How to Be Full of Spiritual Oxygen

A few years back, my wife took a course to assist people that had certain learning problems, certain learning disabilities. She had to study a number of real case studies of people that had certain problems. One of them that she had to study was the case of a lady, let's just call her by Linda, during the birth process there were some complications. Basically, the placenta dislodged itself a little too early. And the first that the doctors noticed was that the baby's pulse had dropped from what they felt was a normal 160 down to 40. And they immediately took some procedures, but to cut a story, a long story short, is that the baby was born, but due to that difficulty during the birth, in other words, due to the fact that the girl had lack of oxygen, in other words, that she was deprived of oxygen for a certain period during the birth process. At the last stages of the birth process, the baby became mentally retarded. And she had difficulties and problems in the learning process.

There is also another case that some of you might be familiar with, and that is the case of Rosemary Kennedy, born in 1918, and died in early 2005, 7th of January. She was the third child and first daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy. She previously made a name, was Fitzgerald, because she was born Rosemary Kennedy, was born in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. A year after her brother, her brother became President John F. Kennedy.

So, President Kennedy's younger sister, one year younger than her, Rosemary Kennedy, she became mentally retarded, because during the birthing process, she was trapped in the birth canal and suffered again from oxygen deprivation. Over the next years, Rose's parents and family began to see a slow development. So, it was not something that they noticed at the beginning, but it was something like, as she started learning a few things, one, two, three, four, five years old, and going to school, and things like that, there was some slow development. And the story became known through a lady called Eunice Shriver, that she wrote an article in 1962 in a Saturday evening post, and because of that, then the Kennedy family announced to the public the true story of Rosemary's condition. The point that I want to emphasize, yeah, is that there was, in both cases, a completely normal pregnancy and growth and learning, and the mother doing all the right things and carrying the right things for the baby. But, in the last, very last few stages, something went wrong, and that baby being born at the last stages just before birth suffered lack of oxygen, and that led to a problem. And in some cases, babies in those circumstances could even die, I mean, could be born stillborn, in other words, actually given birth to a dead baby. Now, physically, this can be at different levels of complexity, and it may be treatable up to a degree or another. But the point that I want to emphasize, yeah, is that there was some oxygen deprivation during the last stages, the stressful stages of that final birth. You know, brethren, we live as human beings in God's Church, in an analogy like babies in a womb. The womb is God's Church.

And as we near the end time, those birth pangs around us, as children in the womb, intensify and get shorter and shorter, one from another, those pains that we go through. And I'm not talking spiritually speaking, but there's an analogy to the physical. And spiritually speaking, if during these lost end times of the spiritual birthing process, because the final birth will be at Christ's coming when we are resurrected or changed if we are living at that time. But the last few moments of that birthing process, which are more stressful and potentially therefore more dangerous, if we spiritually speaking neglect to have that spiritual oxygen always in us full, let's call it in full force or full intensity, we could also become spiritually oxygen deprived before Christ comes, because we go through certain crises. Because after all, the whole creation, as you read in Romans 8, is drowning into a veil for the revealing of the sons of God. And yes, it is like birth pangs. And we are living at that time.

But we must spiritually speaking must be very careful that we are not starved of oxygen, of spiritual oxygen, which in my analogy I'm referring to God's only spirit. That we are full of God's only spirit right till the end, so that we are not, quote-unquote, stillborn at Christ's coming. And maybe in another way, maybe not ready. So my purpose today, brethren, is to show you a few points, three more specifically, of how to be spiritually ready for Christ's coming. Or in other words, three points of how to be, how to do our part to be full of God's only spirit. In other words, not to be deprived of that spiritual oxygen during the final stages of our birthing process into the new spirit beings that God wants us to be. And I really appreciate the sermon, the split sermon before this from Mr. Rothenbarger and from Cole. And one of the points that came very clear from his split sermon is that we really have to overcome, and we have to overcome to the end. And in a sense, that's the same message that this split sermon is giving us, that we have to overcome and overcome to the end, just looking from a different way of looking at some tools that we can have to be full of God's only spirit.

