Pray That We'll Be Ready Part 1 (Be Sober)

THE end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7.

Change is the end result of all true learning. It was now the closing out of message to the disciples. Matthew 26:41. Jesus would remind them that should, “Watch and pray, that they enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Yet in Luke 21:36, Dr. Luke said, “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” Then further in Mark 13:33 it is said, “Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” In these texts we see that the messages are addressed to those who will be living in the earth when the end of all things is at hand.

It is therefore a Heaven-sent message to the generation in which we live. The fact that the end of all earthly things is at hand constitutes a mighty challenge to sober watching and earnest praying people. In the ancient sanctuary services, the plan of salvation was seen in its daily and yearly service. But on the annual service called the Day of Atonement, the typical service showed how God will one day take away sin in the end for ever. This solemn service was figurative of the close of probation and was indeed “the time of the end.”

The solemnity of the occasion sobered all Israel. All festivities ceased, and all forms of pleasure seeking were discontinued. The Day of Atonement was heralded by the blowing of trumpets, which continued for ten days. This period was known as “God’s loud call to repentance.” It reminded the people that the day of reckoning had come, when all sins must be confessed and forsaken, or the sinner would be “cut oft” from among the people of God.

From the first blast of the trumpets till the close of the Day of Atonement the people became more serious and diligent in the all-absorbing business of getting rid of sin. More and more time was devoted to prayer, and the prayers became increasingly fervent until the tenth day of the seventh month, which was a day of prayer and fasting. Because the end of all things pertaining to the typical services was at hand, the Israelites were sober and watched unto prayer.

When the sun set, marking the close of the day, they were on their knees, praying that the Lord would seal their names in the book of life. Are you praying that God would seal your name in the book of life heaven? Are you longing to see His face? Come to Him now, because we have a high priest up in heaven. He's our Defender before the Father. He's in the temple made by God, not man. Hebrews 9:24 / Hebrews 8:2

Behind the veil in a place Most Holy. He is Investigating and clearing the records of our sin. Of those redeemed by His own blood. He's blotting out my sin, and your sins, in the sanctuary. He seals my bond with Him, and your bond with Him, in the Sanctuary up in heaven. He is making provision for me and you today in the Sanctuary that we may be with Him forever. Will you not say yes Lord? Come in today, come in to say, come into my heart Lord Jesus. 

Song of the Day: Reggie and Ladye Love Smith

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