You look forward to Christ’s return—perhaps nowadays more than ever. You look at the direction the world is headed, you look at the circumstances of your life, and you rightly long for freedom from the presence of sin, pain, and death. You’ve set your hope completely on Jesus’ coming again.

So what do you do in the meantime? How should you make the most of the unique abilities and opportunities He has entrusted to you until He returns? In How to Prepare for Christ’s Return, John MacArthur explains the Lord’s famous parable of the talents—and how it addresses those very questions. The principles from this parable will prepare you to stand before God one day and hear, “Well done, good and faithful slave” (Matt. 25:23).

Scripture is clear: We can’t gaze idly into the sky with our hands in our pockets—we have work to do.