SHALL HE FIND FAITH
"I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily.
However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8
The reference is not to personal faith but to belief in the
whole body of revealed truth, the faith. And the answer to that question is yes
and no. His Second coming involves two parts to be explained in the next
article titled "COULD CHRIST RETURN THIS YEAR"? In the first part He comes to
rapture those He finds in the faith. In the second part of His return He finds 144,000
thousand Jews who are witnessing to the whole world of the true Messiah. At the time
of His 2 part coming He finds apostasy rampant. (2
Tim 3:1-9) Apostasy, "rebellion"
(2 Thess. 2:3) is the act of
professing people who deliberately reject revealed truth as to (1) the
Deity of Jesus Christ, and (2) redemption through His atoning and redeeming
sacrifice (1 John 4:1-3; Phil 3:18; 2
Pet 2:1), the true believers having been raptured (1 Thess. 4:16-17). Seducing spirits and the doctrine of devils
control the minds and hearts and therefore reign at this time (1 Tim 4:1, 2 Tim 3:1-4:4) add to the
description of the era. Perilous are those times described. “Perilous” could also be translated “fierce” or “furious.” It is used only one other time, in connection with the
demoniacs in the country of the Gadarenes, describing them as “exceeding fierce” (Matt. 8:28). The world will become increasingly violent and
dangerous as the end approaches.
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