The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
“Behold I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keeps his
garments lest he walks
naked and they see his shame. And they gathered them together to the place
called in Hebrew, Armageddon.” Rev.
16:15-16
We have already talked about the Rapture of
the Church where Jesus meets us in the air, “Then we who are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” [I Thessalonians 4:17] Here is where
we see the difference of the Rapture and the Second Coming which are two
different end time events. Jesus does not come down to earth during the
Rapture, but meets believers in the air.
Another great scripture confirming this is
in
At the Second Coming of
Jesus, which happens at the time of the Battle of Armageddon, He comes down to
earth in Jerusalem Mount of Olives ,
Which faces Jerusalem Mount of Olives
shall be split in two, from east to west, making a very large valley; half of
the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south.” [Zechariah 14:3-4] This is how we can know for sure that Jesus
will come to earth again, after the Rapture.
You will not find the word ‘Rapture’ in Bible. Because the New Testament was originally
written in Greek, the word used was ‘harpazo’ which means, "caught
up". This is found in I Thessalonians 4:17 and therefore in English would
be ‘rapture’. I hope this explains it a
little better. For you information, the Bible does not contain the word,
‘Trinity’, or the word, ‘Revival’ or even the word, ‘Bible’. Yet there are many references to all these
things in the Word of God. You must
remember that the Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and the New in
Greek and man translated all of it to English.
Now,
moving on; when Jesus comes back at the Second Coming, who is it that comes
with him? There are several scriptures
that plainly tell us.
I Thessalonians 3:13 – “at
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.”
There is then no doubt that those of us who have been taken up in the rapture
and those who died as a believer (“….And the dead in Christ will rise first. 1
Thessalonians 4:16 ), are the
saints who come back with Jesus. You may
look in the mirror and say, “I’m no saint for sure”, but Jesus himself spoke of
his people as saints. There are hundreds of places in the entire Bible that
speak of believers being called ‘saints’. In fact in 1
Corinthians 6:2 we are told this amazing thing that will
take place on earth when we come back with Jesus. “Do you not know that
the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you
unworthy to judge the smallest matters?”
Many
things will happen when Jesus’ feet touch down on the Mount of
Olives . A great
earthquake is going to take place. Here
is what happens next! Joel 2:7-11 (read the
whole chapter)
They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; every one
marches in formation, and they do not break ranks. They do not push one
another; every one marches in his own column. Though they lunge between the
weapons, they are not cut down. They run to and fro in the city, they
run on the wall; they climb into the houses, they enter at the windows like a
thief. The
earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble; the sun and moon grow dark, and
the stars diminish their brightness. The LORD gives voice before His army, for
His camp is very great; for strong is the One who executes His word. For the
day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
Who are these mighty ones – they are the saints;
you and me. Yes, all those who follow the great enemy, Satan, will be
destroyed.
When we put these scriptures together, we clearly see that the future judgement of God, which marks the end of this present age, will be absolutely cataclysmic, involving the powers of the heavens being shaken, the stars (meteorites) falling onto earth, the sun and the moon being darkened, great earthquakes causing every mountain and every island to shake and move out of its place, great global devastation of the earth’s surface causing chaos and waste, massive destruction of all types of life, and surviving unbelievers so terrified that they hide away from the face of the returning Jesus Christ and His wrath.
In Zechariah 13:8, we read that up to two-thirds of earth’s population will die during this global end time judgment. “And it shall come to pass in all the land," Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it.”
In Revelation 16:20-21, we read about the great hail stones that weighed “75” lbs. each. “Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, [each hailstone] about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.” This will change the landscape of the world. This is confirmed by the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 40:3-5, “Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth.” If you read this whole chapter in Isaiah, you will see that it is written about what will happen at Christ’s Second Coming.
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