What will soon happen on earth? Jesus said that we need to pray to be found worthy to escape all that is coming on earth. This means that a lot of things are coming on earth.
Luke 21:36 — “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Can Jesus protect you from the terrible judgments that are soon to fall? Yes. How can you know if you are in Jesus? How can you be safe when all kinds of judgments fall? In the end time, God’s people will love God and love others. Jesus loves you so much; Jesus thinks about you all the time. Jesus really cares for your soul. Let us look at five Bible truths about how to be ready when Jesus returns.
1. Spend Time with Jesus
If you want Jesus to protect you, you need to know Him and be His friend. Before that, you need to see that evolution is not true — things do not appear from nothing, out of nowhere, for no reason, as all things that exist need to be planned.
To be kept by Jesus is a call God makes on you. But first, you need to know how amazing God is. God is so kind, loving, humble, honest, and sincere. God really cares a lot for you. You are unique and very special in His eyes; nobody can replace you. Being ready for Jesus’ return starts with a relationship with Him, because God loves you so much, and this gives birth to love for Him. From there, you can develop a relationship with Him.
2. Help Others Know Jesus
To be kept by Jesus when trouble comes, as you love God, you see that others are made in the image of God, and you love them also. To grow your relationship with Jesus, prayer and reading the Bible often — at least every day — is how you talk to God and He talks to you. Without this, you can lose that friendship if you do not talk to God often.
As you seek God, God comes close to you, God reveals Himself to you, and you have a precious, close, loving relationship. The revelation of the love of Jesus will be the last message given on earth. It will be the loud cry, found in the message of the fourth angel in Revelation 18. Loving God and others comes by faith. It is not natural to the human heart to love, as we are naturally selfish. God gives a special power called righteousness by faith. This power gives you God’s righteousness, since humans do not have any righteousness of their own.
3. Righteousness by Faith
This power is the great secret of Christianity. Without righteousness by faith, all religious people are legalists — and evil, as they cannot change their own heart. Sadly, they spend all their life seeking to become better, knowing deep inside that they are not good. Nobody can create goodness. Nobody can become good without God. Only God has righteousness — as Daniel says, to us belongs confusion of face.
“Without Me you can do nothing,” Jesus says. The last group of people will receive the seal of God and give this last message, called the fourth angel’s message of Revelation 18 — the loud cry. This comes after the three angels’ message. It is the last message given to human beings.
Righteousness by faith is a human being realizing there is nothing good in himself, and seeking God for help. Being a Pharisee is claiming to be good and not needing Jesus, and denying the death of Jesus on the cross.
4. Watch and Be Ready
The Bible says that God loves us, but for us to be able to go to heaven, God needs to be able to trust us, to see if we will be safe enough to bring to heaven. Those who make it to heaven will be very happy. But trouble is coming on earth, with God allowing people He loves to be shaken so they wake up to the danger of missing eternal life and eternal happiness.
Now is the time to seek God, as time is running out. You can choose not to spend time with God, or you can let Him come close to you. The protection of God will be with you as the events spoken of in Revelation unfold and you see them happen in real life. Soon it will be too late to follow Jesus and be shielded by His love and His feathers of protection.
5. Saved at Last
Will you be happy if you make it to heaven? Over there, there will be no more tears, no more pain, no more suffering. You will have eternal bliss, happiness, and joy. You will never be parted from the love of God and His gentle presence. You can live with God forever. Is that what you will choose?
How long will time last? We do not know, but we know that time will not last much longer. Are you ready for Jesus to come? Are you ready for the end of the world? You can be found in heaven and live happily forever. The choice belongs to you — what choice will you make?