It's Not The End of the World

This book is for those who sincerely believe in  the finished work of Jesus and in God’s  supreme longsuffering rather than those who  hope for a firey, wrathful judgment to fall upon  their enemies.  

Some say a comet will fall from the sky  Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves  Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still  Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips.

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I was a Mormon for the first forty years of my life. Mormonism was founded in 1830 on  the idea that Jesus was coming back soon and the LDS people were especially called to  come together and prepare the world for His eminent arrival. While the fervor for His  Millennial Reign has all but disappeared in twenty first century Mormonism, vestiges of  its millennial origins continue to appear in some form or another keeping the idea alive.  

I left Mormonism in 2001 and dove head first into what people might call Evangelical  Christianity. My first corporate experience with this form of Christianity came in and  through my attending a Calvary Chapel School of Ministry. Calvary Chapels,  unbeknownst to me at the time I enrolled, are steeped in futurist or dispensational  eschatology. In layman’s terms this means that Calvary Chapels spend a lot of time in  their services focused on and warning people about (you guessed it) “Jesus eminent  return.” 

In all honesty, when I read the Bible (which I have ardently done since 2001 and  casually have done since 1982) all I saw was a futurist eschatology. I had no idea the  effect the pre-conditioning I received from both Mormonism and Calvary Chapel would  have on my inability to read or see what the Bible clearly says.  

In 2013 someone sent me a book from a gentle believer by the name of Glenn Hill. The  book is called, Christianity’s Greatest Dilemma. The main thrust of the book was to ask  and answer the question, “When does the Bible say that Jesus would return?” 

Because of the ministry I am involved in (media) I was constantly receiving books from  well-meaning believers insisting that if I took the time to read them I would benefit  thereby. I rarely did. Didn’t have the time or inclination. But for some reason I was  intrigued by Brother Hill’s book and started in on it – only to have my entire world  rocked.  

Much of what I discuss here in this book is taken from Brother Hill’s work on the same  subject. I borrowed heavily from his themes and then fleshed them out as a means to  make them a little more understandable. I am deeply indebted to two people – the first,  a Canadian whose name I don’t recall, who forwarded brother Hills book to me and  then to Brother Glenn Hill himself. I’ve had the chance to speak with him over the  phone on a few occasions and have ordered his book for our small congregation here in  Utah. As a result we’ve lost a number of members who cannot (or will not) allow  themselves to see what I believe is now more than clear – that Jesus Second Coming was  in 70AD with the destruction of Jerusalem and that the dispensational and/or a millennial views have been weighed and found wanting. 

But I do not want you to trust me or the insights of Glenn Hill. All I am asking is that  you will consider what the Bible actually has to say. This is the focus of this book –  “When does the Bible say Jesus would return?” 

May God bless you with His spirit in abundance as you consider the contents of this  little work. If and when you come to the same conclusions as I have you will begin to  see this most wonderful faith open up in ways you never thought possible.