In This Generation

Do you really grasp and understand that unless Jesus Christ returns in this generation, not one single human being will be left alive on earth? Let's turn to Matthew 24. We'll start reading in verse 21. In Matthew 24, we know it's the sermon, a messenger about the time of the end. In verse 21 and 22, we read, Then there will be great tribulations, such as not been since the beginning of the world, until this time no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened. And so, if it wasn't for God's plan that He has a plan for mankind, for His elect to rule and to bring humanity into His family as His sons and daughters, if it wasn't that, the way things are going, no flesh would be saved alive. But as we put that together with verse 34, in verse 34 we say, Surely, says Christia, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. Now, this has been written for many generations. So which generation is it talking about? What has to be a generation in which we have the capability to annihilate humanity from this world? And we live in this generation. We live in this generation now when various nations have the ability now to destroy one another. And that has not happened before in previous generations that come and go on. But this generation, yeah, we have had this for a while, but this generation in which we have this capability is coming to an end. Because some of us that have lived in this generation, in a few years, we will not be young. And so this generation, it says, will not pass. So those people that say, oh well, we have heard this before. We have never been in a generation in which we have had this capability. And this generation is just about the end. You know, let's say a generation is like 70 years, you know, this generation. And for these good, maybe more than 50 years, we have had the power to exterminate ourselves. And he says this generation will not pass. So unless God intervenes as it says here in Scripture, there is no hope for mankind. And really what we see is time is short. And God's intervention is our only hope for our children and grandchildren.

God will save mankind by sending Jesus Christ again to save us, but this time to save humanity. Now, how many churches are preaching that today? They're not. Why? Because they have rejected God's plan of salvation. They've rejected God's holy days, and they brought in and encouraged alternative holidays, which are none other than pagan holidays that hide the meaning of God's plan.

We have just completed three of those of God's festivals. Let me just talk festivals. One is the Passover, which represents Christ's sacrifice for our sins, that he buys us back with his life, and is now in heaven, the right hand of the Father, as our high priest, interceding for us. Because it says we are saved by his life, so he's there, he's living, and he's intervening for us as our high priest.

Then we also observed the days of leavened bread, which means that we need to take leaven or sin completely out of our lives. We're going to make that commitment, which goes together with the Passover, and we're going to make that commitment to take that sin completely out of our lives. And this pretty well ties together with the meaning of baptism. But then we also completed Pentecost, which is Jesus Christ as our high priest. He sends us God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit, which is the Father's Spirit, but it's also the Son's Spirit, because it's only one Spirit, to regenerate us and to renew us, in other words, to sanctify us.

And then what? You and I know, then what is the next festival, which is trumpets.

Let's look at a couple of scriptures before I talk a little bit more about trumpets.

And the first one is in Titus chapter 3, starting in verse 4. Titus chapter 3 in verse 4.

It says, But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior, what is the kindness and love of God, God the Father, our Savior, towards man, appeared.

That's Christ appeared. So the kindness and the love of God is Him sending His only Beloved Son to die for us. That's what it is. When that kindness and the love of God, our Savior, because of what God the Father has done for us by giving us His only Beloved Son, when He appeared, now verse 4, not because you and I are such goody-goody boys or girls, it was not by our works of righteousness, which we have done, but because, or according, to God's mercy. It's God's mercy that He sent us, His Son, His mercy towards us. And through that, He started this process of saving us. That's why He saved us, because to God, it's a fate accomplished. That's it. We will be saved. And He's done everything from that point of view, at least the hard part, which is giving His life, He's done it. So He saved us. How?

