The Coming of the Lord and Some Subsequent Events
And Some Subsequent Events in Their Connection with the Church’s Future.
“Howbeit, when He, the Spirit of truth is come He will show you
things to come.” John 16:13.
THE LORD’S
PROMISE.
His
Faithfulness.
The Hope of
the Church. (£•)
“I go to prepare a place for you. And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again, and receive you unto myself.”
Jno. 14:2. 3.
“I go away, and come again unto you.”
Jno. 14:28.
“A little while, and ye shall not see me:
and again a little while, and ye shall see
me, because I go to the Father.” Jno. 16:16.
“I will see you again, and your heart
shall rejoice.” Jno. 16:22.
“The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise.” 2 Pet. 3:9.
“Let us hold fast the confession of our
hope (o) without wavering; for He is
faithful that promised;... and so much
the more as ye see the day approaching.”
He. 10:23, 25.
“For yet a little while, and He that
shall come will come, and will not tarry.”
He. 10:37.
“The coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
James 5:8.
“Surely I come quickly: Amen.”
Rev. 22:20.
“Unto them that look for Him shall He
appear the second time, without sin, unto
salvation.” He. 9:28.
(a) So the Greek.
(b) All believers of the present dispensation. 1 Co. 12:12, 13, 27.
(183)
THE COMING
of the LORD
as the Bridegroom, into
the Air, for His
Church, (c)
The Dead in
Christ raised.
“Our conversation (&) is in heaven; from
whence also we look for the Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ.” Ph. 3:20.
“Waiting- for the adoption, to-wit, the
redemption of our body.” Rom. 8:23.
“Waiting- for the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. 1:7.
“Looking- for that blessed hope.”
Ti. 2:13.
“The patient waiting for Christ.”
2 Th. 3:5.
“To wait for His Son from heaven,
whom He raised from the dead, even
Jesus.” 1 Th. 1:10.
THE RAPTURE.
“The Lord Himself (cL) shall descend
from heaven with a shout, (e) with the
voice of the archangel and with the trump
of God.” (0 1 Th. 4:16.
“At the last trump (f)’, for the trumpet
shall sound.” 1 Cor. 15:52.
“Them also which sleep in Jesus will
God bring with him.” ig) 1 Th. 4:14.
“The dead in Christ shall rise
first.” 1 Th. 4:16.
“In Christ shall all be made alive....
They that are Christ’s at His coming.”
1 Cor. 15:22, 23.
“The dead shall be raised incorruptible.” 1 Cor. 15:52.
“Raised in incorruption;... raised in
glory;... raised in power;... raised
a spiritual body.” 1 Cor. 15:42-44.
(b)
Or “Citizenship,” see Jno.
17:16; Ep. 2:19; He. 11:10,
13. 16; 12:22.
“Watch, therefore; for ye
know not what hour your
Lord doth come.” Mk. 13:
32. 37; 1 Th. 5:6.
That is, personally, yet
seen by none but believers;
vide Jno. 14:19; Acts 1:3, 4,
9; 9:7; 10:40, 41; 1 Co. 15:
5-8.
(e) Understood by those only to
whom addressed; see Jno.
12:28. 29; Ac. 9:4. 7.
(c)
(d)
(f) The trumpet sounded twice
when the Lord descended
upon Sinai, see Ex. 19:11,
17. And so when He descends to take the church
unto Himself, at its first
sounding the dead in
Christ will be raised, and
at its last sounding, the living saints will be changed.
(g) The Old Testament saints
also will doubtless at this
time receive their glorified
bodies, see Heb. 11:39, 40.
Living Believers Changed.
Both Caught
up into the
Clouds, (d)
To be Ever
with the Lord.
“We which are alive, and remain unto
the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent
(a) them which are asleep.” 1 Th. 4:15.
“We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye.... and we shall be changed.”
(b) 1 Cor. 15:51, 52.
“The Lord Jesus Christ... shall
change our vile body, (c) that it may be
fashioned like unto His glorious body.”
Ph. 3:20, 21.
“And as we have borne the image of the
earthy, we shall also bear the image of
the heavenly.” 1 Cor. 15:49.
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.” 1 Cor. 15:53.
