There was nothing lion-like about Jesus, nothing ferocious about him, nothing threatening

about him, nothing strong, aggressive, nothing warrior-like.

The Jews expected him to come like a lion, and he didn't, but he will come like a lion and

devour his enemies.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

For the past several days on this broadcast, and no doubt elsewhere, you've been hearing about history's most famous baby, the child born in a Bethlehem stable. Of course, there's

every reason to celebrate the Lord's coming to earth 2,000 years ago, but that's not what

you're going to hear about today on Grace to You. In the next half

hour, John MacArthur will look at the astonishing future return of Christ, showing you what's

going to happen when the Jesus, who once lay in a manger, comes to earth again. John's lesson

is titled Christmas Future. And now with today's lesson,

here is John MacArthur. I've called this message Christmas Future. Kind of borrowed that from

Charles Dickens, who wrote a Christmas Carol, and we all remember Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas

past. Very familiar, very beloved story. And it's fine. And a lot of times around Christmas we go to

the past. But I want us to look at Christmas future. The first coming of Christ was a veiled

coming. To really understand who Jesus Christ is, you have to see him unveiled. And the best place to see him unveiled is in

the apocalypse, the unveiling. So open your Bible to the book of Revelation. And throughout the

book of Revelation, there are titles and there are statements made concerning Christ that

take the veil off and reveal who he really

is.

Not just a baby in a manger, that becomes very clear in the book of Revelation when we see

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