Obviously, we can say, well, I'm going to be obedient, but is being obedient good enough? Because we need to be filled with God's only spirit. And sometimes we might be obedient, but when the crisis comes and we need that extra power, we just kind of run short of steam.

Let's put it this way. We're just not there 100%. It's like the placenta is separating itself too early, and we don't have the Holy Spirit's insufficient strength in us. And therefore, in a sense, we're lacking in oxygen, and we're not filled with the Spirit as we should.

Now, I want to look at one parable as part of a continued portion of an introduction to help you see this from a biblical point of view in a different way.

It's nothing new that I'll be giving you, but it's just helping you to look at it from this angle.

And that's in Matthew 25, and that's the parable of the ten virgins.

Well, not parable. We all know it very well.

Matthew 25, and it says, Now, the first interesting point here is that they are virgins.

Now, think about the spiritual meaning of a virgin.

So, to me, they are in God's church. They are doing the right things. They know Christ. They know God's laws. They do both.

They keep God's laws and have the testimony, and so they are virgins. So, that to me is an interesting point. It's not just ten people, but they are virgins.

They took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

So, you know, they had lamps. A lamp in those days had a little bit of oil, and they took the lamps.

They were in the church. They were waiting for Christ's coming. Now, five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them.

Now, it's interesting to see what do you mean? They took no oil in the lamps.

I mean, did the lamps, went the lamps burning, or had the capability of burning? Yes.

Because it explains in verse 4, But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

So, you had like a vessel, like a container, with extra oil with the lamp. So, there's a little bit of oil in the lamp, but you had a vessel with the lamp that carried extra oil.

It's like a reserve tank, you know?

And so, they had oil, extra oil. They were reserves. They were there. They were filled up.

And, interesting enough, what do you mean the vessels?

Well, keep your fingers there. If you just turn to 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy, chapter 2, 2 Timothy, chapter 2, verse 20 and 21.

It says, But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, you know, the vessels of dishonor, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the master, prepared for every good work.

We need to be vessels for honor. In other words, our bodies, doesn't say elsewhere.

For instance, even to the men says, look after your own vessel, your own wife with great care, the one that God's given to you. And our bodies are our vessels. So the analogy, going back to Matthew 25, it's talking about the wise to coil in their vessels with their lamps.

So physically there was an analogy, but spiritually their vessels, their body, in their bodies, they were full of God's Holy Spirit.

And let's continue reading in verse five. For while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. So they all, I mean, not just slumbered and some. So the fact of slumbering and sleeping was not the difference between being wise or being foolish.

And at midnight was a cry, a cry was heard, be all the bridegroom is coming, go out to meeting.

So when they were least expecting it, it says, right, yes, Christ coming. Then all those virgins, you see, they're still virgins. They're all virgins. A rose and trimmed the lamps. Now when you trim the lamp, that means you adjust it. The flame is going right. You see, there's still some oil there. They trimming it. There's still some oil in there.

They trim the lamps.

And the foolish say to the wise, oh, give us some of you all, for our lamps are going out. In other words, they started to flicker and they don't have enough oil and they're running out because they've been running with oil till midnight and now they're running short because the vessels were not quite full. So they're running out.

I mean, the best example I can think for me is like running a lawnmower and you run it and then you know the gas is running empty because you feel the lawnmower is going, you know, you know that you need to fill it up, you know, you know, it's running out. So you've got to fill up that container there. It's running out of gas.

So the wise said, say no, lest we should not be enough for us, but go out to those who sell and buy for yourselves. And so they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding supper and the door was shut.

