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Golden Bells Jesus is Coming Again
“This same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will come again� - Acts 1:11
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It wasn’t long before the disciples realized that Jesus was alive. Some of them were together in a little room talking about it. Mary had seen Jesus first, Peter had seen Him second, and now Cleopas and his friend had talked to Him! It was just amazing! No one in the whole world had ever died and come alive again! It was just impossible. Should they believe it? Some of them were a bit confused. Other people were so excited they could not even sit still! The disciples were all talking at once when suddenly Jesus appeared right in the middle of the room. He did not use the door. One minute they were sitting by themselves and then Jesus was there! The disciple’s were so quiet and very afraid. Maybe their jaws dropped and their faces went white. Probably they started to shake. Jesus said, “Do not be afraid – it is really me.” He showed them all His hands and feet. The disciples saw big scars from the nails. They touched Him, spoke to Him and ate with Him. After that, Jesus visited the disciples many times. He told them why He died and rose again. He showed them how it was all part of God’s great plan. He even showed them where it was all predicted in the Old Testament many years before. Then Jesus gave the disciples an important job to do – they must tell the whole world the story of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Finally, a few weeks later it was Jesus’ last day on earth. He took His disciples out of the city and up a mountain where He blessed them. While He was still speaking, He was lifted up from the ground. They watched… up, up, up, higher and higher into the sky. All their eyes were on Him as He got smaller and smaller. Then a cloud hid Him from their sight completely. Suddenly 2 angels dressed in white appeared and said to the disciples: “Why are you standing looking up into heaven? This same Jesus will come back again just like you have seen Him go into heaven” The disciples left the mountain that day happier than they had ever been before. They knew that Jesus was God and that He was coming back again one day. But for now they must wait for Him and get busy with the important job He had given them. It was about 40 days (that is almost 6 weeks) after Jesus had gone home to God. The 11 disciples, Jesus’ mother and brothers and all the rest who loved Jesus were together. There were about 120 of them praying and singing praises to God. Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like a rushing, gushing, mighty wind. It filled the whole house! Then, out of nowhere appeared little tongues of fire that looked like tiny flames. They came and rested on the heads of the disciples – one little flame on each disciple... it was very astonishing! The disciples opened their mouths to speak and wow, they spoke in all different languages! How incredible it was! Lots of people came rushing from the city to see what the noise was all about. There were Arabs, Asians, Egyptians, Jews, Romans and all sorts of people. They could all hear the disciples telling them wonderful things about Jesus in their own language! Everyone was very confused. It was not normal! It was not natural! The disciples had never even learnt another language before! Some people said, “Oh they must be drunk or something.” But they were not drunk. This was
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not a trick. This was not an illusion. This was not a dream. The disciples knew what had happened. They remembered what Jesus had said to them. “When I go, I will send the Holy Spirit to you. You will receive power when He comes upon you.” The strong wind, the little flaming tongues and the different languages were signs that the Holy Spirit had come. Peter stood up in front of the huge crowd of people that had come to explain…
‘First God sent His Son Jesus into the world. You nailed Him to the cross and killed Him. But God raised Him up. We have seen Him alive. We have seen Him go back to heaven. God has been pleased to honour Jesus and make Him Lord and Christ. Even though you rejected His Son, God has today sent His Holy Spirit into the world. God is offering forgiveness to all people and a relationship with Himself. So now, in these last days, whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
When the people heard the story of Jesus, their hearts actually hurt. The truth about Jesus pricked them inside like a sharp sword. They were afraid and guilty – they knew they were wrong to crucify Jesus, the Son of God. 3000 people were sorry for their sin and turned away from it. They believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, were baptised and received the Holy Spirit inside. Now there were about 3120 happy people looking for the Lord Jesus to come back again.
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The Last Days Timeline
Jesus Born
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He is Coming Again!