Through Christ coming to us and dying for us, but also through the washing of what? Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. Christ went to heaven at the right hand of the Father as our high priest, and on Pentecost, He sent us, the Holy Spirit, to one regenerator, in other words, to beget us a second time, and to renew us. That's the sanctification of the Spirit. That's God's Holy Spirit that pricks our minds and says, don't do that. Don't think that way. Don't say that. And so we are being renewed. And that is a washing that we go through of the Holy Spirit, whom, in other words, which or the Spirit, that He, the Father, poured out on us through Jesus Christ, our Savior. So God is pouring us His Holy Spirit. Yes, because God's Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, but it is through Jesus Christ, our Savior. It's interesting that in verse 4 says, God the Father is our Savior. And in verse 6, it also says that Jesus Christ is our Savior, because the two together are doing this act of saving. The Father gave His Son, and His Son died for us. So they both are fulfilling this act of saving us. And so continue now reading in verse 7, that having been justified by His grace, you and I are made right with God by His act of graciousness.

We, therefore, should become heirs, heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, as we'll read in a moment, which I'm basically stating Romans 8, but we'll go to that in a moment, that we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life, because that we need to be heirs of God, so that this is part of the hope we have, that we will have eternal life. Verse 8, this is a faithful saying.

This is a saying without any doubt. In fact, Paul, in these letters, uses five times that word, a faithful saying, which might be interesting study for you to look at that. But he says, this is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly. So Paul is telling Titus, as a minister, to say, I want you to affirm. In other words, we as brethren, as elders or as brethren, we need to have this really clear in our minds that those who have believed in God, and remember, believing is not just believing, but is living, is acting, is practicing, is doing what God tells us to do, should be careful to maintain good works. We need to be very careful that we don't slip up. These things are good and profitable to men. So this is good and profitable to all us. So Yahweh has this hope. Now when will this hope be fulfilled? You see, Yahweh has a faithful saying that Christ and the Son have given us His Spirit and to help us to be His children and to sanctify us through the forgiving of Christ's sacrifice and His blood and His Spirit, which is God's mind and God's power, God's essence in us, helps us to overcome, to do our part and gives us that extra strength in the hope of eternal life.

But when will that hope be realized? So let's go now to Romans chapter 8, because I was reading there about that we are heirs, and in Romans 8 talks about the same thing. So let's look at Romans 8 starting in verse 14. Romans 8 verse 14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, and so we are guided, we are led, God's Spirit never possesses us, never controls us, only leads us, guides us, shows us, this is the way, won't you in it. In other words, shows us, breaks our conscience, leads us, does not possess us, does not take over us.

And so as we are led by God's Spirit, and if we are led, if we're following that lead, these are the sons of God. For you do not receive the Spirit of bondage.

Yeah, God's Spirit is not a bondage. I have come across people that are demon-possessed, and I tell you, they're in bondage. Oh, at first when they start dabbling with it, they think, oh, what a great joy this is. But then once they're hooked, it's a bondage.

And so God's Spirit is not a spirit of bondage, again, to fear, like demons are. God's Spirit is not like that. But you receive the Spirit of adoption, which could also be translated as sonship. I strongly believe that sonship is a more accurate translation based on our current interpretation of the meaning and understanding of the meaning of us really becoming children of God. So it's the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. In other words, Daddy, Father, a very close relationship. Verse 16, the Spirit, that's God's Spirit, itself, bears witness with our spirit. That is the spirit of man in man, the spirit that you and I have. So God's Spirit bears witness with our human spirit that we are the children of God, because God's Spirit has merged with our spirit, and therefore the two are a witness that we are begotten children of God. So it is the regeneration, the beguet again. And verse 17, if children then heirs, as we read in Titus 3, we are heirs, heirs of God. We are heirs of God.

We are to inherit Godhood. Let's just call it that way. We are to be sons and daughters of God.

And joint heirs with Christ. So whatever Christ is going to inherit, we're going to inherit with him as well. If, a very small English word, but a very powerful word, if, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together. So it is a hope of eternal life, but not just a hope of eternal life, a hope of glory, to be glorified as sons and daughters of God. And in verse 18, for I consider that the sufferings of this present age, the trials, the health issues, the frailties that we go, particularly that we go through, particularly as we get older, and we feel weaker and frail, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. The glory. We will be glorified together with Christ. We will have the same glory as Christ has. Now, obviously, less than him, the Father is above all, and Christ is under, and we will less, but of the same type of glory. And it says, compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us, that glory will be revealed in us. Again, the question is, when? When will that glory be revealed in us? Now, I started talking about in the sermon that our only hope is Christ intervening, or God intervening, through Christ. And now I'm talking about the glory to be revealed in us. I'm going to bring these two together in a while, so I'm not diverting, but I am going to bring these two together, because it says, the glory which shall be revealed in us. So the question is, when will this glory be revealed in us? Now, let's continue reading in verse 19, for the earnest expectation of that creation. Now, what is the creation?

