09/04/2026
There seems to be a number of trends trying to predict when Christ will return. My question is, should Christians be obsessing over trying to figure out when Jesus is coming back, or actually living like Jesus could come back at any moment?
Every year, someone discovers a “hidden prophecy,” connects a dozen unrelated verses, ignores the historical and literary context, and suddenly they’re convinced they have cracked the code. Then they preach it with absolute certainty. They scare people. They tell people that this is the generation, these are the signs, and the end is coming.
And then… they’re wrong. Again. And again. And again.
That should bother us.
Not because Jesus isn’t returning. He is!! Scripture is abundantly clear about that. The problem is when we become more interested in predicting when He will return than in being faithful until He does.
Scaring someone into a religious decision may produce a response, but that doesn’t mean it produces genuine faith. Christianity is not supposed to be built on panic, speculation, or some preacher’s ability to connect dots that God never told us to connect. And when those predictions fail, there are real consequences.
People who trusted those claims can become cynical. Some stop listening. Some begin questioning Scripture itself. Others walk away from Christianity altogether because they were taught that a particular interpretation was “what the Bible clearly says,” only to watch it collapse when the predicted date comes and goes.
That is irresponsible!
We need to stop treating speculation like revelation.
If Scripture says we don’t know the day or hour, then perhaps we should humble ourselves enough to admit that we don’t know the day or hour. And, instead of spending our energy trying to decode the calendar, let’s spend it obeying Christ.
