Second Coming of Christ

 

The early church lived and placed much emphasis upon the reign of Christ. They believed in Christ overthrow of evil powers (those evil powers they faced in the Roman Empire) and they longed for the second coming of Christ. The facts of Christ second coming are seen from Genesis to Revelation. Christ second coming is talked about more in the Old and New Testament in the bible than His first coming. His coming is referred to often in direct statements, and many times in a figure, type, symbol, or in illustrations and parables. Christ coming were spoken in John 14:3; Acts 3:19 to 21; I Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Hebrews 9:29; Philippians 3:20, 21 and numerous passages throughout the Old and New Testament. Several facts must be made clear about Christ second coming.

A.  Christ second coming will be visible. Christ will come again in the same manner as He went away (Acts 1:11). Everyone, the church and the world will see Jesus Christ! Christ will come in what we call the Rapture and then He will come in what we call the Revelation (Matthew 24:26,27; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 1:7). The reference, we will see Him, is accurate. We see His visible, tangible and with our very eyes. In Matthew 26:64, the bible says, “Ye shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds. There is a clear visible return of our Lord. As Christ ascension was a literal fact seen by many and witness in a physical sense, so shall Christ second coming be a literal fact witness by mankind.

B.  Christ will be seen bodily. That is, He is to come in the same manner as He went away. He left in a literal body, the same body He was crucified in, raised from the dead, transformed and changed into a heavenly and glorious body, yet real enough to be touched, handled. A body He ate a piece of broiled fish, and honey. We must understand that Christ came in His first coming and became so veil with our humanity that even in His incarnation, He is united with our humanity in deity- though He is the resurrected Savior seated as the Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ is coming again in visible form (bodily) as the Son of Man” (Matthew 16:27; Acts 1:11; I Timothy 2:5).

Christ coming will be sudden, glorious and in two fold. Jesus Christ will come as a thief in the night. He will come without warning, unannounced, suddenly and unexpectedly. The world at large will be shocked. Reading of Christ sudden return can be found in 1 Thessalonians 5:2,3; St. Luke 21:34,35; St. Matthew 24:37 to 35 all indicates His sudden appearances. In revelation 22:7,12, 20, the Greek word translated “quickly” “tachu” from the Greek gives the meaning of Christ return as more than simply without delay or soon return; but its meaning is the urgency, a sudden and speedy event. This should cause us to literally shake in our shoes when we consider how near the coming of the Lord is. Christ coming will be glorious. It will have the splendor of heaven. “He will come in great power and great glory with the glory of His Father and the holy angels” (St. Matthew 16:27; 24:30; Mark 8:38; II Thessalonians 1:7,8).

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