The Second Coming Of Jesus (Part 1)

Every conversation I have with a church member always come around to the Second Coming of the Lord and End Times events; so I want to present this lesson to give a clear understanding of where I stand on the Second Coming of Jesus. People have wrote and preached on this concept for centuries; and he still has not come. But since the time he walked the earth and ascended to heaven men have been looking for him to come back, longing for his leadership over them. We often forget that he is coming back and begin living our lives in sin; guided by the enemy of mankind.

The first thing one need to remember about his coming is; there is a certainty of his coming. As he descended up to heaven the angels proclaimed it. In Acts 1:9-11, it says the "two men...in white apparel" Who said that "This same Jesus, who was taken up from into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven." Now the question comes; are you going to believe the written account of Luke about angels? Almost everyone believes in angels. There are angels that people believe watches over one to keep bad things from happening; there is no problem accepting your guarding angel, so why do you have problem accepting the account of the angels that Luke wrote about.

Then, there is the testimony of the writing of the Apostle Paul as he wrote to the Corinthian church in passages like 1 Corinthians 15:22-23 and the Thessalonians when he wrote “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.”

The young evangelist, Timothy in his second letter, which was made into a book of the bible with his name in, 2 Timothy 4:1 he wrote, “I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:”

It is sure that there is proof of the certainty of his return. Great men like the Apostle Paul and Timothy, who were two of the greatest workers in the early church, would have staked their life on his return. Just as throughout the Old Testament one finds the recurring theme "The Messiah is coming!", so in the New Testament we find not only "He has come!" but also "He is coming again!"

To the certainty of His coming, we can add...