Questions in this episode: – Can you recommend some good books on eschatology? – What does it mean to love the Lord with all your strength? – What kinds of things will be rewarded in heaven or burned up in judgment? – What will our rewards look like in heaven and how will we use …
Questions in this episode: – Was the abomination of desolation in Daniel 11 fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes and was he the antichrist? – When was the Bible completed in its final form? – What does the word “rod” mean related to disciplining your children? – How do I minister to my wife who agrees with …
Questions in this episode: – Are the verses in Thessalonians in the wrong chronological order to indicate a pre-tribulational rapture? – What will happen on the earth after the rapture? – Can a Christian not be a disciple of Christ? – Should Christians still support Israel? – Can you recommend some books on eschatology and …
Questions in this episode: – Is there a discrepancy in Bible passages about who was with David when he ate the show bread and is this different from the disciples eating grain on the Sabbath? – In Nehemiah 2:1 the year Artaxerxes begins to reign does this align with the 70 weeks of Daniel and …
Useful ambassadors of Christ need to see earthly blessings as imperfect previews of the forthcoming realities to be graciously granted in God’s eternal kingdom.
The birth of the Eternal King in the humble village of Bethlehem should drive us to think about our values and recalibrate our lives in light of the countercultural Lordship of Christ.
We must be more attuned to the effects of sin in our world and boldly proclaim the power of a Savior who will not only instantaneously forgive our transgressions, but will one day reverse all the systemic consequences of sin.
Christ’s institution of the Lord’s supper in the presence of Judas should lead us to a vigilant introspection as we regularly and actively remember Christ’s death and coming kingdom.
In light of Christ’s imminent return for his Church, Christians must be actively focused on prayer and God’s word, being careful not get entangled in the distracting sins of this world.
We can and should be completely assured of God’s promises regarding the future and our own future because of his impeccable trustworthiness and his perfect fidelity to all that he has said.
Our lives will be motivated and calibrated as we remain mindful that this current age will culminate with an unprecedented display of God’s wrath on the earth and its wholesale transformation at Christ’s second coming.
As recipients of God’s gracious promise of forgiveness and everlasting adoption, our faith should be strengthened by God’s tenacious loyalty to the people of Israel and the city of Jerusalem.
We ought to expect a turbulent and hostile experience as we seek to stand with Christ and advance his cause in this world, remaining resolute, unafraid, and confident in God’s promise of ultimate deliverance.
While Israel’s widespread rejection of King Jesus resulted in a postponement of the earthly kingdom, we should remain confident in God’s impeccable promises as we work and patiently await the King’s second coming.
We must understand and appreciate the full humanity and the full deity of Christ as we admire his redemptive work and anticipate his coming kingdom.
We must think more often and more sensibly about our own mortality, preparing and shaping our expectation and hope by Scripture and not by the world, our feelings, or the culture.
Realizing our desperate need, we ought to trust the omnipotent Christ for salvation, willing to follow him in this life knowing that soon he will take his great power and begin to reign over all things.
We ought patiently endure this present age with great faith, confidently working and praying for God’s will in everything, always looking with hope for the return of Christ and the establishment of his kingdom.
God’s pending judgment is the sobering aspect of Christ’s return that should make us grateful for its gracious delay, motivated by the current opportunity for evangelism, and thankful for our forthcoming salvation.
It is normal and expected that we intensely long for Christ’s coming kingdom as we seek to undistractedly obey the teachings of Christ in a deteriorating and rebellious culture.
Though the arrival of Christ’s visible kingdom is yet future, his kingly reign has begun over his people now, and so we must endure the present age with anticipation, devotion, and an evangelistic drive.
We must be confident and optimistic about God’s indomitable plans to use us, the gospel, and his Church to build Christ’s kingdom which will be filled with all sorts of people from every part of the world.
We must make certain that we are personally and spiritually prepared for the powerful, glorious, and imminent return of Christ; and rightly be fearful if we are not.
Difficulties in life can tempt us to doubt Christ’s power, concern and sovereignty, but we must trust him, remembering the proof of his credentials which reassure us of his coming kingdom.
We will experience a variety of sorrows on earth while we await Christ’s return, but our pain is mitigated by our anticipation, and the many foretastes of the kingdom which God supplies.
A thoughtful focus on the imminent return of Christ will serve as a major motivation for Christians in their fight against sin and their pursuit of holiness.
We can confidently trust that God will rapture his church and deliver us from the divine wrath that is to come.
Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy is helpful in understanding God’s dealings with Israel and Jerusalem. We should seek to understand it as God’s loving prophetic plan that is not yet completed.
We should do our best to understand the nature of God’s promised “1000 years” in Revelation 20, so that our hope is accurate and our understanding of God’s faithfulness is bolstered.
To rightly interpret God’s future program we must rightly understand the nature of the church and its distinctiveness in relation to Israel.