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Ultimate Deliverance

Lesson 8

It's
no fairytale! One day, you can be free from all the hurt, hunger,
loneliness, crime, and chaos infecting the world today. Doesn’t that
sound wonderful? But it’s not going to be some charismatic world leader
who is going to deliver you—no, your deliverer is far superior! Jesus is
coming soon, but there are a lot of misconceptions regarding how He’s
coming back. So take a few minutes to understand what the Bible really
says about the second coming so you won’t be left behind!

1. Can we be positive Jesus will return a second time?

“Christ … will appear a second time” (Hebrews 9:28).
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again” (John 14:3).

Answer: Yes!
In Matthew 26:64, Jesus testified that He would come back to this earth
again. Since the Scriptures cannot be broken (John 10:35), this is
proof positive. It is Christ’s own personal guarantee. Besides, Jesus
fulfilled the prophecies of His first coming—so we can be absolutely
certain that He will fulfill the prophecies concerning His second coming
too!

2. In what manner will Jesus return the second time?

“When
He had spoken these things, while they watched, 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 stood by them in white
apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so
come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven’ ” (Acts 1:9–11).

Answer: The
Scriptures promise that Jesus will return to this earth in the same
manner that He left—in a visible, literal, bodily, personal manner.
Matthew 24:30 says, “They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds
of heaven with power and great glory.” He will come in the clouds
literally, as a personal being with a body of flesh and bones (Luke
24:36–43, 50, 51). His coming will be visible; Scripture is clear on
these facts!

3. Will the second coming of Christ be visible to everyone or only to a select group?

“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him” (Revelation 1:7).
“As the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be” (Matthew 24:27).
“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” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).

Answer: Every
man, woman, and child living in the world when Jesus returns will see
Him at His second coming. The staggering brightness of His appearance
will stretch from horizon to horizon, and the atmosphere will be charged
with brilliant glory like lightning. No one will be able to hide from
it. This will be a loud, dramatic event in which even the dead are
raised.

Note: Every person will know the second coming
is occurring! Some use 1 Thessalonians 4:16 to suggest a “secret
rapture,” where the saved disappear from the earth quietly, but it’s
actually one of the noisiest verses in the Bible: The Lord shouts, a
trumpet blasts, and the dead are raised! The second coming is not a
quiet event, nor is it only a spiritual coming into the heart. It does
not take place at a person’s death, nor is it figurative. All these
theories are human inventions, but the Bible plainly states that the
second coming will be a literal, worldwide, visible, personal appearance
of Christ in the clouds.

4. Who will come with Jesus at His second coming, and why?

“When
the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him,
then He will sit on the throne of His glory” (Matthew 25:31)

Answer: All
the angels of heaven will come with Jesus at His second coming. As the
bright cloud nears the earth, Jesus will send forth His angels, and they
will quickly gather together all of the righteous people in preparation
for the trip back to heaven (Matthew 24:31).

5. What is the purpose of Jesus’ second coming to this earth?

“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work” (Revelation 22:12).
“I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:3).
“That He may send Jesus Christ … whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things” (Acts 3:20, 21).

Answer: Jesus
is coming back to this earth to save His people, just as He promised,
and to take them to the beautiful home He has prepared for them.

6. What will happen to the righteous people when Jesus comes the second time?

“The
Lord Himself will descend from heaven … 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” (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17).
“We shall all
be changed … and the dead will be raised incorruptible. For … this
mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:51–53).
“We also
eagerly wait for… the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly
body that it may be conformed to His glorious body” (Philippians 3:20,
21).

Answer: Those who accepted Christ during
their lives but have died will be raised from their graves, given
perfect and immortal bodies, and will be caught up into the clouds to
meet the Lord. The saved living will also be given new bodies and will
be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. Jesus will then take all the
saved to heaven.

Note: that Jesus does not touch the
earth at His second coming. The saints meet Him “in the air.” So God’s
people won’t be fooled by any report that says Christ is in, for
instance, London, New York, Moscow, or anywhere else on the earth. False
christs will appear on the earth and do miracles (Matthew 24:23–27),
but Jesus will remain in the clouds above the earth at His second
coming.

7. What will happen to the wicked people when Jesus comes again?

“With the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked” (Isaiah 11:4).
“At that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth” (Jeremiah 25:33).

JESUS is coming SOON!!!

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Friday, July 10, 2020