08/05/2026
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𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵: 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳; 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 (𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥) 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 2 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 1:6-10
Time of the Second Coming
1. Immediately after the tribulation (Mt. 24:29; 25:31; Rev. 11:1--Rev. 19:21)
2. At the beginning of the Millennium (Rev. 19:11-21; 20:1-10)
3. After Antichrist reigns 3 1/2 years (Rev. 13:5; 19:11-21 2Th. 2:7-8)
4. At the end of this age (Mt. 13:38-43,47-50; 24:3,29-31; 25:31-46)
5. After ten kingdoms are formed inside the old Roman empire (Dan. 2:44-45; 7:23-24 Rev. 13:1-18; 19:11-21)
6. In the days of terrible moral conditions as in the days of Lot and Noah (Mt. 24:37-51 Lk. 17:22-27 2Tim. 3:1-13; 4:1-4 2Pet. 2; Jude)
7. After the church age (2Th. 2:7-8 Acts 15:13-18 Jude 1:14; Zech. 14:5)
8. When Jerusalem is surrounded by armies and half the city is taken (Zech. 14:1-5,14-21 Joel 3)
9. After the resurrection of the righteous dead and 1,000 years before the resurrection of the wicked (Rev. 20:1-15 Zech. 14:5; Jude 1:14)
10. After all of Rev. 4-19 is fulfilled (Rev. 19:11-21; 20:1-10)
11. At the time Satan is bound before the Millennium (Rev. 20:1-7)
12. When Israel is restored and converted and Christ takes the throne of David to begin His reign over Israel forever (Isa. 9:6-7 Hos. 3:4-5 Lk. 1:32-33 Ezek. 36:23-28; 37:16-28)
Fact of the Second Coming
Eight Things It Is Not:
1. Not the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This was another Comforter, not Jesus (Jn. 14:16-26; 15:26; 16:7-15).
2. Not conversion (Mt. 18:3; Jn. 3:1-8 Acts 3:19; 26:18; Jas. 5:19-20).
3. Not death which takes place among men every minute (Jas. 2:26; 1Cor. 15:26).
4. Not the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 (Lk. 21:20-24). Christ restores Jerusalem when He comes (Zech. 14:1-21).
5. Not the preaching of the gospel. His coming is suddenly and only once (Mt. 24:27-51; 25:31-46 2Th. 1; Rev. 19).
6. Not a spiritual coming (Zech. 14; Mt. 24:29-31 2Th. 1; Rev. 19).
7. Not the founding of the church which took place while Christ was here (Mt. 16:18; 2Cor. 3:11; Eph. 2:19-22 Acts 15:13-16).
8. Not the rapture (see Rapture and Second Coming)
Notes 🗒️ on Point 8:
Rapture and Second Coming
Greek: parousia (G3952), personal presence (note, Mt. 24:3). This refers to the rapture, not the second coming of Christ. It is the same as in 1Th. 3:13; 4:13-17; 5:8; 2Th. 2:7.
These two comings should not be confused. The scriptures that apply to one do not apply to the other. Not one passage refers to both events as if they were one. These two distinct comings are separated by several years, so they aren't two stages or phases of one coming.
The rapture is the first of the two comings, not a coming to earth but in the air. It could not be the second coming because Christ does not come to the earth to live here and fulfill a mission as He did at the first coming. When Christ meets the saints in the air He takes them back to heaven with Him and presents them before the Father's throne where they remain during the time the tribulation is running its course on the earth (1Th. 3:13; Jn. 14:1-3). Christ does not remain in the air with the saints when they meet Him as in 1Th. 4:13-17.
The marriage supper and the judgment of saints take place in heaven, then at the second coming after the tribulation Christ and the saints leave heaven together to come down to the earth (2Cor. 5:10 Rev. 19). The rapture is the time Christ comes for the saints to take them to heaven.
The second coming is the time He comes to the earth to live here and fulfil a mission. This is the time He comes from heaven with the saints, having raptured them at least seven years before. The second coming cannot take place until all of Rev. 1:1-19:21 is fulfilled while the rapture can take place any moment without anything being fulfilled.
Scriptures on the Rapture--Christ's Coming FOR the Saints:
1. Pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things ... and to stand before the Son of man (Lk. 21:34).
2. In My Father's house are many mansions ... I go to prepare a place for you ... I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also (Jn. 14:1-3).
3. We shall not all sleep (die physically), but we shall all be changed. In a moment ... at the last trump ... the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we (the living) shall be changed ... put on immortality ... then ... death is swallowed up in victory (1Cor. 15:51-56).
4. Christ loved the church ... that He might present it to Himself (Eph. 5:25-27).
5. From whence (heaven) also we look for ... Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body (Php. 3:11,20-21 2Cor. 5:1-9).
6. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven ... the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air (note on earth, to go back to heaven with Him; 1Th. 4:13-18; 2:19; 3:13; 5:9,23).
7. We beseech you ... by our gathering together unto Him ... until he be taken out of the way (2Th. 2:1,7-8, notes).
8. When Christ ... shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory (Col. 3:4; 1Jn. 2:28; 3:2; 1Pet. 5:4).
9. Be patient ... unto the coming of the Lord... until He receive the early and latter rain (Jas. 5:7-8).
Scriptures on the Second Coming--Christ's Coming WITH the Saints:
1. One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages shall serve Him (Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-14,18,27).
2. Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations ... His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which ... shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west ... the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with Thee (Zech. 14:1-5,9,16-21).
3. Immediately after the tribulation ... then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory (Mt. 24:29-31).
4. When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory. And before Him shall be gathered all nations (Mt. 25:31-46).
5. When the Lord shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God (2Th. 1:7-10; 2:8).
6. The Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all ... that are ungodly (Jude 1:14-15).
7. He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him ... all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him ... the armies of heaven followed Him upon white horses (Rev. 1:7. See Rev. 19:11-21; 20:1-3 Isa. 63:1-6 Joel 3).
Ref: Dake Study Bible Notes.📝