Chapter 4- The Second Coming

Now-a-days we hear a lot of people talk of the 2nd coming of Christ. Its almost 2000 yrs. now since our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross and was resurercted. Revelation 22:7, 12, 20 all trestify to His sure return.
In all these verses it says,
"….Behold I come quickly………."
But when will He come ?
For the right answer we have to turn to the Scriptures again.
Mathew 24:29, 30 says,
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken: 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 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.'
This implies that he will come immediately after the tribulation.
Mark 13:24-26 speaks of the same event.
And if we read the 2nd Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians he tells them that "the day of the 2nd coming" will not occur before the Antichrist is revealed and he opposes God and sits in the temple of God proclaiming himself as God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4)
"Rapture" and the "Second coming"are 2 distinct events sepearted by a gap of 7 yrs. During "Rapture" Christ comes amidst clouds in mid-air and not to the earth while at the second coming he comes to the earth.
And how is he coming?
"with brightness" (2Thessalonians 2:8)
"seated on a white horse" (Revelation 19:11)
"with his holy angels" (Mathew 25:31)
"in the clouds of heaven" (Mathew 24:30)
"with power and great glory" (Mathew 24:30)
"as the lightning" (Luke 17:24)
"with ten thousands of His saints" (Jude 14)

Now why is He coming?
"In righteousness to judge and make war" (Revelation 19:11)
"To smite the nations who have rebelled against Him" (Revelation 19:15)
"To smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem"(Zechariah 14:12)
"To destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and his armies" (2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19:20)
"To gather His elect" (Mathew 24:31)
"To be king over all the earth"(Zechariah 14:9)
"To reign on earth for a thousand years with His Saints" (Revelation 20:4,6)

The facts now are plain and simple;

a.He will surely come,
b.After the tribulation
c.In the clouds of heaven with his saints and angels seated on a white horse with great power and glory,
d.To destroy the Antichrist and his armies at Armageddon,
e.To reign on earth for a thousand years with His saints.
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On what day or at what time after the tribulation no one knows except God.
Scripture is very clear in stating this fact that no one except God knows the exact day & time of the 2nd coming of Christ. All Speculation is useless.
Mathew 24:42 says,
"Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your lord doth come."
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Mathew 24:36)
"Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning." (Mark 13:35)
"And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." (Acts 1:7)
So what is Jesus command to us in our present day?
In Luke 21:36 he says, "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the son of man."

So are you ready to escape? Are you worthy "to escape" and stand before Him? How can you be worthy "to escape"? The solution is very simple.
In John 5:24 Jesus says "Verily, Verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death unto life."
In John 4:10 Jesus says that if any one asks of Him "living water", He would surely give it and in v. 14 he says, "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst."
Dear friend, are you dead in your sins? Are you perishing in your iniquities? Come drink the living water today! Jesus gives this opportunity to all of us. This is your chance. Grab it. You will never regret it.
"Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth" (Psalm 124:8)
"He that is our God is the God of salvation ……….." (Psalm 68:20)