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Christianity has believed for millennia. And I am not alone. A Pew poll from July 2010 fo- cused on whether Jesus would come back within four decades: “By the year 2050, 41% of Americans believe that Jesus Christ definitely (23%) or probably (18%) will have re- turned to earth.” Revelation Is the book of Revelation being fulfilled in our time? Revelation is one of the most misunderstood books of the Scriptures. John Calvin wrote commentaries on every book of the Bible, but he intention- ally declined to write one on Revelation. He reportedly de- clared, “The study of Revela- tion either finds a man mad or leaves him that way.” G. K. Chesterton once noted, “Though St. John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creatures so wild as one of his own commentators.” But Revelation, written to encourage persecuted Chris- tians, shows us that Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords. Without the book of Rev- elation, we would have no Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.” The words for that masterpiece of masterpieces come right out of the book of Revelation: “The kingdoms of this world are be- come the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). Regardless of whether this story on buying a bag of chips in a breakroom in Wis- consin by means of a mi- crochip planted in the hand has anything to do with the re- turn of Christ, I take great comfort in knowing that one day Jesus will come back. Radio preacher Chuck Swindoll gives us great insight for living, on keeping the return of Christ in perspective: “There’s something about Christ’s soon return that stirs up our urgency and keeps us in- volved... What we need is bal- ance. We need to be informed and aware, thinking it could occur at any moment, but car- rying out our lives as responsi- bly as if His return would not be for another two or three gener- ations.” Or possibly longer. J erry Newcombe, D.Min., is an on-air host/senior producer for D. James Kennedy Ministries. He has written/co-written 28 books, e.g., The Unstoppable Jesus Christ, Doubting Thomas (w/ Mark Beliles, on Jefferson), and What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (w/ D. James Kennedy) & the bestseller, George Washington's Sacred Fire (w/ Peter Lillback). djkm.org jer- rynewcombe.com @newcombejerry GoodNewsFL.org 33 october 2017 ANALYSIS &RORVVLDQV ‡ ³$9´ UDWHG E\ SHHUV 0DUWLQGDOH +XEEHOO ‡ \HDUV VHUYLFH LQ 6RXWK )ORULGD ‡ 5HDO HVWDWH FRQWUDFWV FORVLQJV DQG WLWOH ‡ %XVLQHVV FRXQVHOLQJ ‡ ,QFRUSRUDWLRQV //&¶V /LPLWHG SDUWQHUVKLSV ‡ &RQWUDFW SUHSDUDWLRQ ‡ %XVLQHVV DQG FRQWUDFW GLVSXWHV ‡ 5HDO HVWDWH GLVSXWHV DQG OLWLJDWLRQ ‡ /DQGORUG 7HQDQW