The Second Coming of Christ
SCRIPTURE Q & A Prophecy of The Second Coming of Jesus Christ!
Jesus will Return in the clouds and everybody sees Him!
What happens to the righteous people who have died believing in Christ when He returns?
What happens to the wicked at Jesus' return?
Those who crucified Jesus will be resurrected at His return.
When is Jesus returning?
Why is Jesus returning to Earth?
How can I be ready for Jesus' return?
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SUMMARY It is over! The trial of the character of God's love and the truth of the evil of sin, life outside of the will of God, are forever evident. Jesus Christ returns to take home all who have accepted His redemption; while all who refuse are destroyed at the sight of His coming. |
THOUGHTS
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
"Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand. It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour and which upon it as it draws nearer the earth, becoming lighter and more glorious, until it is a great white cloud, its base a glory like consuming fire, and above it the rainbow of the covenant. Jesus rides forth as a mighty conqueror."
- The Great Controversy, p. 640
Jesus Will Return In the Clouds & Everybody Alive Will See Him
"With anthems of celestial melody the holy angels, a vast, unnumbered throng, attend Him on His way. The firmament seems filled with radiant forms--'ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.'
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The King of kings descends upon the cloud, wrapped in flaming fire. The heavens are rolled together as a scroll, the earth trembles before Him, and every mountain and island is moved out of its place."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641-642
What Happens to the Redeemed Living at Jesus' Return?
"The righteous cry with trembling: "Who shall be able to stand?" The angels' song is hushed, and there is a period of awful silence. Then the voice of Jesus is heard, saying: "My grace is sufficient for you." The faces of the righteous are lighted up, and joy fills every heart. And the angels strike a note higher and sing again as they draw still nearer to the earth."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The living righteous are changed "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." At the voice of God they were glorified; now they are made immortal and with the risen saints are caught up to meet their Lord in the air. Angels "gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
- The Great Controversy, p. 645
"Little children are borne by holy angels to their mothers' arms. Friends long separated by death are united, nevermore to part, and with songs of gladness ascend together to the City of God."
- The Great Controversy, p. 645
What Happens To The Righteous Dead At Jesus' Return?
"Amid the reeling of the earth, the flash of lightning, and the roar of thunder, the voice of the Son of God calls forth the sleeping saints. He looks upon the graves of the righteous, then, raising His hands to heaven, He cries: 'Awake, awake, awake, ye that sleep in the dust, and arise!' Throughout the length and breadth of the earth the dead shall hear that voice, and they that hear shall live. And the whole earth shall ring with the tread of the exceeding great army of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. From the prison house of death they come, clothed with immortal glory, crying: 'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?' 1 Corinthians 15:55. And the living righteous and the risen saints unite their voices in a long, glad shout of victory."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"All come forth from their graves the same in stature as when they entered the tomb."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"But all arise with the freshness and vigor of eternal youth."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"The mortal, corruptible form, devoid of comeliness, once polluted with sin, becomes perfect, beautiful, and immortal. All blemishes and deformities are left in the grave. Restored to the tree of life in the long-lost Eden, the redeemed will 'grow up' (Malachi 4:2) to the full stature of the race in its primeval glory. The last lingering traces of the curse of sin will be removed, and Christ's faithful ones will appear in "the beauty of the Lord our God," in mind and soul and body reflecting the perfect image of their Lord."
- the Great Controversy, p. 645
What Happens to the Wicked at Jesus' Return?
"Before His presence [Jeremiah 30:6 quoted] upon the rejecters of God's mercy falls the terror of eternal despair. [Nahum 2:10 quoted]."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The wicked pray to be buried beneath the rocks of the mountains rather than meet the face of Him whom they have despised and rejected. That voice which penetrates the ear of the dead, they know. How often have its plaintive, tender tones called them to repentance. How often has it been heard in the touching entreaties of a friend, a brother, a Redeemer "
- The Great Controversy, p. 642
Those Who Crucified Jesus Are Resurrected
"There are those who mocked Christ in His humiliation. With thrilling power come to their minds the Sufferer's words, when, adjured by the high priest, He solemnly declared: [Matthew 26:64 quoted]. Now they behold Him in His glory, and they are yet to see Him sitting on the right hand of power. Those who derided His claim to be the Son of God are speechless now."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
"There is the haughty Herod who jeered at His royal title and bade the mocking soldiers crown Him king. There are the very men who with impious hands placed upon His form the purple robe, upon His sacred brow the thorny crown, and in His unresisting hand the mimic scepter, and bowed before Him in blasphemous mockery. The men who smote and spit upon the Prince of life now turn from His piercing gaze and seek to flee from the overpowering glory of His presence. Those who drove the nails through His hands and feet, the soldier who pierced His side, behold these marks with terror and remorse."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
"With awful distinctness do priests and rulers recall the events of Calvary. With shuddering horror they remember how, wagging their heads in satanic exultation, they exclaimed: [Matthew 27:42, 43 quoted]."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
Why Is Jesus Returning to Earth?
