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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles<\/strong>\u00a02 page.]<\/span><\/p>\nThe New Testament not only frequently and plainly tells us that Jesus Christ will return, but it also tells us what things will occur when He comes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Great sounds and noises will be heard, including \u201ca shout,\u201d \u201cthe voice of the archangel,\u201d and \u201cthe trump of God\u201d (1 The. 4:16).<\/span><\/li>\n
- He will obliterate all material things, including space (\u201cthe heavens\u201d), the base elements, and the earth and all that men have produced (2 Pet. 3:4, 10). His coming will mark \u201cthe end\u201d of time (1 Cor. 15: 23\u201324).<\/span><\/li>\n
- He will raise all the dead \u201cat his coming\u201d (1 Cor. 15:22\u201323; 1 The. 4:16), including good and evil in the same \u201chour\u201d (John 5:28\u201329).<\/span><\/li>\n
- He will judge \u201call the nations\u201d (Mat. 25:31\u201346; cf. 2 The. 1:7\u201310), a Judgment Day no one will escape (2 Cor. 5:10).<\/span><\/li>\n
- When He comes, He will deliver His presently existing church\/kingdom (Mat. 16:18\u201319; Mark 9:1; Col. 1:13; Rev. 1:9) to God the Father (1 Cor. 15:24). He has gone \u201cto prepare a place\u201d for His people (i.e., Heaven), to which He will take us to be with Him forever (John 14:2\u20133).<\/span><\/li>\n
- When He comes, no one will miss it (Rev. 1:7).<\/span>
\nWith these Biblical facts before us, we note that when Jesus returns:<\/span><\/li>\n- Everyone will be aware of this momentous event, not merely a few (the righteous), as the \u201cRapture\u201d theorists aver. (The spectacular sounds and sights will be unavoidable.) \u201cEvery eye shall see him\u201d when He comes (Rev. 1:7).<\/span><\/li>\n
- He will return only once, contrary to the \u201cRapture\u201d doctrine that requires at least two \u201cSecond Comings.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
- He will raise all of the dead in only one universal resurrection, rather than allegedly raising the righteous dead at a \u201cfirst\u201d Second Coming, followed by that of the unrighteous dead at a \u201csecond\u201d Second Coming a millennium or more later, per the \u201cRapture\u201d doctrine. The New Testament knows of only one Second Coming.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He will not establish a political kingdom on earth for even one year, much less for a millennium, for there will be no earth upon which to establish it and no time remaining in which it might exist.<\/span><\/p>\nSpeculations concerning the time of the Lord\u2019s return and its accompanying events are both numerous\u2014and dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n[Note: I wrote this article for and it appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, TX, January 5, 2007]. <\/span><\/p>\nAttribution: From thescripturecache.com; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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