PART 19 THE SECOND COMING CF CHRIST REVELATION 19
TEXT- REVELATION 19:11-21
INTRODUCTION
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING DOCTRINES FOUND IN GOD'S WORD.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING STUDIES A CHILD OF GOD CAN HAVE IN GOD'S WORD.
NOT ONLY I S THE "SECOND COMING DOCTRINE" INTERESTING AND EXCITING, BUT IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL DOCTRINES IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO GO AS FAR AS SAYING THAT JESUS WILL NEVER RETURN TO EARTH A SECOND TIME.
DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THAT JESUS IS GOING TO RETURN TO EARTH A SECOND TIME? YES IT MOST DEFINITELY DOES!
IN THESE VERSE WE FIND THE FINAL STAGE OR PHASE OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
WHAT IS THE FIRST STAGE? THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS.
ACTS 1:9-11 AFTER HE SAID THIS, HE WAS TAKEN UP BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES, AND A CLOUD HID HIM FROM THEIR SIGHT. 10THEY WERE LOOKING INTENTLY UP INTO THE SKY AS HE WAS GOING, WHEN SUDDENLY TWO MEN DRESSED IN WHITE STOOD BESIDE THEM. 11"MEN OF GALILEE," THEY SAID, "WHY DO YOU STAND HERE LOOKING INTO THE SKY? THIS SAME JESUS, WHO HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN."
MATTHEW 26:64 "YES, IT IS AS YOU SAY," JESUS REPLIED. "BUT I SAY TO ALL OF YOU: IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MIGHTY ONE AND COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN."
REVELATION 1:7 LOOK, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, AND EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; AND ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH WILL MOURN BECAUSE OF HIM. SO SHALL IT BE! AMEN.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE COMING OF JESUS IS WHEN HE RAPTURES ALL THE SAVED.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:15-17 ACCORDING TO THE LORD'S OWN WORD, WE TELL YOU THAT WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE, WHO ARE LEFT TILL THE COMING OF THE LORD, WILL CERTAINLY NOT PRECEDE THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. 16FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, WITH A LOUD COMMAND, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. 17AFTER THAT, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND ARE LEFT WILL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. AND SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-23 BUT CHRIST HAS INDEED BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. 21FOR SINCE DEATH CAME THROUGH A MAN, THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD COMES ALSO THROUGH A MAN. 22FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, SO IN CHRIST ALL WILL BE MADE ALIVE. 23BUT EACH IN HIS OWN TURN: CHRIST, THE FIRSTFRUITS; THEN, WHEN HE COMES, THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:51-52 LISTEN, I TELL YOU A MYSTERY: WE WILL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED-- 52IN A FLASH, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMPET. FOR THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND, THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED IMPERISHABLE, AND WE WILL BE CHANGED.
THE THIRD STAGE OF THE COMING OF JESUS IS THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, THAT EACH ONE MAY RECEIVE WHAT IS DUE HIM FOR THE THINGS DONE WHILE IN THE BODY, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.
2 TIMOTHY 4:11 ONLY LUKE IS WITH ME. GET MARK AND BRING HIM WITH YOU, BECAUSE HE IS HELPFUL TO ME IN MY MINISTRY.
THE FOURTH STAGE OF THE COMING OF JESUS IS THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB.
REVELATION 19:7 LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD AND GIVE HIM GLORY! FOR THE WEDDING OF THE LAMB HAS COME, AND HIS BRIDE HAS MADE HERSELF READY.
THE QUESTION THAT IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL OF ALL IS: "WHEN IS JESUS GOING TO COME THE SECOND TIM