When will Jesus return? Joseph Farah details evidence pointing to Christ coming back to Earth

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 | Joseph Farah

[loboinok]

Best article I've read tonight. Thanks for posting it.

[JohnHuang2]

My pleasure, friend.

[PFKEY]

I wish today where the day. I feel ready.

[taxesareforever]

I am one who does not believe in a 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth. The Bible says that in the last days it will be as in the days of Noah. Well, we all know that in the days of Noah there were eight believers. Christians will be persecuted in the last days and many will fall away from the truth. We are beginning to see that but it should make us work harder to reach out with the Gospel and not sit back and wait for the end. How Christians can think they have an idea when the end will come is opposed to Scripture since Jesus said no one knows when the end will come except the Father. Jesus says that there will be signs but these signs have been happening for a long time. But not a long time in God's time.

[Frog Legs]

II Tim. does sound like it describes the world today.
The sooner Christ comes and sets up His Kingdom, the better!

[Hank Rearden]

Oooga-boooga.

[PFKEY]

I am one who does not believe in a 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth.

I don't believe this is a majority opinion in the religious world.

The Jews of Jesus time had a real hard time grasping the notion that the kingdom of God was not an earthly kingdom. I don't think that will change at the second coming, thus creating this 1000 year reign.

[SAMS]

Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw in Alabama; "Jesus is coming!...and boy is he pissed!"

[Peace Is Coming]

how close we must be to the Second Coming – when the Lord will return for His church and personally rule over the Earth for 1,000 years

I believe that 100% and eagerly await His return. This world is very cruel and unjust.

[loboinok]

How Christians can think they have an idea when the end will come is opposed to Scripture

With all due respest,having an "idea" is not opposed to scripture.Predicting or prophesying is.
Scripture tells us to be "watchful, and...be mindful of the seasons".

[MissAmericanPie]

You kind of have to tie together the descriptions of the period in which the "End Times" is entered. When darkness is considered light, and light darkness, such as preachers charged with "hate speech" today. It will be a time when good is called evil and evil is called good. Certainly this is that time. There is no why to know how long the "End Times" last, moving on into the "Tribulation" and Armageddon.

The way the leaders of the world, including and especially our own is forcing, pushing, and promoting one world governance via treaties makes one think it isn't that far in the future. God has attempted to protect man from globalism from the "Tower of Babel", yet we persist in chasing this dangerous pursuit.

[Avenger]

Not going to happen, ever - at least not in the way we think. I curious though, what happens after those 1,000 years of the Lord's reign? Does all hell break loose again? In the cosmic view of things 1,000 years is pretty short. Personally, I like to think in terms of infinity and eternity.

[Jay Howard Smith]

what happens after those 1,000 years of the Lord's reign? Does all hell break loose again?

Rev 20:7
All hell does break loose again..! But not for long and there will be a Last Judgement

[sasportas]

As a post-trib believer, and one that believes Christ will return, as the article says, at the beginning of the millennial reign, I say bravo for such a great article. John Farah is tops in my book for putting this out.

And as for taxesareforever, who is apparently Amillennial, I submit this. Amillennialist have a thousand arguments against the thousand years, I think I have heard them all in various prophecy conferences I have attended.

Mere theoretical contrivances, the chronological order of the book of Revelation places the thousand years after the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Besides that, if there is no millennial reign upon earth, why does the book of Revelation have him returning to the earth? (In chapter 19...followed by the thousand years in chapter 20.)

[richmwill]

As a Christian, I say- we're not even close. I wish it were today, but we're not even near. It's supposed to get ALOT worse than this before He comes. Even these trying times are nothing compared to what He described the "Days Before The Coming" would be like.

And the fact that I've heard preachers state for over 20 years that "The End is VERY near! It could happen at ANY moment!" doesn't help too much.

[CyberAnt]

"opposed to scripture"

It was Paul's teaching that said to the new believers, "it has been given unto you to know the mysteries and secrets of the Kingdom" - if God wasn't going to tell us anything, He forgot to inform Paul.

I believe Jesus said that we "already know the times and the seasons".

Since God is able to commune with us (as believers), then surely He is able to tell us the time is near. Would He tell us the exact date - NO - but He's been giving off signals for years.

[Brian328i]

I remeber seeing a program, I believe it was on the History Channel about the end of the Earth, and they were looking towards the Bible where they said that the end would come after 11 years of peace between the Isrealites and the Palistineans, which should of started in 2002 since they predicted the end in 2012 (iirc).

God just loves to keep us wondering.

[Nosterrex]

Every generation since the time of Christ believes that their generation is the last one. God only knows how many times some religious leader has claimed to know when the Last Day will be, and every one of them has been 100% wrong. It is amazing to see that people still fall for the same old line.

[Brian328i]

Yep, I can say with confidence I have no idea when Jesus will return or what will happen upon his return; but I do know we will all finally pay our dues, like it or not.