The Second Coming of Christ – and how it should impact us in the present

In the teaching of Jesus and the apostles, focus on the End Times/Second Coming was to produce:

1. godliness – 1 Thess. 5:1-1 ; 2 Pet. 3:3-7, 8-15 (Rom. 13:11-14; 1 Jn. 3:2-3)

2. faithfulness and urgency in witness, doing God’s work of seeking the salvation of the lost -- Matt. 24:36-51; 2 Tim. 4:1ff.

3. comfort in the face of death -- 1 Thess. 4:18

4. hope in the face of trials, persecution -- 2 Thess. 1:5-11