Discovery Fellowship Church
Parousia #5 - Great Expectations
Locations & Times
Discovery Fellowship Church
6630 Brittany Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
A Super-power?
- Ability to fly
- Invisibility
- Super-strength
- X-ray vision
- Teleportation
- Shape-shifting
- Wish-granting
- Impervious to pain
- Ability to heal
- Ability to foretell the future
- Ability to fly
- Invisibility
- Super-strength
- X-ray vision
- Teleportation
- Shape-shifting
- Wish-granting
- Impervious to pain
- Ability to heal
- Ability to foretell the future
“The great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt,
The evil deed predicted by the bearer of a petition:
According to the prediction another falls at night,
Conflict in Reims, London, and pestilence in Tuscany”
Michel de Nostredame
(1503 – 1566)
The evil deed predicted by the bearer of a petition:
According to the prediction another falls at night,
Conflict in Reims, London, and pestilence in Tuscany”
Michel de Nostredame
(1503 – 1566)
“There is no reason anyone would ever want a computer in their home.”
-- Ken Olson, D.E.C., 1977
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-- David Sarnoff, R.C.A., 1922
Who the (****) wants to hear film actors talk?"
-- H.M. Warner,
Warner Bros. Studios, 1927
“Radio has no future… Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible… X-rays will prove to be a hoax”
-- Lord William Thomson, 1899
“With over 50 models of cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market."
-- U.S. Business Week, August 2, 1968
“Dr. Louis Pasteur's theory of ‘germs’ is ridiculous fiction."
-- Dr. Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology Toulouse University, 1872
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication”
-- Western Union Corp. (internal memo), 1876
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
-- Charles H. Duell, U.S. Commissioner Office of Patents, 1899
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
-- Thomas Watson, Chairman, IBM, 1943
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
-- Decca Records executives, 1962
-- Ken Olson, D.E.C., 1977
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-- David Sarnoff, R.C.A., 1922
Who the (****) wants to hear film actors talk?"
-- H.M. Warner,
Warner Bros. Studios, 1927
“Radio has no future… Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible… X-rays will prove to be a hoax”
-- Lord William Thomson, 1899
“With over 50 models of cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market."
-- U.S. Business Week, August 2, 1968
“Dr. Louis Pasteur's theory of ‘germs’ is ridiculous fiction."
-- Dr. Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology Toulouse University, 1872
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication”
-- Western Union Corp. (internal memo), 1876
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
-- Charles H. Duell, U.S. Commissioner Office of Patents, 1899
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
-- Thomas Watson, Chairman, IBM, 1943
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
-- Decca Records executives, 1962
The idea of an actual, literal “return” of Jesus Christ seems absolutely ridiculous. Who in their right mind would believe it, much less expect it?
#1. Until Jesus returns, His disciples are to be filled with God’s Spirit and boldly clear in their witness about Him(Acts 1:6-11)
#2. Jesus comes to earth in God’s Plan to send forth His Word to change the world (Isaiah 55:6-11, John 1:1-2, 14-18, Revelation 19)
#3. Though many doubt & frequently scoff about Jesus’ return, His disciples understand both the ignorance of mockers & the patience of God’s heart (2 Peter 3:1-9)
#2. Jesus comes to earth in God’s Plan to send forth His Word to change the world (Isaiah 55:6-11, John 1:1-2, 14-18, Revelation 19)
#3. Though many doubt & frequently scoff about Jesus’ return, His disciples understand both the ignorance of mockers & the patience of God’s heart (2 Peter 3:1-9)
What Can We Know About Timing?
#1 Jesus will return to earth toward the END of the GREAT TRIBULATION period
#1 Jesus will return to earth toward the END of the GREAT TRIBULATION period
#2 Before Jesus’ Return to Earth, His Church Will be “Caught up” (raptured) to Meet the Lord in the Air
#3 The Rapture (up) of the Church & Jesus’ Return (down) are 2 Stages of His Parousia
APPLICATIONS…
1. These Truths Should Comfort Us
1. These Truths Should Comfort Us
2. Scripture Calls Us to Alertness
3. Encourage and Build Up
Jesus is Coming Back
Know it… Believe it… Share it!
Know it… Believe it… Share it!
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