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We Believe...
...the Bible gives signs
of the soon return of Jesus Christ.
Return of Jesus
Jesus Himself said He would return to earth and spoke of His
return in detail.
The "Second Coming" features in many of the Old Testament
prophecies that also speak of His first coming.
The Coming Kingdom
The angel that told Mary of Jesus' birth also said that He would
reign (as a King), and that He would have a kingdom (see Luke
1:32-33).
The only crown Jesus received while on earth was the crown of
thorns jammed onto His head prior to being crucified. But there
is a kingdom to come.
In the Lord's prayer we read: "Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew
6:10)
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Jesus Gave Signs of His Return
In Matthew
24, Mark
13 and Luke
21 Jesus gave detailed and prominent signs that would herald
the time when He was to return.
Here is a summary of those signs:
• false religious ideas
• warfare
• famines
• pestilence (rampant disease)
• earthquakes
• persecution of His people
• a lukewarm approach by many of His followers
• an increase in lawlessness
• fearful sights
• Jerusalem surrounded by armies
• signs in space
• distress of nations, with no way out
• the powers of heaven (Greek: ouranos, from which
we get "Uranium") will be shaken (agitated, incited)
• the gospel would be published in all nations
In addition, Old Testament prophets gave other signs:
• an increase in knowledge
• an increase in travel
• descriptions of modern warfare
Do we know when?
Jesus said: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." (Matthew 24:36)
Many have tried to predict the coming of Jesus. All have failed. The advice of Jesus is to watch.
FAQ on date-setting...
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From the Bible
And when he had spoken these things, while they
beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of
their sight.
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went
up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing
up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have
seen him go into heaven.
Acts
1:9-11
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these
things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and
of the end of the world?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no
man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that
ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass,
but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall
kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's
sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,
and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall
wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved...
... For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
Matthew
24:3-13,27
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig
tree, and all the trees;
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves
that summer is now nigh at hand.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know
ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Luke
21:29-31
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but
the Father.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time
is.
Mark
13:32-33
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Voice of Revival Articles
Are you ready?
(December 2001)
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