The Holy Spirit is our teacher teaching us to make the second appearing happen. He asked the Father to send the Holy Spirit to abide in us and with us so that He can help us. Jesus has not left us orphans to hasten His return by our own strength. But, we have the ever present Holy Spirit who patiently teaches us and prepares us until we all reach maturity of faith and become ready. It is true that the return of Jesus lies on the obedience of the church. The return of Jesus is not a sole work of the church, a sole responsibility of the church. The word вЂњweвЂќ refers to the Spirit and the bride. He brought to my remembrance Revelation 22, вЂњAnd the Spirit and the bride say, вЂњCome!вЂќ I remembered what the Holy Spirit told me, вЂњWe will make it happen.вЂќ ItвЂ™s the meaning of Revelation 22. I knew I would be disqualified for the prize on the day of awarding if I would choose to go home early but I judged that it was better than serving Him all my lifetime yet not seeing the fulfillment of my dream. For a young child like me, going home to heaven early without doing much for the Lord seemed just the same as doing much, serving Him a lifetime, a maximum of 120 years, and then leaving this earth to be with Him in heaven. My unbelief led me to think of going home to heaven because I didnвЂ™t want to be like those who served the Lord, finished their race then went home to heaven waiting until now for the Church to be ready for JesusвЂ™ return. I was figuring it out until I got depressed thinking that my dream wouldnвЂ™t happen, my dream that I wouldnвЂ™t die but live and see Him coming. I doubted His word and thought that it would take a long time, probably hundreds of years more or another thousand, to make the second appearing happen. I also got disappointed with the reactions of many upon hearing the message of His coming. One time, I got very anxious about the LordвЂ™s coming because I noticed the unfaithfulness of most Christians. 'Kiss me, love me' this is what the Lord is saying. That's why it's written, вЂњKiss the Son.вЂќ He is expecting us to have a thankful heart, appreciative of Him, honoring, adoring and worshiping Him as we remember His great sacrifice on the cross. Same thing with us today, He wants a kiss from you and me. Notice also what Jesus said to Simon, вЂњYou gave me no kiss.вЂќ It's clear that Jesus was expecting a kiss from Simon. Notice that one of the actions that showed the woman's appreciation was the kiss. She believed that He would accept her with open arms despite the wrong things she had done, so she sincerely adored, honored, valued and loved the Lord.

He knew that the woman came to Him believing that He was the Messiah, her Savior, who can forgive her sins. In other words, He was saying that Simon wasnвЂ™t very appreciative and thankful to Him whereas the woman came to Him with a grateful and repentant heart. He said that he who is forgiven much loves much but he who is forgiven little loves little.

He mentioned the things which Simon didn't do for Him. The womanвЂ™s action moved Him to the point that He compared Simon to her. The reaction of Jesus to what the woman did was significant. When she heard that Jesus was there, she brought fragrant oil, stood at His feet behind Him weeping, washed his feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

There is a story of a woman in the gospel of Luke who went to the house of a Pharisee where Jesus was eating.

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