The Second Coming of Christ | Herbert Cooper

2 Major Differences Between The Rapture And The Second Coming Of Christ 1. The Rapture happens before the tribulation. The Second Coming of Christ happens after the tribulation. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV) Revelation 7:14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (NIV) Revelation 22:12  “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.” (NIV) 2. During the Rapture we meet Jesus in the air. During the Second Coming we return to earth with Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:16– 17 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and 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. (NIV) Revelation 19:14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. (NIV) Two Reasons Why Jesus Is Coming Back To Earth A Second Time 1. He’s Coming to Judge Sin 1 John 3:5 “you know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin” (ESV) Psalm 110:6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. (NIV) 1. He’s coming from the sky and every eye will see him Matthew 24:30 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory” (NIV) Revelation 1:7 “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him” (ESV) 2. He’s coming on a white horse Revelation 19:11  I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. (NIV) 3. He’s coming with a sword Revelation 19:15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty (NIV) Ephesians 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (NIV) 2. He’s Coming to Reign Revelation 19:16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. (NIV) Jude 1:14-15 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (NIV) Revelation 5:10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” (NIV) 1. Let the sword cut you now instead of cutting you later Hebrews 4:12–13 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. (NIV)