So during those final days, the final hours, the analogy is that the wise had enough spiritual oxygen to keep running. They were not deprived of that spiritual oxygen. In other words, there was no oxygen deprivation. They were filled with God's Holy Spirit. Afterwards, the other virgins, interesting, they're still virgins, came also saying, Lord, road open to us. But he answered and said, surely I say to you, I do not know you. So at that moment they were rejected by Christ. And the moral of the lesson is, verse 13, watch therefore, for you do not know neither the day nor the hour in which the sun is coming. The moral of the lesson is watch, watch yourself and be prepared, be ready all the time, be full of the Holy Spirit all the time, because you don't know when it's going to come.

You know, it's like, for instance, if you're not full of the Spirit one day and then certain troubles come during the day and then later on during the day more troubles come and you're not continuously replenishing God's power, you might then become fully exposed. And I'm sure you all have experiences in your life where you say, wow, I wish I was closer to God than what I am now when I'm going through this trial, and then quickly going to panic, going to prayer mode and all that, and try and get closer to God because the trial is upon you.

So, as we looked at the example of Linda and Rosemary, which physically speaking they were oxygen deprived, spiritually speaking we don't want to be in the same situation, just like the foolish virgins here.

And so, what is it that we need to do for us to be ready? What is it that we need to do to be ready?

And as I mentioned earlier, I've got three points. The first one is very simple, ask for God's Holy Spirit.

Very simple one, ask for God's Holy Spirit. daily. Now go with me, please, to Luke 11.

Now, this is something we have read many times, but maybe we have not read it with this, looking at it this way. So, let's look at it this way.

In Luke 11, starting from verse 1, it's referring to what we call the model prayer.

And the disciples said, Lord, teach us how to pray. And then in verse 2 it says, When your praise say, Our Father art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. And in fact, beyond today, program, if I remember, was this past Sunday, was exactly about this, how to expound on the model prayer.

But look at it in verse 3. Give us day by day our daily bread. And this is the point I want to emphasize. We all have read, we all thought about it, and the majority of us, when we look at it, we look at it physically speaking. And there's nothing wrong with looking at it physically speaking, because it is. We need to ask God for our daily bread, our daily income, and all that.

But I want you to continue reading. And then in verse 5, so think about, give us our daily bread. In verse 5 says, Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and say to him, Let me three loaves.

So he's talking about bread. Now, which one of you would go to somebody and ask for bread, maybe at three o'clock in afternoon, or at four o'clock in afternoon? But why at midnight? Why would you go at midnight to ask for three loaves?

I mean, why don't you wait for tomorrow, or why didn't you do it the day before? For a friend of mine has come to me on this journey, and I have nothing to say before him. And he will answer him from within, and says, Do not trouble me. The door is now shut, and my children are in bed.

I cannot rise and give it to you. I say to you, Though you will not rise and give to him, because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will rise and give him as many as he needs. So what is he talking about? Is he talking about bread? Of course he is talking about bread. But what is the spiritual lesson that Christ is trying to bring here? Let's go on. Obviously, he is talking about bread. Verse 9, continue, verse 9. So I say, ask, and it will be given to you.

Seek, and you'll find. Knock, and it will be open to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be open. If a son asks for what? Again, he is still talking about bread. Remember, we started this in verse 3, where it says, give us this day, or day by day, our daily bread. He is still talking about bread. Is he really just talking about physical bread? If a son asks for bread from his father among you, will he give him a stone?

Of course not. If he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? Of course not. Or if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? Ridiculous! Of course not! Let's not do that! If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give what?

The Holy Spirit to those who ask him. Back to verse 3. Give us day by day our daily bread. Our daily bread, yes, represents something physical. We need to pray for that physically. But again, God always talks to us in duality.

It means something spiritual. God's Holy Spirit. We need to pray daily, yes, for our physical needs. But we need to pray daily for God's Holy Spirit. Daily! And he says, He will give it to us. It's not that we ask for bread and He's going to give us a stone or He asks for a fish and He's going to give us a serpent. No, He's going to give us the Holy Spirit.

