What do you think the second coming of Christ will look like? (Please back up your thoughts with Bible verses. Thank you!)
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Hey JFSurvivor! I am glad to see you again and hope you are well indeed, praise Jesus. Also good choice for a topic.
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Hi,
Christ will come like a thief in the night as no one knows when. Scriptures to back up are found in
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in thewhich the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and theelements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Be blessed!
Hi JF,
It depends, if by "second coming" your interpretation is referring to his visual, physical return to the earth to end the age, then the Lord will descend upon the earth and the church with him riding on white horses and all of those kings, their generals, the armies and all of those whom the angels will have collected (one taken) will all be killed by that double-edged sword, which is figurative representing the spoken word of God. (Mt.24:29-31, Eph.6:17, Rev.19:11-21)
If you are speaking about when the Lord descends from heaven and gathers all believers dead and living, then the dead in Christ will rise first and then we who are still alive when that event takes place, will be changed in a moment into our glorified bodies and will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Sometime after that even God's wrath will commence. Whether or not all the inhabitants of the earth will hear that trumpet call or only those being called up, scripture does not reveal. (1 Thes.4:13-18, 1 Cor.15:51-53)
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First of all, it will not be when the End Times Experts predict. We can auto-reject them. But when it does come, everyone will know.
The lightning is curious to me. It would be great if it were a global lightening show immediately preceding His full presence on Earth. Christ says "AS" the lightening so it may be a comparison rather than a reality. Or it may still be a light show that appears like lightening. Think of all the skies of the globe lighting up at once in a lightening-like way.
Luke 17
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it .
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them , nor follow them .
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
We will be bowing in front of the Lord saying "Beregova hashem Adonai" .(Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord)
His coming will look similar to how He ascended in a cloud into Heaven per the Acts 1 example.
Apostle Paul said in 1 Cor.15, those alive on earth on the "last trump" will be changed "at the twinkling of an eye", changed to the "spiritual body".
Mat 24:30
and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31
And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31
And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
That was the year I first cried out to Him for help from the depths of my being, not even knowing if He existed, was real, would or could help etc... but He was there, and He did help me, for that was the year I first got clean and sober after many years of drug and alcohol abuse. I also tested step three that year and asked Him to help me quit smoking cigarettes, and He did. Still, it took me about ten years after that to come to believe in Him as the God Who is portrayed in Scripture, and accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour
God is good! AWESOME!
Yeah Baby!
(Psalm 2 (all), Isaiah 42v13-17, 63v1-6, Dan 7v13,14, Zech 14v1-15 (with Acts 1v10-12), Matt 24v29-31, Rev 1v7, 6v12-17, 14v14-16, 19v11-16 and so forth...)