I mean, you and I can say it's human beings, but you and I can say the creation is also physical things, a part of the creation.

And what do we see in the creation that is expecting?

Okay, let's go on. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the revealing of the sons of God. So the glory will be revealed in us. We will be revealed as sons of God. So yes, we are the sons of God, as we read in verse 14, as we led by God's Holy Spirit, but we're not yet what we shall be. We're not yet what we shall be, because then it will be revealed as the ultimate, glorified children of God. Now, it's a very interesting and powerful statement in verse 20. For the creation was subject to futility. The creation was subject to futility.

In other words, the creation was subject to corruption. Have you ever seen things getting old? Oh, no. Well, everything gets old, gets worn out, gets you. You have maybe your roof out there and gets hit by hail, as ours was. And it's kind of futile. It was just being replaced a year ago. I have to replace it again. Things get worn out.

Creation is subject to futility, not willingly. Not willingly. But because of him who subjected creation to futility, to corruption, to getting old, for things to get rusted, for things to get worn out. And us as human beings, as the years go by, you and I know it. We're not what we were when we were 20 years old. It's a fact of life. We're subject to aging process.

And he says here, for the creation was subject to this futility, to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected in hope. Oh, there's a lot in this verse that you and I can speculate about. I'm not going to go there, but you can always think more about it. Verse 21, because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption.

The creation will be delivered from the bondage of corruption. Is that a hint to the new heavens and new earth that will be delivered from the bondage of corruption? Interesting question. Interesting question. And then, into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

So obviously, it is talking about human beings, but creation is more than just human beings. So it is an interesting question. And then we go on. Verse 22, for we know that the whole creation, the whole creation, not just human beings, grounds and labors with birthpangs together until now, not only that, but we also who are or who have the first fruits of the Spirit.

You need, that is the symbolism of Pentecost, that we have the first fruits of the Spirit.

Pentecost means that we are the first fruits of the Spirit.

Even we ourselves ground within ourselves, don't we, as we get older, we kind of ground within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the sonship. For the sonship. But aren't we already sons and daughters of God? Yes, but not yet what we shall be like. Because it says, the redemption of our body. You and I will be delivered from this body of corruption, and we will have a body which is incorruptible. This corruptible will put on incorruptibility. So, brethren, we are waiting for the sonship, for the redemption of our body. When? So back to the same question. When will this be? When will the glory in us be revealed? When will the redemption of this body of ours occur? And now let's look at 1 John chapter 3 verse 1 and 2. 1 John chapter 3 verse 1 and 2. 2. Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us. Do we really grasp and understand the degree and the depth of love the Father asked for us that gave us his only begotten Son?

And he says that we should be called children of God.

We are, with God's Holy Spirit, we are the begotten children of God, but not yet the born again children of God. You see, therefore the wall does not know us because it did not know him. It did not know Christ. When Christ was there, they did not realize who he was. Verse 2, Beloved, now we are the children of God. Yes, we are already begotten by God, so we are already his children, but and or rather and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. In other words, when it said, and we read early on, that we will have that glory, God's glory in us, that waiting for the revealing of the sons of God, for the redemption of our body. Yeah, it's the answer. Beloved, now we are the children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he, Christ, is revealed, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And that's where these two points that I mentioned earlier on, you know, Christ's gonna come and we're gonna have to be changed. Those two different points meet at Christ's coming. Christ's coming is when he will bring peace to earth and when you and I will become spirit beings. It's like a pivot point.

