“And you, in putting them [departed souls] in heaven, hell, and purgatory, destroy the arguments wherewith Christ and Paul prove the resurrection . . . And again, if the souls be in heaven, tell me why they be not in as good [a] case as the angels be? And then what cause [or reason] is there of the resurrection?”
William Tyndale - 1530 (An Answer to Sir Thomas More’s Dialogue, Book 4, chap. 4).
THE SECOND COMING
John 14:1-3; Matthew 23:39
PROMISE: Jesus will COME AGAIN and take us to Heaven.
Acts 1:9-11; Revelation 1:7; 14:14-16; Luke 21:27; Matthew 26:64
He will come back the SAME WAY He left – Visibly in the CLOUDS.
2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 24:30-31; Psalms 50:3-5
His coming will both be SEEN and HEARD. It will not be secret nor silent.
Luke 21:25-28; Mark 13:24-29; Revelation 6:12-13
There will be SIGNS that show the NEARNESS of His coming.
Matthew 24:36-51; Luke 12:39-40; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Revelation 3:3
We will NOT KNOW the exact TIME, DAY or HOUR of His coming.
He will come as a THIEF – UNEXPECTEDLY.
Matthew 24:4-5; 23-27; Mark 13:21-23
We are WARNED against the coming of FALSE CHRISTS.
Luke 9:26; Exodus 24:16-17
Jesus will come with His own GLORY, the FATHER’S & ALL the ANGELS’.
Matthew 16:27; Revelation 22:12; Isaiah 40:10; 62:11
When Jesus comes with ALL HIS ANGELS, He will bring His REWARD with Him.
Revelation 1:7; 6:15-17; Isaiah 2:17-21; Matthew 24:30
All the UNBELIEVERS will mourn and will want to hide from His PRESENCE.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2:8
The EARTH & all the wicked will be destroyed by the BRIGHTNESS of His coming.
1 Corinthians 15:22-23; John 11:24-25
Christians who have died through ALL ages will be RAISED by Jesus at His coming.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54; Luke 24:39
They will then receive everlasting LIFE and a NEW physical BODY like Jesus had.
1 Thessalonians 2:19; 4:15-18
Christians will meet Jesus in the CLOUDS and will then be taken to Heaven.
Isaiah 13:9; Jeremiah 4:23-27; 25:30; 25:33
Earth is now desolate. All the wicked are dead – All Christians are in Heaven.
2 Peter 3:11-14, 17-18; James 5:7-8; Luke 12:37; Revelation 16:15; Revelation 22:20
We need to PREPARE, watch and BE READY for the coming of our Saviour.
(c) Light in Darkness