A Midnight Cry

Mt.  25:1-13

Rev. 3:20-22

Ex. 11:4

Eph. 5:32

1 Thess. 4:16

·        Virgins  – pure and chaste

·        Lamp  –  testimony of the saints witnessing to a dark world

·        The Preparation  –  Trimmed their wicks

·        Not only needed Oil  –  ( represents Holy Ghost) But  –  Have Extra supply

Eph. 5:32  –  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning…..CHRIST AND THE CHURCH

Rev 3:20-22

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.

21       To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22       He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

1 Thess. 4:16

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout!

AT MIDNIGHT  –    Ex. 11:4

Exod 11:4-6

4          And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

5          And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6          And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

(KJV)

ACTS 16:25  –  AT MIDNIGHT – Paul & Silas

Acts 16:25-26

25       And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

26       And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.

(KJV)

WE ARE LIVING  IN THE ENDTIME

·        WARS,

·        FAMINES,

·        PESTILENCES,

·        EARTHQUAKES,

·        KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

·        LOVE OF MANY WAXED COLD

As the days of Noah…. MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS WICKED CONTINUALLY

Signs of the Endtime

EATTING AND DRINKING….DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS…LOVERS OF PLEASURE…CRYING

PEACE AND SAFETY

MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM BECAUSE OF

FEAR  /  FALSE PROPHETS  /  ANTICHRIST

Deception

PAUL SAID…….ROM. 13:11-12  –  KNOWING THE TIME –

And that KNOWING THE TIME, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep:  for now is our salvation nearer than we believed

THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT, THE DAY IS AT HAND, LET US THEREFORE CAST OFF THE WORKS OF DARKNESS, AND LET US PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT.

The RETURN OF CHRIST is soon to take PLACE!

·        Have we become too occupied with the WORLD?

·        Has the CHURCH ( the BRIDE )  become too involved with the world?

·        Have we lost sight……OF OUR DAY TO COME?

The purpose of the Church…..the purpose of preaching…….TO GET US READY FOR THE
RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST

The purpose of the church……to SAVE US FROM A SIN SICK WORLD

DON’T BE CAUGHT ASLEEP AND FORGET

JESUS IS COMING!   JESUS IS COMING!

·        Over  1,845 references to Christ’s Return in the Old Testament

·        1  out of  30  verses in the New Testament

refer to His Return

·        For every prophecy concerning His Birth

There are   –  8   –  concerning His Return

Titus  2:13-14  –  AS A THIEF  IN THE NIGHT!!!

Titus 2:13-14

13       Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14       Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

(KJV)

JESUS SAID   _    MARK  13:33-37  –  WATCH AND PRAY!!!

Mark 13:33-37

33       Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

34       For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

35       Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

36       Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

37       And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

(KJV)

2 Tim 3:1-5

1          This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2          For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3          Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4          Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5          Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(KJV)

1Thes 5:1-12

1          But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2          For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3          For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4          But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5          Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6          Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7          For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8          But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

Matt 24:1-3

1          And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2          And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3          And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

(KJV)

AT MIDNIGHT  – A  CRY WAS MADE

Matt 25:1-17

1          Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2          And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3          They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4          But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5          While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6          And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7          Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8          And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9          But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10       And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11       Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12       But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13       Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.