The Return of Christ Is Our Hope

Real life presents the Jack Kib's podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth equip the saints and impact our culture. When it comes to the rapture and the second coming there's a great difference and a lot of people today are saying that there's no difference. No the difference, no the difference. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackkibs.com slash podcast. Today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us that's like saying amen or yes. Then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's Word has to say to you. Here is Jack Kib's. I love books and I have some really old books and so when I'm reading these great saints of yesterday I have books that are two three four five hundred year old authors. When you read guys who for example great scholars five hundred years ago when they look at Jesus's words about the temple or when they look at Daniel chapter 9 you should hear what they have to say. It makes no sense. You want to know why they were so far back that they didn't see clearly up ahead. Time is linear people on a line. Think of it. Time begins and time ends and you know it's cool about this we know that that's true even in physics. Time is a physical aspect of physics. You can tamper with time. It's weird. Time begins and time ends on a linear scale and somewhere along the line somebody lived in somebody wrote a book and for their day at their time they had a understanding from their perspective. Now those of us who live in the 21st century are way further down on that timeline with Bible open. For example Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 mark it down is the lock and key of understanding all Bible prophecy. Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27. If you don't read Daniel 9 24 to 27 you'll never understand the book of Revelation. Eight no way. It's from those few verses of that book that it announces to us that Israel will come back into their own land. Israel will someday in the last days have a temple again. That the Messiah will come but he's going to be killed but not because he did anything wrong. It tells us that another one will come after they reject him and they will accept an imposter. It's Daniel 9 24 to 27 that tells us in the middle of the seven year true religion period he breaks the treaty he makes for Israel. That's all testament doctrine people. We understand that now because Israel is a nation again. The wheels are turning and we're further down on that linear scale now toward the end and it's an amazing time to be alive church family. Daniel chapter 12 verse 4 says this Daniel 12 for listen to this says but you owe Daniel shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end watch this scholars because here comes a qualifying statement many shall run to and fro and now that shall be increased translation Daniel what I just showed you just lock it up. Just lock it up you're not going to get it people are not going to understand it. People won't be able to figure it out until we get closer to the end oh by the way Daniel here's one of the clues by the way for people who wind up reading this in the end. In English it says men will travel to and fro. The Hebrew word is men will travel quickly and broadly fast and far and knowledge shall be increased exponential knowledge here then here then here and it's really cool because the more time goes by the greater the doubling up of knowledge gets would you get that idea from Bible. Remarkable greater understanding as we get further down the road who would have for example who would have ever thought that it'd be a good idea to zero out all the global economies and currencies and make it just one numerical system and make it cashless human trafficking is a problem what are we going to do about that how do we stop drug and not all the what do we do remove remove currencies and you'll end it all it's brilliant the Bible tells us that's how a false Messiah is going to come on the scene and deceive the world. Now we hear talk in fact I was talking to my Israeli friends just this last week and Israel is considering now nobody they're considering it maybe now no one coming to Israel without having an Israeli vaccination because they trust theirs and they don't trust ours I get it listen what if the whole world says yeah that's right you can't come to Canada without a vaccine and then Australia says yeah you can come down under either well what if the whole world says you can't come okay well ladies and gentlemen that's not the mark of the beast that's preparing people for it do you understand because there could be five other things that come down the road before that time ever comes I'm getting down a road that we shouldn't go down right now we have clear understanding number five darkness I'm talking about the moral decay and decadence and evil that is rampant in our world today so yeah it's always been bad listen not only is it not been this bad I equate the times that we're living in it sounds like they're almost similar to or equal with as it was in the days of Noah aberrant sexuality violence the Bible says there was violence continually remember Jesus said it's going to get worse as we approach those times increasing darkness I'm sorry to pain you on this beautiful morning but we won't be here long on this I am dumbfounded stupified of this world's unwillingness to address evil you you pick the topic and those that are supposed to be gatekeepers of truth turn to blind eye if it's dialing 911 to the Supreme Court to apparent turn to blind eye shocking increasing darkness where there's this absolute unified determination to suppress good the things that the things that we're fighting just this church we're just a little nothing we're not even a blip on the radar you think about the things that we have to fight to keep our messages online these days now the enemy is the social media zars why because when you don't have a real message of your own you're terrified by truth john adam said truth or facts are stubborn things and when you can't cope with facts you have to make things up and listen please I hope all of you learned this last week and half long effect check that now we know who owns the fact checking apps hello now oh Franklin Graham praise a prayer and the fact checkers said we fact check his prayer it's not correct that's not what God meant when he said that can you believe this listen you don't know what's true unless it's in the Bible and if you can get a good book by a dead guy then read it because if it's a good book by a living guy I'm a little bit nervous because he's still alive he could change his mind the Bible's not changing I say a five verse twenty says what sorrow waits those who say that evil is good and good is evil that dark is light and light is dark that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter what sorrow awaits those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever approaching is the greater hope church family tightest two thirteen a verse I often quote because it's one of my life verses it's undeniable it says looking for the blessed hope the word looking here is in the active present it means that we are as believers we are to be doing our jobs living our lives being who we are doing what God has called us to do and the whole time we're doing it we are looking for the blessed hope what does that mean we're looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ is the Bible wow anytime now any moment now any moment anytime because remember he can come for us at any time so we're going to run through some things hang on in the doctrine of eschatology within the study of theology people who are lazy I believe in my opinion lazy and pre formulated by others can approach the Bible with a bias and you can come out saying that this is how I view it rather than letting the Bible speak to you just let it talk to you you must understand church that God calls the bride of Christ the church in the Bible a mystery he never says that Israel is a mystery did you know that he calls Israel his people his nation are