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Jesus Come Back? Pastor Matt Nichols

In my 32 + years of pastoring I have heard thousands of Christians very excited about the possibility of Jesus coming back in their lifetime. And of course, all Christians should be excited about living for eternity in heaven. One of my favorite Bible studies is to take every Scripture in the Bible about heaven and lay them all out. It creates a wonderful picture of our eternal destiny.
The apostle Paul was fixated in heaven. He declared in Philippians 1:23 that he had a desire to depart the earth and to be with Christ which is far better. But he ultimately resolved that because his ministry was needed on earth it was necessary for him to stay.
Many of the people who I have met that are
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