Week 49 of 52
The Return of Christ
He who ascended will come again in the same way he went.
Built on Acts 1:6-11. The disciples watch Jesus taken up, and two angels promise that he will return in the same manner he left. The whole New Testament hope hangs on that promise.
Every week so far has looked at what God has done and what he is doing. This week looks forward, to what he has promised he will do. The New Testament writers do not treat the return of Christ as a private theory for the curious. They treat it as the hinge on which patience, holiness and hope all turn.
The subject is easy to distort in both directions. Some turn it into a timetable to be decoded, others quietly drop it because the delay embarrasses them. Scripture does neither. It tells us he is coming, it refuses to tell us when, and it tells us plainly what kind of people that promise is meant to produce while we wait.
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Seven days
Each day is its own devotional
Day 1
This Same Jesus
The return is bodily, visible, and certain.
Acts 1:11
Day 2
No One Knows the Day
Ignorance of the date is not a flaw in the promise.
Matthew 24:36
Day 3
Like a Thief in the Night
Unexpected timing calls for constant readiness, not fear.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
Day 4
Every Eye Will See Him
The return is public, universal, and unmistakable.
Revelation 1:7
Day 5
Occupy Till I Come
Waiting well means working faithfully with what is entrusted.
Luke 19:13
Day 6
We Shall Be Like Him
The return brings transformation, not only arrival.
1 John 3:2
Day 7
Even So, Come
The right response to the promise is longing, not indifference.
Revelation 22:20