He is working out the process according to the plan and purpose of God, for as long as it takes.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
Hi Kat, your quote above, to me is interesting, "as long as it takes". Has me thinking regarding "when will all this take place, how soon"?
This is a study i've recently done, and definitely has me thinking. Sometimes I think I think too much.
Mt 16:27 For the Son of Man
will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
"will come" is the greek word "mello"
often translated "
About to" is interesting when we look how used in scripture. The underlined are use of the greek word
"mello"according to Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich and Wigram-Green lexicons means
about to or ready to or on the point of. The literal Greek gives a definite impression of
immediacy – that which is
near and on the verge of happening. Other examples of the Greek word μελλω – mello:
Lk 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and
ready to die. Lk 19:11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God
would appear immediately.Jn 4:47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was
at the point of death.
Act 17:31 …because He did set a day in which He is
about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.
Act 24:15 …having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is
about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
Act 24:25 …and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is
about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'
Rom 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory
about to be revealed in us;
2Tim 4:1 I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is
about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign –
Heb 1:14 …are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those
about to inherit salvation?
1Pet 5:1 Elders who [are] among you, I exhort, who [am] a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory
about to be revealed a partaker…
Rev 1:19 'Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are
about to come after these things;
Eph 1:10 That in the
dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
Heb 1:1-2 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these
last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Act 3:24 Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold
these days.
1Pet 1:20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these
last times for you.
1Cor 10:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
Heb 9:26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but
now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Jas 5:3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure
in the last days.
1Jn 2:18 Little children,
it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
Dan 12:4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."
Rev 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Rev 5:4 And I wept much, because
no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Rev 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath
prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
quickly:
G5035
ταχύ
tachu
takh-oo'
Neuter singular of G5036 (as adverb);
shortly, that is,
without delay, soon, or (by surprise) suddenly, or (by implication of ease) readily: - lightly, quickly.
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see
the Day approaching. Heb 10:36-37 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: "For yet a little while, And
He who is coming will come and will not tarry." Rom 13:11-12 And do this, knowing the time, that
now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for
now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet
shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
1Pet 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
Phil 4:5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
1Cor 1:4-8 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, That you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, So that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Cor 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the
time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,
Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must
shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,
Rev 22:10 And he said to me, "
Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
Pro 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but
when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.