“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.” (Matthew 24:36-41)

I believe that we have entered the season of the harvest.  This was brought home to me on my last two ministry trips to Pennsylvania this summer.  God seemed to be declaring the season of harvest all through this journey.  He spoke it to me through nature as I was driving the beautiful roads and highways of that great state.

I spoke at 7 churches throughout PA during July.  Many of the churches were located on corn fields.  In fact the corn was being harvested as we were on that trip.  I got to eat some incredible sweet corn that one of the preachers gave to me.  He has a church in a barn down near Harrisburg.

Four of the churches that I spoke at were located on farms.  Two were renovated barns, one was a farm house and the fourth was a little white church built on the edge of a farm.

As I preached in these places, I kept feeling this was very prophetic.  I kept preaching for the church to rise and shine for their light had come.  I kept commanding the church to arise and to go into the harvest.

Another sign that kept following us was thunder and lightning storms.  In fact two days ago I was driving home from Chambersburg when I encountered perhaps the biggest lightning storm of my life.  Literally there were shots of lightning that would start in the east and go for a hundred miles across the sky to the west.  The Appalachian Mountains would light up before my eyes.  It was a brilliant display of God’s power in nature.

As I witnessed this, in my mind’s eye, I kept seeing the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.  I was witnessing in this moment the same kind of lightning I had seen in recent pictures striking that magnificent statue in Brazil which sent pieces falling to the ground.

And then I thought it was not an accident that I was seeing that picture of Jesus’ statue within my mind.  Matthew 24:27 says, “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”

I believe we have entered the season of Jesus coming like lightning into the lives of people in North America and around the world.  Many of them are not even looking for Jesus, but just as lightning at night cannot be ignored, neither will Jesus Christ be ignored by those about to see Him.

He is coming to collect a harvest, to bring His children on to Himself.  He is about to radiate in their lives and they are about to become fanatical Christians willing to lay down their lives for the Kingdom’s sake.  There are some of you even now saying “Oh, I’ve heard this all before.”

To you who would say this, let me share John 4:35: “Do you not say, ‘there are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”

I tell you to get off of your chairs and go outside of your door and start hollering the name of Jesus on the top of your lungs.  You will be surprised at the evidence of salvation that will come to you.  People will get saved in the streets if you just believe.

Two people will stand together.  You will share the gospel with both.  One will receive and the other won’t, but by the time you are done preaching thousands will have come into the Kingdom.  So, get going. God will meet you in the harvest field and be your sickle.