Lest Men Presume

All folks like to hear talk about the end,
As rash sages claim knowledge of God's thought;
We gape upon their words of what and when
Christ will return and judgment will be brought;
Some search the Book* and hearken to the wind
For signs that predict return of the King**;
"My Father alone knows the time of the end,"
Jesus said, "when I will come back and bring
My saints and angels, but watch you must,
For if I should come and find you asleep,
In Me you would have shown a lack of trust,
For which your teeth may gnash, and you may weep!"
God reserves the vital things for Himself,
Lest men presume and claim His sacred pelf***!

*Bible; **Jesus Christ; ***wealth

Jesus told His apostles that He would return to earth in power and glory and would deliver them from oppression and earth from the curse brought upon it for Adam's sin. They asked Him when; here is His answer.

"No man knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Mark 13:32)

This same fact is mentioned several times in the Bible; future times were reserved for the sole knowledge of the Father. This clearly reveals the mystery of the triune nature of God. Jesus was God, but while He was in the flesh of a man, some knowledge and powers of God were voluntarily relinquished by Him lest He commit sin. For example, He could have used His divine power to turn rocks into bread to eat when He was hungry, but He denied Himself that power because other men could not do it. Notice His
words above, "No man knows..."; if no man could know the date or hour, Jesus chose not to reveal it to men.

But Jesus did tell His disciples to "Watch" 23 different times in the 4 gospels. That's why He told the disciples the "signs" to look for. Since they did not know the exact time, they were to expect Him to return at any time, so they would not grow careless in obeying His commandments; this was tantamount to "sleeping"--- slipping into sinful ways because He tarried in His return.