GUESS WHO'S COMING FOR DINNER (3 OF 39)
Scripture: REVELATION 1:7-8
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Guess Who's Coming for Dinner (3 of 39)
Dr. James Merritt
Revelation 1:7-8
Introduction
1. Have you ever had the experience of settling down to watch a good movie either at home or perhaps at the theatre, particularly one of those thrillers, one of those ''who done it'' pictures, and just as the movie begins, have someone lean over to you and say, ''the butler did it.'' somewhere there must be a bible verse that says, ''he who has a big mouth ruins a good movie.''
2. There are some people who just cannot wait to tell the end of the story. I believe john may have had this problem. Without question, the most fascinating book of the new testament must be the book of the revelation. It is a book that has everything. It has suspense, horror, revolution, war, villains, and heroes. John is looking down the corridor of time to the end of the age. John sees it all: the apostasy of the church, the breakdown of law and order, the growing horror of war and woe, the blood bath of persecution, the savage reign of the beast. But he cannot wait to tell us how it is all going to end. So he begins by saying, ''behold, he is coming.''
3. This is the theme of the book of the revelation. In fact, it is one of the overriding themes of christianity. The second coming is one of the doctrines that makes christianity so different from history or science or philosophy. History says, ''look back.'' science says, ''look around.'' philosophy says, ''look within.'' but christianity says, ''look up.''
4. Now as we think about the second coming of jesus i want to give you several cautions. First of all, the second coming of jesus is not to be a subject of speculation. Speaking of the hour of his return jesus said, ''but of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the father.''(mark 13:32) speculation about the precise date, and even the sequence of events concerning the coming of jesus, is both futile ...
Dr. James Merritt
Revelation 1:7-8
Introduction
1. Have you ever had the experience of settling down to watch a good movie either at home or perhaps at the theatre, particularly one of those thrillers, one of those ''who done it'' pictures, and just as the movie begins, have someone lean over to you and say, ''the butler did it.'' somewhere there must be a bible verse that says, ''he who has a big mouth ruins a good movie.''
2. There are some people who just cannot wait to tell the end of the story. I believe john may have had this problem. Without question, the most fascinating book of the new testament must be the book of the revelation. It is a book that has everything. It has suspense, horror, revolution, war, villains, and heroes. John is looking down the corridor of time to the end of the age. John sees it all: the apostasy of the church, the breakdown of law and order, the growing horror of war and woe, the blood bath of persecution, the savage reign of the beast. But he cannot wait to tell us how it is all going to end. So he begins by saying, ''behold, he is coming.''
3. This is the theme of the book of the revelation. In fact, it is one of the overriding themes of christianity. The second coming is one of the doctrines that makes christianity so different from history or science or philosophy. History says, ''look back.'' science says, ''look around.'' philosophy says, ''look within.'' but christianity says, ''look up.''
4. Now as we think about the second coming of jesus i want to give you several cautions. First of all, the second coming of jesus is not to be a subject of speculation. Speaking of the hour of his return jesus said, ''but of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the father.''(mark 13:32) speculation about the precise date, and even the sequence of events concerning the coming of jesus, is both futile ...
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