I lived in dorms when I went to both high school and Bible College. They were different in so many ways. But yet similar. In both it was like a family, your home away from home. There was always someone to talk with or pray with. Everyone loved you for you. Another thing that was the same...Fire Drills. Ohh those dreaded fire drills; they go off at the most inconvenient times!
In high school us girls had two separate incidents with the fire drills. On the third day of school, one of the girls from Mexico pulled the fire alarm because she didn’t know what it was...this resulted in panic and us girls fleeing from the dorm( but remember to put a pillow outside your door! :p ) and the fire department being called.
The second incident was during finals in January when a girl on second floor left a container in the microwave for thirty minutes...resulting in smoke billowing out of the microwave and the fire alarms going off( Now to put a funny twist in this...The girl from Mexico and the girl that left her container in the microwave were roommates...ok I’m probably the only who is getting a giggle out of that!) Again us girls flee the dorm ( some in pjs, some with facial masks on, me in bare feet, Very inconvenient timing! )
When I was in Bible school us girls also had a problem with the fire alarms. One morning between 5:30 and 6:30AM the fire alarm went off in the girls dorm. Nobody panicked, routine fire drill, or so we thought. We get out to the parking lot and we are all standing there in our pjs...wondering where all the boys were. Our fire drills were usually co-ed, but not a light was on in their dorm. We then get ushered into the main building, and our dorm dad tells us that it was not a planned fire drill and they could not get the alarm shut off. Bleh! Funny thing is it was only going off in the girls dorm( and usually they go off in all three buildings if one goes off)
As a joke my ohhh sooo lovely sister turns to our instructor ( whose suite was in the girls dorm) and says “This is how we wake up every morning!”
The next day at four in the morning, the same thing happens....Sigh, Thanks Sis! :p
Needless to say us girls were grumpy and tired for a couple days!
The reason I told you all that is because we never knew when our fire alarms were going to go off. We always had to be prepared. ( Shoes by the bed, blanket or coat ready to grab and throw on as you ran out...).
Thats how it is with Yeshua’s return. We don’t know when Yeshua is coming back but we must be prepared for when we hear the sound of the trumpet upon his return. It’s not going to be the most convenient timing. It could happen at any time. ( 'But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.' ... Matthew 24:36) If you have anything holding you back from giving your all for Yeshua, then let it go TODAY!. Today is the day to fully give your heart to Yeshua HaMashiach. Don’t let the cares of this world spoil your relationship with Him. Let go of this world and give your all to Yeshua and focus on His heavenly kingdom. We need to be a holy people for God, able to stand before Yeshua when He returns.
How can we really know if we are living durning the end times before the second coming of Yeshua HaMashiach? We need to prayerfully study the Bible and God’s word will reveal the truth of the second coming. We need to study the Bible everyday searching for the truth ( 'These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Acts 17:11) To many Christians( I am so glad I broke away from the Christian way of thinking) are not studying the Word of God for themselves and are just accepting the Pastor’s word as truth. I encourage you to go out and compare the Pastors word with Scripture and then God will reveal the Bible truth to you not only about the second coming of Yeshua but also about other things. It will amaze you, astound you and I pray that you will be shown the truth.
Shalom!
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