It's like the point where when that happens.

And that is at his coming. At his coming. That is when Christ is revealed. Christ will be revealed at his coming. Let's look at that in a little bit more detail in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

1 Corinthians chapter 15. And brethren, I am not giving you anything new. We all know this, but it is always good to refresh our minds and to understand these points very clearly. 1 Corinthians 15 and we start in verse 20. But now Christ is risen from the dead. Yes, Christ is in heaven. He's risen from the dead and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. Yes, he is the first fruits of those that have died. For since by man came death, by Adam came death, by man, Jesus Christ, also came the resurrection of the dead. Verse 22 basically says that again, for as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. All good and bad.

Good and bad. All. But each one in his order. Christ, he is the first fruits. He's the first one. And then he says, afterwards those who are Christ's at his coming. And so it backs up with the point that Christ is going to come to save the world, but at his coming at the same time, we are going to be changed to spirit being. So that is at his coming.

Let's read a little bit further in verse 51. Still in 1 Corinthians 15, we're going to read now in verse 51. Be old. I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep. In other words, we want all die because when Christ comes, some of us will be alive. Right? So those of us that are true Christians, that are in Christ, that will be alive at his coming, we shall be changed.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. At the last trumpet.

For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible. So this corruptibility will change to incorruptible, and we shall be changed. We that are alive shall be changed from physical to spirit. And this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

When? At the last trumpet. At the last trumpet. Now, this is important for us to understand.

Because there are some people today, there are some people today, that say, oh well, this will be XYZ, either Holy Day, not today or Trumpets.

But this is talking about the last trumpet. Now, as we will show, and I'll show it to you, trumpets are blown at various times, for various reasons. But this is a set of trumpets, which are prophetic, which have, are directly related with God's plan of salvation and His Holy Days.

And so it's tied to what we call the Day of Trumpets. And it's at the last trumpet of those trumpets, which are signified or symbolized by the Day of Trumpets. Let's then look at what happens at this last trumpet. And that is in Revelation 11, Revelation 11 verse 15. Revelation 11 verse 15. Then the seventh angel sounded. Yes, so that's prophetic.

There are seven trumpets as part of this prophetic significance of trumpets. These are not trumpets that you blow at the beginning of the month or to call people to get together, because trumpets are blown for various reasons. These are specific trumpets of a prophetic meaning based on the book of Revelation, as we see. Seven trumpets. And verse 15. The seventh angel sounded, because they're seven trumpets, so it's the last, it's the seventh.

And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and it shall reign forever. So that is the trumpet, the seventh trumpet, when Christ comes, when the kingdoms of this world becomes the kingdom that belonged to God. No more the God of this world, Satan, but the God of this world will now become God through Christ. And so that's what it says. The kings of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever. Yes, it will reign in the millennium for a thousand years, and beyond that, because that thousand years will reign on earth, but beyond that, you'll reign eternity beyond the earth in the new heavens and new earth.

So it's beyond the earth. It's over the whole universe, but the first thousand years is on earth, so it shall reign forever and ever. And so at this last trumpet, a number of events are to happen. These summarized key events are listed in verse 18. It says, the nations were angry. When Christ comes, the leaders of this world, the dictators, the various leaders in different nations, are going to be furious, and they're going to fight, want to fight Christ. At the same time, God's wrath says, your wrath has come, and the time of the dead should be judged.

Point number one. So we are talking about there are various major events to occur. First one, the time of the dead that they should be judged. First, the time of the dead that they should be judged. The time of the dead that they should be judged. What do you mean by that? It means that some dead are judged to resurrect now, and it means that some dead are judged to remain dead for at least another thousand years. So the dead are judged, some are going to resurrect now, and some are going to have to wait another thousand years.

Those that are resurrected now will be resurrected to spread beings. Those that laugh to wait will be resurrected to physical beings. That's why the first resurrection is a better resurrection. So that is the first event that will happen. The second event is that you should reward your servants, prophets, saints, and those who fear your name, small and great. So there is the resurrection to eternal life, but there's also the reward because it says you will reign over 10 cities, you'll reign over 5, you'll reign over one city, you will be kings, you will be priests, you will be different tasks and roles that you will be given a reward.

