Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

In His parable Jesus represents Himself as
already eager to return, waiting only until "the
grain ripens," whereupon "immediately he puts in
the sickle, because the harvest has come" (Mark
4:29). In the Revelation preview of the second
coming, an angel tells Him, "The time is come for
You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe"
(Revelation 14:15). The long-delayed "marriage of
the Lamb" comes quickly once "His wife has made
herself ready" (Revelation 19:7). The repentance
Christ calls for from Laodicea is related to the
Bride making herself "ready". If she doesn't, He is
disappointed.
It is the privilege of every Christian not only to
look for but to hasten the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Were all who profess His name bearing
fruit to His glory, how quickly the whole world
would be sown with the seed of the gospel.
Quickly the last great harvest would be ripened,
and Christ would come to gather the precious grain
(Christ's Object Lessons, page 69).
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