Max Lucado has covered a lot of ground over the years as a pastor, author, and Gospel communicator. Most recently, he released a book about the biblical end times titled, “What Happens Next? A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of this Age.”
It’s a subject Lucado felt compelled to tackle.
“I’m getting old, and, so, as I get old, I get curious,” he told CBN News. “I really think I have as many loved ones and friends who have already passed on into the next life as I do … here still on the Earth.”
Beyond that personal attachment to the subject matter, Lucado said the “condition of the world” and the things happening in Israel, Gaza, Russia, Ukraine, China, Taiwan, and other locations compelled him to action.
“[There is] this sense that the world feels super fragile right now … like we’re one press of a red button away from annihilation,” he said. “There’s just … this angst in the world. So, those two things kind of came together, and I began to take seriously more teaching and study on this topic.”
While the topic of the end times can sometimes spark anxiety and worry, Lucado also addressed why these subjects should usher in peace.
He continued, “[Jesus] said, ‘Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. [In] my Father’s house are many mansions.’ He went on to tell them that He would come and get them, and so He used the promise of His return as a way to lift them out of anxiety and sadness.”
“It’s a dominating, primary theme of Scripture, that Christ will return,” Lucado said. “And it should give us hope. In these days, it feels so dark; it feels so desperate. The promise of the return of Christ, in which the world that’s upside down now will be turned right side up — for some people, it’s the only hope they have.”
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