The End Times Timeline Your Church Isn't Talking About | John Bevere
March 12, 2026
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5 min readIn 2020, after four decades of ministry, John Bevere finally felt God telling him to study the second coming of Christ—a subject he had deliberately avoided. He had watched Christians argue over timelines, run up credit cards because they thought Jesus was returning in 1988, and stop taking care of their bodies. But when he finally dove in, the first thing he noticed was that he became kinder to his wife, more tender with his family, and more passionate about winning souls. "I thought, wait a minute, this is good fruit," he says. That personal transformation became the foundation of his new book, The King Is Coming, and the central argument of this conversation: the return of Christ is not an event to debate but a wedding to prepare for, and the urgency it creates is the single most powerful force for holy living.
The Brazilian Church and the 70-Year Timeframe
Bevere opens with a story that frames the entire conversation. While preaching in Brazil to 12,000 leaders, he met pastors from a church founded 16 years earlier by one man that had grown to over 300,000 members. When he asked how they did it, they told him: "We teach our people on eternal rewards in judgment, second coming, the millennium reign of Christ." One pastor then made an observation that stuck with Bevere: "You American Christians have a 70-year, 80-year time frame."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:20) **Introduction: The Urgency of Christ's Return** - Josh Axe introduces John Bevere and frames the conversation around the most debated topic in Christianity: the return of Christ, and how to prepare for it.
- 2 (04:00) **The Brazilian Church's Secret: Eternal Perspective** - John shares a story from Brazil about a church that grew from one man to 300,000 in 16 years by teaching on eternal rewards, the second coming, and the millennium.
- 3 (09:00) **The Neglected Foundation: Resurrection and Eternal Judgment** - John explains that the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment are two of the six foundational doctrines of the church (Hebrews 6:1-2), yet they are rarely taught.
- 4 (11:30) **Ancient Prophecy on Health and Stewardship** - John connects an apocalyptic book of Ezra (Dead Sea Scrolls) to modern health, prophesying that before the Messiah's return, food would be polluted and only herbs would protect God's people.
- 5 (15:00) **Personal Testimony: The Fruit of Stewardship** - John shares that at 67, his biological markers (heart, bones) are 20 years younger due to obeying God's call to care for his body at age 22.
- 6 (18:00) **The Primacy of Spiritual Health** - Josh argues that mindset and spiritual health are the number one factors for physical health, citing the link between shame, trauma, and autoimmune disease.
- 7 (22:00) **Prayer: Persistence and the Peace That Confirms** - John teaches that you pray until the peace comes, using the example of praying for his parents' and siblings' salvation for a decade until he felt a release.
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Show Notes
What if the return of Christ isn’t something to fear, but something that should radically change how we live today? After 30 years of avoiding end-times teaching, John Bevere explains what Scripture actually says about being ready, spiritually and practically. This episode uncovers how the fear of the Lord restores peace, resilience, and power in uncertain times.
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