Title: The Possibility of Jesus' Second Coming
Possibility of Jesus' Second Coming (Acts 1:9-11)
Jesus prophesied that He came from heaven (John 3:13) and that He would return to the Father (John 14:12), prophesied the signs of the last days on the Mount of Olives and ascended into heaven from there (Matthew 24:3).
After Jesus promised that He would come again (John 14:1-3) and ascended to heaven, the disciples and those who believed in Him suffered persecution and were still struggling to live under the rule of Rome.
So they wondered if he would come, and their hope for the Second Coming grew cold or even denied the Second Coming altogether. The disciples comforted the saints who were impatient or lost their faith in the Second Coming even after less than half a century had passed since the Ascension of the Lord to heaven and gave counsel several times.
Today, the saints who are immersed in money and world culture and do not have the hope of the second coming of Jesus in their hearts, should come to their senses and look forward to the coming of Jesus and live with hope.
When Jesus comes again, the world will be new, there will be judgment for every good and evil, the body will be resurrected, and eternal life will be realized. Will the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus be possible?
We can prove the possibility of Jesus' second coming in several ways.
1. It is possible because all the prophecies about Jesus have been fulfilled and only the second coming is left.
The Old Testament is a prophetic book about Jesus.
John 5:46 “If you had believed Moses, you would have believed me again, for he wrote about me.”
In the Old Testament, some scholars said that the words of prophecy about Jesus were recorded 457 times. From the birth of Jesus, we can see the words of prophecy about how to live, die, resurrect, ascend to heaven, and return, and these prophecies were fulfilled. you can see that
1) It was prophesied that Jesus would be born to a virgin, and it was a prophecy about the miracle of the Holy Spirit and it was fulfilled (Isaiah 7:14, Matt 1:24,25).
2) When the wise men from the East came to the baby Jesus and asked for a prophecy about the area where he would be born, the Old Testament scholars said that it was Bethlehem, so that prophecy was true (Mic 5:2, Matthew 2:1)
3) It was prophesied that it would be sold for 30 pieces of silver and it came true (Zechariah 11:12, Matt 26:15)
4) It was prophesied that he would be stabbed in the side, but a Roman soldier pierced the body of the Lord with a spear to confirm death (Zechariah 12:10, John 19:34)
5) Resurrection was prophesied and came true (Psalm 16:10, Luke 24:46)
6) The ascension was prophesied and came true (Psalm 68:18, Acts 1:9) And the genealogy, deeds, and works of Jesus were prophesied and came true.
7) The Second Coming was prophesied. Now this Second Coming remains.
In this way, all the prophecies about Jesus in the Bible have been fulfilled, and now only the second coming of Jesus remains.
If the prophecies of the birth, public life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus were fulfilled, the fact that the last remnant of the Second Coming would also be fulfilled should be seen as statistically natural to be fulfilled.
In the last days, people will get drunk on the world according to the prophecy and forget the Lord's coming and live.
2 Peter 3:3-5 “Know this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, and mocking them, 4 saying, Where is the promise of the coming of the Lord? 5 This is because they envy them and want to forget that the heavens existed from ancient times and that the earth came out of water and was formed by the word of God.”
2. Since Jesus was resurrected, He will come again with His resurrected body
11 "He said, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing and looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way you saw him go into heaven."
The ultimate purpose of God in sending Jesus to this earth is the resurrection of the body. John 6:40 He said, “My Father’s will is that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” , Paul emphasized that the fundamental purpose of our Christianity is the resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:17 “Unless Christ has been raised, your faith is in vain, and you will still be in your sins.” Acts 23:6 When Paul knew that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, saying, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, and the son of a Pharisee; I am on trial because of the hope, the resurrection of the dead.”
Because the Lord has risen, we can see His body again. Not even the dead Shakyamuni, Confucius, Muhammad, or any heroic sage or philosopher can return. Because they are dead and not resurrected. However, Jesus is resurrected and his body is alive. Because of this, the conclusion is that the second coming is possible. Only when the body is resurrected and exists, the spatial movement of coming and going takes place.
Therefore, if we believe in the resurrection, we must believe in the second coming, and to believe in the second coming means that we also believe in the resurrection in the future.
If you do not believe in the Second Coming, it means that you do not believe in the resurrection at the same time. Therefore, only when we are convinced of the resurrection of Jesus can we believe in both the ascension and the second coming. In the text 11, "...this Jesus, who was taken up from heaven, he will come in the same way you saw him go into heaven."
9-10 "When he had finished saying these words, he went up from their sight, and a cloud covered him so he could not see. 10 As he was going up, the disciples were looking closely at the sky, and two men in white robes stood by them." The Lord who was taken up on the ride will come as prophesied that He will come on clouds.
Matthew 24:30 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and at that time all the peoples of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with power and great glory.”
When Jesus ascended into heaven, it is believed that the two men in white robes were angels. When the Lord comes, He will come with the escort of the heavenly armies of angels.
The second coming of Jesus suggests that the word of His coming again is possible because He has a resurrected body.
Hebrews 9:28 “In the same way, Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, and will appear a second time, free of sin, to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.”
3. Signs of the Last Days Make You Believe in the Lord's Second Coming
Today, many biblical scholars say that they are living in the end of the last days, seeing that the biblical signs of the last days are prominently appearing in various aspects. To summarize the prophecies of the last days, there are the appearance of the Antichrist, war, famine and death, and a great change in the heavenly bodies. In the last days, it is predicted that spiritually the apostasy and other gospel ideas will disturb the church society. .
2 Timothy 4:3-4 “The time is coming when people will not receive sound doctrine, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own tastes,4 and will turn away from the truth and listen to myths.”
Therefore, the church and social phenomenon of the last days means that true faith is lost. Luke 18:8 “I tell you, he will avenge him quickly, but will he find faith in the world when the Son of Man comes?” This is true faith and biblical faith. The beliefs of those who come out to receive blessings, whether in the past or now, have nothing to do with God's salvation.
There are more and more believers like this today. Originally, the second coming of Jesus is to live a biblical life and look forward to the Lord if we are persecuted.
A person who does not have a heart to wait for the Second Coming is strictly not a Christian. Because a person who has no desire for the resurrection is not interested in the fundamental truth of Christianity.
And today's era is the same as the hard Noah's era, and today's era is a world where lawlessness reigns supreme and even the world's politics and natural world are confused.
As we watch the prophecies of these signs of the Second Coming come true, we see that the Second Coming of the Lord is becoming more real. What the saints should feel while watching the movement of the world is the Lord's Second Coming, Heaven and Our Resurrection.
We are convinced that all the prophecies of the Old Testament prophesied before Jesus came to this world were fulfilled, and now the prophecies of the Old and New Testaments about the remnant of the Lord are the truth, and we are convinced that the second coming is inevitable.
This conviction became the meaning of life and motivated me to overcome hardships and a difficult world. Because it convinces us that there is a future for those who live the truth. Please become me and you who can long for the Lord's Second Coming, know what we are going to do at the end of the world, and now fulfill the mission of an evangelist to spread the Lord's Kingdom and Second Coming. I bless you in the name of the Lord that you and I can do everything we can.
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