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Will Christ Return?
Many churches understand and teach that Jesus Christ will return. Far fewer know why He will return and what will happen when He arrives.
by Robert Dick
As we approach the year 2000, some observers expect to see the greatest American religious revival of this century, if not in the history of the United States.
A range of opinion about what the coming years will bring exists among theologians and observers of religion in the United States and other Western Christian societies. Some believers of the Bible speculate whether the year 2000 will mark the return of Jesus Christ.
Between now and the last year of both the 20th century and the second millennium, you will see a steady flow of material from religious circles pondering whether we are about to witness the second coming.
Meanwhile we see a growing movement among Messianic Jews. In a world of Judaism that rejects Jesus Christ, several hundred thousand Jews do accept Him as the promised Messiah and anticipate His return, possibly within the decade. Other Jews, who don’t accept Jesus, still look forward to a Messiah, a conquering champion who will come to restore Israel to its former greatness and at last bring peace. They base their beliefs on hundreds of prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament.
Many scholars recognize the pattern of the week established at creation and enshrined in the Ten Commandments: six days of human labor followed by the Creator’s seventh day of rest. They see that the Bible speaks of a 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ, a Sabbath rest for mankind (Revelation 20:1-6; Hebrews 4:1-11).
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