“…Ye know not what Hour your Lord doth come.”

“…Ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”

Have you read Matt. 24:42-51?

Are these words of Jesus true and faithful? Are you sure? Because I am going to hold you against them. It is a fact that to be Forewarned is forearmed. May God help us to understand for He has promised, “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” Dan. 12:10.

 

Because we know that God cannot lie (Tit. 1:2) we know that these "figure" or "symbol" (GC:598.3) free words must come to pass as stated literally.

 

1.     Have you accepted the gravity of these words? If yes

2.     are you prepared to meet the challenge comparing scripture with scripture?

 

Then let us proceed.

 

Here we have Jesus describing in no uncertain terms a coming of His where when He comes is to find two classes of servants within His church. How do I know that this is referring to His church and not the world? vs. 45 in the following reading has the explicit answer for us.

 

Matthew 24:45-47—“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

 

Let’s pause for a moment and recognize that this R.O.I. is unmatched by any human opportunity standard ever offered or by what could theoretically be achieved by what is physically currently available to us in obtaining control over the whole planet. It still would pale in comparison and into insignificance to what the Lord actually owns which comprises “all his goods.” What a mighty God we serve and is our opportunity to hear from Him and for Him to be understood correctly from His word for a favorable outcome as we will shortly come to learn.

 

The class He claims as His servant are found giving; when? “…meat in due season.” Where? In “his household.” Now if they are found then certainly Jesus is literally in their line of sight proximity to witness it just as when Jehovah came down to earth to be a guest at His future Patriarch’s home. Abraham was in the line of sight of the Creator of heaven and earth prepared to keep covenant with Him.

 

However, that is not all He found at this coming. But before we get to the unpleasant aspect inside His household we now want to bring out certain facts that prove why this could not possibly happen at the Second Coming described in 1Thess 4:16, 17.

 

Am 8:11—¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

 

This is one reason why Matt. 24:42-51 could not be applicable post probationary time. And here is another very familiar reason that all studying SDAs know:

 

“…Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, THEN He will come to claim them as His own.”—COL:69.1

 

Based on a calm and collective analysis of Matt. 24:42-51 and compared to Am. 8:11 and COL:69.1, can we now continue to safely assume that this takes place after the general close of probation at His Second Coming?

 

Wise answer, no, it couldn’t be. Why? The Bible and the SOP has the answer for us. Because in order for “the days” prophesied in Amos 8:11 to come to pass there must be “a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.” Therefore

 

Point No. 1 Matt. 24:42-51 describes a contrary condition to what precedes (Am 8:11) “the last day” (Jn 6:40). And

Point No. 2 at the coming of Matt. 24:42-51 his servants are divided and some are doing opposite of their Lord’s command which defies the precursor to the Lord’s Second Coming and the condition of all of his servants in “His household” attested by C.O.L. page 69.1

Besides the way the Bible describes Jesus’ Second Coming, the Spirit of Prophecy gives us certain additional, privileged, insider information like the announcement of the day and the hour before He returns (EW:14.1). This is the kind of information that is illegal for some to act upon before engaging in the stock market at the opening bell. But here we are, the privileged children of the Most High God, professed Seventh-day Adventist’s, capable of identifying the gift of the Spirit of Prophecy in its active form, after the passing of Sis. White, being invited to have once again insider-information by His standard method of producing it (Amos 3:7). And instead He generally finds the majority agreeing with “the angel” who has charge over this “His household” in the latter days making the false claim “I” (the SDA leadership) “am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing.” Notwithstanding the poison of this influence (TM:107.1) “the angel” found in that condition by the “True Witness” goes on to receive the worse spiritual state of the union report of any of the previous churches described and in this deplorable condition professes to be expecting our Lord’s soon return calling for everyone “get involved.”

 

That is not all He finds at this particular coming that is uncommendable. There is another class of church members violating “religious liberty” literally smiting their fellow servants inside His “household.” Isn’t that what we just read? Now we have a serious problem to contend with here. How is this remotely possible? The cause is ascertained. Some take their eyes off from Jesus and begin to behold and fix it upon “intellect, genius or talent” (5T:80.1). They listen to idols instead of his messengers in the time of the latter rain. (See: Zech. 10:1, 2.)

 

Only those found giving “meat in due season” that has its direct Inspired source (Amos 3:7) from Heaven itself in an additional message (6T:420.3; 406.4) scheduled to return once again (GCDB, February 7, 1893. p. 185.4, 5) to the SDA Church will certainly have reason and power to escape the temptation of saying in his heart, “my Lord delayeth his coming” and find God’s power to resist the smiting of his “fellowservants” in God’s household “who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart” (3T:266.2-267.1) and join in feeding.

 

We have very good evidence to the contrary of the false claim that there is no “new light” for the people of God. We only need look beyond our two favorite (Daniel and the Revelation) books and with the S.O.P. Key (3SM:338.1) in hand acknowledge the lack of understanding of many other prophecies in other prophetic books yet to be unfolded to our understanding from the Bible and to be prepared to even unlearn many, many (CW:37.1) of our ideas and opinions that have been held as truth from our favorite books. So the point should become ominous, startling to our lukewarm carnal security, and contrary to the mantra that there are no more messages of truth to be revealed by a prophet and that we have all we are ever going to receive before the Second Coming of Christ or even before the Mark of the Beast is instituted. (See: 6T:17.1.)

 

He who denies inspired interpretation of the Scriptures is denying the office of the Holy Spirit, and is sinning against Him—committing the unpardonable sin!

 

One of the key points brought out in this reading is that by the attitude of watching out for every ray of divine light (hungering and thirsting after righteousness) a few (144,000 living saints) will break away from Satan’s ploy and begin to receive for themselves and really provide for others in God’s household “meat in due season” that prepares His people for “the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” How can I calmly make this bold claim? Easy. Because we are finite and often overlook what is right under our noses without and while rejecting the aid of Inspiration. Take a closer look at vs. 45. It reads:

 

Mt 24:45—Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Who is the “them” of vs. 45 and where are they? Are they inside or outside? Let the Bible give us the answer by quoting the unpleasant reality. Vs. 49 has two classes of people indicated and identified by the language of our present prophesied inside incident so long ago by Jesus Himself on the dusty roads of Judea (the Vineyard). Are they not all “fellowservants” of the same “household”? If we are going to remain candid and honest then Yes, indeed they are. Thus the “them” now should be easier to identify. It is those who have received, and have (Berean) proved and now understandingly accept a special commission, not to go into all the world yet, but to first rather “go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (“…the closing work FOR the [SDA] church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand…”) whom many “know not the Hour” of their visitation in judgment (1Pe 4:17).

 

If you want to know more about this invisible Coming where Jesus will NOT then be dressed with his Kingly attire but rather in “garments of vengeance” (5T:689.2) please feel free to make an appointment to discuss this further in person. God bless.