We like to know the answer to that question.  “When will you move in?”  “When is the baby due?”  “When will we expand the church building?”  “When will the ice be off the lake so we can fish again?”  “When will Jesus return?”  Over the years, people have ignored the plain teaching of Jesus and set dates regarding His return.  He Himself said, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”  That seems pretty clear!  As one author wrote, “Therefore all predictions are fraudulent.”  There is no secret code, no hidden message, and no National Treasure decoder glasses that we’re going to find to help us with this.  Give. It. Up.  What we do know is that whether it is 10 years or 10,000 years we are to be faithful stewards.  We are to be obedient, caring for others and living with an eye on the sky.  The goal of this expectancy is not laziness but rather, industry, initiative and investment.  In other words, we have been given a trust and we should do all we can with it while we are here.  The weird thing (to me) about God’s system of reward is that the better we do with the little we have the more He assigns to us!  Imagine being trusted by God!  Expectancy should also produce purity.  John the Apostle wrote, “Every man that has this hope in him purifies himself.” We should be living in His absence as if we were under His present, visible, loving eye.  One of these days, no matter what theological position you embrace, Jesus Christ is going to step out on a cloud and gather His own from the four corners of the earth.  The righteous will dwell in heavenly habitation on a new earth and the unrighteous will dwell—as they wanted—apart from God and His “restraints.”   Are you ready for Him?  Do you want Him?  “When?” doesn’t really matter if we already have Him…but if we don’t the indifference has eternal implications.  “Seek the Lord while He may be found.”