In America, pentecostal churches believe that the events that are occurring around the world point to the soon return of Christ for his people. We long for the end of wars, famine and persecution of our brothers and sister is Christ in other countries. We continually look for signs that Christ will return in our generation (1 Thessalonians 4:15-18).
In the Old testament, the prophets through whom God spoke about the first coming of Christ, longed to know when the Christ was going to appear. They too longed for his coming, but did not know when that time would arrive (1 Peter 1:10-12).
God has revealed many things to us, but some things he has kept to himself (Matthew 25:1-13).
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