But we need to persist. And we know there is occasional fasting as well. So it's prayer and fasting occasionally. Look at Ephesians 6. Ephesians 6. So really what we're talking about here, brethren, is we must not be deprived of spiritual oxygen. In other words, of God's Holy Spirit. I'm just using oxygen as an analogy. But it's what we need. We need God's Spirit daily. We must not be deprived. And one key factor for us to be full of God's Spirit is we need to ask for it daily.

And He'll give it to us. He says He will give it to us. Because He says, whatever time at midnight you go in your prayers late at night, you've got troubles, you've got things you can see. Tomorrow there's going to be headaches. You go to God at midnight and you persist and He will give it to you. So anyway, Ephesians 6.10, starting from verse 10, we'll read to verse 20.

Not the soul in detail, but I just want to emphasize a few points here. Because it's talking about you in verse 10. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, in the power of His might. What is the power of God's might? It's God's Holy Spirit. Be strong in Christ and in the power of His might, which is God's Holy Spirit. And for that, He says, put on the whole armor of God. And I don't want to emphasize the armor of God per se during this split sermon today. It is important, but obviously we do need to, and it says, you know, so that you're able to stand, so that you have strength to fight the enemy.

And because we're not wrestling against flesh and blood, and He says, therefore put on the whole armor, verse 13, that you may be able to stand and have your waist girded with truth, and having the breastplate of righteousness, have your feet shot with the preparation of the gospel of peace, and above all, taking the shield of faith, and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. So you do all these things, and because I'm rushing through them or going over them, I don't mean they're not important, please. They are very important. And I would love to have you study and meditate about these components of the armor of God in your own time.

But the point I want to emphasize is starting from verse 18, which is part of the point that I'm bringing as a need to ask for God's Holy Spirit.

Verse 18, pray always. We do those things, but with it we pray always, with all prayer and supplication. Supplication is pleading, is really pleading, please, pleading, exhorting, please, please, please, please help. I need God's Holy Spirit. In other words, it's that persistent prayer.

Being watchful to this end with all perseverance, with all perseverance persevere till the end of a come till the end, persevere till the end, continuously to the end.

And supplication. There was more supplication with all saints.

And for me, in other words, and pray for me, if you read in the New International Version, it adds the word, they pray for me, and pray for me that utterance may be given to me, and pray that I may open my mouth boldly, and it was that I may have courage to say the right things in the right time, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I'm an ambassador in chains.

And then in the New International Version, puts the word, pray again. They pray that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

Brethren, the emphasis here is, we need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, of His Spirit. And it says, therefore, put on this armor, but along with the armor, pray, pray persistently. Pray. And we've seen that we need to be praying for God's Holy Spirit. So it's the armor and pray. So the first point that I wanted to mention to you for us to be full with the Holy Spirit is to pray, is to ask for it.

Now, the second point that I want to emphasize for us to be full of the Holy Spirit is to focus on the end goal.

Now, in another way, in another words, you could put it in between brackets. It's to be spiritually minded, to think of the spiritual things, because the end goal is really a spiritual goal. It's not the physical things. It's not physical things that are happening with us, and all the problems that are happening in the national problems, and all the things. And the end goal is beyond all this. What is the purpose? Why you and I were born? Where is the end goal?

Turn with me to Romans 8.

Read from verse 18 through verse 24, the first part of verse 24, Romans 8. 18, For I consider that the sufferers of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. In other words, Paul, he is saying, think about the ultimate goal. What's that ultimate goal? That glory that's going to be revealed in us. That reason why we were born to be sons and daughters of God in the kingdom of God. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. The whole creation implying physically thing, all the whole creation is waiting, but beyond that, means the angelic beings are themselves also waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.

