The Bible says, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound … and we shall be changed” (1Co 15:52). What actually is the moment of change? Is it to be infatuated, waiting for the Lord to descend from the clouds, and in a moment man’s image will be changed? Or is it to be a wise virgin listening to the voice of God, experiencing God’s judgment in the last days so to be cleansed in order to become an overcomer?
For several thousand years, man has longed to be able to witness the arrival of the Savior. Man has longed to behold Jesus the Savior on a white cloud as He descends, in person, among those who have pined and yearned for Him for thousands of years. Man has longed for the Savior to return and be reunited with the people, that is, for Jesus the Savior to come back to the people from whom He has been apart for thousands of years. And man hopes that He will once again carry out the work of redemption that He did among the Jews, will be compassionate and loving toward man, will forgive the sins of man, bear the sins of man, and even bear all of man’s transgressions and deliver man from sin.