Why isn’t Jesus back yet?

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The last recorded words of Jesus were “Surely I come quickly.” That was 2000 years ago. So why hasn’t’ He come back yet?

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Rev 22:20 He [Jesus] which testifies these things says, “Surely I come quickly.” Amen…

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Jesus did not make a mistake when He said this. He was ready. But the church wasn’t.

God makes decisions sometimes on how man is responding. He moves quickly when He sees faith, and He stops when He sees unbelief. This was dramatically seen when God delivered His people out of Egypt, and was ready to move them into the Promised Land. Then, they rebelled and complained, and expressed unbelief. To punish them for their unbelief, He made them wander in the desert for 40 years. When they expressed unbelief and rebellion against His commandments, God also sent in their enemies to punish them, and they ended up several times, in captivity.

Man has created his own delays. Scripture says that if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. The problem has never been God.

The early church was on fire for God. People were spreading the gospel, and many times giving up their lives for their faith. Multitudes were coming to faith in Jesus. Not even persecution, or death by wild lions, and could stop the conversions. The world exploded with a new faith and power.

The sick were being healed, the dead raised from the dead, the blind could see, the deaf could hear, the lame could walk, the lepers were healed, the sinners were forgiven. The power of God flowed, and people ministered in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. God seemed to have a critical number of salvations in mind, and would return soon, if that number was met. The world was no longer the same, and Jesus was ready to return to a glorious church.

But man’s unbelief, sin and disobedience became prevalent. The gospel stopped. Faith stopped. Paganism, materialism, and carnality crept into the church, including the Jezebel spirit. The church had lost its glory, because it left its first love, and became satisfied with worldly definitions of success.

Jesus lost His bride. Selfishness and pride replaced love. People quenched the Spirit.

Christians’ rejection of Israel has also been a factor, in my opinion.

The return of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah is dependent upon the Jewish remnant coming back to their homeland. There have been countless times when the Jews could have returned, but were hindered by the Christians and Muslims.

Anti-Semitism over the 2000 years blocked the necessary return of the remnant, which grew smaller and smaller, during long periods of persecution. Christians failed to accept the fact that Jesus was not just returning for them, but for His people, Israel as well. Jesus wept over Jerusalem. He said he could not come back until they blessed his coming. How could they do this, if Jesus represented suffering and persecution to them? They were afraid of Him, not in love with Him.

Christianity, in its pure form, is good and wonderful. But the Christians have failed as Christians. They put the world through the Dark Ages literally with their lack of understanding, and coldness. Banning the common use of the Bible, and keeping it out of the common language, and in the hands of the corrupt few, also prevented the spreading of the gospel. Shunning the command, “to the Jew first, and then the Gentile” was an act of rebellion and hatred. Sterile doctrine, and legalism, replaced the passionate love of God.

Jesus will return when we demonstrate the same passion that the early church did. He may not see it in most, or many of us. But He is looking for those who love Him.

He is not returning for the church. The church is man’s business.

He is returning for his beloved Bride. The bride is His passion.

The bride is the one who waits breathlessly for her beloved Prince. She adoringly obeys his commands, because she wants to. The covenant is in her heart, not on stone, or in a book. She is ready to die for the One she loves. She is willing to forsake everything to be with Him. He is in her thoughts always, and on her bed she thinks of Him. She is filled with the fragrance of his Spirit. She cannot live without Him. Every day she looks for Him, and calls out His name. She feels alone without Him, and cries for His presence. Her prayers are not just words. They are acts of adoration, worship and communion.

Jesus cannot come back until He can find His bride again on earth – the one He lost 2000 years ago, and he hears the blessing of His name by His people Israel.

May He find his bride soon, and may He hear the words He has longed to hear for centuries!!!!

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Are you His bride?