Monday, June 9 The one who has endured to the end will be saved.​—Matt. 24:13.

[Áine]

Monday, June 9

The one who has endured to the end will be saved.—Matt. 24:13.

 

Patience is essential for our salvation. Like faithful servants of the past, we need to wait patiently for God to fulfill his promises. (Heb. 6:11, 12) The Bible compares our situation to that of a farmer. (Jas. 5:7, 8) A farmer works hard to plant and water his crop, but he does not know exactly when it will grow. So the farmer waits patiently, trusting that he will reap a crop. Likewise, we stay busy in spiritual activities even though we “do not know on what day [our] Lord is coming.” (Matt. 24:42) We wait patiently, confident that in his due time, Jehovah will fulfill all that he has promised. If we were to become impatient, we might get tired of waiting and start drifting away from the truth. We could also begin to pursue things that might give us instant gratification. But if we are patient, we can endure to the end and be saved.—Mic. 7:7. w23.08 22 ¶7

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1 hour ago, Áine said:

 (Jas. 5:7, 8) 

(James 5:7) 7 Be patient then, brothers, until the presence of the Lord. Look! The farmer keeps waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, exercising patience over it until the early rain and the late rain arrive.

*** si p. 280 par. 16 Study Number 2—Time and the Holy Scriptures ***

16 The months of March and April (approximately the Hebrew months of Nisan and Iyyar) are the months of “the spring rain.”  This is the late rain, which is needed to make the grain planted in autumn swell, so that a good harvest may result. This is also the season of the early harvest, and God commanded Israel to offer the firstfruits of the harvest on Nisan 16.  It is a time of beauty and delight. “Blossoms themselves have appeared in the land, the very time of vine trimming has arrived, and the voice of the turtledove itself has been heard in our land. As for the fig tree, it has gained a mature color for its early figs; and the vines are abloom, they have given their fragrance.”
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