The Coming King

Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.  So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near -- at the doors!   Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.  (Matt 24:32-34)

 

Jesus was known for making some pretty radical statements, but the ones He made in Matthew 24 are still rattling people even to this day!  Jesus talked about His return, and then he gave a prediction that “this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.”  Ever since that statement Christians have been trying to figure out “are we that generation?” 

 

Then in the 20^th century an interesting even took place:  The nation of Israel was reborn in 1948.  That even really got Christians stirred up, and may held that Christ would return in 1984 (40 years, or “one generation” after the “fig tree”, Israel, put forth shoots).  But 1984 came and went, and no rapture.  But remember Jesus also said “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (v 36), so it would seem that Jesus is telling us we can know the season, but not the day or the hour.

 

So, are we in the final season?  

 

Join us Sunday, March 21, as we explore “The Rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ”.

 

 

Till the whole world hears...

 

Pastor Clay