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A moment of prayer…
THE GREATEST EVENT OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
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MILLENNIAL HOPE
What did Jesus Christ Himself promise?
John 14:1-3
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
How did millions of Christians throughout the centuries regard this message?
Titus 2:13
“Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Jesus’ Second Coming �is mentioned about 2,500 times in the Scriptures.
The many prophetic signs prove that this event is closer than we think.
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
TO SAVE US
“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
Hebrews 9:28
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
Isaiah 35:4-6
TO END HUMAN SUFFERING
“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing…”
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
Philippians 3:20-21
TO MAKE US CITIZENS OF A BETTER WORLD
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
Psalms 96:13
TO JUDGE HUMANITY
“Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.”
WHY WILL JESUS RETURN?
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
TO DESTROY THE WICKED
“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Acts 1:9-11
IN A HUMAN APPEARANCE
"And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven"
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Luke 24:36-40
VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE
"And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Matthew 24:30
WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY
"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.”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Revelation 1:7
VISIBLE
"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.”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Matthew 24:26-27
IN A UNIVERSAL WAY
"Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
Matthew 25:31
WITH ALL HIS ANGELS
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.”
HOW WILL JESUS COME?
1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
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"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.
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”
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
AT HIS COMING?
What will happen to those who have died believing in Christ?
1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
"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.
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”
What will happen
to our sickly, mortal bodies?
1 Corinthians 15:51, 53
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed…
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
What will the wicked exclaim when Christ comes?
Revelation 6:15-16
“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.”
What will the righteous say,
and how will they feel?
Isaiah 25:9
“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
How sudden will the day of the Lord come?
2 Peter 3:10
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
What advice does He give us?
Matthew 24:44
“Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”
After these two studies about the time we live in and the second coming of Christ, are you convinced that His coming is really near, or do you still have doubts?
Thank you Lord, for your promise!
GOD BLESS YOU!
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