Matthew 24:36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father.” The coming of the son of man.

Let us look at the first time and what was going on when he first came. When Adam and Eve was thrown out the garden of Eden and the serpent with them, life had changed. After the first murder committed by Adam and Even first born Cain, who killed his brother Abel, it seems like it was then the battle began. God kept on slipping more and more out of the view by humanity and sin began to evolve and God began to come up with a solution to make things right. There was the flood: God destroy humanity because we were growing too wicked. He found favor with Noah, who was a good man and the only good man left. God sent a flood to replenish the earth of the wicked people and spared Noah and his family. Yet, sin still existed. Then there was Abram, God found favor with him as he did with Noah. With Abraham came Sodom and Gomorrah (sin city) which God destroyed and spared his nephew Lot and his family. Who was a good example of you can take the man out of the jungle but you can’t take the jungle out of the man.

God had made a promise to Abraham that he would make him a father of nations and bless him. As the Lord had promised Abraham so it was done. Through Abraham God intention was to replenish the world with people who faithfully walked with him like Abraham did. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his  promised only son Isaac he had with the love of his life Sarah in their old age, for the will of God. It seems to me that God was weaning out the sin in man that prevented them from drawing near to him. God was in the process of selecting man according to what he saw in him for His purpose which Abraham was worthy.

What started with Cain and Abel ended with Joseph (the dreamer with the coat of many colors) and his brothers who hated him for the same reason Cain killed his brother, jealousy. But unlike Cain they couldn’t kill him. The Lord was at work in Joseph life, when Joseph said to his brothers,”you intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” Upon this revelation Jesus was to come.

The problem between Joseph and his brothers was resolved, except now they become a threat to the Egyptian who brutally beat and enslaved them for years. They prayed constantly for a deliver and Moses was born. Why did Jacob move his family to Egypt? Egypt wasn’t the promise land God had for Abraham, it was the land of Canaan. But there was a famine in the land so Abram went to Egypt with his family. And from then once again all hell broke lose for man. God called Moses as the first deliver. He was the testing ground for man salvation before all others that worked the way up to Jesus. Many others like, Samson, Ruth and Naomi, Samuel David, Elijah, Daniel, and Job. Everyone that is written in the scriptures played an important role to the coming of the messiah.

But all these men like the sacrificial lambs wasn’t able to fulfill the manifestation of the will and laws of God no matter how hard they tried. God walked with man, but nothing wasn’t working to keep us anchored in him without us constantly drifting away. The solution began in the days of Noah, Abraham and all the others that came after them. God had plan for our salvation.

He waited for the right time and the right moment that began with Moses to whom He had given the laws to lead and govern the people according to his will. From the Ten Commandments, the Ark of Covenant and the Tabernacle.

Man spirit was to weak to overcome the sting of sin. Corruption was inevitable especially by the men of God. God plan was an antidote for the poison instead of destroying man once again like in the day of Noah.

The coming of Jesus again will be like when Abraham had pleaded with God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if he found fifty or ten good man to spare it. Genesis 18:16-33. So shall it be for the coming of the Lord. We can’t allow history repeat itself, look how far we came. No excuses for ignorance. We must be well learnt from it.

God is watching so we have to live each day not in preparation for His coming, but as though He’s already here.