20 For the creation was subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him was subject in hope. 21 Because the creation itself also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation grounds and labors with burnt pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves eagerly waiting for their sonship, the redemption of our body. 24 Specifically said sonship, because that's how that word should have been translated. 25 For we were saved in this hope. We've been saved for this hope. Our hope is for us to be children of God. 26 That is the end goal. So if our minds are in the end goal, we are thinking about these spiritual things. 27 And that's why, for instance, a little bit earlier, in verse 14, Paul in the same chapter said, in verse 14, said, 28 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. So with God's Holy Spirit, we are the sons of God. 29 And if you then backtrack even further, he says in verse 5 and 7, he says, of 2-7, 5-7 says, 30 For those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh. 31 But those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. In other words, we are spiritually minded. 32 We think long-term. We think of our ultimate goal. And therefore, we have our mind on those spiritual things. 33 And then he says, for it to be carnal in mind is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 34 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Lord God, nor indeed can be. 35 And so we need to be spiritually minded. We need to focus on the end goal. 36 There are many other scriptures that emphasize the same thing. We need to look beyond our problems and crises today 37 and look at the hope and glory of the kingdom of God, of the new heaven and new earth, of the new Jerusalem. 38 And that helps us, gives us courage, gives us strength to keep going. 39 So first we need to ask for God, God for his Spirit. 40 Secondly, we need to look at the end goal, to be spiritually minded. 41 When we are spiritually minded, we are not carnally minded. 42 And as you know, what happens, if we are not carnally minded? We are not sinning.

43 And God gives his Spirit to those that obey him. 44 You all know that scripture, Acts 5.32. God gives his Spirit to those that obey him. 45 So if we are spiritually minded, we are obeying him. We are following God's laws and principles. 46 And we are focusing to the end goal, to the things at the end. 47 And God gives us that hope, that courage, that vision, and gives us that strength to continue being spiritually minded and putting away the physical things. 48 Overcoming those physical problems that we have, as it was so nicely described in the split sermon earlier on. 49 So that's the second point. The first one is ask for God's Spirit. 50 And the second is focus on the end goal, and that will help you to be spiritually minded. 51 So it helps you to keep the right things in mind, help you to be response-able, as it was mentioned in the previous split sermon. 52 You know, your response is correct and enables your response to be right when the trials are there, when the trials come. 53 You've got the vision, you've got the goal. These things that come in, you look at the goal, 54 and you say, alright, these things are just setbacks. We're looking at the goal and we're full of God's Holy Spirit because we're asking for it. 55 That gives us the strength and we can apply and use it. And that brings us to the very third point. 56 How can we be full of God's Holy Spirit? It's by using it. When we use it, we then get capability to refill it. 57 Because the Holy Spirit is there for us to use it. And when we use it, we refill it. We need to be full of the Holy Spirit. 58 Now, we can read elsewhere that says God does not give us the Spirit by measure. Yes, He's not skimpy and saying, no, no, no. 59 Today I'm only leaving a little bit because we are on rations. So we only give you a little push. 60 No, He gives you... He doesn't give it by measure. He gives it to you. But again, the Holy Spirit is like a seed. It grows. It's like living waters. It grows. 61 And we need to be using it and applying it. As we use it and apply it, it grows. It flourishes like a tree that is growing, that it's got good environment into it. 62 And it just grows. The leaves come out. And as the leaves come out, you cut some leaves. So it grows even more. And all that. That's how it grows.

It's a living entity. And it just grows. And it needs to grow out for it to grow more. It needs to flow. It must flow. It's like water. It must flow. It must not be stagnant. It must flow. It must be renewed. Turn with me to Titus chapter 3. Titus chapter 3 verse 4 to 6. Titus chapter 3 verse 4 through 6. For when the kindness and the love of God, our Savior towards man, appeared, not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to His mercy, He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. So there's a renewing, which He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our Lord. He pours it out abundantly. And it's going to be renewed continuously. It doesn't pour it by measure. It pours it out abundantly. But we use it. And then we're going to be refilled. Because if we're not using it, and we're not filling it up, we're going to go empty. But He pours it out abundantly. It's like we're often all the inhibiting factor, because He gives it to us. It's us that sometimes are the inhibiting factor. So look at Christ. When Christ got through the Holy Spirit, Christ then executed miracles. When He did those miracles, He felt power, and went out from Him. In other words, God's Spirit, which is the Spirit of power, that He was in Him, went out from Him. He could feel that power. I'm not talking about being an emotional thing, but He could sense that God was working through Him. And He needed to be continuously praying and fasting, so that He would be full of God's Holy Spirit. Look with me to Mark chapter 5. Mark the first chapter.

