Wednesday, March 13, 2024

March 13th - The Return of Jesus

Jesus was asked about the end of the age by His Jewish disciples...

"...the disciples come to Him privately, saying, Tell us...what is the sign of Thy presence and of the conclusion of the age?" (Matthew 24:3)


Jesus told them that at the end the age He would return and it would be a time when many will be saying that He was the Christ, but those saying He was the Christ will be deceiving many. 


"And answering, Jesus said to them. Beware that no one should be deceiving you. For many shall be coming in my name, saying I am the Christ, and shall be deceiving many." (Matthew 24:4-5)


Christianity disagrees on various things but all agree that Jesus is Christ. Yet, the incorrect teaching of many of them is "deceiving"
Another thing Jesus said about His return would be that humanity would be like it was in the days of Noah before the flood. 

"For even as the days of Noah, thus shall be the presence of the Son of Mankind." (Matthew 24:37)

"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time." (Genesis 6:5)

The final question that the disciples of Jesus asked before His ascension into heaven concerned the establishment of the kingdom of Israel.

"Lord, art Thou at this time restoring the kingdom to Israel? Yet He said to them, not yours is it to know..." (Acts 1:6)


Although Jesus did not return during the lifetimes of His disciples, John was given a vision of the return of Jesus to restore the kingdom on this earth to Israel which would last one thousand years.


"And I perceived heaven open, and lo! a white horse. And He Who is sitting on it is called "Faithful and True," and in righteousness is He judging and battling.  His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems, having names written of which no one except Himself is aware, and He is clothed in a cloak dipped in blood, and His name is called "The Word of God." And the armies in heaven, dressed in cambric, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. And out of His mouth a sharp blade is issuing, that with it He should be smiting the nations. And He will be shepherding them with an iron club. And He is treading the wine trough of the fury of the wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His cloak and on His thigh He has a name written: "King of kings and Lord of lords." (Revelation 19:11-16)

"And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." (Revelation 20:4)

The final seven years of Daniel's seventy-sevens prophecy about Israel will end with the return of Jesus to reign over this earth for one thousand years. He will come as King of kings and Lord of lords to reign with His chosen people Israel over the entire earth from Jerusalem - "Zion".

"Thus says Yahweh: I will return to Zion, and I will tabernacle in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem will be called the city of truth, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts, the holy mountain." (Zechariah 8:3)

December 23rd - Merry Christmas Israel!

"For a Boy, He is born to us; a Son, He is given to us, and the Chieftainship shall come to be on His shoulder, and one shall call His ...