Jesus is Coming Back

I had lunch with a client a few days ago.  We started talking about all the stuff going on in the world.  He started talking about a show he had seen hosted by liberal-talker, Bill Maher on HBO

"Yeah, they were talking about all these Christians that are heading to Israel and they all go to this mountain top some place and they are like waiting to be lifted off the earth...", says my client.

"Wait...are you talking about the Mount of Olives?" I ask.

"Yeah that's it...the Mount of Olives!  That's where they were."

"I'm guessing that you have a few stories mixed up.  The Bible says Jesus is coming back to the Mount of Olives when he returns.  The belief that Christians, one day, will be lifted off the earth  is called the Rapture."

"Yeah...that's it...the Rapture!  That's what Bill was making fun of!  I can't believe what all these people believe.  Jesus was just a man!", he says.

The lunch was almost over and he had a conference call coming up so the timing wasn't right to share the Gospel...but I did tell him that there really was no middle ground when it came to Jesus.  You either have to decide that he was a pathological liar who claimed to be God and also claimed to the the only way to heaven, when really he was "just a man"...OR....you have to decide that He is EXACTLY who He claimed to be!  The Son of God, the only name given to men for salvation.

Maybe I will have another chance some day.  I know this guy has been to the Catholic church many times as he was raised in it....but CLEARLY has no personal relationship with the Son of God.

How tragic!  Many will be on the road to destruction...and I just met one more.

Zechariah 14:3-5
3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

This chapter in Zechariah was written about 480 years before Christ was even born.  And yet he CLEARLY tells us that Jesus will come back to the Mount of Olives...and the holy ones will be with him!  That's us!!

Of course this confirms the belief that Jesus will FIRST come for His bride, the church, which consists of all people, dead or alive, who trusted in Jesus for salvation.  We will be taken to the place that He has prepared for us where the wedding will be consummated. The Antichrist will be revealed soon after this and will sign a peace agreement with Israel.  This will usher in the LAST 7 Jewish years on earth...and the countdown will begin to Christ's 2nd coming.

When Christ returns to earth, we, His bride, will be with him.  Zechariah said it and Revelation 19 confirms it.

Revelation 19:14-15
14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

Friends...Jesus IS coming back.  We don't know the day or the hour...but by reading the headlines and comparing them with what the Bible says, we shouldn't be surprised if it happened at any time!  The table is set!  Are you ready to meet your Savior?

What an exciting time to be alive!