Mark chapter 5. We're going to read from verse 25 to 34. So Jesus went with Him, and a great multitude followed Him and froned Him. Now a certain woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years and had suffered many things from many doctors. She had gone to all the doctors and all the alternative health care suppliers and doctors.

And whatever it is, and nobody could help Him, her, for twelve years. She had spent all that she had. I mean, she spent all her money. She was just gone. She had gone to the doctors. She spent a lot of money, and there was no better. But rather, grew worse.

Now when she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said in her mind, that self-speak as we heard earlier on, she said in her mind, If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well. Immediately, the fountain of her blood was dried up. She was healed straight away. And she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

And Jesus immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out from Him. He sensed God's Spirit flowing out from Him. Not that God's Spirit is an emotional thing, but it is a power, and He sensed that power.

It's like you and I sometimes feel, hey, I'm not full of God's Spirit today. I better get back on track and get the basic things done.

Turn around in the crowd and say, who touched my clothes? But His disciples sent to Him. Come on. You see all these people around you, and you say, who touched me? Come on, all these people around you. Everybody's touching you.

And He looked around to see her who had done the thing. He knew it was her, and He looked her in the eye. And so she was afraid. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

I did it, sir. And He said to her, daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction.

The point is, God's Holy Spirit is like a river. It flows. We need to use it, and then we need to refill it. Otherwise, we run empty, and we need to be filling it regularly.

There's another time in the same book, in Mark 9, verse 28 and 29. There was a situation. I'm not going to read all the situation.

But the apostles could not intervene and help this man that was possessed. And then in verse 28 and 29, in Mark 9, when He came into His house, the disciples asked Him privately, Why could we not cast this demon out? And Christ said to His disciples, This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.

So get back to the point. The power of God's Holy Spirit gets replenished through prayer and occasional fasting.

And Christ was very close to God, the Father, as a human being. He was always close to God. He was full of God's Holy Spirit.

And therefore, He could do certain miracles. Not Him. Obviously, He had a special mission. He had a special job to do.

And therefore, there were specific things that God wanted Him to do in certain miracles to emphasize that He was indeed Christ. And so that's a unique situation there. But the point and the lesson is to us that God's Holy Spirit, we need to use it, we need to refill it, and then we tie it back to the first lesson through prayer and fasting.

And so we've got three simple points today of how to be full of God's Holy Spirit.

By fasting, by being close to God, by, in other words, being spiritually in mind and looking at the end goal, and by using it all the time. And therefore, we replenish it. Obviously, there are many other points. I just gave you some points, basic, simple points today.

But just as it is for the physical birth process, a child must not be deprived of oxygen during those last few hours and minutes before birth, as we saw in the cases of Linda and Rosemary Kennedy.

If there is oxygen deprivation, there could be serious physical implications to the child or even death.

Spiritually speaking, likewise, we must not have spiritual oxygen deprivation. In other words, we must not allow ourselves to be deprived of God's Holy Spirit, particularly during the last days of this physical life before we are born again in the time of Christ's birth.

Come on. We have seen that we need daily prayer for us to have the bread of life, which is the Holy Spirit. We need to be spiritually minded.

In other words, to be thinking about the long-term things and to be spiritually minded.

And we need to understand that the Holy Spirit flows and that we need to renew ourselves with the Holy Spirit. With these three steps, they will help you and I to watch ourselves so that we are always ready and with the vessel full of the Holy Spirit, for we do not know neither the day nor the hour in which Christ is coming back.