READINESS-UNREADINESS - Thompson Chain Reference Topic
READINESS-UNREADINESS
(A) READINESS
(1) For the Future
4:12; Matthew 24:44; Matthew 25:10; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:35; Luke 12:36; Revelation 19:7
--SEE Watchfulness, WATCHFULNESS
& WATCHFULNESS
Death, DEATH
Second Coming (5), FUTURE, THE
Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS
Imminence, IMMINENCE
(2) For Spiritual Service
2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 5:2
(B) SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, steps required in
Abandonment of idols
1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 19:3
Cleansing of God's temple
2 Chronicles 29:15
Returning unto the Lord
Luke 1:17
Personal purification
2 Timothy 2:21
(C) PREPARATION PRECEDES BLESSING, general illustrations of
No Water for the army until ditches were dug
40:3
No Harvest until the ground had been broken up
Hosea 10:12
No Reconciliation without repentance
Joel 2:12; Joel 2:13
No Vision without obedience
John 9:7
No Resurrection until the stone is removed
John 11:39
No Entrance into Heaven without cleansing
Revelation 7:13; Revelation 7:14
(D) UNREADINESS, for death and judgment
Ecclesiastes 9:12; Matthew 24:38; Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:48-51; Matthew 25:6-10; Luke 21:34; Luke 21:35; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
--SEE Second Coming, FUTURE, THE
Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS
(A) READINESS
(1) For the Future
4:12; Matthew 24:44; Matthew 25:10; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:35; Luke 12:36; Revelation 19:7
--SEE Watchfulness, WATCHFULNESS
& WATCHFULNESS
Death, DEATH
Second Coming (5), FUTURE, THE
Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS
Imminence, IMMINENCE
(2) For Spiritual Service
2 Corinthians 8:19; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 5:2
(B) SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, steps required in
Abandonment of idols
1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 19:3
Cleansing of God's temple
2 Chronicles 29:15
Returning unto the Lord
Luke 1:17
Personal purification
2 Timothy 2:21
(C) PREPARATION PRECEDES BLESSING, general illustrations of
No Water for the army until ditches were dug
40:3
No Harvest until the ground had been broken up
Hosea 10:12
No Reconciliation without repentance
Joel 2:12; Joel 2:13
No Vision without obedience
John 9:7
No Resurrection until the stone is removed
John 11:39
No Entrance into Heaven without cleansing
Revelation 7:13; Revelation 7:14
(D) UNREADINESS, for death and judgment
Ecclesiastes 9:12; Matthew 24:38; Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:48-51; Matthew 25:6-10; Luke 21:34; Luke 21:35; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
--SEE Second Coming, FUTURE, THE
Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS