Is there Any Real Need for Christ to Return?

Tip! “Intercession” is amplification in prayer; it is going out in broadness and fullness from ones self for others. Primarily, it does not center in praying for others, but refers to the freeness, boldness and childlike confidence in praying. It is the completeness of trusting influence in the soul’s approach to God, unlimited and unhesitating in its access and its demands. This influence and confident trust is to be used in prayer for others.

In regard to the Second Coming, the true believer does not need the external signs such as the Jew returning to Israel. Those are for the ones who need to be aroused by great signs—but the true believer is looking for these spiritual signs:

1. When the cup of iniquity is full. (That's the negative sign.)

2. When the Bride has made herself ready. (That's the positive sign.)

"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." (Revelation 3:11) "I come quickly" —not in the sense of time, but in the manner of coming—like a flash; "That no man take thy crown"—in the sense of a bird snatching the seed (Truth) as in the parable of the sower; (Mark 4:4) "Hold fast the Truth—keep and guard My Word and message; hold; grasp the deposit of Truth, for it relates to a crown ("That no man take thy crown").

To sum this up quickly, there are at least ten reasons that require Jesus Christ to come back again.

1. the declarations of Old Testament prophecy;

2. the affirmations of our Lord Himself;

3. the ratification of the Holy Spirit through the writers of the New Testament Epistles;

4. the humiliation of the Cross, requiring a corresponding vindication of Christ in power and glory;

5. the present disorganization of Israel;

6. the exaltation of Satan and the powerlessness of man to depose him;

7. the degradation and desolation of the world;

8. the lamentations of a Creation waiting to be delivered from its bondage of corruption;

9. the supplications of the Church crying "Even so, come, Lord Jesus;"

10. and the expectation of the dead in Christ waiting for their glorification,

Singly and collectively all or one of these reasons necessitate and demand the personal Return of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Is there any real need for Christ to return? So far as God's children are concerned only one answer is possible to this question. YES! Christians of every shade of religious belief are agreed that there is an imperative need for our Lord to come back again. As to the precise character of that need, as to the particular urgency of that need, opinions may vary, but concerning the need itself this is universally admitted. I hope to show that the need for His return is much deeper and much wider than the reasons that most people, even Christians believe Jesus Christ is coming again, in a new book I am working on, called "Our Redeemer Is Coming for Us"

Tip! THE word “Prayer” expresses the largest and most comprehensive way to approach God. It gives importance to the ingredient of devotion. It is a relationship and interaction with God. It is enjoyment of God. It is access to God.

Suppose Christ never returns' then what? Has this option been considered as it deserves? The present order of things cannot continue indefinitely; such a idea is unthinkable. No one is satisfied with present conditions. Even those who hate the teachings of God's Word, hope for a better day, a Golden Age, an era of blessedness such as this earth has never yet witnessed. And we believe that this Golden Age can be ushered in by nothing short of the personal return of Christ Himself. Here then, in general, is the reason why we believe the Redeemer must come back again. So if you want the Second Coming explained in detail, look for my new book "Our Redeemer Is Coming for Us".