Much ink has been spilled about the return of Jesus. But here is the thing: every single bit of what’s been said is total conjecture and speculation. All of it. According to Jesus, we are not to worry about it at all, nor is it something we need to know. So why does John mention it? Because it’s not that it’s not important, but that we have focused on the wrong thing. 

John speaks of the return of Jesus as a time of “revealing” or a time when he will be “made manifest”. This revealing and manifestation speaks toward all things – who we are, what’s in our hearts, what kind of life we have chosen to live – it’s a revelation of it all. This is the insistence of John, not the times, dates, hours or order of events.