The Second Comming (Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib, Post-Trib Rapture?) Jn 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. Jn 14:18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Jn 21:22 Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me." 2Co 1:14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus. Php 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Col 3:4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 2Th 2:1-2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report of letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. 2Ti 4:8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. Tit 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the gloriouos appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ Heb 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Judgment at 1Th 5:2-3 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, "Peace and safety." destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. James 5:9 Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! and "Last days" 1Ti 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2Ti 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 1Jn 2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. Literary treatment of Mt 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Manner of Mk 13:26-27 At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. Outcome of Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reighs!" Ro 13:11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 1Co 13:10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 1Co 15:23-26 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he as destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1Co 15:44-49 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven. 1Co 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 2Co 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelivers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Php 1:6,10-11 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus ...... so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God. Rev 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, "Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." Participants Lk 21:35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 1Th 4:15 According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 2Th 1:7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. Predictions of Lk 21:27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Signs of Is 66:19-20 I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libians and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord. Mk 13:29 'No,' he answered, 'because while your are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Lk 18:8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly, However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" Heb 12:27 The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken--that is, created things--so that what cannot be shaken may reamin. Timing of Lk 12:40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Lk 17:23-24 Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. Lk 21:32 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Jn 16:16 In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me 1Th 5:2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 1Ti 4:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 1Ti 6:13-15 I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bringabout in his own time--God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light 2Ti 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. James 5:9 Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door. 1Pe 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Rev 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everone according to what he has done. Waiting for 1Th 1:9-10 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. 1Jn 2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. Revelation Outline: I. Introduction(1:1-8) a. Prologue(1:1-3) b. Greetings and Doxology(1:4-8) II. Jesus among the Seven churches(1:9-20) One Like a Son of Man III. The Letters to the Seven Churches(chs2-3) a. Ephesus(2:1-7) b. Smyrna(2:8-11) c. Pergamum(2:12-17) d. Thyatira(2:18-29) e. Sardis(3:1-6) f. Philadelphia(3:7-13) g. Laodicea(3:14-22) IV. The Throne, the Scroll and the Lamb(chs.4-5) a. The Throne in Heaven(ch4) b. The Seven-Sealed Scroll(5:1-5) c. The Lamb Slain 5:(6-14) V. The Seven Seals(6:1-8:1) a. First Seal: The White Horse(6:1-2) b. Second Seal: The Red Horse(6:3-4) c. Third Seal: The Black Horse(6:5-6) d. Fourth Seal: The Pale Horse(6:7-8) e. Fifth Seal: The Souls under the Alter(6:9-11) f. Sixth Seal: The Great Earthquake(6:12-17) g. The Sealing of the 144,000(7:1-8) h. The Great Multitude(7:9-17) i. Second Seal: Silence in Heaven(8:1) VI. The Seven Trumpets(8:2-11:19) a. Introduction(8:2-5) b. First Trumpet: Hail and Fire Mixed with Blood(8:6-7) c. Second Trumpet: A Mountain Thrown into the Sea(8:8-9) d. Third Trumpet: The Star Wormwood(8:10-11) e. Fourth Trumpet: A Third of the Sun, Moon and Stars Struck(8:12-13) f. Fifth Trumpet: The Plague of Locusts(9:1-12) g. Sixth Trumpet: Release of the Four Angels(9:13-21) h. The Angel and the Little Scroll(ch.10) i. The Two Witnesses(11:1-14) j. Seventh Trumpet: Judgments and Rewards(11:15-19) VII. Various Personages and Events(chs12-14) a. The Woman and the Dragon(ch12) b. The Two Beasts(ch13) c. The Lamb and the 144,000(14:1-5) d. The Harvest of the Earth(14:6-20) VIII. The Seven Bowls(chs.15-16) a. Introduction: The Song of Moses and the Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues(ch.15) b. First Bowl: Ugly and Painful Sores(16:1-2) c. Second Bowl: Sea Turns to Blood(16:3) d. Third Bowl: Rivers and Springs of Water Become Blood(16:4-7) e. Fourth Bowl: Sun Scorches People with Fire(16:8-9) f. Fifth Bowl: Darkness(16:10-11) g. Sixth Bowl: Euphrates River Dries Up(16:12-16) h. Seventh Bowl: Tremendous Earthquake(16:17-21) IX. Babylon: The Great Prostitute(17:1-19:5) a. Babylon Described(ch.17) b. The Fall of Babylon(ch.18) c. Praise for Babylon's Fall(19:1-5) X. Praise for the Wedding of the Lamb(19:6-10) XI. The Return of Christ(19:11-21) XII. The Thousand Years(20:1-6) XIII. Satan's Doom(20:7-10) XIV. Great White Throne Judgment(20:11-15) XV. New Heaven, New Earth, New Jerusalem(21:1-22:5) XVI. Conclusion(22:6-21)