David Macdonald - May 6 2018

Northbrook Bible Chapel

a prophetic look ahead: Bible deals with: Current events – what is happening at the time of writing Historical events – recounting events prior to the time of writing Future events – prophecy of things to come after the time of the writing All with 100% accuracy – an amazing book: 40 authors – diverse backgrounds, different perspectives, many did not know each other Written over 15 centuries All proclaim the same one true God, and the same one way of salvation—Jesus Christ -In thinking of God relative to time (past, present and future): -He does not have the constraints of time that we have -He is eternal and lives in eternity – always was always will be -He sees all of the events of history and the future in a single view -Daniel 7 deals with past, present and future We will look at 4 future things that are coming: *Judgment is coming *Justice is coming *Jesus is coming *Joy is coming Second only to the subject of faith, the second coming is the most referenced subject in the Bible: Mentioned 1845 times One fifth of all Scriptures refer to it Seven out of 10 chapters in the New Testament refer to it For every one mention of the first coming, the second coming is mentioned eight times Jesus personally referred to His second coming 21 times No less than 50 times in the Bible we are told to be ready for His coming