In a teaching titled, “Still Ready for Jesus to Return,” out of 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10, Pastor J.D. encourages those who thought the rapture would have happened by now.
When a massive hurricane rolls across the ocean toward land, bands of the storm often go well ahead of the storm itself. When one of them hits land, surf and winds rise. Rain increases. But between the bands, skies can be clear. Meanwhile, further out, the heart of the storm keeps churning, growing, and moving ominously closer to land. That’s something like the way Jesus described events as the end of the age approaches. He said it would be like a woman in labor.