Is Jesus coming back? Is there a rapture? What does Jesus say about it?
Topics:
00:31 - Living in hope of Jesus’ return.
01:52 - Jesus came to restore us back to the original purpose of the Father.
05:14 - Jesus returned the second time!
11:15 - How to understand the Bible.
14:24 - God didn’t create man to die and go to Heaven.
15:03 - Tribulation / Post-tribulation dilemma.
22:05 - Jesus came to make things better for the world, not worse — He was successful (obviously!)
23:14 - Parousia! Presence of Jesus, not His coming.
25:28 - The Gospel was preached to the whole world.
Acts 3:21 - And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Revelation 1:1,3 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; v3… for the time is at hand. Time references in the book of Revelation indicate that generation tachos and en tachei means "quickly, all at once, with all speed, without delay."
Revelation 3:11 - "Behold, I come quickly!“ – to the 7 churches Revelation 22:6 - "...things which must shortly take place."
Revelation 22:7 - "Behold, I am coming quickly!"
Revelation 22:12 - "Behold, I am coming quickly."
Revelation 22:20 - "Surely I am coming quickly." engus means "at hand, near"
Revelation 1:3 - "The time is near."
Revelation 22:10 - "The time is at hand." mello, mellei means "about to, on the point or verge of"
Revelation 1:19 - "Write ... the things that are about to take place."
Revelation 3:10 - "... the hour of trial ... is about to come upon the whole world."
Matthew 10:23 "Truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes."
Matt 16:28 "Truly I say to you, there are some who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.“
Matthew 26:62 -64 And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!” V64 — Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter "You [the high priest] will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.
Matt 24:1-34 v21 — For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. v34 — Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. This destruction signified the end of the old covenant Because Jesus came to change things and bring all things back to the Original design of God !! That does not mean that there will never be any tribulation again…
Matthew 24:2 And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
YLT Matthew 24:3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of your presence, and of the completion of the age?‘ Parousia literally means 'the being beside,' or 'the personal presence‘ not coming.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
[YLT] 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Ch
