John MacArthur | A Look Ahead at Christ’s Arrival

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A very clear picture in Scripture showing us what will happen at Christ’s arrival John MacArthur.
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Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

Final Justice: The Return of Christ, Part 3

 

It has been pretty obvious to me over the last number of months that the church of Jesus Christ, at least as far as I can discern on a public level, has become preoccupied with the issues at hand and has allowed itself to be sucked into the vortex of the world’s problems and is making an effort to be a friend of the world, which, as we read in James, is a very dangerous thing to do. As I assess some of the reasons for this, one glaring reason for the church to be preoccupied with the world is the absence of any vibrant expectation for the return of Jesus Christ. Weak eschatology leads to worldly church when people lose sight of the fact that this is a fallen world careening ever deeper and deeper into sin, disintegrating continuously toward more and more evil. And when the church thinks that its role in the world is to stop that, it is living with a delusion. Our hope is not in fixing the world, our hope is in the return of Jesus Christ.

Have Millions of Christians Been Misled About the Second Coming of Jesus? By Dr. Michael Brown

We’ve heard it taught for years. Jesus is coming like a thief in the night, so be ready. He could come at any moment, without any warning, so stay alert. You don’t want to be left behind!

I remember hearing this teaching when I first came to faith in 1971.

The signs were all there. The prophecies were being fulfilled in front of our eyes. You could feel it in the air. Jesus was about to rapture His church – to catch us away – at any moment.

Hal Lindsey’s mega-bestseller The Late Great Planet Earth laid it all out, and the countdown had clearly begun. We’ll be out of here any second now.

But that was a long time ago, almost 50 years now. And still, Jesus hasn’t returned.

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The Coming Wrath of God (audio/video)

God is the creator of everything, and His laws are justly placed over all His domain including every person who ever lived and will live. As real as the government of each nation has control and authority over its inhabitants, God has authority over everyone. His laws are just and for the good of all mankind. Like traitors who rebel against their own nation, the vast majority of this world will not bow to His authority.

 

 

Romans 3:5-20 (NKJV) 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?–as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just. 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” 13 “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”; 14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17 And the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place to pay for all our lawbreaking and rebellion. His blood fully paid for all people’s crimes, legally giving everyone the opportunity to become an adopted child of God. But, those who refuse must be brought to justice for such grave criminal activity. None are right before God, all are convicted criminals. Soon Christ will actually return to earth and this time bring judgment to all sinners. God’s word warns us all that when that day comes it will be capital punishment for the wicked and the beginning of heaven on earth for the saints.