Revelation 22:7, 12-13
“Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book.”
“Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
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This peace of work is especially dear. As a matter of fact I found this watch from a flea market, and the Holy Spirit gave me the idea about the use of the watch right there. The watch was missing for some months and a couple of days before the “In a Word” -exhibition’s opening I was in “pain”, because I couldn’t find the watch. Praying all the time I was looking for it from every possible place at home. For quite a few times I was thinking about sending a prayer request through a certain pastor couple and finally when I was just about desperate I did it. And 15 minutes after they had passed on my request I found the watch!
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After they had passed my mail on to the others, I “happened” to think about a certain huge plastic bag four floors below in the cellar of our house. A couple of months ago I picked up all the stuff from my kids’ room floor and took them downstairs because they wouldn’t clean the room in spite of many requests. So now I went to take the bag back upstairs and the first thing I took from there was my daughter’s little purse and guess what was inside… THE WATCH! Thank you God! He’s amazing, how He helps us in tiny matters like this when we have the courage and when we remember to ask.
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The symbolism:
There’s a picture of a lion in the outer and inner ”lid” of the watch and to me of course it reflects the Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ. The Bible constantly speaks about Jesus coming back during a time when many are having a REM-phase of their sleep. Then the other of two workers will be taken, the other will be left. It is vital that we are spiritually awake. In other words it’s important that we maintain our relationship with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit vivid and healthy. And that we take care of it like any other important relationship. When the Lord returns one has to be ready, because the party will move straight on to the best part without any warm-up! 
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The watch has been set to show 11.56 p.m. At the moment the Doomsday Clock is showing the time of 11.55 pm, but this watch has it one minute more. It’s because we really can’t tell when Jesus is coming, but it could be today! The doomsday clock gives shivers but when it’s in its full time, the world will face a total darkness but God’s people will have a new, bright dawn.
