However, I have learned not to be dogmatic about prophetic events. I believe that many things that must happen before Jesus’ return have happened. So my answer to the question of are we in the end times is, “I believe that we are. I believed it then, and I believe it now. He was not predicting Jesus’ return, he was merely stating that he believed that Jesus was coming soon. By the way, Chuck was always very careful to say that “No man knows the hour”. Jesus didn’t return in 1980, and Pastor Chuck went to be with the Lord on October 3, 2013. He made a great argument, and many people agreed with Chuck and believed that Jesus would be coming before 1980. I remember going to an event at the Anaheim Convention Center (I’m pretty sure that was the venue) where Pastor Chuck spoke about it. He wrote a book on the subject, explaining the reasons for his belief.

Pastor Chuck Smith, the man who founded Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, fervently believed that Jesus would return before the end of his life. So the disciples asked Jesus when these things would take place, and He gave them signs to look for.Īnd since I was a teenager, I have heard the question, “Are we in the end times?” And I’m sure that question has been asked countless times since Jesus was resurrected. In his account of this same conversation that Jesus had with his disciples, Matthew is more complete in what Jesus said, because it is more apparent that Jesus was also talking of His ultimate return at the end of the age.

He prophesied the destruction that would take place 40 years later. In Luke 21, Jesus makes the statement concerning the Temple, that not one stone will be left on another. I’m calling today’s episode “Soon.” Comments on Luke 21 Our reading today is Luke 21-22. Afterwards, I’ll have some thoughts to share with you.

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