Until He Comes, Be watchful. Be ready. Be working.
This describes Section 4 of my book, titled "The Great Reset VS. The Greatest Revival," which has not reached all the churches and Christians to whom it is addressed. I hope this video will stir a desire to read it and take action, evoking a sense of duty. I offer my book for free. You will find the link below.
Until He Comes, Be watchful. Be ready. Be working.
The imminent return of
Jesus Christ is among the most precious promises in all of Scripture. It is our
blessed hope — the anchor that holds when everything around us shifts. And in
an era of growing darkness and uncertainty, it is no surprise that interest in
end-times prophecy has surged. Books, podcasts, films, and ministries devoted
to the subject have multiplied, and many believers find genuine comfort and
encouragement in studying what God has revealed about the age to come.
This is good and right.
Jesus Himself told His disciples to be watchful, to be ready, to keep their
lamps burning (Matthew 25:13). The study of prophecy is not a distraction from
faithful living — it is meant to fuel it. When we truly believe that Jesus is
coming again, it should make us more urgent in sharing the gospel, more
diligent in our discipleship, and more courageous in our public witness.
"Then He said to
His disciples, 'The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His
harvest.'" Matthew 9:37–38
But there is a temptation
that can accompany a strong focus on the rapture — and it must be named
honestly. When the return of Christ becomes primarily a reason to disengage
from the world rather than to engage it more faithfully, something has gone
wrong. If the prospect of being taken out of this world leads us to stop caring
about what happens in it — to stop fighting for justice, to stop speaking for
the voiceless, to stop making disciples — then we have misunderstood the very
hope we are celebrating.
Consider the great
stewards of God throughout history. Enoch walked with God for three hundred
years before he was taken. Noah preached righteousness and built the ark for
one hundred and twenty years. The reformers — Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Calvin —
laboured for decades, facing imprisonment and death, convinced that Christ
could return at any moment and equally convinced that their work mattered until
He did. None of them sat with their arms folded, waiting.
"Work, for I am with you,"
said the Lord. That word was given to Zerubbabel and Joshua — and it applies to
us today. (Haggai 2:4)
The simple truth is this:
no one knows the day or the hour. Not the angels, not the most learned scholar
of eschatology, not the most gifted prophet. What we do know is that until that
day comes, we have been given work to do. We have been entrusted with the
gospel — the most important message in human history — and we will give an
account for what we did with that trust.
There are many sincere
Christians who hold different views on the timing of the rapture —
pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation, post-tribulation, or no rapture at all in the
traditional sense. These are genuine theological questions worthy of thoughtful
study. But they are secondary to the question that matters most: are we, right
now, living as faithful stewards of what God has given us?
Whether Christ returns
tomorrow or in fifty years, the call is the same. Be watchful. Be ready. Be
working.
"Blessed is that
servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing." Matthew 24:46
The Duty of Pastors and Teachers
To those who shepherd the
flock of God in Canada — this section is written with deep respect and genuine
love. The pastoral calling is among the most demanding and most honourable in
human society. You carry burdens that most of your congregation will never
fully see. You pray over the sick, comfort the grieving, counsel the
struggling, and stand week after week before your people with a word that you
must trust God to make alive. You are not thanked nearly enough. And you are
not supported nearly enough.
But love requires honesty.
And the honest word to the Canadian pastoral community — spoken not in anger
but in the grief of a fellow believer — is this: too many of our pulpits have
gone quiet on the very questions that are destroying the families sitting in
the pews.
There are reasons for this
silence, and some of them are understandable. The charitable tax exemption
creates real legal constraints. The fear of dividing the congregation is
genuine. The desire to be welcoming, to avoid alienating seekers, to keep the peace
— these are not wicked motives. But when these considerations cause a pastor to
soften, omit, or avoid the full counsel of God's Word, something precious is
lost — and the flock is left defenceless.
"And He Himself
gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and
teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ." Ephesians 4:11–12
The pastor's calling is
not to manage a congregation — it is to equip them. To build them up in the
truth. To prepare them for a world that will challenge their faith, test their
convictions, and press them at every point. A congregation that has never heard
their pastor speak about the sanctity of life, the nature of marriage, the
rights of parents, or the claims of Christ over every area of life is a
congregation that is not equipped for the world they actually live in.
