For many years it's been taught, almost without contradiction, that no one can know when Jesus will return for His church. That's because He spoke of His return saying, "But of the day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, NOR THE SON, but only the Father". (Mark 13: 32). That indeed was true at the time Jesus said it; however, shortly after His resurrection He said something else that changed the situation concerning the knowledge of His return. He then said, "ALL AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth". (Matthew 28: 18). Since Jesus now has ALL AUTHORITY in heaven and earth, it's inconceivable that He Himself no longer knows when He will come for His church. That means Mark 13: 32 (above) was true for ONLY a short time after He said it. In I Thessalonians 4: 15 - 17, we have a description of Jesus's return for His church. Then Chapter 5 follows acknowledging that unbelievers will indeed have no idea when it's about to happen; however, Verse 4 says, "But YOU, brethren, are NOT IN DARKNESS that this day should overtake you as a thief". BELIEVERS ARE NOT IN DARKNESS ABOUT WHEN JESUS IS COMING. His return doesn't have to be a surprise to His Church. Therefore, this book examines both Bible prophecies and examples to see when Scripture indicates Jesus will return. The first chapter of this book shows from Scripture that, also contrary to general teaching, there is at least one major prophecy that must still be fulfilled BEFORE Jesus can come.

– Jesus – When Is He Coming?

By Robert Y. Jackson

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Contents

Introduction.................................................................................vii1 Can Jesus Come At Any Time?................................................................12 The Beginning Of God's Schedule............................................................133 The Covenant...............................................................................174 The Prophecy of Seventy Weeks..............................................................235 When Will God Make Jesus' Enemies His Footstool?...........................................536 Four Things That Are Yet To Come...........................................................817 When Is HE Coming?.........................................................................978 The Two Witnesses..........................................................................1199 The Week of Creation.......................................................................12910 The Days Of Noah..........................................................................14311 Joshua As An Example Of Jesus.............................................................16112 Israel's Entry Into the Promised Land.....................................................16913 Moses's Age...............................................................................17914 The Stone Tables of God's Word............................................................18515 Jonah.....................................................................................19516 Examples In Jesus's Life..................................................................19917 Isaac's Wedding...........................................................................20718 The Wedding At Cana.......................................................................209

Chapter One

Can Jesus Come At Any Time?

Introduction. Because it is generally believed that Jesus can come at any time, there are very few who even bother to ask the question — when is He coming? The very existence of this book hinges on whether or not Jesus can come at any time; therefore, that subject is addressed in this first Chapter. Accordingly, we begin in Psalms, considering something God said through David that has a definite bearing on whether or not Jesus can come at any time. Then we'll look at an example involving Israel under the law that likewise gives a significant witness relative to that question.

The Witness from Psalms

Psalms 110: 1(KJV)

1. The LORD said unto my Lord, "Sit Thou at My right hand, UNTIL I make Thine enemies Thy footstool."

It wasn't evident what this Psalm meant until after Jesus came and completed His earthly ministry. At that time, the Holy Spirit inspired Peter to quote that Psalm and show that it applied to Jesus AFTER He had been crucified and resurrected.

Acts 2: 29 - 35 (KJV) (This is part of Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.) 29. "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day.

30 "Therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne,

31. he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption.

32. "This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

33. "Therefore being by the righth and of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

34. "For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, `Sit Thou on My right hand,

35. UNTIL I make Thy foes Thy footstool.'"

By quoting this Psalm, Peter showed that David, as a prophet, had foretold what the Father was going to say to Jesus when He ascended into heaven AFTER He had been crucified, buried and resurrected. Then, by revelation from the Holy Spirit, Peter revealed that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit they had just experienced was GOD'S PROOF that He had exalted Jesus to sit at His right hand in fulfillment of the prophecy in Psalms 110: 1.

Next we need to see how important this prophecy still is TODAY. To do that, we need to consider something Joseph experienced long before when he was in prison in Egypt. At that time, Pharaoh had two dreams that troubled him greatly. In the first dream, he saw seven fat cows come up out of the river. They were followed by seven skinny cows that devoured the seven fat cows that had preceded them. Pharaoh's second dream was similar, in that he saw seven fully developed ears of grain come forth on one stalk. They were followed by seven withered and weather blasted ears on the same stalk, and as with the cows, the seven withered ears devoured the seven goodly ears. When Joseph told Pharaoh what the dreams meant, he also explained WHY there had been two dreams with the same message.

Genesis 41: 32 (NKJV)

32. And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice it is because THE THING IS ESTABLISHED BY GOD, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

God had given Pharaoh the dream two separate times to emphasize the importance of what the dreams meant, and to show it would surely happen just as He revealed. God used that same technique with the prophecy in Psalms 110: 1. He emphasized the importance and certainty of that prophecy; not by repeating it twice, but by repeating it SIX different times in the New Testament. That means God included that prophecy a total of SEVEN different places in His Word as follows:

1. Psalms 110: 1

2. Matthew 22: 44

3. Mark 12: 36

4. Luke 20: 41 - 43

5. Acts 2: 30 - 35

6. Hebrews 1: 13

7. Hebrews 10: 9 - 13

Throughout Scripture, the number "seven" signifies Divine completion. A few examples of this are given below.

1. God established the week of seven days, as the basic division of time for mankind (Ref: Genesis 2: 1 - 3).

2. When Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, God required seven priests with seven trumpets to lead Israel around Jericho for seven days — once each day for the first six days — and then seven times on the seventh day (Ref: Joshua 6: 1 - 4).

3. God healed Naaman of leprosy by having him dip in the Jordan seven times (Ref: I Kings 5: 10).

4. In Revelation, God had John write to seven churches (Ref: Rev 1: 19 20); the book in God's hand was sealed with seven seals (Ref: Rev 5: 1); there were seven trumpets signaling seven seasons of trouble for the earth (Ref: Rev 8: 2); there were seven thunders revealing troubles that John was instructed not to record (Ref: Rev 10: 4); and last there were seven angels with seven vials which contain...