you with me the Bible draws a clear distinction between the church which is predominantly Gentile and Israel there is no national judgment or anything like that regarding the church there's only individual judgment for the church or scrutiny of Christ but there is national judgment for the nation of Israel this is important to know because when it comes to the rapture and the second coming there's a great difference and a lot of people today are saying that there's no difference and frankly that comes from lazy theology so we can't fix the world in five minutes but we're going to try are you ready get ready know the difference know the difference number one let's look at this on the screen the greater hope is this so A will equal church B will equal Israel number one number one A at the rapture Jesus appears in the atmosphere to receive his church only in the second coming Jesus returns to Israel with his church these are lifted right from passages of scripture number two at the rapture all church age believers go up to meet Christ at the second coming all church age believers come down with Christ number three at the rapture Christians are taken to the father's house Jesus said at the second coming Christians return from the father's house revelation 19 number four at the rapture there is no judgment on earth at the second coming Christ comes to judge all the nations of the earth number five at the rapture only the church sees and hears Christ appearing at the second coming unbelievers will see and hear Christ returning number six at the rapture the timing is imminent and sudden at the second coming the timing is chronological and sequential seven at the rapture there are no prerequisite events or signs required at the second coming multiple prerequisites and signs are required eight at the rapture the church is the focal point at the second coming Israel is the focal point nine at the rapture there is great joy and comfort at the second coming there is great weeping and sorrow ten at the rapture all believers are suddenly changed at the second coming no believers are suddenly changed 11 at the rapture there is no mention of Satan being bound at the second coming Satan is bound for a thousand years and all God's people said 13 oh 12 at the rapture God's promise to deliver the church from his wrath is fulfilled at the second coming God's promise wrath is fulfilled 13 the church is taken up to heaven and the rapture and judged at the beam of seat that's the Olympic seat a gold silver bronze in heaven that's the word beam that's where it comes from from the Olympics of his of first century at the second coming all nations are judged at Jerusalem the Bible says it has to happen in Jerusalem according to the book of Jewel and Zechariah number 14 at the rapture the seven-year tribulation period begins at the second coming the seven-year tribulation period ends 15 at the rapture there is no marriage feast of the lamb in heaven at the second coming there is marriage feast of the lamb on earth that is debated by some scholars I commend you to Dr. John Woolford on that it's an amazing study what's the point point is that there's a difference this is the first time listen are you sitting down this is huge what I'm about to say since 1948 this is the first time the church and Israel has co-existed for the first time in history that's how close we are because God is just about ready to put his eyes back on Israel that's a remarkable thing and listen we do end with this approaching is the one matter or the one the the most important matter of our time today this is what matters and it is this that as God looks upon time the scriptures tell us that whenever we hear the gospel we are now responsible for it no matter what I've said prior to this moment this now becomes the most important thing and the most important thing said the bible says that Jesus Christ according to the Old Testament scriptures came born of a virgin died on a cross for our sins and rose again from the dead and left an empty tomb in Jerusalem having been resurrected from the dead by his sacrifice by his offering his past over our sins are forgiven in the bible says Jesus Christ said himself I am the way the truth in the life and no man can come from the father but through man he's the only way this is the most important thing that you cannot save yourself you cannot be good enough the moment you find out how amazing God is you realize how wretched you are that's why God gave us the 10 commandments because they're perfect and holy and pure and then when we wake up to the value of them we realize we broke the first one well many didn't need to break before you look poor Moses Moses comes down the mountain Moses is carrying the 10 commandments down the mountain and poor Joshua he's standing there waiting do you imagine looks in the sun dial forever Moses comes down and Joshua says listen the people are rejoicing Moses says they're not rejoicing they're having an orgy and Moses throws down the 10 commandments and then tells them you people broke these think about it they did they were breaking it before God probably put his finger in the stone and it's true for all of us we wake up to the realization that we're sick we find out we have cancer we find out that we've got leukemia we find out that we've got a problem after we have it God's word says all of us are sion positive and he says but I took care of that if you come to me I will remove your sin from you as far as the east is from the west the most important thing of these last days in church I'm going to leave this with you it's for us to give people the gospel listen people are mortified people are terrified right now you see here what's going on in Texas the governor opened up the state of Texas so watch this and bunch of other governors followed followed his lead here's the deal did you see the governor's going to be sued and so is the state of Texas by Texans I'm going to get mailed for this I shouldn't have called them Texans there's probably a bunch of Californians who move the Texas we're sorry sorry but they're suing they're they're going to sue the governor or they're threatening to sue the governor because they don't want to stop wearing masks look first about to free country you want to wear a mask wear a mask no no listen it's okay listen here's a deal I'm going somewhere this you will mask no mask I don't care what listen here's the even when it's okay to not wear a mask people want to wear a mask why but why do they want to wear a mask because they're they're fearful they're scared I don't want to get it listen this this is your assignment this week every one of us when you go out into the world look if if you should wear a mask wear a mask I'm dead serious but here's the thing when you see someone remember you're supposed to answer their questions with respect and kindness you can go up to somebody and say I see you wearing a mask are you okay how are you I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine listen I know that a lot of people are scared a lot of people are fearful and fear has clearly crippled families in our culture listen friend I want to pray for you but I want you to know something I I'm a Christian I just confess that straight up I'm a Christian and I was at church last Sunday and the pastor said something about a person wears a mask so that they don't get sick that they believe that the mask is going to stop the virus and so here's the thing Jesus Christ he came to stop the virus of sin in our lives Jesus hung on the cross to die for our sins and then being resurrected to impart his righteousness to us that friend I understand the fear part of it but the greater fear is where are you gonna go if you die where are you going listen you shouldn't be so afraid of being sick here your great fear should be sick and eternity Jesus said I am the fish physician I have come to heal those that are sick this Jack Kibs podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are listener supported will you consider partnering with us through a special gift go to jackhibs.com to learn more and stay connected