A friend came up to me after church one Sunday morning and said, “You know, Jesus could come back any day now, isn’t that exciting?”
I said, “Yes, and what then? What do you think will happen next?”
She said, “Well, we’ll….” and paused. She couldn’t think exactly what would happen next. I reminded her that there will be a thousand years of Jesus reigning on the earth after that. But just before he returns, there will be the battle of Armageddon.
“Oh yes, that’s right,” she replied. For a moment I think she had imagined as soon as Jesus returned some heavenly resort would cover the earth and there would be nothing for us to do for a thousand years except party. Praise and worship and party.
How many Christians wishing Jesus would return today have the same idea, that during the millennium there will be nothing but peace…
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