The Feast of Trumpets is over, and we’re all still here! WDJT?

We’ve now seen many dates heavy with biblical significance come and go! WDJT?

Floods, droughts, and earthquakes are increasing in intensity and frequency! WDJT?

The world is filled with war and violence! WDJT?

God’s firstborn son, Israel (Exodus 4:22), has been fighting for his life for two years! WDJT?

God’s bride also fights for her life all over the globe every day! WDJT?

So, Why Does Jesus Tarry?!

The purpose of this article is to examine this question through a biblical lens to see if we can find an answer; so, let’s begin!

It is true that the sorrows and sins of our day match the biblical descriptions of the final days before the Rapture (see 2 Tim. 3:1-8). It is also understandable that in such times, saints should yearn for their beloved Savior’s appearing. Even in Rev. 22:20, under far less painful conditions than we see today, John cries “Maranatha,” “Come, Lord Jesus!” Yet for all these truths, there is another truth serving as a counterweight in scripture.

It is the Mercy of God!

First Peter 3:9 (Amplified Version) says this:

“The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”

What a wonderful explanation for Why Jesus Tarries! To reinforce, consider this…

If a chapter of the Bible told us the same thing about God 26 times over, we would conclude that it was critical for us to believe it and never forget it! Psalm 136 has 26 verses, and every one of them reminds us that: “His mercy endures forever.”

How reluctant then would such a merciful God be to bring a stop to a bountiful end-times harvest by coming to rapture His church and launching the Tribulation?

And in our days, our merciful God is translating an unprecedented number of souls from the Kingdom of Darkness to the Kingdom of Light!

Here are a few statistics for your consideration:

In 1900, there were 10 million Christians in Africa. By 2024, there were 734 million!

Over the past century, the number of churches worldwide has increased 1000% from 420,000 to 4,200,000!

“The international missionary force has grown from 62,000 in 1900 to a projected 445,000 in 2024!”

The bottom line is this: The webpage where I took some of these stats from, https://www.frontierpartners.org/global-christianity-surges informs us that by best estimates and a lot of record-keeping, the number of Christians in the world in 2024 was 2,520,000,000. In 2025, that number had jumped to 2,630,000,000! That is an amazing increase of 110,000,000 precious souls now heaven-bound in just one year!

Just out of curiosity, I divided 110,000,000 by 28,956,000 (the number of souls converted to Christ last year by the number of seconds in 1 year). The answer was 3.8! Every 3.8 seconds, another soul is saved!

In Luke 15:10, Jesus said, “I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

At this point in history, the rejoicing of the angels must literally be non-stop!

Just as no sermon is quite complete without an appropriate application, this article requires one also. Here it is. Galatians 6:9-10 exhorts us this way:

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”

We have seen what great things God is doing in these last few months/years before He calls for His Bride. The question appears to be, “What are WE doing to come alongside Him to help Him in His work?”

I have three suggestions to offer which I hope you will consider…

1 – Pray more!

There has never been a more urgent time to pray for God’s global work and for God’s global bride than now! There were 4,476 Christians killed for their faith last year (12 each day), and many more than this persecuted, jailed, etc. The website Open Doors shows us an illustrated map of which countries are most in need of prayer. https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/stories/12-Christians-killed-for-their-faith-each-day/

2 – Diversify Your Giving!

Google the phrase “Christian ministries ranked by excellence,” and peruse the first four sites listed there. Evangelical Ministries are evaluated by impact, financial integrity, and a number of other criteria for excellence, and the special burden of each is explained. You just may find one listed that tugs on your heart unexpectedly and causes you to be more “cheerful” in your giving.

Author Henry Blackaby once famously said, “Watch to see where God is working, and join Him in His work.”

Do a bit of research and allow the Holy Spirit to have more input in your giving. You may be surprised and eternally glad to see the results!

3 – Consider becoming an online missionary!

There is a ministry out there that has been around for over 20 years, getting larger and showing more dramatic results every year, but very few believers seem to know about it. It is called “Global Online Missions.” Here is the link: https://globalmediaoutreach.com/volunteer/

This ministry has over 5,000 online missionaries currently working online, reaching about 100,000 unbelievers daily, many of these in the “10/40 window”!

My faithful wife has been one of these missionaries for about five years now, and it fills her days with joy and purpose. She has led a good number to Christ, and so can you!

In conclusion, WDJT!? Because of His mercy! Recite these six words from John 3:16 slowly and reverently: “For God so loved the World…”

This should have taken you just about 3.8 seconds! Sound familiar?

