Tag: return of Christ
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As It Was in Noah’s Day – Genesis 6:1-2
Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,And knew not until the flood came,…
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Stay Under the Spout – Jude 21
Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Here is the hinge of the whole letter. After all the warnings, all the examples, all the pictures of false teachers and drifting hearts, Jude brings us back to the simple call that holds…
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Our Hope Is Not Here – 1 John 5:19
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. John is painfully realistic here. He does not pretend the world is basically fine. He does not tell us that with enough optimism, enough policy, enough education, enough effort, things will finally straighten themselves out. He says the…
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Hope Restored – 2 Thessalonians 1:1–3
A year after his first letter, Paul wrote again because confusion had settled in. False teachers were saying the persecution in Thessalonica proved the Tribulation had already begun. Others claimed Spirit-given revelations. There was even a forged letter, supposedly from Paul, insisting the Day of the Lord had started. You can imagine the unrest. If…
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Children of the Day – 1 Thessalonians 5:3–6
1 Thessalonians 5:3–6 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the…
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Times and Seasons – 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2
1 Thessalonians 5:1–2 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Paul just finished talking about being caught up, about reunion, about comfort. Now he pivots. “But of the…