What Exactly Are We Waiting For?

Yesterday, the question was raised: What exactly are we waiting for?

For those of you just tuning in, yesterday we discussed the Prophet Micah's anguish or plain disgust with the deteriorating spiritual, in turn physical conditions, of the nation of Israel.

Justice did not exist between friend or brother. But Micah had the attitude that is good for us to imitate ... wait on the God of our salvation. Micah 7:7.

What! You maybe thinking. Hold up.

True...Many don't even recognize a Creator, let alone want to wait on him. But, let's consider the following text:

"Now as for the times and the seasons, brothers, you need nothing to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that Jehovah's day is coming exactly as a thief in the night. Whenever it is that they are saying, "Peace and security!" then sudden destruction is to be instantly on them, just like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and they will by no means escape."
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

Now before preceeding with the meaning of the verses above think about this:

Some live in areas predisposed to disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. However, now-a-days, these may occur in a number of places. If one never lived in an area of this sort, but received warnings of an impending storm, would it not behoove them to give heed to the warnings anyway?

With that thought in mind, consider the scripture. We may be waiting on a cry of Peace and security or we may have already heard it. We do not fully understand prophecy sometimes until after the fact.

But the scripture did mention that immediately after the cry of Peace and security sudden destruction was to "come upon them."

"Them" who?  ... And what leads up to that cry? Who makes the cry?

Come back Monday...we will continue.