What if Jesus Doesn't Return Soon? Part One

After many years of assertions by a number of prognosticators concerning the alleged imminent return of Jesus Christ, I think it's far past time we accept the fact they were wrong; we can't continue to look at current events and news stories reported on through various media outlets and attempt to impose them on what the Bible says.

At minimum it amounts to silliness, and at worst, it conditions untrained believers into believing current events and how they unfold can be identified by every new crisis breaking out in the world.

The problem is many Christians have taken in and believed these so-called prophetic events and made decisions on how to live their lives based upon them. The result has been to abandon a long-term view of God's plan for the earth and what we can do to contribute to, build and expand the kingdom of God.

We must now look to how we can serve in a way that will be beneficial for those generations that will live on the earth after we've gone; potentially and probably long into the future.

There is no upside to living our lives on earth based upon the wrongly predicted soon return of Jesus Christ. On the other hand, there is plenty of upside when we decide to dedicate our lives to Jesus Christ while we're alive on the earth, to the end we walk in obedience to Him; including obedience to the command we are to subdue the earth (Gen. 1:28), as He communicated to Adam and Eve, and which command continues to be in effect to this day.

Jesus Christ will return at the appointed time. We are to occupy until He does come (Luke 19:13). This doesn't mean we aren't to look forward to the blessed hope (Titus 2:13) of His return and our resurrection, but that we are to live our lives in a way that assumes He may not return during the time we are living on the earth.

I believe what we must do now is ask this question: How are we to live our lives now if we have no way of knowing if Jesus is going to return soon?

What if Jesus Doesn't Return Soon 

False End-time Prophecies and Loss of Functioning of Body of Christ

In the Heart of God before creation

Sit ... Until I Make Thine Enemies Thy Footstool

Some Thoughts on the Last Days

Great Encouragement

Taking Responsibility

Christian Service

Little Things

Progress and the Kingdom

Conclusion