Do we really want Jesus to return?

As I browse the Christian forums, I continually find discussions speculating on when the end will come.

God does not want us to know the times or date of Jesus' second coming. Jesus tells us the condition ("gospel must first be preached to all nations") and wants us to work towards that condition.

Acts 1:6-8
So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"
He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 28:19-20
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."


Why? Because in the end, there would be saved people from all nations in heaven:

Revelation 7:9-12
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:

"Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying:

"Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"


In the bible verses, mentioned above, the word "nation" is translated from the Greek word "ethnos" (Strong's G1484) which means race or "people group". The Jews people today use the word "Gentiles".

The "people groups" or Gentiles are identified in Genesis 10 (The Table of Nations).

According U.S. Center for World Mission, the number of unreached "people groups" (those without a viable indigenous church) are dwindling. We are very close.

If we truly love Christ and want Him to return, we would all be putting most of our resources into making this condition happen, helping to bring the Gospel to the last of the unreached "people groups".