So exclaimed a young woman to her uncle as he spoke to his niece of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. She knew she was a sinner, and that she was not ready if she died, but being well and strong, doubtless judged there was plenty of time to think of such matters yet.
But the coming of the Lord could not he put off. It would not matter whether she was weak or strong, well or ill, if the Lord came and she was not ready to go in “with Him to the marriage,” she must be shut out forever.
“Your father and mother will go,” said the uncle, “for they are ready. And the Lord may come at any moment, too—”
“O! don’t say that, uncle; I’m not ready,” she replied.
But whether the uncle said it or not, the truth was the same, and the conviction of this forced its way into her conscience and led her to deep distress of soul.
Rest came when she saw that the work of Christ upon the cross was for sinners, and that it was finished. Then she could rejoice that she was ready if the Lord Jesus should return.
His coming had now no terrors for her she could rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Christ is coming. Are you ready?
“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
ML 08/23/1936