Preparing for His Return
This year, the BGEA is focusing on the return of Jesus Christ. We are looking at how you can fulfill God's plan for your life, increase your love for the Savior, and grow your faith during these times — as if they were your last days. The following articles and answers can help guide your own study:
Christ Our Coming King
Embracing Jesus as King is the key to a life of privileged identity.
Read more from Decision Magazine »
Christ Our Coming Judge
The Second Coming of Christ will usher in the Day of Judgment, when the risen Lord Jesus separates the wicked from the righteous.
Continue reading »
What Difference Should it Make?
When we live in expectation of Jesus' return, it changes us.
Learn more »
10 Marks of Expectant Living
The study of prophecy provides a compelling motivation for living the Christian life.
Read the article »
Watch as Billy Graham talks about the rapture of the church (Nashville, July 1979):
God's Plan for History
How to read the puzzling Book of Revelation.
Get educated »
A Holy People
The way we view life changes when we know that we are accountable.
Find out why holiness is so important »
A Worshipful People
The Book of Revelation helps us see how vital worship is to realizing the victory we have through Jesus Christ.
Read more about worship »
A Witnesing People
Jesus warned His disciples to live and witness in the light of the coming Day that will finally sign off our present world system.
Learn more »
Joyfully Serving the Master
Jesus shows us how we should wait for His Second Coming.
Read the article »
How Should We Wait for Jesus?
As we wait for Jesus to return, we are to be working—joyfully serving the Master who has given us all the resources we need.
Find out how »
The Joy of Jesus
Unless you have joy in Jesus, your joy is not full.
Read more »
Serving With Joy Where God Leads Us
We must be willing to give ourselves completely to Jesus and do what He desires us to do and go where He desires us to go.
See what that looks like »
The Blood of Christ
Why the blood of Christ is so dear to Christians—and will continue to be, even at the end of the age.
Read more »
Saved by the Blood
The blood of Christ is not incidental to the Bible’s message. It is the heart of the Gospel.
Find out why »
Forgiven Through His Death
Everything needed to accomplish our salvation was taken care of when Jesus died on the cross.
Read the article »
The Precious Blood of Christ
All too little is said these days about the blood of Christ.
Learn why it is so important »
It's Our Hour
The employees of BGEA were treated to a special devotional time with Bible teacher Kay Arthur, who spoke about the urgency of the times.
Find out what she said »
Sheep and Goats
When Jesus was asked to describe His second coming, He answered first with warnings, second with stories, and finally with a plain statement about “when the Son of Man comes in is glory.”
Read more»
The Second Coming of Christ: Are You Ready?
Are you ready for the second coming of Jesus?
Find out what Billy Graham has to say to you»
He Shall Wipe Away Every Tear
We grieve the loss of loved ones, but not as those who have no hope.
Learn how you can have hope»
The Virgins and the Bridegroom: Awaiting Jesus' Return
Christians of every generation have been interested in the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. And no surprise: the second coming of Christ has been the hope of the church in every age.
Read the article »
Are You Ready for the End?
Almost every headline, television news report and radio bulletin these days proclaims one essential truth: The modern world is in chaos, and no one has a realistic solution.
More from Billy Graham »
Proclaiming Christ's Return
"I have felt for a long time that the church has long neglected prophetic truth and, as a result, has failed to carry out God’s revealed program not only for the church itself but has failed to tell the world of God’s plan for the future," says Billy Graham.
Read the article from Decision magazine »
How Then Should We Live?
Skip Hetzig writes, "Christians have been looking for Jesus’ Second Coming ever since He left the first time. We have always longed for the time when our Savior will come from heaven and make everything right once again on the earth. I hope you’re looking for it because Paul says at the end of 2 Timothy that there is a crown awaiting all of those who are longing for His appearing. Are you longing for it? Do you get up in the morning thinking, This could be the day?"
Learn more »
Signs of Christ's Return: As In the Days of Noah
"As we watch the downward spiral of our society today, we realize that a powder keg is ready to explode," says Chuck Smith. "Something has got to change."
Click to read more »
Is Jesus Really Coming?
"People ask me, 'Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is going to come back to this earth again?'" writes Billy Graham. "Yes, I do. The Bible teaches that Jesus is coming again. And I don’t see any other hope, because we’re heading toward a catastrophe in our world."
Continue reading »
Come Quickly, Lord Jesus
Franklin Graham points out that after His death and resurrection, Jesus ascended into the heavens, while disciples stood awestruck and attending angels made this promise: “This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11, NASB).
Click for more »
End Times 101: The Basics of the Second Coming
The second coming of Jesus (and the subsequent upheaval of all that we know and understand) is an incredibly complex area of the faith.
Learn more »
The Hope of a Returning Savior
"We know He is coming soon," says Anne Graham Lotz. "He just has not arrived yet. Hope wakes us up and keeps us awake. In light of the vision of His glory, be faithful to watch!"
Read the article »
Q: I know I'm supposed to look forward to Jesus' second coming, but I don't. Is it a mistake for me to feel like this?
"Yes," says Billy Graham. "It is a mistake for you to feel this way, because Christ's second coming will be a time of blessing and joy for all who know Him."
Read the rest of Billy Graham's answer »
Q: Do you think Christ will come again and the world will end in 2009? I get very discouraged when I see the way the world is going.
Just before He ascended into heaven, Jesus told His disciples, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set" (Acts 1:7).
