The Return of Christ
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Jesus has promised He will return to the world one day in glory. But when will this happen? Today, R.C. Sproul presents three details that we know for certain about the second coming of Christ.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | Here in the book of Acts, the mode of Jesus' return is said to be parallel to the mode of his departure. |
| 0:09.2 | And his departure was visible. |
| 0:12.9 | And he ascended on clouds of glory on the Shikina cloud. |
| 0:17.4 | And the expectation is that his return will be just as visible and just as glorious when he comes at the end of the age. |
| 0:32.8 | There is much debate among Christians when it comes to the end times, especially about what |
| 0:38.4 | events will surround the second coming of Christ. |
| 0:41.9 | Can we really hold the Bible in one hand and the newspaper or social media in the other to |
| 0:47.8 | know how near the Lord's appearing is? |
| 0:50.5 | Hello and welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm Lee Webb. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm glad you could be with us today. |
| 0:57.0 | Over the next few weeks, you will hear messages from R.C. Sprawl's Foundation series, and |
| 1:02.6 | we'll be focusing on last things, that is, Christ's return, the final judgment, eternal |
| 1:08.3 | punishment, and more. The 60 Message series is his expansive overview of theology, and we'll send it to you on DVD. |
| 1:17.5 | We'll also unlock the messages and study guide in the free Ligonier app and send you a copy of his book, |
| 1:23.8 | Everyone's a Theologian, when you give a donation before midnight tonight at |
| 1:28.8 | Renewing Your Mind.org. Well, despite the disagreement among Christians about the end times, |
| 1:34.8 | there are things that we can know for certain from Scripture about the Lord's Second |
| 1:39.8 | coming, and today, R.C. will walk us through those truths. Here he is now. |
| 1:47.3 | I don't think anything in the last several centuries has done more to provoke heightened interest |
| 1:54.2 | in the return of Jesus than the restoration of the Jewish state, unless it was the subsequent events that took place in |
| 2:03.6 | 1967, when the Jews, after almost 2,000 years, recovered the city of Jerusalem. |
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