The great reformers
understood this. Martin Luther did not confine his proclamation to the safe and
the uncontroversial. He addressed the political, the theological, and the
cultural crises of his day with the full weight of Scripture — and it cost him
dearly. But it also changed the world.
"Because the Preacher was wise, he
still taught the people knowledge... The words of the wise are like goads, and
the words of scholars are like well-driven nails." — Ecclesiastes 12:9–11
To the pastors who have
been faithful — who have spoken the truth at personal cost, who have kept their
doors open, who have stood with their people through the storms of recent years
— thank you. You are not forgotten. God sees every faithful sermon, every
private prayer, every difficult conversation, every sacrifice made in
obscurity. Do not grow weary. Do not lose heart.
And to those who feel the
prompting of the Holy Spirit to speak more boldly — take courage. Your
congregation needs to hear from you. They are confused, they are frightened,
they are looking for a shepherd who will tell them the truth. You do not have
to have all the answers. You simply have to open the Word and trust the Spirit
to do what only He can do.
"Preach the word!
Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all
longsuffering and teaching." 2 Timothy 4:2
The Duties of Every Member of the Body
The responsibility for the
Church's renewal does not rest on the pastor alone. Every member of the body of
Christ has a role to play — and that role is not passive attendance, not the
annual offering, not a quiet nod of agreement with the sermon on Sunday
morning.
The New Testament picture
of the Church is of a living body, every part contributing, every member gifted
and called and needed. Paul writes that God has appointed in the Church
apostles, prophets, teachers, workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators,
and those who speak in various kinds of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:28). The
point is not the specific list — it is the breathtaking diversity of callings,
and the equally breathtaking truth that all of them matter.
You do not need a pulpit
to be a witness. You do not need a theological degree to share what Jesus has
done in your life. You do not need a platform to love your neighbour, to speak
the truth in your workplace, to pray for your city, to support a family in
need, to write a letter to your member of parliament, or to show up at a school
board meeting.
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who
believes." — Romans 1:16
Here are three simple
principles to carry forward — what this book calls the Three Bs:
Be Watchful. Pay attention
to what is happening in your community, your schools, your government. The
people of God should not be the last to notice when something is wrong. Ask
questions. Read broadly. Cultivate discernment through prayer and the study of
God's Word.
Be Ready. Know what you
believe and why you believe it. Be prepared to give an answer to everyone who
asks you for the reason for the hope that is in you — with gentleness and
respect (1 Peter 3:15). You do not need to win every argument. You need only to
plant a seed, clearly and lovingly.
Be Working. Give your
time, your talents, and your treasure to the things that matter. Support your
pastor — not only financially, but with your prayers, your encouragement, and
your active participation. Get involved in your community. Vote according to
your convictions. Parent with intentionality and courage. Care for the poor,
the lonely, the orphan, the widow — the people Jesus said would define what we
did for Him (Matthew 25:40).
"Pure and
undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world." James 1:27
The greatest revival in
history will not be announced on a billboard. It will be built one opened door
at a time, one honest conversation at a time, one act of faithful obedience at
a time. It is already beginning — in homes and churches and workplaces across
this country and around the world. The question is whether you will be part of
it.
Last Call
Do you remember the last
call at a bar — that final announcement before closing time, the bartender's
voice cutting through the noise: last orders? There is something urgent about
it. Something that forces a decision.
We are living in a
last-call moment for the Canadian Church.
Not because God has given
up on Canada — He has not. Not because revival is impossible — it is not. But
because the hour is late, the stakes are high, and the cost of continued
silence is being borne, every single day, by the most vulnerable among us: children
whose minds are being shaped by values that contradict everything their parents
believe; elderly parents dying alone because a government policy kept their
families at bay; teenagers struggling without the anchor of truth in a culture
that offers them a hundred identities and no foundation; families crushed under
economic pressure with no community of faith to catch them.
