You didn’t attend those gatherings in vain! Tell me, regarding the Lord’s knocking when He returns, what does it actually mean? How does He knock at our door?”Ĭheng’en continued on: “It is prophesied in the Book of Revelation: ‘ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches’ (Revelation 2:7). There really is light in your fellowship! Thank the Lord. It’s really a mystery how the Lord will knock at the door when He returns, and there is truth to seek in it. Then we would really be weeping and gnashing our teeth! Xiangyang then said excitedly: “Yes, Cheng’en, you’re right. If we just foolishly wait, we’ll miss the opportunity to welcome Him, just as the foolish virgins did. The scriptures said that in order for the wise virgins to welcome the Lord, they would need to prepare sufficient oil. Then we’d be likely to miss the opportunity of welcoming Him and being raptured into the kingdom of heaven!”Īfter hearing what she had to say, Xiangyang thought: It’s true-knowing how the Lord will knock at the door when He comes is incredibly important. Otherwise, even if He knocks at our door, we’ll shut Him out due to our ignorance. Therefore, if we want to open the door and welcome Him when He knocks, first we must understand what is really meant by Him knocking at the door upon His return, and how He knocks.
During the time He is working in secret, if He knocks at our door but we don’t open it or welcome Him, we’ll be the ones who are weeping when He appears openly. He first returns secretly to work, and will then appear openly after completing a group of overcomers. Those scriptures mentioned just now mean that there are two ways in which the Lord returns, that is, in secret and in public. Even so, Amen.’ How on earth can these words be explained?”Ĭheng’en said with a smile: “Actually, these prophecies aren’t contradictory at all. Xiangyang nodded again and again: “Yeah, if the Lord returns coming with the clouds and every man beholds Him, how could He come like a thief? But it’s written in chapter 1, verse 7 of the Book of Revelation: ‘ Behold, He comes with clouds and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. If the Lord really returns in the last days coming with the clouds just as we imagine, then how could these prophecies be fulfilled? How could He stand outside the door and knock?” ‘ Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me’ (Revelation 3:20). And it is also prophesied in the Book of Revelation: ‘ If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on you’ (Revelation 3:3).
Do you remember? He also prophesied: ‘ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes go you out to meet him’ ( Matthew 25:6). But there isn’t just a single kind of prophecy about His return in the last days. All these years, we’ve been looking forward to the Lord’s return with the clouds, and this is in line with His words. How on earth will He knock?”Ĭheng’en said: “None of us were able to figure this out I only understood after a sister shared fellowship on this during our gatherings over the last few days. However, since every man will see Him, need He knock at the door? The more I think about it, the more confused I feel. It’s said that in the last days, with great glory the Lord will return with the clouds and that every eye will behold Him. This has also been on my mind over these few days. Xiangyang couldn’t even wait for her to finish before cutting in: “That’s so true. I’m pondering: Maybe He has appeared somewhere, but we just don’t know it.” Now it’s right before our eyes that disasters are becoming greater and greater-the prophecies of the Lord’s coming have basically been fulfilled, but we have yet to welcome Him.
It is prophesied in Revelation 3:20, “ Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” How will the Lord Jesus knock on our doors in the last days? Read this article to learn this mystery.Ĭheng’en said: “We all thought that the Lord Jesus would return coming with clouds and would knock on our door.