32.How soon will the Lord Jesus appear?

Very soon.

From the first century we have been told that Jesus will come soon. Yet, two thousand years have passed. Two thousand years is but two days in God’s sight. It is true also that the Lord Jesus has kept on coming to the earth in the former and latter rain, that is to say, in various revivals and revelations of His purpose.

His final coming in the clouds of glory will represent the fullness of His coming, a fullness which will be the climax of a gathering crescendo of revelation.

It is ever the fate of worldly believers, the "Lots" who choose to live in the things of the world, to miss the present appearing of the Lord. While they look for Him afar off they miss what He is doing today, often referring to the current manifestation as being of the devil.

But the faithful, like Anna and Simeon, always are seeing the coming of the Lord that is taking place today. It is these faithful ones who will be prepared for Christ’s triumphant appearing to the world in the Day of the Lord. But the "Lots" will continue in their blindness, always having to be yanked from destruction by the prayers of their more faithful relatives.