ELIJAH/He Watched and He Waited -Confident and Watchful

 Again, Elijah set a powerful example for us. We too live at a time when God will soon act to fulfill his stated purpose. Elijah awaited the end of a drought; God servants today await the end of  a corrupt world system of things. (1 John 2:17) Until Jehovah God acts, we must keep ever on the watch, as Elijah did.  God's own Son, Jesus advised his followers: "Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." (Matthew 24:42)  Did Jesus mean that is his followers would be completely in the dark as to when the end would come?  No, for he spoke at length about what the world would be like in the days leading up to the end. All of us can observe the fulfillment of this detailed sign of  "the conclusion of the system of things." - Read MATTHEW 24:3-7. 

Each facet of that sign furnishes powerful, convincing evidence.  Is such evidence enough to move us to act with urgency in our service to Jehovah?  One little cloud rising from the horizon was enough to convince Elijah that Jehovah was about to act. Was the faithful prophet disappointed? 

Next time: ELIJAH/He Watched and He Waited - Jehovah Brings Relief and Blessings

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