Living in Light of His Coming

The theme of faithfully waiting and watching for Christ’s return is common in both the gospels and epistles. There are the parallel passages in Matthew 24:36-51 & Mark 13:32, as well as the parables of the virgins and minas (Matt 25:1 &Luke 19:12), just to name a few. Though the scriptures tell us that certain things need to happen before His return [i.e. destruction of Jerusalem (Luke 19:43-44), the revealing of the man of sin (2 Thes 2:3), & the preaching of the gospel to the whole world (Matt 24:14 & Rev 7:14)]; yet it exhorts us to have our hearts and minds fixed on the imminence of Christ’s return, and that for the following reasons...