God’s Word tells us that Jesus will come back at a time when He is not expected. That is generally assumed to mean things will be good at the time....but another way to look at it is that things may not be good....and since there also would be relatively no faith....(as Jesus wondered if He would find faith on the earth upon His return)....that the visible church would be in such bad shape that it would neither heed....nor know of....nor care to hear the many clear warnings in God's Word concerning the state of the world upon His return....nor heed His commands to always be vigilant....nor even have a discernible desire for Jesus to return....which seemingly is where we are today. This also makes more sense as we read our Lord's Olivet Discourse....where the whole world will fall for delusions.
Back in the 80s.....we used the analogy of the frog in the kettle all the time....but we used it as it would relate to an unbelieving world.....not the church. I don't have a lot of outside interests....no hobbies....no sports. Reading is really all I do....and exercising where I can listen to tried and true sermons from the past....and of course writing here on what I read. I may watch a movie now and then....but hardly an hour passes by....without at least some passing thought on our Lord's return....even while getting away to the beach....with the majesties of the expanse of ocean before me.
It's very clear what I see....and I at times have trouble grasping how others cannot come to the same conclusions....for we are observing and living in the same world. It has never been anything like it is today....as love as literally gone cold everywhere....and everyone determines his or her own truth. Only the frog in the kettle analogy can explain how the visible church came to the point that where Jesus is at the very doorstep.....but so very few know it.....and even less care.
I can understand why most pulpits are not involved with preparations on what lies ahead....but cannot fathom how so few true ministers of the gospel realize what is about to transpire. Once again.....and for the last time in this post....only the frog in the kettle story can explain how we once knew very well that judgment was nigh upon us....but now cannot even determine a pandemic to be judgment from God. Jesus return is near.....it has to be.....and looking at this world as it has become.....every Christian should be pleading for His return....but we sit satisfied....concerned only about getting the Congress and White House back....thus seeking a mess of pottage....over the...."marriage supper of the Lamb." Paraphrasing Pogo....we can now see the frog in the kettle....and he is us.
