Sun.’s Devo - The Signs of His Coming

Read: Exodus 23:14-25:40; Matthew 24:29-51; Psalm 30:1-12; Proverbs 7:24-27 God told his people that three times a year they were to join in celebrating his feasts. The first was the feast of Unleavened Bread which consisted of Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits. This feast was in the spring during the harvest of the barley. The second was the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost which would happen 50 days after Passover during the wheat harvest and the last three would happen in the fall during the harvesting of the olive and the grave. Those consisted of the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. These feasts would pinpoint events on God’s timeline for Israel which would affect the whole earth. If they celebrated these feasts in the way God instructed, he would protect them and bring them into the land he had given them. He would drive out the people living there who worshipped idols and false gods. They were to be careful not to worship any of these gods or make any treaties with them or their gods. God called Moses to come with Aaron, his two oldest sons Nadab and Abihu and 70 of the elders. They were to worship from a distance but Moses was to come near to God. Moses told the people and they all agreed they would do everything the Lord said. Early the next morning Moses built an altar and set up 12 pillars to represent the 12 tribes of Israel. He had some of the men present burnt offerings and sacrifices on them. Moses read the Book of the Covenant aloud to the people and they agreed to obey the terms of the covenant. Moses climbed up to a place that had blue lapis lazuli under his feet. The men with him ate a covenant meal there in the presence of the Lord. Only Joshua went with Moses as his assistant. Moses stayed on the mountain for 40 days and nights. God gave Moses a list of the things the people could offer to him to be used in the tabernacle. He also gave him instructions first on the ark of the covenant and its covering. Then the instructions for the incense table and the menorah. All of the furniture in the tabernacle had meaning and purpose. God showed Moses the picture of the tabernacle in heaven and he was to proportionally build the same thing here on earth. In Matthew, Jesus was telling his disciples what the end would look like. He told them that by looking at the fig tree they would know when he was coming. The fig tree is Israel and it will be the sign of when Jesus is coming. When the Jewish people begin to bud and sprout we will know Jesus is about to come on the scene. That would look like many Jewish people waking up to the realization that Jesus is the Messiah. No one will know the day of his coming but his coming is not the rapture, it is the Second Coming which will be after the rapture. Those on the earth when the rapture comes will be aware it is about to happen. Jesus said that he wasn’t coming as a thief to them. The time of his return will be like the days of Noah. In those days there was no righteousness on the earth except a small remnant in Noah’s family. Man’s DNA will be mixed with demonic blood and the world will be filled with cyborgs just like it was in the days of Noah (Genesis 6). Lord, may we walk righteously in this evil world. May our light shine as a beacon of salvation and hope to the earth.