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Title: Red Alert
Date: Jul 19, 2010
Topic(s): Second Coming/Rapture/End Times
Scripture: Revelation 3:1-3, Matthew 28:19-20, 2 Peter 3:10, Matthew 24:45-51

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Six months after the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the U.S. government established a homeland security advisory system. The system is based on five color codes: green (low risk), blue (general risk), yellow (significant risk), orange (high risk) and red (severe risk).

If you were to apply this same color code to the Lord's return, it would certainly be red. Let's look at God's Word to find out why.

What Does God Say?

"Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

"and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

"the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

"and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 24:45-51, NASB).

• What is the slave supposed to do while he awaits his master's return?
• Why does the slave fail to meet his responsibilities?
• What happens when his master returns and catches him unprepared?

My Thoughts

When the slave who was placed in charge of the household lost sight of his master's return, he began to live for himself. He started to associate with and take up the lifestyle of those who were worldly (drunkards). This describes a lot of Christians today. They have not gone out into the world (Matthew 28:19-20), but they have allowed the world to come into them.

However, according to Jesus, we should be living at Red Alert. He is coming on a day when we will not expect him and at an hour which we do not know. And the consequences will be severe. While we will not lose our salvation, we will have a tremendous loss of rewards. We will be treated as hypocrites (those who profess one thing while living another) and our sorrow will be great.

My Part

How would living at Red Alert change the decisions you are making today? List at least two things that you will do differently because the probability of Jesus' return is so high.

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