World Missions Month is a season where we celebrate what God is doing in using His people to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew 28:19-20; “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” II Corinthians 5:20

The book of Revelation is about That Day, the coming and return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth. The information about That Day in Revelation is to bring life transformation to us Today.

Ephesians 6:10 says, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” The Christian must face the presence of evil and the personality of an Evil One which continually opposes God and ceaselessly attempts to destroy humanity and separate us from God’s love. We must be spiritually alert and spiritually strong in the Lord.

Revelation is the ultimate worship service recorded in Holy Scripture. The book of Revelation will correct the Spirit of the age and link us with God’s direction and Spirits will guide worship on earth. Remember, God promises a special blessing to those who read the Revelation. The purpose of this information about “That Day” is life transformation for today.

The book of Revelation immediately takes us from earth to Heaven to help us live for Heaven while still on earth. Someone told G. Campbell Morgan, Pastor of Westminster Chapel in London, that the preacher must catch the spirit of the age. Immediately this great preacher answered, ‘God forgive the preacher who does that. The preacher’s business is to correct the spirit of the age.’

Revelation 4-5 is a striking Scriptural passage which gives us a glimpse into Heaven and a holy window through which to view the glories of our eternal home. We are limited, in our current fallen state, to understand or appreciate all that is awaiting us in Heaven as redeemed, Blood bought children of God through Jesus Christ. “But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” I Corinthians 2:9-10

The message this Lord’s Day morning is about spiritual preparation for His coming and for the day we will see Christ face to face. At the funeral of Pastor A. W. Tozer it was said, “He lived for this day!” Are you preparing and living for the day when you will see Jesus? As children we enjoyed playing “Hide and Seek” on summer nights. Children took turns being “it,” or the person who does the looking for those hiding. The person who was “it” had to count to ten, slowly and loudly, to give the “hiders” time to find a clever hiding place so they would run back to home base first. The game was on when the “hunter” cried out “Ready or not, here I come!”

On the last day of the earthly ministry of Christ on earth on the day of His crucifixion, our Lord gave two great discourses on spiritual life. In the morning on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Eastern Gate of the Temple in Jerusalem, our Lord delivered the Olivet Discourse about His Second Coming. That evening in the Garden of Gethsemane, just at the foot of the Mount of Olives, our Saviour shared the ministry and work of the coming Holy Spirit and prayer as recorded in John 14-17. At the end of that discourse in the dark night, the soldiers led by Judas, put the Saviour in chains to be delivered to His determined destiny at Calvary.

On the last day of the earthly ministry of Christ on earth on the day of His crucifixion, our Lord gave two great discourses on spiritual life. In the morning on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Eastern Gate of the Temple in Jerusalem, our Lord delivered the Olivet Discourse about His Second Coming. That evening in the Garden of Gethsemane, just at the foot of the Mount of Olives, our Saviour shared the ministry and work of the coming Holy Spirit and prayer as recorded in John 14-17. At the end of that discourse in the dark night, the soldiers led by Judas, put the Saviour in chains to be delivered to His determined destiny at Calvary.

In the first message in the series on the Second Coming and end times we began by listing ten strong Biblical reasons we should preach on, study, think about, talk about, look, and hope for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.” Revelation 1:7 A summary of those ten reasons are on our website www.fbct.org and were distributed in the “Sunday’s Coming” devotional.

A theme will be sounded in these weeks of Bible study and preaching, the theme of Explanation which leads to Expectation or Information which leads to life Transformation. We will do our best to explain many passages in the Bible on the end times from Genesis to the Revelation. Each message will then declare that the explanation we learn must lead to expectation in holy, righteous living. Biblical information we receive must lead to life transformation today. “That Day” will change us “Today.”

"And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.”