The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
“waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.”
Recall that Jesus told the disciples on the eve of His arrest that He was “going away” (John 13:33) but then He added in John 14 that “I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
Christians can be described as those who are expectantly waiting for the breathtaking, earth-quaking, heaven shaking, evil crushing second coming of our great Savior Jesus Christ. We are told in Acts chapter 1 that the disciples stood looking at Jesus as He ascended up to heaven. And as they did, “behold two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” The promise couldn’t be clearer. The same Jesus will come back, in the same way, they saw Him go. The One that John described as the “word of life” (1John1) is returning to planet earth.
I love the way John the Revelator details the Lord’s second coming. In chapter one John says “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. Even so. Amen.” Just as He was taken up from the earth to heaven, He will return on the clouds. The first time He came, very few detected him. Except for His mother and father, only a few shepherds and a small band of “wise men”, hardly noticed him. Other than the normal baby meet and greet family traditions, Jesus blended into the world around him for the first thirty years of His life. But the next time that He comes “every eye shall see Him” and they will “wail” because of Him. The entire world will understand fully who He is in totality. As the book of Philippians predicts, “Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord”.
Those words alone are enough to fill your heart with hope. Jesus is coming back with great power and glory. And so shall we ever be with the Lord! As a matter of faith, train your heart to respond to all chokingly bad news but reminding each other that we are not waiting for the meltdown of the earth, we are waiting for the “blessed hope.”
Church family. LIVE IN HOPE! Join me Sunday morning as we worship Him in praise, prayer and preaching of His Word from Mark 13: verses 14 to 27.
“DON’T LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED!” (John 14:1)
- “I go to prepare a place for you.” He’s referring to the CROSS.
- “I will come again to receive you unto myself.” He’s coming back for YOU!
Church family, Be prepared for His return! pd
Pastor Deric
P.S. We are continuing our study in Mark 13 this Sunday morning. The coming TRIBULATION is our theme. See you then!