There are people who don’t like to be surprised. They tend to be low on the intuitive scale – they prefer logic to feelings. Before they make a decision they like to have all the facts and figures so they can make a wise decision.
Followers of Jesus who are like this tend to be the ones who spend hours and hours poring over the pages of the Bible, trying to make sense of what it says about the return of Jesus Christ
Read More second comingThe proverb “when the cat’s away, the mice will play” is not a Biblical proverb, but it is still true. The point is that human nature being what it is, when there is no fear of getting caught, people tend to take advantage of the situation for their own pleasure and gain.
Jesus understood this principle, and speaks to it in a parable he tells about being prepared for his return.
Read More second coming, servantJesus loved to teach using parables, heavenly stories with earthly meaning. They drove home the kingdom principle he had been making as he was teaching his disciples.
Smack in the middle of his lessons on his return, he tells a parable. It is the story of a groom who arrives at midnight to collect a house full of young women. The point being that he arrived at midnight. It was dark
Read More salvation, parables, second comingJesus said that a time is coming when we will long to see him, on this earth, in his glory. While theologians have debated over how best to interpret this passage, and how it relates to both Christ’s crucifixion and what will happen when Christ comes again, one thing is clear – right here, right now, we long to see Jesus.
We long for the comfort and security of having him on this broken earth in human form, with a face we can look into and a voice we can clearly hear.
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Read Reflect Paul’s readers were worried about the technical details of the second coming of Christ, and in particular one question. What would happen to the people who died before Jesus reappeared? Were they included in the resurrection of believers or did they somehow miss out because they died too soon? Were they in a […]
Read More hope, second comingRead Reflect Yes, but when is the When coming? We are so much in love with “When,” always curious and anxious about the future, and no less so with the idea of a Jesus who is coming back. We are passionate about time in general and we want to know when Jesus is returning. For […]
Read More judgment, Day of the Lord, peace, second coming, readyRead Reflect There’s no question about it – the details in today’s reading are difficult to understand. Paul is referring back to what he had taught the people in Thessalonica when he was there, and to something that had happened since he had left. Paul himself is not sure exactly what it was that the […]
Read More second coming, speculation, carelessnessThe book of Revelation is a book that speaks to our times (Revelation 1-3) and to the times to come (Revelation 4-21). In the opening verses of Revelation the stage is set for all that will follow. In quick succession, John prefaces the prophecy with the following:
Title (v.1) – The title of the book is taken from the opening verse, “The revelation of Jesus Christ” (NIV).
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