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Lesson 5

What The Bible Teaches About
Christ's Second Coming

Jesus Promises To Return

1. What wonderful promise did Jesus make?

John 14:1

John 14:1 (KJV)
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2. How should we consider this promise?

Titus 2:13

Titus 2:13 (KJV)
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

How Jesus Will Come

3. In what way will Jesus return?

Matthew 24:30

Matthew 24:30 (KJV)
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

4. How many will see his glorious advent?

Revelation 1:7

Revelation 1:7 (KJV)
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Why Jesus Will Come

5. What is the objective of Christ's coming?

Matthew 16:27

Matthew 16:27 (KJV)
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

6. What will happen with the righteous dead?

1 Thessalonians 4:13-16

1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 (KJV)
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

7. What will happen with all the righteous?

1 Thessalonians 4:17

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV)
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

WHAT MUST I DO?

1. Desire the coming of Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:8

2 Timothy 4:8 (KJV)
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

2. Prepare myself to be ready.

1 John 3:2, 3

1 John 3:2, 3 (KJV)
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

3. Help with the preaching of the gospel.

Matthew 24:14

Matthew 24:14 (KJV)
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

MY RESOLUTION

I believe in Jesus' second coming. I want to prepare myself to be with Him in heaven.

Addtional Study 5

JESUS PROMISES TO RETURN.

  1. The promise in the Old Testament (Jude 14,15; Job 19:25-27; Psalm 96:13; Isaiah 26:21; 40:10; 62;11; 66:15).
  2. The promise in the New Testament (Matthew 24:30, 16:27; 25:31; 26:64; Philippians 3:20, 21; 1 Corinthians 1:7,8; 2 Peter 1:16; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 1:7; 22:12, 20).

HOW AND WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?

His coming will be personal and visible (Acts 1:11). With all his angels (Matthew 25:31). Like lightning (Matthew 24:27). In order to destroy the wicked (2 Thessalonians 2:8, 9). To resurrect the righteous and transform the living (1 Corinthians 15:51-55).

ATTITUDE AT THE COMING OF JESUS

  1. The wicked will be desperate (Revelation 6:15-17).
  2. The righteous will rejoice (Isaiah 25:9).
  3. The believers prepare for the glorious advent (Matthew 24:42; 2 Peter 3:14; Titus 2:11-14).

A NEW WORLD OF JOY. In the new world there will be amazing wonders (2 Corinthians 2:9).

Nature will be transformed (Isaiah 11:6-9). There will be no more suffering, sickness or death (Revelation 21:1-4). We will be with Jesus forever (Revelation 22:1-6).

The Blessed Hope

One of the wonderful Christian doctrines is the glorious advent of the Lord Jesus. It is said that the primitive Christians would greet each other with the word maranatha, which means the Lord is coming.

The second advent is a Christian and biblical doctrine. Millions have prayed The Lord's Prayer and have said: "Thy kingdom come." By repeating this, they have declared: "He shall come to judge the living and the dead."

This doctrine is found throughout the Bible. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about this extraordinary event. The majority of the Old Testament prophets referred to end time events and the coming of Jesus. In the New Testament, the events that will take place at the end of the world are an important part of the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Revelation ends with a poignant plea: "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Revelation 22:20).

Testimonies

Christians in general believe in the coming of Jesus. "It is a truth of faith that Jesus Christ will return at end of the world to judge the living and the dead ... In that last day all justice shall be completed. Reward will be given even to the last fruits of good works and the latest scandals of the evil deeds of sinners will be punished."—Catechism of Christian Doctrine, p. 141.

"With firm faith we wait for the fulfillment of the 'blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.' (Titus 2:13). "Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body" (Philippians 3:21), and will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe" (2 Thessalonians 1:10)". — Vatican Documents II, p.70.

"The fabulous future that we expect as Christians will not be the natural development of history... It will come with the establishment of the Kingdom of God, by the direct intervention of God." —Billy Graham, World Aflame, p. 194.