What Happens Next Quotes

“The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended” (v. 5). The saved “will reign with [Christ] for a thousand years” (v. 6). The thousand”
― Max Lucado, What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age

“in my Bible that precedes the book of Revelation: “When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, we will seek no other sense.” I don’t know who first set forth that rule, but I like it. The plainest reading of Revelation 20 is a literal thousand-year reign. John mentions it six times in seven verses: Satan is bound “for a thousand years” (v. 2). Satan could not deceive “until the thousand years were ended” (v. 3). Saints “reigned with Christ a thousand years” (v. 4).”
― Max Lucado, What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age

“Prepared Hard times are coming. The Antichrist, the tribulation, the abomination that causes desolation—these are foreboding events. But if you are in Christ, you won’t have to experience them. God will come for his church before the dark days begin. That event is commonly called the rapture. Jesus, with the power of a king and the kindness of a savior, will extract his children prior to the seven years of evil. (We will dedicate chapter 7 to unpacking this exciting event in greater detail.) Will you be like those who missed the time stamp of Jesus in his day and refused to recognize him as Messiah? Or will you be ready for the rescue?”
― Max Lucado, What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age

“Things . . . will . . . be . . . made . . . right.”
― Max Lucado, What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age

“Jesus will come! Not “may come,” “might come,” or “possibly could come.” Jesus will come! His promised return is not a nebulous, vapid, cross-your-fingers aspiration. It is a concrete, guaranteed appearance of our Savior. Jesus validated his return by vacating his tomb. This was the conviction of the apostle Paul: If there’s no resurrection for Christ, everything we’ve told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you’ve staked your life on is smoke and mirrors. . . . If all we get out of Christ is a little inspiration for a few short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries. (1 Cor. 15:14, 19–20 MSG)”
― Max Lucado, What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age