NOW > The ‘Last Days’
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Do you really understand what the word last means? Maybe you remember when somebody came along and ate the last chocolate in your box? Or when you came to the last day of grade 3 or 4 or even of primary school? There was nothing left. But we are not just talking about chocolates or school days; we are talking about something much more serious. God has a calendar and He is the only One who has ever seen it. The Bible tells us that we are living in the last days in all of human history. We are getting near to the end of the world. These days which we are living in are urgent because when they are over, God will punish people for their sins.
“Now, in these last days, God has spoken to us in His Son” Heb 1:1
“A lamb without blemish and without spot, foreordained before the foundation of the world but manifest in these last days for you” 1 Pet 1:20
God’s Last Word
God’s Last Blessing
All through human history, God has acted and spoken in different ways, at different times, to different people about different things. But now that God has sent His Son Jesus, He has spoken and acted for the last time. God has said everything He has to say to the human race.
God has given His Son as a sacrifice for your sins. He was punished for you and died instead of you. It has always been God’s plan to send the Lord Jesus, but we did not know anything about it until He came from heaven and openly showed it to us.
God has spoken for the last time. He will not speak again.
God is offering salvation for the last time. He will not save again.
Behold now is the accepted time; Behold now is the day of salvation
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Will Jesus Come Again?
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In these verses (2 Peter 3:1-10), the apostle Peter warns us of something that will happen in the last days. People will try to make the Christians look stupid by laughing at them and saying, “Where is your Saviour? He said that he would come back and He hasn’t. What you believe is all rubbish!” Now, Jesus Christ IS coming back. The prophets said He would come the first time and He came. God said He would come the first time and He came. The mockers will say, “Nothing has happened so far. Nothing has changed since our ancestors died. God has done nothing yet. Everything stays the same. He has not kept His promise. The world continues on just as it always did. Jesus Christ will never come again.” People who are not Christians want to believe that, because they want to live their own lives, please themselves and answer to no one.
Peter gives us two reasons why the mockers are wrong.
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God has said he WILL come back and judge the world. God’s word is always true! He said Himself, 4,000 years before it happened that He would send Jesus Christ into the world. He sent the prophets who, for hundreds of years said He would come. Then, at exactly the right time, God sent forth His son into the world! Now it is the same God who has said He WILL send the same Jesus back to judge the world.
God made the world. Things have never existed or continued without God. He started the whole thing. Nothing was made without Him. He was there at the beginning (John 1:3). People choose not to believe this. Not only has He made the world, but He has already come in and judged it before because men and women were so sinful and rebellious. God sent the flood which destroyed the world. Only eight people were saved. They were Noah and His family. These are true facts of history which people choose not to believe. The people laughed at Noah when he preached of coming judgment. They laugh today just the same, but the truth is that God has appointed a day
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ise of His Coming? when he will judge the world in righteousness (Acts 17:31). It has happened before. It will happen again!
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Next, Peter gives us two reasons why God waits.
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God is eternal. Time does not change Him or regulate Him. He created time for US. He never forgets. Things never fade from His mind. To Him, everything in the past is the same as if it were today. The promise He made thousands of years ago is just the same to God as if He made it today. God never feels differently about anything He has ever said. I am so glad about that because, to God it is just as if Jesus Christ died today. When He forgave me of my sin, it is just as if He did it today! He will never forget His promise. To Him, 1,000 years is the same as 1 day.
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God is patient and long suffering. He is not impatient like us. He is capable of waiting. He waits because He wants to see us saved. He waits because He wants us to repent of our sins. He does not want to see us perish. He is a God of grace and wants to bless men and women, but He is also a God of judgment. He will wait because He is longsuffering, but He will judge because He is holy.
When the Lord does come, it will be a fearful surprise – like a thief in the night! The terrible judgment will begin, wicked people will perish, and the earth itself will be destroyed.
YES, JESUS IS COMING AGAIN! He came the FIRST time to SAVE. He will come the SECOND time to JUDGE.
Yes, Jesus is Coming Again!
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