12.
God the Son: His Coming For His Saints

A.Unfulfilled Prophecy
Between Coming for and COming with:
emergence of a world church,
formation of a world government with a world dictator
gigantic war which wil be underway at the time Christ comes to set up His kingdom.

B. Prophecies of the Rapture
JOhn 14:2-3
Matt 24:26-31
1 Thes 4:13-18
John 5:28-29
1 Cor 15:51-58
    mystery: rom 16:25-26; Col 1:26
Our new bodies will be sinless eph 5:27; phil 3:20-21
Pre-church (pre-pentecost) saints not resurrected until 2nd coming Dan 12:1-2 Rev 20:4

C. Contrasts betwee Christ Coming For and Christ coming With
1. Heaven to earth vs. earth to heaven
2.living saints translated at rapture, none at 2nd C
3. At rapture saints go to heaven, at 2c saints remain in earth w/o tranlsation
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God the Son: Coming WITH Saints.

A. IMporatnt Events Preceding the Second COming of Christ
1. Preparation: confederacy revived Roman Empire
dictator controls three, then ten nations
2. Period of peace,  covenant with Israel for 7 years Dan 9:27
3. after 3 1/2 years, dictator breaks coveant and begins persecution
seizes worlds religions, converts to one world religion
seizes commerce (mark of beast)
= GT Dan 12:1 matt 24:21; Rev 7:14
judgments Rev 6-18
climax in world war Rev 16:14-16
2nd COing delivers not-yet-martyred

B. Vital Facts Relating to the Second COming
The BIble teaches that Lord Jesus Christ 
will return to the earth (zech 14:4)
personally (Mat 25:31; Rev. 19:11-16)
on clouds of heaven (Mat 24:30; Acts 1:11; Rev 1:7)
GLorious event entire world will see (Rev 1:7)
2. Matt 24:26-29 will be like lightning
seen by al (Matt 24:30; rev 1:7)
3 accompanied by saints and angels in dramtic procession
Rev 19:11-16
may take many hours
earth will rotate, permitting entire world to see event.
will terminate at Mount of Olives (Zech 14:1-4 Acts 1:9-12)
cleave in two, valley from Jerusalem east to Jordan valley
4. Will first judge the armies of the world deployed in battle (rev 19:15-21)
As he sets up kingdom, will regather Israel and judge them (Ezek 20:34-38)
Then gather gentiles and judge them Matt 25:31-46



45 The Great Tribulation

A. THe Great Tribulation in COntrast with the General Tribulation
Job 5:7
John 16:33
Paul: thorn in flesh

B. THe OT DOctrine of the Great Tribulation
Deut 4:29-30
Jer 30:1-10
Dan 9:26-27
Dan 12:11,12
Dan 7:13-14, 26
Dan 11:36-39, 40-45

C. The Doctrine of the Great Tribulation in the NT
Matt 24:3-14 already fulfilled, between two comings.
Matt 24:15-29 = GT
Rev 6-18


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The Second COming of Christ

A. The Importance of the Second Coming
Second COming determines the total theology

B. THe OT prophecies of the 2c
Deut 30:1-3
Isa 63:1-6