Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - When is the second coming? • follow HIM Favorites • May 22 - May 28

Episode Date: May 18, 2023

Hank Smith & John Bytheway discuss the timing of the second coming.Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): https://followhim.coFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannelThanks to the followHIM team:Shannon Sorensen: Executive Producer, SponsorDavid & Verla Sorensen: SponsorsDr. Hank Smith: Co-hostJohn Bytheway: Co-hostDavid Perry: ProducerKyle Nelson: Marketing, SponsorLisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show NotesJamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic DesignWill Stoughton: Video EditorKrystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, WebsiteAriel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonaldhttps://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com/products/let-zion-in-her-beauty-rise-piano

Hello, my friends. Welcome to another follow him favorites. My name is Hank Smith and I'm here with the incredible John by the way. Welcome John by the way. It's a good day. John we're going to take on a single question from this week's come follow me lesson. This question gets a lot of attention. John, it's when is the second coming and what does Jesus have to say about that?

So we're in Matthew 24 and 25. How do you answer that question? I let Jesus answer it because yeah, if we had to answer that, um, let's see Matthew 2436, but of that day and hour, no, it's no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only. So thank you for joining us on following. So thank you for joining us on following. But why are these parables here? He wants to give us some hints, some things to watch for, some signs, some instructions. I think it's important to know that verse John, because there's many people out there who claim that they do know when the sect can come and will be. But I think we can trust Jesus when he says, I promise you, nobody knows, not the angels,

nobody, just the father, just the father knows. And that can, back then, keep us on the right path. But what instruction has he given us along with that? Well, in Matthew 25, we have some parables of preparation. I think that helps us to say, okay, it's coming, but here's some ways that you might know. And here's what you ought to be doing in the meantime. So which one would you, which one do you like in their hink? Yeah, I am a big fan of the parable of the talents. I just think this, this can help us so much in preparing for the second coming. Most people know this story.

A guy with a lot of money is going away for a while, so he gives his money to financial people and he says, please grow this. He gives one guy five talents. That's five lifetimes worth of money. He gives another guy two talents. He gives another guy one talent and he says, go to work. I'll be back. And obviously coming back is the second coming. And the guy with the five turns it into ten. The guy with the two turns it into four and the guy with the one did nothing. And of course, the guy with the one got in trouble for being lazy. But I really like this other lesson that the guy with the five ended with 10.

The guy with the two ended with four. It didn't even get to where the first guy started yet they get the exact same reward. So that tells me in my own preparations for the second coming that I don't have any way to judge anyone else. I don't know where they started from. I end up just working hard myself and cheering on everybody else. I like that a lot. I like the idea that we all had different starting lines and my dad joined the church at 24 and never had a youth conference, never went to a youth fireside. They never had that or a family home evening. The different starting line. Yeah. Another

one is the parable. We all know of the 10 virgins or sometimes we call it the wise and the foolish virgins. And you're going to take your lamp so you should be prepared with enough oil. Well, the bridegroom tarried it says in verse five, what does tarried mean? He took longer than they thought he would. Longer than they thought. And so they slumbered and slept. I guess this is a warning not to slumber and sleep when you're supposed to be watching so that you can be ready and At midnight there was a crime a the bridegroom come with go ye out to meet him and all the virgins arose trim their lamps and the

Foulish said give us of your oil our lamps are gone out and boy this is tough because I remember I used to read it as a kid and think well That's so stingy. why didn't they share? To share. Yeah. And I think we've heard lots of applications to this. I love President Kimbles is I can't share my preparation with you. I can't share a lifetime of honesty with somebody else. I can't go to the judgements say, listen, I was kind of crooked in my life. Can you lend me some of your integrity? Yeah. There's some things that you are shareable and some things that are not. So that's how I think of it. So be ready. And I guess the big message is just don't worry so much about when Christ will come, but come into Christ

so that you'll be ready, no matter when. That's beautiful. Thank you, John. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. We're talking about both of these chapters with Dr. Avram Shannon. I think you'd love what he has to say about these. So come find Follow Him wherever you get your podcasts. And then join us next week. We have another Follow Him favorites. you