And remember that we can rejoice along with the angels in heaven even more fully… if we have had a part!

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Jesus, you are the first and the last and all that is in-between. You are all that is beautiful, righteous, holy, and clean.

Jesus, you are the Messiah, and you passed through death’s stone wall. To worship you while still on earth is what matters most of all.

You hold the key to salvation, Jesus, and only you hold that power. It was you from the very beginning, and it will be you in the final hour.

Jesus sees me as I can be, yet loves me the way I am. Thank God for the Holy Spirit in me and that He won’t let me die in rebellion.

I want to be on fire for you and worship you all of the time. I want to praise and glorify you with countless songs and rhymes.

When I’m alone in the night, I think of God’s promise of eternal life. I wonder what that will be like, and someday I’ll know in a flash of light.

No mortal ever had it worse than Job, yet Job never lost his faith in the Lord. If I think of Job when things are going bad, it pierces through my soul like a two-edged sword.

Fill up your cup with God’s precious love, until it spills over like a river from above. Be gracious and kind, honest and true, and treat everyone like you would want them to treat you.

This is what God’s love is all about, and it is a wonderful way to live. It makes you want to sing and shout, and He blesses us whenever we give.

He has the heart of a lion, the giver of life from above. He has the blessed of the blessed, standing with Him in His love.

He breathes the breath of life, warm and sweet from heaven. All on the face of the earth will know of His arrival in Zion.

Lord, I am calling you on my heart phone, calling you right at home. Person to person, straight through to the throne, and with this direct connection, I am never alone.

The sparrow is a bird that neither spins nor toils yet receives the bounty of the seeds and the soil. The sparrow spreads her wings and soars into the sky, and in her flight, she glorifies the king on high.

And when all doubt is severed by that terrible sweet sword, then likened to the sparrow is a sweet child of the Lord.

Hell is being raised on planet Earth, and Heaven is descending from God’s throne. Are you reaching up or sliding down? Choose between the two eternal homes.

Just because some preachers have given God a bad name, it doesn’t mean at all that God is in any way to blame.

We are easy prey for the devil when we don’t take the time to arm with the weapons of the Holy Spirit to protect us from spiritual harm.

Don’t fall prey to the devil, who endeavors to capture your soul. Know that greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Are you kingdom-driven? Or are you culture-bound? Are you in-between, not completely lost and not completely found? Are you kingdom-driven, not even of this earth? Are you a new creation, born of the second birth?

There is a heart on fire outside the sanctuary, just like a blazing sun that shines upon a frozen town. That heart on fire can belong to anybody, anyone who allows the Holy Spirit to abound.

If you haven’t by now, let God and let go. If you have a witness, then let someone know. If you love the one who walked on the sea, spread His love outside of the sanctuary.

Jesus lives outside as well as inside of the sanctuary.

Before Abraham was, I am, Jesus said, the beginning and the end. The word, the lamb, the lion, the savior, and your best friend. The truth, the light, and the way, He said, and I will return someday. “I have gone to prepare a place for you, and I am coming back again.”

He holds my salvation in the palm of His hand, as well as every other person from every other land. All who ever lived are at the mercy of the King of Kings, who will soon return to Jerusalem.

Jesus paid the full price and covered the entire cost. He shed His Holy Blood in His passion for the lost.

God, please grant me a little of your passion for the lost. May my heart be formed in tender fashion to know your precious passion for the lost.

So many hearts imprisoned by confusion are spinning this way, that way, and all around. Each heart is searching for the answer that, for three days, was buried in the ground.

As prophecy foretold, on the third day, the Son of God arose. Death could in no way hold Him, and finality, death could not impose.

Blessed be the Lord in His passion for the lost; without it, not one would be saved. There would be no hope in a world without your love, yet mercifully, amazing grace you gave.

I praise you openly, Jesus, and that is my one true goal, my precious best friend Jesus, the very Savior of my soul.

Yes, I praise you to all of the earth, dear Jesus, and into the heavens above. To the farthest of faraway stars, I will praise you, praise for your merciful love.

Every praise and glory be to you, Lord, with every breath that I take. I give my heart to you forevermore, and may all that love your name do just the same.

Thank you, my dear precious Jesus, and thank you, my awesome King, for being the Lord of my life and the one who inspires me to write and to sing.

Jesus, you are my very best friend, and you gave your life for me. Help me to give my life for you just as you did for me.

Blessings to all in the name of Jesus.

Your friend in Him,

Rick Segoine