Lesson 5
The Purpose of His coming
THE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING- THE 5 R s
Refute the scoffers
2 Peter 3:4-5
4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever
since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of
creation."
5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the
heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
John 14:1-3
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[a]; trust also in me.
2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would
have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and
take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Redemption- Complete our redemption
Eph 4:30
30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption.
Eph 1:13
13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in
him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
Rm 8:16
16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's
children.
Resurrection- Day of resurrection or Rapture
1 Cor 15:50-52
50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will
all be changed—
52in
a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet
will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1 Cor 15:26
26The last enemy to be destroyed is death
1 Cor 15:42-44
42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is
sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in
weakness, it is raised in power;
44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
Rapture
1 Thess 4:16-18
16For 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.
17After 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.
18Therefore
encourage each other with these words.
Rapturos in Latin or Harpazo in Greek ( to seize) –
People who did not die – Enoch and Elijah in the past
Enoch
in Gen 5:23-24
23 Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.
Heb 11-5
5By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not
experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away.
For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
Elijah
in 2nd Kings 2:11
11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a
chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them,
and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
Reception- well done, welcome my servant
John 14:3
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and
take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Recompense ( Reward)
Rev 22:12
12"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give
to everyone according
to what he has done.
Matt 16:27
27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his
angels, and then he will reward each person
according to what he has done.
1 Cor 4:5
5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the
Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will
expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time
each will receive his praise from God.
Mark 9:41
41I tell you the truth,
anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
Colossian 3:17
17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Lesson 6
The 5 Crowns
THE 5 CROWNS
Crown of Life
James 1:12
12Blessed
is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test,
he will receive the crown of life
that God has promised to those who love him.
Rev 2:10-11
10Do
not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will
put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for
ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the
crown of life.
11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Crown of Righteousness
2 Timothy 4:8
8Now
there is in store for me
the crown of
righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not
only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
Crown of Glory
1 Peter 5:4
4And
when the Chief Shepherd appears,
you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Crown of Eternality
1 Cor 9:25
25Everyone
who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a
crown that will not last; but we do it to get
a crown that will last forever.
Crown of rejoicing
Philippians 4:1
1Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for,
my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends!
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Lesson 7
Preparation for His coming
PREPARATION FOR HIS COMING
Matt 24:40-44
40Two
men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken
and the other left.
Luke 17:31-34
31On
that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no
one in the field should go back for anything.
32Remember Lot's wife!
33Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
life will preserve it.
34I
tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and
the other left.
Mark 13:32-37
The Day and Hour Unknown
32"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
33Be
on guard! Be alert[f]! You do not know when that time will come.
34It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his
servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the
door to keep watch.
35"Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of
the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when
the rooster crows, or at dawn.
36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.
37What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!' "
James 5:7-8
7Be
patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop
and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.
8You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is
near.
1Peter 1:13
Be Holy
13Therefore,
prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on
the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 5:1-4
To Elders and Young Men
1To
the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's
sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed:
2Be
shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—not
because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not
greedy for money, but eager to serve;
3not
lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
4And
when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that
will never fade away.
1 Cor 4:5
5Therefore
judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes.
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the
motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from
God.
Luke 19:13
13So
he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.[a]'Put
this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.'
1 John 2:28
28And
now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be
confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
1John 3:2-3
2Dear
friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been
made known. But we know that when he appears,[a]we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
3Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is
pure.
2 cor 7:1
1Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves
from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness
out of reverence for God.
2 Peter 2:8
8(for
that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his
righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from
trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while
continuing their punishment.[c]
Gen 19:14
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to
marry
[a] his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because
the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he
was joking.
Psalm 126:5-6
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
Luke 15:7
7I
tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over
one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do
not need to repent.
Acts 2:28
28You
have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.'[e]
John 16:24
24Until
now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,
and your joy will be complete.
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Lesson 8 He
comes for the saints
HE COMES FOR THE SAINTS
Rapture -He comes for his church
1 Thess 4:13-18
The Coming of the Lord
13Brothers,
we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve
like the rest of men, who have no hope.
