Return of Jesus: Stay Ready for His Unexpected Arrival
After Jesus’ resurrection, He spent 40 days with His disciples before His return to heaven. As the disciples watched Him ascend into heaven, two angels encouraged the disciples with this promise that someday Christ would return: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from […]
Christ’s Return: Pack Your Spiritual Survival Kit Today
Judgment day is coming! Yes, we are talking about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The doomsday warning in 2011 screamed across the U.S.A. through hundreds of billboards, posters, and electronic advertisements. According to Harold Camping, sponsor of the ads and founder of Family Radio, all of God’s people will be “raptured” on May 21, […]
Patriotism and National Ruin: The Sabbath Test of End-Time Faith
CITIZENS of the United States have realized some distinct and unique advantages in living and participating in a country that has enjoyed a special relationship with the great God of heaven and earth. It must be admitted, of course, that this relationship has been unbalanced and one-sided, but in spite of national coldness and unresponsiveness […]
Blue Laws History: Prophetic Insight into End-Time Worship Laws
They are known by a variety of names — blue laws, Sunday blue laws, Sunday-closing laws, Sunday statutes. They affect a variety of activities on Sundays, ranging from liquor sales to hunting to car-buying. Many blue laws are county and city ordinances, though some are statewide statutes.
Some of the laws apply to commerce generally, while […]
Blue Laws: How U.S. History Connects to End-Time Prophecy
Revelation 13:8 contains a profound prediction: A day is coming when “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.” Two important features stand out in this verse. First, the phrase “all inhabitants […]
Parousia Revealed: Signs and Prophecies of Christ’s Return
Attitude of Those Who Watch and Wait for the Second Coming –We anticipate the solemn event, Parousia or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We are not, because we are in the attitude of waiting and watching, to be indolent, doing nothing. But as we view the great event of Christ’s second coming, and as we […]