Purpose of this page
This is a faith statement for visitors to LastDaysLiving.com. It explains our approach to the last days and how we practice watchful discipleship, how we live for the Kingdom, and how we walk with expectant hope.
First things first: our posture
“Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.” — Mark 13:33, ESV
We receive Jesus’ words with watchful discipleship. We fix our eyes on Him and live for the Kingdom in every season. We hold an expectant hope, because He promised to return. This page lays out how we think, speak, and live when we talk about the last days.
Statement of Positions
Faithful students of Scripture have held different views on the sequence and timing of end‑time events. We acknowledge these views with watchful discipleship, seek unity as we live for the Kingdom, and anchor our expectant hope in Christ, not in charts.
- Pre‑tribulation: Christ gathers His Church before a seven‑year tribulation.
- Mid‑tribulation: Christ gathers His Church at the midpoint.
- Pre‑wrath: Christ gathers His Church before the outpouring of God’s wrath near the end.
- Post‑tribulation: Christ gathers His Church after the tribulation at His visible return.
- Historic premillennial / amillennial / postmillennial frameworks also shape how believers read Revelation 20 and related passages.
We present these views so that watchful discipleship grows, not pride. We aim to live for the Kingdom together, and keep an expectant hope that drives holy love.
The most trained leaders in Jesus’ day missed their awaited Messiah (see Matthew 2; 12; 16; John 5). They knew texts yet failed to see the Savior. This warns us to carry watchful discipleship, to live for the Kingdom in humility, and to hold an expectant hope without arrogance. If the highly educated missed Jesus’ first coming, we dare not assume we will map His second coming with flawless accuracy.
These guide how we teach and live while we wait:
- Be aware of the signs. We read Jesus’ words in Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21. We note deception, lawlessness, global witness, and birth pains. This fuels watchful discipleship, helps us live for the Kingdom with open eyes, and sustains expectant hope in every season.
- Watch for His return. Jesus tells us to stay awake, pray, and keep our lamps burning (Luke 12:35‑40). We practice watchful discipleship, serve others as we live for the Kingdom, and keep expectant hope at the center.
- Live for Jesus above all. We obey the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. We practice repentance, holiness, and mercy. That is watchful discipleship. That is how we live for the Kingdom. That keeps expectant hope strong and steady.
We avoid speculation. We keep a steady pace of prayer, Scripture, service, and mission. This looks like watchful discipleship that refuses fear. We live for the Kingdom with clear heads and full hearts. We carry expectant hope that refuses apathy.
For transparency: we hold a pre‑tribulation view of the rapture of the Church. We share it with an open hand. We will teach the whole Bible, love every believer who names Christ, and keep watchful discipleship as our method. We seek to live for the Kingdom in unity. We nurture expectant hope while we serve the lost and make disciples.
- Pre‑tribulation highlights promises of rescue from wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9). It calls for watchful discipleship, encourages believers to live for the Kingdom in readiness, and stirs expectant hope.
- Mid‑tribulation points to the “last trumpet” and a midpoint crisis. It urges watchful discipleship, a resolve to live for the Kingdom through pressure, and expectant hope in Christ’s victory.
- Pre‑wrath stresses protection from God’s wrath while expecting suffering from the world. It fuels watchful discipleship, trains us to live for the Kingdom with endurance, and guards expectant hope.
- Post‑tribulation emphasizes perseverance and public vindication at Jesus’ appearing. It forms watchful discipleship, calls us to live for the Kingdom through trials, and lifts expectant hope in the resurrection.
- Millennial frameworks (historic premillennial, amillennial, postmillennial) seek to honor Revelation 20 and the arc of Scripture. Each can support watchful discipleship, a life that will live for the Kingdom, and a robust expectant hope.
We outline these to show respect, not to stir debate. Debate can sharpen us, but love must rule our speech. Watchful discipleship keeps us humble. We live for the Kingdom as family. Our expectant hope is Jesus, not our timeline.
Word: Read and obey Scripture daily. This trains watchful discipleship. It helps you live for the Kingdom in your home, work, and city. It anchors expectant hope when headlines shift.
Prayer: Pray “Come, Lord Jesus.” Pray for bold witness. Prayer keeps watchful discipleship warm, helps you live for the Kingdom with love, and grows expectant hope.
Holiness: Turn from sin. Forgive. Walk in the Spirit. Holiness is concrete watchful discipleship. It shows that we live for the Kingdom and that expectant hope has weight in our hearts.
Mission: Share the gospel. Make disciples. Serve the poor. Mission expresses watchful discipleship with hands and feet. It proves we live for the Kingdom now. It spreads expectant hope to neighbors and nations.
Community: Gather often. Take the Lord’s Supper. Bear burdens. Community shapes watchful discipleship, teaches us to live for the Kingdom as one body, and keeps expectant hope visible.
Work: Do your work with integrity. Create good things. Work can be watchful discipleship. It is a place to live for the Kingdom. It shines expectant hope.
Suffering: When trials come, endure with faith. Jesus is near to the brokenhearted. Suffering refines watchful discipleship, matures how we live for the Kingdom, and deepens expectant hope.
We read these often as we practice watchful discipleship, seek to live for the Kingdom, and feed expectant hope:
- Matthew 28:16-20 – The Great Commission to go and make disciples of all the nations
- Matthew 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21 — Jesus’ teaching on watchfulness and the end.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11 — The coming of the Lord and encouragement.
- 2 Thessalonians 1–2 — Relief, justice, and the man of lawlessness.
- Revelation 1–3 — Jesus among His churches; call to overcome.
- Revelation 19–22 — The return of Jesus, the kingdom, and the New Creation.
Timelines and charts can help. They can also distract. We will use tools that serve watchful discipleship. We will set aside tools that do not help us live for the Kingdom. We will keep expectant hope clear: Jesus is coming, and we want to be ready.
We seek unity in Christ while we hold different views with care. This is the fruit of watchful discipleship. This is how we live for the Kingdom while we wait. This protects expectant hope from pride.
Lord Jesus, teach us watchful discipleship. Help us live for the Kingdom with love and courage. Keep our expectant hope bright until You appear. Amen.
