must. When God says something MUST come to pass it's a certainty, it's a positive, it's inevitable.

So from the time the revelation was given to Jesus by God to give to us, given to the angel by Jesus to give to John, and from the moment John's pen hit the page and the word was sent out to the people, those things written were to come to pass from that moment on.

The revelation came to us shrouded in mystery. We couldn't be told things straight out as if one person was instructing another, things had to be done in cryptic manners so that the message would be pertinent to ALL that would follow- to ALL of Christ's servants throughout time until He returns to take us to Heaven.

The mystery had to be such that it wasn't impossible to comprehend, but that time would unfold it as necessary, preparing all of Christ's servants.

These things we are to see must shortly come to pass, what does that mean?

What is shortly to God?

Shortly as opposed to eternity when we're dealing with the end of chances for all of mankind to be Christ's servants- is in truth very short.

When all those that will be saved are saved and all that will not be saved are not saved, then Jesus will return and the short time from His return, to life and to heaven will be over- it's not something to rush even if it has to be short.

You might have a short bit of time to accomplish something but you don't have to rush to make the time even shorter.

When we as humans are faced with a chance to save lives in one profession or another- fireman, policeman, coastguard, doctors, etc.. and  the situations call for many people needing to be saved all at once- the regret felt when time runs out and many people are left dead because time ran out, is immense. The sorrow is overpowering and the wish that time had just stretched out somehow long enough to save everyone is a wish that is truly felt and yet a wish that cannot come true.

Time WILL run out for people, for mankind.  We all will have had a chance to choose to serve Christ or not to serve Him, to be counted as Jesus' servants or not be counted among them. Jesus believes time is short because He does not want to lose one person,  not one! 

Time is the shortest when you run out of it, isn't it?

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By His grace always!

Amen.