14We
believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring
with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
15According
to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are
left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have
fallen asleep.
16For
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.
17After
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.
18Therefore
encourage each other with these words.
Eph 5:25-26
25Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word,
27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or
wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
Tribulation begins
Matt 24:21-22
21For
then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world
until now—and never to be equaled again.
22If
those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of
the elect those days will be shortened.
The saints go up to meet him
Rev 4:1
The Throne in Heaven
1After
this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And
the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up
here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
1 Cor 15:51-52
51Listen,
I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For
the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be
changed.
Jesus
in the Air
1 Thess 4:16-17
16For
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.
17After
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.
At anytime
Matt 24:44
44So
you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you
do not expect him.
No visible conflict
Judgement of the saints ( for our works)
2 Cor 5:10
10For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may
receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good
or bad.
1 Cor 3:12-15
12If
any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood,
hay or straw,
13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring
it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the
quality of each man's work.
14If
what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved,
but only as one escaping through the flames.
Bring delight to the saints of God
Psalms 17:15
15
And I—in righteousness I will see your face;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
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Lesson 9
Christians will not go thru tribulations
CHRISTIANS WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATIONS
1 Thess 5:9
9For
God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 1:10
10and
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who
rescues us from the coming wrath.
Rev 3:10
10Since
you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the
hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who
live on the earth.
The 21 judgements- 3 sets of sevens
The 7 seals in Rev 6:1 to Rev 8:5
The 7 Trumpets Rev 8:6 to Rev 11:19
The 7 bowls in Rev 15 to Rev 16:18-19
The tribulation will last for 7 years and in the middle of the 7 years- 2
prophets will come – Elijah & Moses in Rev 11 symbolise by the 2 witnesses,
2 lampstands, 2 olive trees or 2 prophets.
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Lesson 10 He
comes with the saints
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HE COMES WITH THE SAINTS
AFTER THE TRIBULATION
He comes to set his kingdom
Rev 19:11-21
11I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse,
whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes
war.
12His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He
has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
13He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word
of God.
14The
armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in
fine linen, white and clean.
15Out
of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He
will rule them with an iron scepter."[a] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
16On
his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice
to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great
supper of God,
18so that you may eat the
flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and
the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great."
19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies
gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.
20But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had
performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had
deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his
image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning
sulfur.
21The
rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the
rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Daniel 2:44-45
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a
kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another
people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it
will itself endure forever.
45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a
mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the
clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.
The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy."
Rev 20:1-6
-The Thousand Years
The saints came back with Him to rule 1000 years
1And
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and
holding in his hand a great chain.
2He
seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and
bound him for a thousand years.
3He
threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him
from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended.
After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4I
saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to
judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of
their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not
worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their
foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a
thousand years.
5(The
rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)
This is the first resurrection.
6Blessed
and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection.
The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and
of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Jude 1:14
14Enoch,
the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is
coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones
Zechariah 14:5
5
You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will
flee as you fled from the earthquake
[a] in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will
come, and all the holy ones with him.
His feet will be on Mount Olive
Zech 14:4
4
On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of
Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west,
forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half
moving south.
At the appointed time
Acts 3:21
21He
must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything,
as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
Acts 17:31
31For
he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has
appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the
dead."
War of Armageddon
Rev 16:16
16Then
they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called
Armageddon.
Zech 14:2
2
I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city
will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the
city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from
the city.
Judge the Living nation
Matt 25:31-46
31"When
the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit
on his throne in heavenly glory.
32All
the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one
from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33He
will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34"Then
the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my
Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the
creation of the world.
35For
I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36I
needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was
in prison and you came to visit me.'
37"Then
the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed
you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38When
did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe
you?
39When
did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The
King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41"Then
he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into
the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42For
I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
nothing to drink,
43I
was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did
not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44"They
also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger
or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He
will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the
least of these, you did not do for me.'
46"Then
they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Brings detest to the sinners
Rev 6:16-17
16They
called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the
face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
17For
the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"
Rev 1:7-8
7Look, he is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall
it be! Amen.
8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who
was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
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