The wrath of God,
Scripture tells us, is revealed against those who suppress the truth (Romans
1:18). This is not a comfortable verse. But it is a clarifying one. The call to
speak, to stand, to be salt and light — it is not optional. It is not for the especially
bold or the especially gifted. It is for every person who has heard the truth
and been changed by it.
"For everyone to
whom much is given, from him much will be required." Luke 12:48
There is a common and
tragic misreading of the Laodicean letter — the idea that lukewarm believers
are simply condemned and left to their fate. But read the passage again. Jesus
is not walking away. He is knocking. He is calling out. He is offering gold refined
in fire, white garments, eye salve for blindness. He is offering restoration,
fellowship, transformation. He is offering Himself.
"As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at
the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in
to him and dine with him, and he with Me." Revelation 3:19–20
This is grace. This is the
character of the God we serve. He does not abandon the lukewarm. He pursues
them. He disciplines the ones He loves. And He keeps knocking — on the door of
the individual heart, on the door of the local church, on the door of a nation
that was once built in His name and can be again.
The last call is not a
threat. It is an invitation. And it is being extended to you, right now,
wherever you are reading these words.
"Will you not revive us again, that
Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your mercy, Lord, and grant us Your
salvation." — Psalm 85:6–7
Conclusion: Jesus Would — and Already Did
At the end of all the
analysis — the politics, the history, the spiritual diagnosis, the calls to
action — we arrive at the only answer that has ever truly worked.
Who would lay down their
life for a nation that has forgotten God? Who would sacrifice comfort,
security, reputation, and safety for people who may not even want to be saved?
Who would love a world that has turned its back on its Creator, that mocks the truth,
that chooses darkness over light?
Jesus would. And He
already did.
Everything in this book —
every concern about the Church's silence, every grief over the erosion of
rights and freedoms, every call to faithful engagement in public life — flows
from this single, world-altering reality: the Son of God loved this world enough
to die for it. He did not wait for the world to deserve His love. He came while
we were still sinners (Romans 5:8). He knocked on the door of a humanity that
was not looking for Him, and He offered life to anyone who would open the door
and let Him in.
"Jesus said to
him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me.'" John 14:6
That is the message the
Church has been entrusted with. Not a political agenda. Not a cultural
programme. Not a set of moral guidelines for a better society — though faithful
Christian witness does, over time, produce better societies. The message is a Person:
Jesus Christ, crucified for our sins, risen from the dead, reigning at the
right hand of the Father, and coming again.
Everything else in this
book is downstream of that truth. The call to civic engagement matters because
our neighbours — the ones whose children sit next to ours in school, the ones
who live on our street, the ones who work beside us — are loved by God and
deserve to hear the truth. The call to parental sovereignty matters because
children are not the property of the state — they are gifts from God, entrusted
to parents to raise in the fear and instruction of the Lord. The call to the
Church to wake up matters because the Church carries within it the only message
that can genuinely heal a broken world.
"The Lord your God in your midst,
the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will
quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." —
Zephaniah 3:17
So here is the final word,
offered not with the authority of a theologian or a minister or a politician,
but with the simple conviction of a fellow traveller who has spent a lifetime
learning to take God at His word:
Open the door.
Let Jesus in — not just
into your private spiritual life, but into your home, your workplace, your
community, your politics, your parenting, your conversations, your choices. Let
Him into every room. Let the truth of who He is and what He has done reshape
the way you see everything.
And then — with whatever
time and talent and treasure you have been given — get to work. Pray. Speak.
Love. Vote. Give. Stand. Defend the vulnerable. Tell the truth. Plant seeds.
Trust God with the harvest.
The greatest revival in
the history of the Church is not a distant dream. It is a door that is open, a
Voice that is calling, and a King who is coming.
Will you answer?
"He will bring
justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and
will break in pieces the oppressor." Psalm 72:4
A Prayer for Canada
Father, deliver us from
evil — from the lies and the deceptions. Let Your kingdom come. Let Your will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Revive us again, that Your people may
rejoice in You. Show us Your mercy, Lord, and grant us Your salvation. Amen.
