I've been hearing about this latest trend quite a bit, some guy I know claims to have heard a trumpet while hunting in the woods.
I'm a bit of a skeptic...
I'm a bit of a skeptic...
Consider some of the other verses that show the manner in which the Lord Jesus Christ will return to this world. Matthew 24:26,27 warns us, “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.” During a severe thunderstorm when lightning flashes it lights up the entire area with its brilliant flash, and the sound of thunder can be heard for miles. Christ says His return will be like that. It will be impossible for anyone to miss the return of the Lord.
Acts 1:9-11 describes the scene when the Jesus was taken up into heaven: “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 steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men [angels] 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.” When Jesus left the earth, a cloud received Him as He ascended. Since He will return in the manner in which He left, He will, therefore, come in the clouds of heaven. This is exactly what Revelation 1:7 says. “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.”
Jesus comes in the clouds of heaven, and how many eyes will see him? EVERY EYE shall see him. If people proclaim that Jesus has returned and you have not seen Him for yourself coming in the clouds of heaven with all the holy angels blowing trumpets, then you will know that it is an impostor or that Satan, perpetrating his grand delusion, is masquerading as Christ. Notice that this verse tells us that the people who crucified Christ will also see Him return in all His glory.