Preparing for Jesus’ Return: Daily Live the Blessed Hope

by A. W. Tozer

Publisher:

Regal

, 2012

Overview

Renowned preacher and theologian A. W. Tozer believed that clear, trustworthy, and biblical teaching on end-times prophesies was of paramount importance—not least because in his day, as in ours, there were untrustworthy voices claiming certainty about the time of the Lord’s return. The Christian’s sole focus, he insisted, must not be on predictions but on the Person of Christ.

This volume contains Tozer’s never-before-published teaching on the book of Revelation. Discover his fresh and timely perspective on the purpose of prophesy, which he believed is to lift our gaze from the immediate to the eternal. Preparing for Jesus’ Return offers a panoramic view of what is to come and examines what it means for you, your church, and the world. No one knows when the Lord will return, but the assurance of his coming is our blessed hope!

The Logos Bible Software edition of this volume is designed to encourage and stimulate your study and understanding of Scripture. Biblical passages link directly to your English translations and original-language texts, and important theological concepts link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. In addition, you can perform powerful searches by topic and find what other authors, scholars, and theologians have to say about the Word of God.

Key Features

• Discusses the book of Revelation through the unique perspective of Tozer
• Offers hope in light of Jesus’ return
• States the importance of believer fellowship

Contents

• Living the Blessed Hope
• The Season of the Blessed Hope
• The Blessed Hope and the Curse of Curiosity
• The Blessed Hope Clearly Defines Christianity
• The Shining Light of the Blessed Hope
• The Divine Imperative of the Blessed Hope
• The Glorious Sign of the Blessed Hope
• The Mystic Shroud of the Blessed Hope
• The Authority of the Blessed Hope
• The True Hope of the Blessed Hope
• The Nature behind the Blessed Hope
• The Sound of the Blessed Hope
• The Triumph of the Blessed Hope
• The Eternal Blessedness of the Blessed Hope
• The Manifestation of the Blessed Hope
• The Warning of the Blessed Hope
• The Little Book of the Blessed Hope
• The Holy City and the Blessed Hope
• Daily Live the Blessed Hope
• Excerpts from Inspired by Tozer

Product Details

• Title: Preparing for Jesus’ Return: Daily Live the Blessed Hope
• Author: A. W. Tozer
• Editor: James L. Snyder
• Publisher: Regal
• Publication Date: 2012
• Pages: 224

About A. W. Tozer

A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was born on a small farm in what is now Newburg, PA. His family moved to Akron, Ohio, when he was just a young boy. At age 17, Tozer heard a street preacher, responded to the calling of Christ, and began his lifelong pursuit of God. After becoming an active witness of Jesus as a lay preacher, he joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance and was soon serving as the pastor of West Virginia’s Alliance Church. In 1928, he transferred to the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago, and his ministry continued there for 31 years. During that time, he preached on the Moody Bible Institute’s radio station. In the 1940s, Tozer was invited to speak at Wheaton College, and seldom a year passed after World War II that he didn‘t preach in the college’s Pierce Chapel. In 1950 he became the editor of The Alliance Life magazine and served in that capacity until his death.

Self-taught, with no formal Bible training, Tozer has been called a twentieth-century prophet within his own lifetime. Through years of diligent study and constant prayer, he sought the mind of God. A master craftsman in the use of the English language, he was able to write in a simple, cogent style the principles of truth he had learned. For Tozer, “there was no substitute for knowing God firsthand.” He wrote many of his books with one idea in mind—that his reader would achieve the heart’s true goal in God and maintain that relationship with Him.

About James L. Snyder

James L. Snyder is the pastor of the Family of God Fellowship in Ocala, Florida, a Christian and Missionary Alliance church (1973–present). He is recognized as an authority on the life and ministry of A. W. Tozer, and has written a number of books as well as numerous essays in Christian periodicals about Tozer. He has a weekly radio ministry, writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column carried by 35 newspapers, as well as over a dozen monthly magazines, both online and print.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The purpose of Bible prophecy is not to alarm us but rather to alert us to the times so that we can prepare for the return of Jesus—one of the great themes in the Bible and one that brings comfort and encouragement to the believer; hence the phrase ‘the Blessed Hope.’ In a world filled with all kinds of uncertainty, the believer possesses the comfort of the Blessed Hope, which means Jesus will soon return.” (Page 11)

“The supreme purpose of prophecy is to alert us to the fact that Jesus is coming. By looking at what the Bible has to say about prophecy, we begin to understand the nature and character of the one who will soon return, even the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Page 12)

“When our Lord went away, He went away in another kind of cloud, and it is important for us to understand the significance of the cloud. It is the cloud of the Shekinah—the cloud of the Presence.” (Page 81)

“Our activities are not tied in to the Blessed Hope, and they in no way prepare us for the return of Jesus Christ. Our activities are to please ourselves and court the acceptance of the world.” (Page 20)

“The purpose of Bible prophecy is that we might be prepared for the hour when we shall escape all of these snares and traps and stand before Jesus Christ our Lord, forgiven.” (Page 32)

Product Details

• Title: Preparing for Jesus’ Return: Daily Live the Blessed Hope
• Author: A. W. Tozer
• Publisher: Regal
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Second Advent › Biblical teaching
• ISBNs: 9781441269799, 9780764216220, 1441269797, 0764216228
• Resource ID: LLS:PREPRJESRETRNTOZER
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:22:45Z

About A. W. Tozer

A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was a dynamic preacher, prolific writer, and a no-nonsense man of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer responded to the call of Christ at the age of 17. After becoming an active witness of Jesus as a lay preacher, he joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance and was soon serving as the pastor of West Virginia’s Alliance Church.

In 1928, he transferred to the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago where he served for 31 years. During that time he preached on the Moody Bible Institute’s radio station and was often invited to speak at Wheaton College in Pierce Chapel. Tozer spent the final years of his life as the pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto and the editor of The Alliance Life magazine.

Tozer authored over 40 books, including The Attributes of God, Volume One, Tozer on Christian Leadership, We Travel an Appointed Way, The Pursuit of God, and God’s Pursuit of Man.