READINESS-UNREADINESS

(A) READINESS (1) For the Future 2Ki 20:1; Am 4:12; Mt 24:44; 25:10; Mr 13:35; Lu 12:35,36; Re 19:7 --SEE Watchfulness, WATCHFULNESS WATCHFULNESS Death, DEATH Second Coming (5), FUTURE, THE Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS Imminence, IMMINENCE (2) For Spiritual Service 2Co 8:19; 9:2; 2Ti 2:21; Tit 3:1; 1Pe 3:15; 5:2 (B) SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, steps required in Abandonment of idols 1Sa 7:3; 2Ch 19:3 Cleansing of God's temple 2Ch 29:15 Returning unto the Lord Lu 1:17 Personal purification 2Ti 2:21 (C) PREPARATION PRECEDES BLESSING, general illustrations of No Water for the army until ditches were dug 2Ki 3:16,17 No Oil until the vessels were gathered 2Ki 4:3,4 No Healing until the leper had dipped seven times 2Ki 5:10 No Messiah until the way had been prepared Isa 40:3 No Harvest until the ground had been broken up Ho 10:12 No Reconciliation without repentance Joe 2:12,13 No Vision without obedience Joh 9:7 No Resurrection until the stone is removed Joh 11:39 No Entrance into Heaven without cleansing Re 7:13,14 (D) UNREADINESS, for death and judgment Ec 9:12; Mt 24:38,39,48-51; 25:6-10; Lu 21:34,35; 1Th 5:3 --SEE Second Coming, FUTURE, THE Sudden Events, SUDDEN EVENTS