Behold...I am coming.....!

Revelation 16:15 NKJV

“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

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† Shalom †......! Day #197. Do you know that we must be ready and prepared for the second coming of the Lord? Let us pray. Father,  we pray that, help us to be watchful and alert as we eagerly wait for Your second coming. Let us not be found in an unprepared manner, but holding on to the confession of our faith in You till the end. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends,  you don't know when thieves would come therefore you must tighten the security of your house and so on. It also means to be watchful and alert.

1. Jesus said "be watchful and alert in prayer."
» we aren't fighting against flesh and blood but against the powers and principalities of the darkness that's ruling this world therefore you fight the darkness through intense prayer and warfare. Being aware of what's happening in the spiritual realm. That's what is means to be alert and watchful in prayer. It reminds us not only that our Lord may come unexpectedly, but that He may even come and we be unaware. There is one day when He will come, and every eye will behold Him; but He comes in various ways and forms to bless and to test man. Blessed are they who are ready, watching. But vigilance is not enough: the garments must be kept. The powers of evil are abroad. Sloth and pleasure may counsel ease, and tempt the watcher to lay aside his garments and take rest and sleep. The earnest watcher desires, like Apostle Paul, to be found in Christ, clad in the true righteousness of faith (Philippians 3:9).

2. And keepeth his garments - The allusion here seems to be to one who, regardless of danger, or of the approach of an enemy, should lay aside his garments and lie down to sleep. Then the thief might come and take away his garments, leaving him naked. The essential idea, therefore, here, is the duty of vigilance. We are to be awake to duty and to danger; we are not to be found sleeping at our post; we are to be ready for death - ready for the coming of the Son of man.

Lest he walk naked - His raiment being carried away while he is asleep.

And they see his shame - Compare the notes on Revelation 3:18. The meaning here is, that, as Christians are clothed with the garments of righteousness, they should not lay them aside, so that their spiritual nakedness should be seen. They are to be always clothed with the robes of salvation; always ready for any event, however soon or suddenly it may come upon them.
Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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