Urgency of the Age
“And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” Matthew 25:6 (KJV) There is a recurring theme throughout Scripture: the lateness of the hour. The language of midnight is not accidental. It speaks of culmination, decision, and separation. The parable of the ten virgins reveals that preparedness, not profession, determines participation. The cry at midnight separates the ready from the unprepared. I. The Lateness of the Hour The Word of God speaks clearly concerning the times. “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Romans 13:11 (KJV) Every generation has sensed urgency, but ours bears unmistakable global convergence. Nations tremble. Wars escalate. Moral foundations erode. Economic systems destabilize. Technology reshapes identity and truth itself. Christ declared: “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and...