In Washington Irving's Rip Van Wnkle, he slept for 20 yrs,the story goes that he escaped to the mountains to get away from his wife,who wanted him to do work on their farm. In Romans 13 v 11 ,Paul gives a wake up call to the Christians and so he declares the possible of the coming of Christ at any moment.he is not saying that Jesus is coming at that time, for no one knows when He is coming (Mark 13 v 32).The main thing is to be ready,our Saviour said about His coming,' Do not let Him find you sleeping when He arrives without warning,I say to you ,what I say I say to everyone; Watch for Him'. (Mark 13 v36)Yes He is coming 'soon' 'We must be watchful and alert, because we do not know the time.' It is as John Stott says,' as regards the coming of Christ,that there is a tension between the' now already' of Christ's first coming and 'not yet ' of His second.' Our Saviour said,' The night cometh ,when no one can work',(John 9 v4) Until that day comes we must be up and doing ,somone said,'The Christian life is not a sleep, but a battle.'
'Waiting for our Lord 's returning,
Be it ours His word to keep;
May our lamps be always burning;
May we watch while others sleep.
We are children of the light.'
Thomas Kelly.
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