"The Saviour's joy is in seeing, in the kingdom of glory, the souls that have been saved by His agony and humiliation. And the redeemed will be sharers in His joy, as they behold, among the blessed, those who have been won to Christ through their prayers, their labors, and their loving sacrifice."
- The Great Controversy, p. 647
FURTHER STUDY
The Great Controversy, p. 640-645
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
"Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand. It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour and which upon it as it draws nearer the earth, becoming lighter and more glorious, until it is a great white cloud, its base a glory like consuming fire, and above it the rainbow of the covenant. Jesus rides forth as a mighty conqueror."
- The Great Controversy, p. 640
Jesus Will Return In the Clouds & Everybody Alive Will See Him
"With anthems of celestial melody the holy angels, a vast, unnumbered throng, attend Him on His way. The firmament seems filled with radiant forms--'ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.'
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The King of kings descends upon the cloud, wrapped in flaming fire. The heavens are rolled together as a scroll, the earth trembles before Him, and every mountain and island is moved out of its place."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641-642
What Happens to the Redeemed Living at Jesus' Return?
"The righteous cry with trembling: "Who shall be able to stand?" The angels' song is hushed, and there is a period of awful silence. Then the voice of Jesus is heard, saying: "My grace is sufficient for you." The faces of the righteous are lighted up, and joy fills every heart. And the angels strike a note higher and sing again as they draw still nearer to the earth."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The living righteous are changed "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." At the voice of God they were glorified; now they are made immortal and with the risen saints are caught up to meet their Lord in the air. Angels "gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
- The Great Controversy, p. 645
"Little children are borne by holy angels to their mothers' arms. Friends long separated by death are united, nevermore to part, and with songs of gladness ascend together to the City of God."
- The Great Controversy, p. 645
What Happens To The Righteous Dead At Jesus' Return?
"Amid the reeling of the earth, the flash of lightning, and the roar of thunder, the voice of the Son of God calls forth the sleeping saints. He looks upon the graves of the righteous, then, raising His hands to heaven, He cries: 'Awake, awake, awake, ye that sleep in the dust, and arise!' Throughout the length and breadth of the earth the dead shall hear that voice, and they that hear shall live. And the whole earth shall ring with the tread of the exceeding great army of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. From the prison house of death they come, clothed with immortal glory, crying: 'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?' 1 Corinthians 15:55. And the living righteous and the risen saints unite their voices in a long, glad shout of victory."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"All come forth from their graves the same in stature as when they entered the tomb."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"But all arise with the freshness and vigor of eternal youth."
- The Great Controversy, p. 644
"The mortal, corruptible form, devoid of comeliness, once polluted with sin, becomes perfect, beautiful, and immortal. All blemishes and deformities are left in the grave. Restored to the tree of life in the long-lost Eden, the redeemed will 'grow up' (Malachi 4:2) to the full stature of the race in its primeval glory. The last lingering traces of the curse of sin will be removed, and Christ's faithful ones will appear in "the beauty of the Lord our God," in mind and soul and body reflecting the perfect image of their Lord."
- the Great Controversy, p. 645
What Happens to the Wicked at Jesus' Return?
"Before His presence [Jeremiah 30:6 quoted] upon the rejecters of God's mercy falls the terror of eternal despair. [Nahum 2:10 quoted]."
- The Great Controversy, p. 641
"The wicked pray to be buried beneath the rocks of the mountains rather than meet the face of Him whom they have despised and rejected. That voice which penetrates the ear of the dead, they know. How often have its plaintive, tender tones called them to repentance. How often has it been heard in the touching entreaties of a friend, a brother, a Redeemer "
- The Great Controversy, p. 642
Those Who Crucified Jesus Are Resurrected
"There are those who mocked Christ in His humiliation. With thrilling power come to their minds the Sufferer's words, when, adjured by the high priest, He solemnly declared: [Matthew 26:64 quoted]. Now they behold Him in His glory, and they are yet to see Him sitting on the right hand of power. Those who derided His claim to be the Son of God are speechless now."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
"There is the haughty Herod who jeered at His royal title and bade the mocking soldiers crown Him king. There are the very men who with impious hands placed upon His form the purple robe, upon His sacred brow the thorny crown, and in His unresisting hand the mimic scepter, and bowed before Him in blasphemous mockery. The men who smote and spit upon the Prince of life now turn from His piercing gaze and seek to flee from the overpowering glory of His presence. Those who drove the nails through His hands and feet, the soldier who pierced His side, behold these marks with terror and remorse."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
"With awful distinctness do priests and rulers recall the events of Calvary. With shuddering horror they remember how, wagging their heads in satanic exultation, they exclaimed: [Matthew 27:42, 43 quoted]."
- The Great Controversy, p. 643
Why Is Jesus Returning to Earth?
"The Saviour's joy is in seeing, in the kingdom of glory, the souls that have been saved by His agony and humiliation. And the redeemed will be sharers in His joy, as they behold, among the blessed, those who have been won to Christ through their prayers, their labors, and their loving sacrifice."
- The Great Controversy, p. 647
FURTHER STUDY
The Great Controversy, p. 640-645