The second coming of Christ will happen suddenly, but it will not go unnoticed because it will be something that everyone will see and hear. Jesus will come with power and glory to reign and judge the peoples. For those who have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, this will be a day of immense joy because it will mark the beginning of eternity with Jesus.
At that time, at the sound of the trumpet, the dead in Christ will be resurrected and the living believers in Christ will be caught up.
The sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky, and all the races of the earth will be anguished. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And at the sound of the great trumpet he will send his angels, and they will gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
(Matthew 24:30-31)
The second coming of Christ will be…
Suddenly, we must be prepared
Matthew 24:36-39
But as for the day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. The coming of the Son of man will be as in Noah’s time. For in the days before the flood they ate and drank and married and gave in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing of what would happen until the flood came and washed them all away. So it will be at the coming of the Son of man.
(Matthew 24:36-39)
Matthew 24:42
Therefore, stay awake, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
(Matthew 24:42)
2 Peter 3:11-12a
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, shouldn’t you live as God intended, following blameless conduct and eagerly awaiting the coming of God’s day?
(2 Peter 3:11-12a)
Visible, everyone will see Jesus return
Revelation 1:7
Look what’s coming in the clouds!
And everyone will see it with their own eyes,
even those who pierced it;
and for him they will mourn
all the peoples of the earth.
So shall! Amen.
(Revelation 1:7)
Luke 21:27
Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
(Luke 21:27)
Matthew 24:27
For just as the lightning that comes from the east is seen even in the west, so will the coming of the Son of man be.
(Matthew 24:27)
Acts 1:9-11
Having said this, as they watched him, he was carried up on high until a cloud hid him from their sight. They stared up at the sky as he walked away. Suddenly, two men dressed in white approached them and said: Galileos, what are you doing here looking at the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you to heaven, will come again in the same way that you have seen him go.
(Acts 1:9-11)
Audible, with command voice and trumpet sound
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Take a good look at the mystery that I am going to reveal to you: We will not all die, but we will all be transformed, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the final blast of the trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will rise with an incorruptible body, and we will be changed.
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then those of us who are alive, those of us who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Day of hope and reward for believers in Christ
Matthew 16:27
Because the Son of man is to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
(Matthew 16:27)
Luke 21:28
When these things begin to happen, take courage and lift your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
(Luke 21:28)
Revelation 21:3-4
I heard a powerful voice from the throne saying, “Here, among human beings, is the abode of God! He will encamp in their midst, and they will be his people; God Himself will be with them and will be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be death, crying, lamentation or pain, because the first things have ceased to exist.
(Revelation 21:3-4)
Revelation 22:12
Look I’m coming soon! I bring with me my reward, and I will pay each one according to what he has done.
(Revelation 22:12)
Hebrews 9:28
Christ also was offered as a sacrifice once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, no longer to bear any sin, but to bring salvation to those who wait for him.
(Hebrews 9:28)
day of fire and destruction
2 Peter 3:12b-14
On that day the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat of the flames. But, according to his promise, we look forward to a new heaven and a new earth, in which justice dwells.
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, while you await these events, strive so that God finds you spotless and without blemish, and at peace with him.
(2 Peter 3:11-14)
Malachi 3:2
But who can bear the day of his coming? Who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a foundryman’s fire or a laundryman’s lye.
(Malachi 3:2)
2 Peter 3:7
And now, by that very word, heaven and earth are laid up for fire, reserved for the day of judgment and the destruction of the wicked.
(2 Peter 3:7)
Judgment day and beginning of the reign of Jesus
Matthew 25:31-32
When the Son of man comes in his glory, with all his angels, he will sit on his glorious throne. All nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
(Matthew 25:31-32)
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
And to you who suffer, he will give rest, the same as us. This will happen when the Lord Jesus manifests himself from heaven in flames of fire, with his mighty angels, to punish those who do not recognize God or obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power, on the day he comes to be glorified through his saints and admired by all who have believed, including you. because they believed the testimony that we gave them.
(2 Thessalonians 1:7-10)
Revelation 19:1-2
After this I heard a tremendous uproar in heaven, like that of an immense multitude exclaiming: Hallelujah! Salvation, glory and power belong to our God, because his judgments are true and just: he has condemned the famous prostitute who corrupted the earth with her adulteries; he has vindicated the blood of God’s servants shed by her.
(Revelation 19:1-2)
Revelation 19:6-8
Then I heard voices like the noise of a huge crowd, like the crash of a waterfall and like the rumble of mighty thunder, exclaiming: Hallelujah! The Lord, our Almighty God, has already begun to reign. Let us rejoice and rejoice and give him glory! The wedding day of the Lamb has arrived. His bride has made herself ready, and she has been given to clothe herself in fine linen, clean and bright. (The fine linen represents the righteous actions of the saints.)
(Revelation 19:6-8)
Revelation 19:11-16
Then I saw the sky open, and a white horse appeared. His rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he pronounces sentence and wages war. His eyes shine like flames of fire, and many diadems gird his head. He has a name written on him that no one knows but him alone. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is “the Word of God.” He is followed by the armies of heaven, mounted on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he will smite the nations. He “he will rule Them with an iron fist.” He himself squeezes grapes in the winepress of the fury of punishment that comes from God Almighty. On his cloak and on his thigh is written this name: King of kings and Lord of lords.
(Revelation 19:11-16)
Matthew 26:64
You have said it,” answered Jesus. But I tell everyone: From now on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
(Matthew 26:64)
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