I don't want your grief to be that dead end grief, that grief that comes to people because

there's no contemplation of reunion.

I don't want you to think that Christians ever say a final goodbye because they don't.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Not just Christians, but even non-believers want to talk about the end of the world and

life after death.

Yet even with all the talk, it's clear that the vast number of voices have only caused

more confusion.

Well today, John MacArthur begins a series that will help clear up confusion you may have

about the afterlife, prophecy, and end times events.

It's titled The Rapture and the Day of the Lord.

Now people seem to react to the study of prophecy in one of two ways.

They're fascinated by the prophecy and end times and they can't get enough.

Or they sort of ignore it, figuring that what's going to happen is going to happen and they

don't see any value in studying it.

So John, what are your thoughts on that?

Yeah, I think that's right.

You have the people who become fascinated with eschatology and end times prophecy and get

caught up in all kinds of speculation, all kinds of silly things.

Like there are current books out, the blood moons and the harbinger and things that are

basically fabricated that the Bible is really not teaching, that go way beyond what Scripture

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