IS JESUS COMING BACK ? - PART 1

                                              IS JESUS COMING                   BACK?

      PART ONE

       (copied from
        Y-Jesus.com)




Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus took His disciples to the Mount of Olives, where He was lifted up into the clouds, out of their sight. While they were gazing up in bewilderment two men in white apparel 
(angels) told them:

"Men of Galilee, why are you 
standing here staring at the sky? 
Jesus has been taken away
from you into heaven. And 
someday, just as you saw Him go, 
He will return." 

These angels weren't saying anything new, they were merely confirming 
Jesus' clear promise that He would return some day in power, glory, and judgement. 

Broken Promise?

It has been nearly 2,000 years since Jesus left earth, and many wonder 
why He has taken so long to return. 
In his book "Why I am not a 
Christian,"  Betrand Russell accused Jesus of breaking His promise to 
return.

Russell argues that Jesus couldn't 
have been "all wise" if  He broke such 
an important promise. He certainly couldn't have been God as He 
claimed so frequently. Is it possible 
that Russell is right about Jesus breaking His promise?

The apostle Peter, 
predicted that scoffers 
like Russell point to         
Jesus' delay as a 
broken promise. 
He writes:

"First I want to remind you that in the last 
days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and will do every 
evil thing they desire. This will be their argument, 'Jesus promised to come back, did He? Then where is He? 
Why as far back as anyone can 
remember, everything has remained 
the same since the world was first created?' 

Perhaps Russell and other scoffers should have looked closer at Peter's words, as well as what Jesus said 
about the timing of His return, and 
the events that would precede it .
Jesus did say that, although no man would know the exact timing of His return, certain clues would tell us 
that it is drawing near.

Additionally, the Old Testament prophets and Jesus' apostles also provide insight about what the world scene will look like just prior to the
return of Jesus Christ. Let's look 
briefly at a few of these clues to the general timing of Jesus'  return.

next post 6th December