And thirdly, and should destroy those who destroy the earth. So now we have three major events that ought to happen during this time period that is symbolized by the lost trumpet, that is initiated by this lost trumpet, which is the resurrection. We were reading about when will this happen, when will the glory and naz be revealed, when will our body be redeemed at Christ's coming, but it also we're talking about that when Christ comes, He will intervene in all affairs and save humanity. Why? Because the nations will be furious and once they see Christ coming, they can gather themselves and want to fight Christ because it says, hey, our dominion is threatened. Oh yeah, it's threatened big time.

And they're going to try and fight Christ and then Christ will destroy those who destroy the earth. They are, they have been busy over these last few years before Christ's coming, destroying the earth and they will be destroyed. So we have terrifying events that lead up to the coming of Christ.

And these are, let's put it, come to a head through the sound of trumpets.

And why the sound of a trumpet? Because a trumpet has various meanings to gather people. I remember when I was in the military, they rang, they blew a trumpet every morning, which was time to wake up. They had another trumpet to, time to assemble and things like that. Trumpets, as we see in number 10, are blown for various reasons. But now, yeah, I'm talking about trumpets in a prophetical significance. And why trumpets? Because they are an alarm of war, impending war, and they represent, they point to Christ's return and there will be war when Christ returns because those nations will try and fight Christ. And so let's look at that in Matthew 24. We were in Matthew 24 a little earlier, so let's go back to Matthew 24 and starting in verse 30, Matthew 24 verse 30, Matthew 24 verse 30, it says, Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn while they mourn, because the kingdom is coming to an end, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with power and great glory, and he will send these angels of the great sound of a trumpet, and you'll gather his elect. Yes, that trumpet is to gather his people. It's a calling to gather, but that trumpet is also an alarm of war. So it's two things. Now why am I emphasizing this? Because there is a feeling by some people that, oh, trumpets mean time of war, but the resurrection is not time of war, therefore it is a different thing, and they try and separate the two. So I am bringing to you very clearly from the scriptures that the day of trumpets represents both the resurrection and when Christ comes to fight the nations. We need to be clear of this, and that's why in Matthew 24 we read earlier that there will be great tribulation, mankind will be annihilated unless Christ would come, and this would happen in this generation.

And so what do we have, brethren, is God's Holy Days, which expound and explain God's plan of salvation, and the very next Holy Day to happen after the first three Passover, 11 bread, and Pentecost is the day of trumpets. And you read that in Leviticus 23 verse 23 through 25, that it points to a major milestone in God's plan of salvation, which is a memorial of trumpets, a memorial of trumpets. You read that in Leviticus 23 verse 24 and 25, within the context of God's Holy Days, within the context of God's Holy Days.

And so the day of trumpets is both a time of rejoicing and a time of war.

That's why it's a festival. Look at Psalm 81. Psalm 81.

Sing aloud to God our strength, make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

Raise a song and strike the timbre, the pleasant harp with the lute. In other words, yai is a time of rejoicing and celebration and happiness. Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet at the time of the new moon. The trumpet yai is the shofar, and the shofar is blown on the Holy Days, for one. And in the shofar, the only holy day that is a new moon, the only holy day that is a new moon, is a day of trumpets.

And so blow the shofar at the time, at the appointed time, in other words, on the day of trumpets, of the new moon. And also it says at the full moon, or at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day.

And the appointed time of the full moon is the first day of eleven bread and the first day of the feast. Because of those days, it's full moon. It's on our solemn feast, the days of festivals in which the pogrom feasts. And so the day of trumpets is the only holy day that falls on a new moon. And it's a day of rejoicing. We all rejoice on the day of trumpets.

And a trumpet is blown. If you go into Exodus 19 and Exodus 20, where it talks about God's voice, and it says it sounded like the noise of a trumpet. But the Hebrew word is a shofar.

