The Second Coming of Christ

WE BELIEVE in the premillennial, imminent and personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ to gather his people unto himself. Having this glorious hope and earnest expectation, we purify ourselves, even as He is pure, so that we may be ready to meet him when He comes - John 14:1-3; James 5:7,8; Titus 2:13; 1 Thess 4:15-17; 2 Thess, 2:1; 1 John 2:28; 3:2,3.

Introduction

The second coming of Christ is one of the constantly repeated messages in the New Testament. It is mentioned over 300 times. Fifty times in the New Testament believers are admonished to watch and be ready for His coming. Its importance is not overstated when in Titus 2:13 Paul refers to it as THE BLESSED HOPE.

THE PERSONAL RETURN OF CHRIST.

We believe in the literal, personal and physical return of
Jesus Christ to earth.

Acts 1:11 "This same Jesus who was taken from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

Jn 14:3, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."

THE TIME OF HIS COMING.

We are not permitted to set exact dates because God has not revealed to man the "day or hour".

Matt 24"36, "But of that day or hour no one knows, no not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only".

III. THE EVENTS OF HIS COMING The gathering of the church to be with Jesus, the resurrection of those who died in Christ, and the coming of Christ occur simultaneously. We also call this event the rapture.

1 Cor 15:51-53, "Behold I tell you a mystery, we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For thus corruptible must put on incorruption, and thus mortal must put on immortality.”

1 Thess 4:16-17, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 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."

Mark 13:26-27, "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and then He will send His angels and gather together His elect from the four winds; from the farthest part of

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