The Day When Christ Will Return

Through the passages of Matthew 24:36-44, Matthew 24:45-51 and Matthew 25:1-13 the Lord is speaking to people in Bible times and people in current times such as 2016 telling us to be prepared for His second coming. God tells us that “no one will know the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son of man himself. Only the Father knows” (Matthew 24:36, NLT). If we are foolish and don’t head the warnings of the Lord about His second coming, it may be too late and we’ll will live in suffering and miss the chance of eternity in heaven. Because of the fact that no one knows when the second coming will happen, this should give us motivation to be prepared for His coming. These three passages all have a type parable in them and I think the use of these mini stories helps us understand the extent of how we need to take the Lord’s return seriously.

We are often searching for answers to find out who Jesus was or what His teachings really meant. John includes eight different situations in which Jesus gives what are known as the “I Am” statements. Instead of continuing to simply wonder about who Jesus is, we can take an in depth look into the “I Am” statements that Jesus made while He was here on earth. Conclusions can be drawn by looking at the statements Jesus makes and looking into what they mean. He uses an emphatic “I Am” to bring out important teachings about his person. Most of these statements are known by Christians.

This prophecy got concerned and when Jesus was alone with the disciples on the Mount of Olives in verse 3, they asked him, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" What follows in Matthew 24–25 refers to the future, seven-year tribulation period and the second coming of Christ at the end of the tribulation. During that time, God will complete His chastisement and purification of Israel and after the judgment of the whole world (Daniel 9:24-27; Revelation 6–19).

A toddler must first develop object permanence in order to play the game of hide-and-seek because in the game of hide-and-seek you won 't be able to always see where the person is hiding, you have to look behind things as well.

John 16:15 states that “Whatsoever the Father has which his Word, his Son, has not.” The Father and the Son both possess the divine nature, but each is truly himself and his own being while knowing of the

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1 KJV). This familiar passage of scripture recorded in the Gospel of John indicates the deity and or preexistence of Jesus Christ prior to time as we know it and before the creation of earth. The strongest proof that the Lord Jesus Christ is God are the divine attributes, divine names, divine works, divine worship, divine claims and divine relationship ascribed to Him.

So we see that Jesus did not regard His equality with God as something to be “grasped.” This word means to be utilized or asserted. Instead of asserting His equality with the Father, Jesus “emptied Himself” which means he laid aside His privileges as God and took on the form of a man.

28 AD is where my journey will begin around the time Christ began his epic journey to save. As I step off the train and see him standing patiently in the distance, as if he knew at that exact moment I had come for him. He stands there with his arms wide open as if we were old friends seeing each other for the first time in ages. His arms wrap around my body, and I feel the power of his existence run from his body into mine. My mouth opens but nothing surfaces, not even a peep. But he knows exactly what i'm going to say, in a soft lingering tone he says, “Follow me, and Let me show you”.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most debated issues throughout history. Christians place their trust in a resurrected Christ for salvation and a promise of eternal life. If the resurrection never happened, Christianity is a lie and people have been mislead for generations. On the other hand if the resurrection is true, Christianity is true also. This issue is of extreme importance because one’s soul is at stake. If all the claims that Christians make for the resurrection are true, the evidence for these claims must be examined. Equally important, are the claims against the resurrection; they too need to be looked at with careful consideration. Because so much is at stake, the question must be answered: Is the

In response to the question, Rev. Billy Graham cited Jesus’ warning against making exact predictions about the time of his return because only God knows when that time will be. Referencing Matthew 24:6-7, the renowned evangelist said Jesus

1. Why was Israel so full of unrest at the time of Jesus ' birth?

When will the end come? It is human nature for humans to ask questions. Many of these questions are without answers and there is no possible way to come up with one. A common question that plagues the human race is “When will the world end?” For thousands of years, astrologers and psychics have been trying to come up with clues to when it all will end. There is a source, the Bible, which aids humans, specifically Christians, in trying to come up with some answers. Many places in the Bible such as Revelations, Ezekiel, Matthew, Daniel, and I Corinthians all give some clues to how and when the end of the world will come. Two articles that give some insight on this subject are “Visions or Heaven, Dreams of the End” by

Time and events as we know have been tracked by B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (in the year of our Lord). In the Old Testament, prophecies point to the coming of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, Jesus came to earth, died and rose again. There are many questions to be answered about Jesus. Who is He? What did he do while he was alive? What was Jesus called? The answers to these questions are very clear.

The direct teachings of Jesus give instructions of how to live as Christians and the Parables were used in the Gospel to immediately confront us with a truth and evoke a change. (Fee & Stuart,2003, p. 152). The five major discourses of Matthew’s Gospel are centred around five lengthy Sermons using parables to make a point and call the people to make a change.

3) And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to 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?