It's a piercing noise of a ram's horn. And God's voice is that piercing voice that sounds as if, by comparison, a powerful piercing voice when He excited the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, from verse 1 to 17. That was like the sound of a shofar.

And so this sound of a shofar is an alarm of war. You read that in Jeremiah chapter 4.

Jeremiah chapter 4 verse 19 through 21.

O my soul, my soul, I am pained in my very heart. My heart makes a noise in me. I cannot hold my peace, because you've heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet. The Hebrew word is shofar, the alarm of war. And so on the day of trumpets, symbolizes war, but it also symbolizes the time when Christ's going to come and is going to stop the mess in this world. But it also symbolizes the time when we will be changed to spirit beings. So it's a time of rejoicing, but it's also a war. Rejoicing because the God of this wall is going to stop being the God of this world.

So this alarm of war gives the joyful feast of tabernacles its contrasting note of solemnity.

It's a very solemn day. And in Isaiah 58, Isaiah 58 verse 1, Isaiah 58 verse 1, 1. Cry aloud, Spare not, Lift up your voice like a trumpet.

Tell my people their sins, their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Our job is to lift up our voices as a trumpet, as a warning to the nations, as a warning to the church, my people, to repent. Time is short, brethren. It's going to be in this generation, and this generation is about to end. So let no man say, Oh well, this is being like that, and the Lord Elages coming. No, it does not. This is it. In Ezekiel chapter 33. Ezekiel chapter 33.

Let's look at verse 2 and 3.

Son or man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword into your land upon a land, and the people of the land take command from their territory, and make him their watchman. When he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and he warns the people, then he's done his job. But verse 6, if he does not blow the trumpet, if we don't cry aloud and warn the church that time is short, then the blood will be upon our head.

Time is short, brethren. We must warn in Amos 3 verse 7. Amos 3 verse 7.

Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

God has revealed to us these mysteries, which the world doesn't get them. The world doesn't get them.

But time is short. It will be before this generation ends.

And if Christ would not intervene, no human being would be saved alive.

Before the kingdom of God comes to earth, there will be world war three. There will be world war three. And the only way for you and I to be protected is actually described in Luke 21.

Luke 21. Luke 21 verse 34. Take heed to yourselves. You and I need to take heed to ourselves.

Lest your hearts be carried away with different things of this world, feasting, carousing, drunkenness, cares of this life. And that day come upon you unexpectedly, because you're having a ball.

For it'll come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the earth.

Watch therefore. What do you mean watch therefore? Watch CNN or watch Fox News? No! Watch yourselves. Take heed of yourselves. Lest your hearts be weighed down. Watch therefore and pray always. So you and I need to watch ourselves. I'm not saying we don't watch what's happening around the world. By no means am I saying that. But what I'm saying, the main priority is to watch ourselves. That you and I may be counted worthy. By whom?

Not by myself, not by the person that's next to me, but by God. That you and I will be counted worthy to escape. There will be a way of escape, provided you and I are taking heed and watching ourselves and being prepared and staying close to God, repenting and praying to be counted worthy. To escape all these things, that will come to pass and to stand. In other words, to be resurrected, to be changed, to be next to Christ at His coming as spirit beings. Brethren, do we realize that unless Christ comes in this generation, not a single human being would be left alive on earth, because things are blowing up soon.

Soon. But Jesus Christ will come and He will establish peace on earth. And you and I can escape those bad days if we take heed of ourselves, watching therefore ourselves, and praying that we may be counted worthy by God to escape and to be of Christ at His coming. In Revelation 22, verse 12, at the end in the last book, in the last chapter of the Bible, Revelation 22, verse 12, Christ says, Behold, I am coming quickly. That means that when He comes, it's going to be sudden. It's going to be sudden, and people will be caught if they're not ready with what we say between inverted commas with the pants down. We've got to be ready. We've got to be watching ourselves. And He says, I'm coming quickly, and my reward is with me to give every man according to his work. Thank God that Christ is coming.