The details and time of Christ’s second coming are unknown, all that is for sure known, because of scripture, is that He will return and His believers should be prepared.
Throughout the entire New Testament there are many mentions of Christ’s second return. The mentions are not as detailed as some people may like, but the truth is the time and details of Christ’s return remain unknown. The New Testament does guarantee that Christ will return. Even though the Bible does not say when the second coming will be it does mention some details that will happen. Matthew 24:30 talks about how Christ’s return will be glorious. It is pointed out in Revelation 1:7 that every eye will see him, including non-Christians. Christ will come one day as pointed out in 1 Corinthians 15:24 NIV when it says, “Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.” The verse shows that the Bible explicitly states that Christ will return, it just does not say when. The second coming of Jesus will be unexpected, as mentioned in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, like a thief in the night. Like it says in the Apostles’ Creed Jesus will come to “judge the quick and the dead”. The dead will rise up from their graves, the elect will rise up with Jesus, and the others will remain on the earth. During His time on earth when people asked Jesus about signs that they may see to know of the second coming He did not fortify their questions, for example, He said, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah” in Matthew 12:39 NIV. One might take this as a hint that if Jesus does not want to supply a sign or tell of sign then, the...
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And the End Time: First the events of the final judgment should not be called the “End Times” it is the End Time. The End happens once, if I say End Times I sound like a Hindu who believes in an endless cycle of recreation and judgment.
Bauer & Johannes, 1970, p.64). As a bonus his death not only offers redemption for mankind but also introduces the aspect of new life. Starting over and new life is not an aspect discussed in the Old Testament. Finally despite the perfection of Christ’s redemption of mankind, believers will have to wait until the return of Christ for this particular redemption to be complete.
Brooks and A.J Gordon (Balmer 34). Dispensationalism has been gaining followers for many years and its popularity can be seen in many places, such as in the Left Behind series which has captured the minds of many people around the world (Pagels 1). Now with historical context in mind, it is time to see what Dispensationalism teaches. Dispensationalism has three distinct characteristics: Rapture of Christians, Millennium Rule of Christ, and the Unfulfilled Prophecies of the Bible. For the purpose of this paper they will all be examined separately. The Rapture is the belief that Christians will be brought up and not have to endure the Tribulation (Robinson). The term “rapture” does not occur in the Bible but instead comes from a Latinized version of the word arpadzo which comes from “caught up” (Witherington 94). The belief in the Rapture for Dispensationalists is based on 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17 which they claim describes an event where living Christians return to heaven with Christ (Robinson). Secondly, the Millennium Rule is the belief that Jesus Christ will literally rule over earth for 1,000 years after the Tribulation (Robinson). The key here is that (as opposed to the Post-Millennial views) the believers have no part in setting up his reign
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Unlike other views that believe the second coming will be in two phases, amillennialists feel it will occur in one stage; within the time between the first and second coming (459). They fuse the two resurrections spoken in Revelation 20:1-6 into one stage. In this one stage, a general resurrection will occur in which all believers and unbelievers will be gathered. They understand that Satan will be bound during the in-between time and at the second advent he will be released for a short time to cause havoc (458). Christ will return after the heavenly millennium reign and all believers and transformed believers will be taken up to the clouds to be with Him.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a incident that we have to take by faith. Many take it and try to explain it away but have difficulty coming up with a theory that is sound enough. The easiest way to deal with Jesus' resurrection is to take it by faith and believe that it really happened.