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The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1

Hello again, it's been a while since I've wrote anything, and longer since getting back to this series on the Second Coming of Jesus. This isn't for lack of motivation, but rather because this is such a huge topic that I've been reading and thinking about this next part for a very long time to make sure I know what I'm saying, and am well read enough to do the topic justice. Having said that, there will always be far more to say on this than I can give time for here, but I hope to give enough of an overview to expound this prophecy faithfully without being too technical as to cause confusion! You can also catch up on the previous parts...

Google, Jesus and Artificial Intelligence

...e, like injustice and poverty and actual persecution of our fellow brothers and sisters who,  in many countries around the world, are "accounted as sheep to be slaughtered" (Rom 8:36). Isaiah 1:17learn to do good;seek justice,rescue the oppressed,defend the orphan,plead for the widow. (cf. James 1:27) It is violations of these things that should outrage us. Not how well AI can read webpages. A little perspective goes a long way....

Understanding the Ultimate Ransom

...of divine justice and reconciling us with God. The Incorruptible Inheritance The Psalmist’s concern that no payment is ever enough “that one should live on forever and never see the Pit” (v.9) is answered in the resurrection of Jesus. By rising from the dead, Jesus demonstrated His victory over corruption and death, offering us the hope of eternal life. Paul highlights this in one of his sermons, in Acts 13:35-37, by using another Psalm that speaks of Jesus not seeing “the pit” or corruption in the grave: “You will not let your Holy One experience corruption” (cf. Ps 16:10). Peter also writes in 1 Peter 1:18-19, "You know that you were ransomed...

So, where are we going?

...in God's justice here that those who didn't know Christ "personally" but still lived as though they did, or still lived as though they followed his commands, will have that taken into account by God. But before you quote John 14:6 at me and cry out "but none come to the Father except through Christ!" - remember who is the one judging: Jesus. If he accepts them as righteous on the day of judgement, then they have indeed still come to the Father through Jesus, even if it's not in the way we would have expected....