Read more of Billy Graham's answer »
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This year, the BGEA is focusing on the return of Jesus Christ. We are looking at how you can fulfill God's plan for your life, increase your love for the Savior, and grow your faith during these times — as if they were your last days. The following articles and answers can help guide your own study: 
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DonateEmbracing Jesus as King is the key to a life of privileged identity.
Read more from Decision Magazine »
Christ Our Coming Judge
The Second Coming of Christ will usher in the Day of Judgment, when the risen Lord Jesus separates the wicked from the righteous.
Continue reading »
What Difference Should it Make?
When we live in expectation of Jesus' return, it changes us.
Learn more »
10 Marks of Expectant Living
The study of prophecy provides a compelling motivation for living the Christian life.
Read the article »
Watch as Billy Graham talks about the rapture of the church (Nashville, July 1979):
God's Plan for History
How to read the puzzling Book of Revelation.
Get educated »
A Holy People
The way we view life changes when we know that we are accountable.
Find out why holiness is so important »
A Worshipful People
The Book of Revelation helps us see how vital worship is to realizing the victory we have through Jesus Christ.
Read more about worship »
A Witnesing People
Jesus warned His disciples to live and witness in the light of the coming Day that will finally sign off our present world system.
Learn more »
Joyfully Serving the Master
Jesus shows us how we should wait for His Second Coming.
Read the article »
How Should We Wait for Jesus?
As we wait for Jesus to return, we are to be working—joyfully serving the Master who has given us all the resources we need.
Find out how »
The Joy of Jesus
Unless you have joy in Jesus, your joy is not full.
Read more »
Serving With Joy Where God Leads Us
We must be willing to give ourselves completely to Jesus and do what He desires us to do and go where He desires us to go.
See what that looks like »
Do you want to know more about what it means to become a Christian? Find out more today »
The Blood of Christ
Why the blood of Christ is so dear to Christians—and will continue to be, even at the end of the age.
Read more »
Saved by the Blood
The blood of Christ is not incidental to the Bible’s message. It is the heart of the Gospel.
Find out why »
Forgiven Through His Death
Everything needed to accomplish our salvation was taken care of when Jesus died on the cross.
Read the article »
The Precious Blood of Christ
All too little is said these days about the blood of Christ.
Learn why it is so important »
It's Our Hour
The employees of BGEA were treated to a special devotional time with Bible teacher Kay Arthur, who spoke about the urgency of the times.
Find out what she said »
Sheep and Goats
When Jesus was asked to describe His second coming, He answered first with warnings, second with stories, and finally with a plain statement about “when the Son of Man comes in is glory.”
Read more»
The Second Coming of Christ: Are You Ready?
Are you ready for the second coming of Jesus?
Find out what Billy Graham has to say to you»
He Shall Wipe Away Every Tear
We grieve the loss of loved ones, but not as those who have no hope.
Learn how you can have hope»
The Virgins and the Bridegroom: Awaiting Jesus' Return
Christians of every generation have been interested in the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. And no surprise: the second coming of Christ has been the hope of the church in every age.
Read the article »
Are You Ready for the End?
Almost every headline, television news report and radio bulletin these days proclaims one essential truth: The modern world is in chaos, and no one has a realistic solution.
More from Billy Graham »
Proclaiming Christ's Return
"I have felt for a long time that the church has long neglected prophetic truth and, as a result, has failed to carry out God’s revealed program not only for the church itself but has failed to tell the world of God’s plan for the future," says Billy Graham.
Read the article from Decision magazine »
How Then Should We Live?
Skip Hetzig writes, "Christians have been looking for Jesus’ Second Coming ever since He left the first time. We have always longed for the time when our Savior will come from heaven and make everything right once again on the earth. I hope you’re looking for it because Paul says at the end of 2 Timothy that there is a crown awaiting all of those who are longing for His appearing. Are you longing for it? Do you get up in the morning thinking, This could be the day?"
Learn more »
Signs of Christ's Return: As In the Days of Noah
"As we watch the downward spiral of our society today, we realize that a powder keg is ready to explode," says Chuck Smith. "Something has got to change."
Click to read more »
Is Jesus Really Coming?
"People ask me, 'Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is going to come back to this earth again?'" writes Billy Graham. "Yes, I do. The Bible teaches that Jesus is coming again. And I don’t see any other hope, because we’re heading toward a catastrophe in our world."
Continue reading »
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Come Quickly, Lord Jesus
Franklin Graham points out that after His death and resurrection, Jesus ascended into the heavens, while disciples stood awestruck and attending angels made this promise: “This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11, NASB).
Click for more »
End Times 101: The Basics of the Second Coming
The second coming of Jesus (and the subsequent upheaval of all that we know and understand) is an incredibly complex area of the faith.
Learn more »
The Hope of a Returning Savior
"We know He is coming soon," says Anne Graham Lotz. "He just has not arrived yet. Hope wakes us up and keeps us awake. In light of the vision of His glory, be faithful to watch!"
Read the article »
Q: I know I'm supposed to look forward to Jesus' second coming, but I don't. Is it a mistake for me to feel like this?
"Yes," says Billy Graham. "It is a mistake for you to feel this way, because Christ's second coming will be a time of blessing and joy for all who know Him."
Read the rest of Billy Graham's answer »
Q: Do you think Christ will come again and the world will end in 2009? I get very discouraged when I see the way the world is going.
Just before He ascended into heaven, Jesus told His disciples, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set" (Acts 1:7).
Read more of Billy Graham's answer »
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