Future Second Coming Verses
According to Andrew Sandlin


Subj:    OPEN LETTER TO LIGONIER MINISTRIES
Date:    2/11/99 3:56:41 PM Pacific Standard Time
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We glory in texts like Acts 1:11, Phil. 3:20-21, Col. 3:4-5, the concluding section of each chapter of 1 Thes., Heb. 9:28, Jas. 5:7-9, 2 Pet. 3:10-13, 1 Jn. 3:2-3, and others that refer to Christ's future physical Second Advent, though I don't have space for exegesis here. We could appeal to the exegesis by orthodox eschatologists over nearly 2000 years of church history, and set it over against the recent heretical speculations of the Hymenaens.


The Verses

Space for Exegesis Here

Also included are cross references.

Ask these two questions:

  • Can a good faith argument be made that this passage was fulfilled in AD 70?
  • Can a good faith argument be made that this passage cannot possibly have been fulfilled in AD70, and that any argument (to the effect that it was) cannot have been made in good faith?
Acts 1:11 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.  
Acts 1:11: Ye men (KJV): Ac 2:7 13:31 Mk 14:70  
why (KJV): Ac 3:12 Lu 24:5  
shall (KJV): (1) Da 7:13,14 (2) Mt 24:30 25:31 (3) Mk 13:26 (4) Lu 21:27 (5) Joh 14:3 (6) 1Th 1:10 (7) 1Th 4:16 (8) 2Th 1:7-10 (9) Rev 1:7  
(1) Daniel 7:13 "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. {14} Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.  
(2) Matthew 24:30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. {31} "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.  
(3) Mark 13:26 "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.  
(4) Luke 21:27 "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  
(5) John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.  
(6) 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.  
(7) 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For 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.  
(8) 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, {8} in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. {9} These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, {10} when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.  
(9) Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.  

Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {21} Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.  
Philippians 3:20: our (KJV): Php 1:18-21 Ps 16:11 17:15 73:24-26 Pr 15:24 Mt 6:19-21 19:21 Lu 12:21,32-34 14:14 2Co 4:18 5:1,8 Eph 2:6,19 Col 1:5 3:1-3 Heb 10:34,35 1Pe 1:3,4  
conversation (KJV): Gr. Isa 26:1,2 Ga 4:26 Eph 2:19 Heb 12:22 Rev 21:10-27  
from (KJV): Ac 1:11 1Th 4:16 2Th 1:7,8 Rev 1:7  
we look (KJV): Php 1:10 1Co 1:7 1Th 1:10 2Ti 4:8 Tit 2:13 Heb 9:28 2Pe 3:12-14  
Philippians 3:21: shall (KJV): 1Co 15:42-44,48-54  
that (KJV): Mt 17:2 Col 3:4 1Jn 3:2 Rev 1:13-20  
the working (KJV): Isa 25:8 26:19 Ho 13:14 Mt 22:29 28:18 Joh 5:25-29 11:24-26 1Co 15:25-27,53-56 Eph 1:19,20 Rev 1:8,18 20:11-15  
Colossians 3:4-5 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. {5} Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:  
Colossians 3:4: our (KJV): Joh 11:25 14:6 20:31 Ac 3:15 Ga 2:20 2Ti 1:1 1Jn 1:1,2 5:12 Rev 2:7 22:1,14  
appear (KJV): 1Ti 6:14 2Ti 4:8 Tit 2:13 Heb 9:28 1Pe 5:4 1Jn 2:28 3:2  
ye (KJV): Ps 17:15 73:24 Isa 25:8,9 Mt 13:43 Joh 6:39,40 14:3 17:24 1Co 15:43 2Co 4:17 Php 3:21 1Th 4:17 2Th 1:10-12 Jude 1:24  
Colossians 3:5: Mortify (KJV): Ro 6:6 8:13 Ga 5:24 Eph 5:3-6  
members (KJV): Ro 6:13 7:5,23 Jas 4:1  
fornication (KJV): Mt 15:19 Mk 7:21,22 Ro 1:29 1Co 5:1,10,11 6:9,13,18 2Co 12:21 Ga 5:19-21 Eph 5:3 1Th 4:3 Heb 12:16 13:4 Rev 21:8 22:15  
inordinate (KJV): Ro 1:26 1Th 4:5 *Gr:  
evil (KJV): Ro 7:7,8 1Co 10:6-8 Eph 4:19 1Pe 2:11  
covetousness (KJV): 1Co 6:10 Ga 5:19-21 Eph 5:3,5  
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.  
Hebrews 9:28: was (KJV): He 9:25 Ro 6:10 1Pe 3:18 1Jn 3:5  
to bear (KJV): Lev 10:17 Nu 18:1,23 Isa 53:4-6,11,12 Mt 26:28 Ro 5:15 1Pe 2:24  
them (KJV): Php 3:20 1Th 1:10 2Ti 4:8 Tit 2:13 2Pe 3:12  
he appear (KJV): Zec 14:5 Joh 14:3 Ac 1:11 1Th 4:14-16 2Th 1:5-9 2:1 1Jn 3:2 Rev 1:7  
without (KJV): Ro 6:10 8:3  
unto (KJV): Isa 25:9 Ro 8:23 1Co 15:54 Php 3:21 1Th 4:17 2Th 1:10  
James 5:7-9 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. {8} Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. {9} Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.  
James 5:7: Be patient (KJV): or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience, Lu 8:15 Ro 2:7 8:24,25 15:4 2Co 6:4,5 Ga 5:5 6:9 Col 1:11 1Th 1:3 Heb 6:15 12:1-3  
unto (KJV): Jas 5:8,9 Mt 24:27,44 Lu 18:8 21:27 1Co 1:7 1Th 2:19 3:13 2Pe 3:4  
until (KJV): De 11:14 Jer 5:24 Ho 6:3 Joe 2:23 Zec 10:1  
James 5:8: ye also (KJV): Ge 49:18 Ps 37:7 40:1-3 130:5 La 3:25,26 Mic 7:7 Hab 2:3 Ro 8:25 Ga 5:22 1Th 1:10 2Th 3:5 Heb 10:35-37  
stablish (KJV): Ps 27:14  
for (KJV): Jas 5:9 Php 4:5 Heb 10:25-37 1Pe 4:7 Rev 22:20  
James 5:9: Grudge not (KJV): or, Groan not, or, grieve not, Jas 4:11 Lev 19:18 Ps 59:15 Mk 6:19 *marg: 2Co 9:7 Ga 5:14,26 1Pe 4:9  
lest (KJV): Mt 6:14,15 7:1,2  
the Judge (KJV): Ge 4:7 Mt 24:33 1Co 4:5 10:11 Rev 3:20  
2 Peter 3:10-13 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. {11} Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, {12} Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? {13} Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  
2 Peter 3:10: the day (KJV): Isa 2:12 Joe 1:15 2:1,31 3:14 Mal 4:5 1Co 5:5 2Co 1:14 Jude 1:6  
as a (KJV): Mt 24:42,43 Lu 12:39 1Th 5:2 Rev 3:3 16:15  
in the which (KJV): Ps 102:26 Isa 51:6 Mt 24:35 Mk 13:31 Ro 8:20 Heb 1:11,12 Rev 20:11 21:1  
the elements (KJV): 2Pe 3:12  
melt (KJV): Ps 46:6 97:5 Am 9:5,13 Na 1:5  
the earth (KJV): 2Pe 3:7  
2 Peter 3:11: all these (KJV): 2Pe 3:12 Ps 75:3 Isa 14:31 24:19 34:4  
what (KJV): Mt 8:27 1Th 1:5 Jas 1:24  
in all (KJV): Ps 37:14 50:23 2Co 1:12 Php 1:27 3:20 1Ti 4:12 Heb 13:5 Jas 3:13 1Pe 1:15 2:12  
godliness (KJV): 2Pe 1:3,6 1Ti 3:16 6:3,6,11  
2 Peter 3:12: Looking (KJV): 1Co 1:7 Tit 2:13 Jude 1:21  
hasting unto the coming (KJV): or, hasting the coming, 2Pe 3:10 1Co 1:8 Php 1:6  
the heavens (KJV): 2Pe 3:10 Ps 50:3 Isa 34:4 Rev 6:13,14  
melt (KJV): 2Pe 3:10 Isa 2:1-22 64:1-12 Mic 1:4  
2 Peter 3:13: according (KJV): Isa 65:17 66:22 Rev 21:1,27  
1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. {3} And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.  
1 John 3:2: now are we the (KJV): 1Jn 3:1 5:1 Isa 56:5 Ro 8:14,15,18 Ga 3:26 4:6  
it (KJV): Ps 31:19 Ro 8:18 1Co 2:9 13:12 2Co 4:17  
what (KJV): Ps 17:15 Ro 8:29 1Co 15:49 Php 3:21 2Pe 1:4  
when (KJV): Mal 3:2 Col 3:4 Heb 9:28  
for (KJV): Job 19:26 Ps 16:11 Mt 5:8 Joh 17:24 1Co 13:12 2Co 3:18 5:6-8  
1 John 3:3: every (KJV): Ro 5:4,5 Col 1:5 2Th 2:16 Tit 3:7 Heb 6:18  
purifieth (KJV): Ac 15:9 2Co 7:1 Heb 12:14 2Pe 1:4 3:14  
even (KJV): 1Jn 2:6 4:17 Mt 5:48 Lu 6:36 Heb 7:26  

1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, {10} and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.  
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. {14} For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, {15} who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, {16} forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. {17} But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire. {18} Therefore we wanted to come to you; even I, Paul, time and again; but Satan hindered us. {19} For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? {20} For you are our glory and joy.  
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. {12} And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, {13} so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.  
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. {14} For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. {15} For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. {16} For 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. {17} 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. {18} Therefore comfort one another with these words.  
1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. {2} For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. {3} For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. {4} But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. {5} You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. {6} Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. {7} For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. {8} But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. {9} For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, {10} who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.  
1 Thessalonians 5:19-24 Do not quench the Spirit. {20} Do not despise prophecies. {21} Test all things; hold fast what is good. {22} Abstain from every form of evil. {23} Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. {24} He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.  

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