Watch Out!

Sitting in worship on Sunday I heard about how Christ was foretold of old by Old Testament prophets. For centuries God's prophets and Kings proclaimed the coming of the Messiah, for years the people of Israel were told to watch out for the coming Messiah. Yet when Christ came many did not recognize the long awaited Son of God. The priests and religious leaders of Israel had the Old Testament memorized yet would not submit themselves to Christ's merciful call. Christ came, and to those religious individuals who had been supposedly watching and waiting he was nothing more than a thorn in their side. The people and religious leaders had been told through the scriptures over and over again, He is coming! yet they cast aside his arrival. The prophesied Prince of Peace came to save, and was sacrificed to save sinners.
Now we live in a time where it has been told, from the mouth of Jesus Christ, He is coming again! Shall you and I be found in such a state as those proud fools who dismissed his first coming? His arrival date is unknown, you and I are not to waste time seeking knowledge of his return. Rather Christ himself has called us to use our time seeking knowledge of him!