Seminary Students, Bible Study

As an undergraduate I had many friends in the Seminary. One of the reasons for that is because I owned an electric typewriter and could type. My knowledge base was expanded by the Seminary papers I typed for friends and for hire.

One Friday evening, I joined a group of Seminary friends who were having worship in the old Lake Union Building on College Ave. (now Griggs Hall). The topic was on Bible prophecy and the Second Coming of Jesus. One of the Seminary students said that according to Bible prophecy, it would be a least three and a half years before Jesus came back. Many of us were shocked at this “revelation.” How could it possibly be so long until Jesus would return? A few of us wept and were distraught by what seemed to be so long. Surely this student was wrong.

I include this snippet here because I long to recapture that time when I really desired Jesus to return, when my heart was broken because His coming seemed delayed.

In reality, Jesus will always come in our lifetime. The Bible compares death to sleep. When we die, the next thing we’ll know, is Jesus waking us at the Second Coming.