"However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son himself. Only the Father knows."
Jesus himself doesn't even know when he's coming back! How the heck does a person know when he's coming back, but he, himself doesn't even know when he's coming back? How arrogant must we be to think we could know such information that he doesn't even know! During Biblical times, if someone was found to be a false prophet, they'd be stoned to death! Yet today we see many people telling false prophecies and they don't even apologize for it. Instead, they make a ton of money and best sellers (John Hagee anyone?)! You have no idea how much this ticks me off, and dare I even say, it makes God angry too? If you want to be famous and have a ton of money, you just have to make a false prediction of when Jesus is coming back (or when you're being "raptured (I do not believe in the rapture btw)") and people will donate you money and you'll have a best-seller right there! If God is going to give you a message, it will NOT go against his Word. I don't talk about my dreams much because they're very personal to me. If I have a dream that I believe came from God (which is rare), I believe it's from him because the message coincides with Scripture. If I had a dream where God told me Jesus was coming back January 29, 2039 (I just put in random numbers, lol), that would not be a dream from God because Jesus said not even he knows when he's coming back! Anything that contradicts Scripture is not from God, no matter how strongly you may feel it is.
I've had "end of the world" dreams, but I know that's all they are, just dreams. You may say, "Well, Allie, you don't have the gift of prophecy that's why!" I don't have to have the gift of prophecy, nor be a scholar to know that these dreams aren't from God. It's plain and simple. Can dreams have messages? Sure, but ones that predict the end of the world? Nope.
Even though it's HIGHLY doubtful that Jesus will be coming back today, that doesn't mean we should be foolish either. I think we should live our life every day as if Jesus is going to return that day. He may come back then, or he may come back another day, we just don't know when he'll be back.
I know I often feel torn when it comes to the subject of Jesus coming back. I mean, I want him to come back, I want to be with him after all, and I want the world to see him for who he really is - a king! But at the same time, I know there are a lot of people in this world, people I even know, who are going to have it really rough when he comes back (and that's to put it VERY lightly).
So what do we do in the meantime? First, we pray about it. We pray and ask God to help us live a holy life here. We also ask him to give us the courage to speak about Jesus to others. This is very difficult, believe me I know. Even though I enjoy talking about him, I get very nervous about it too. I'm often plagued with thoughts like "What if I turn them further away from God? What if I say the wrong thing? What if I present him in a way that isn't true?" Do you have these thoughts as well? It can be a bit crippling. So ask God to give you the courage to speak up, and the wisdom for the right words and attitude to say them.
I have met people in ministry who really had no business being in ministry. You have to have more than a heart for God to be in ministry. You have to have a heart for people as well. There is a lot of darkness in the world, and there are a lot of people trapped in that darkness. If you're in ministry, you have to have the desire to want to rescue those people from the darkness. Of course, only God can truly rescue them - but he can use you to help them get into the light - HIS light, not your light. That's the thing about ministry, it's not about you, it's about him! It doesn't matter what kind of ministry you're in, it is to bring him glory and to bring people to him.
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