“Then we which are alive and remain,
shall be caught up together, with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air.” 1 Th. 4:17.
“The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and... our gathering together unto
Him.” 2 Th. 2:1.
“So shall we ever be with the Lord.”
1 Th. 4:17.
“That where I am, there ye may be
also.” Jno. 14:3.
“Where I am, there shall also my servant be.” Jno. 12:26.
“With me where I am; that they may
behold my glory.” Jno. 17:24.
“They shall never perish.” Jno. 10:28.
“Because I live, ye shall live also.”
Jno. 14:19.
“That we should live together with
Him.” 1 Th. 5:10.
“An... eternal weight of glory.”
2 Cor. 4:17.
“Eternal inheritance.”
He. 9:15; 1 Pet. 1:4.
“He (e) shall go no more out.”
Rev. 3:12.
(a) That is, ‘Anticipate’ or ‘go
before.’
(b) “Then .... Death is swallowed up in victory,” 1 Co. 15:54; and “Mortality swallowed up of life.” 2 Co. 5:4.
(c) The body of our “humble”
or “low estate,”
Ac. 8:33; Ph. 2:8.
(d) “The redemption of
purchased possession.”
8:23; Ep. 1:14.
(e) The overcomer, Re. 3:12
Jno. 5:4, 5.
Lu. 1:48;
the
Ro.
The
JUDGMENT
SEAT
of Christ, (b)
Manifestation
of Works.
Whether Good
or Bad.
Reward.
“We (c) must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done, in his body,
according, to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:10.
“We (c) shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ;... every one of us shall give account of himself to God.”
Rom. 14:10-12.
“Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev. 22:12.
“Every man’s work shall be made manifest:... and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” 1 Co. 3:13.
“Therefore judge nothing before the
time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to the light the hidden things of
darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts.” 1 Co. 4:5.
“If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, (d) he shall receive a reward.” 1 Co. 3:14.
“Whatsoever good thing (e) any man
doeth, the same shall he receive of the
Lord.” Ep. 6:8.
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive
for the wrong which he hath done.”
Col. 3:25.
“If any man’s work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be
saved; (0 yet so as by fire.... For the
’ temple of God is holy which temple ye
are.” 1 Cor. 3:15-17.
“Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.”
1 Cor. 3:8.
“The prize of the high calling.”
Ph. 3:14.
“The reward of the inheritance.”
Col. 3:24.
“The kingdom.” Jas. 2:5.
“The crown of life.”
Jas. 1:12; Rev. 2:10.
(b) For Christians only, in reference to service. Ro. 14: 4, 10, 12.
(c) “The church, the saints.”
2 Co. 1:1.
(d) The foundation, “which is
Jesus Christ.” Isa. 28:16;
1 Co. 3:11.
(e) “Service as to the Lord.”
Ep. 6:7.
(f) “No condemnation.” Jno. 5:
24; Ro. 8:1.
The
MARRIAGE
of the Lamb
and
the Church.
“A crown of Righteousness.” 2 Tim. 4:8,
“A crown of glory.” 1 Pet. 5:4.
“An incorruptible” (crown). 1 Cor. 9:25.
“The things which God hath prepared.”
1 Cor. 2:9.
“And then shall every man have praise
of God. 1 Cor. 4:5.
“The marriage of the Lamb is come,
and his wife (a) hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should
be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white;
for the fine linen is the righteousness of
saints.” Rev. 19:7, 8.
“Christ also loved the Church, and gave
Himself for it, ... that He might
present it to Himself a glorious Church,
not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish.” Eph. 5:25-27.
[The Tribulation, or Time between the Rapture and the Revelation in which there will be a period of seven years, (1) at the commencement of which those Jews who shall have returned to their land in unbelief. (2) and have rebuilt or be rebuilding their temple, (3> enter into a seven-years’ covenant with the Antichrist. (4) On the expiration of three and a half years he is revealed in his true character as the Man of Sin, (5) kills the two witnesses who had been prophesying during that time, (6) stops the daily sacrifice which had been resumed, (7) and has his own Image set up in the Holy Place. (8) The Devil and his angels are cast out into the earth, having great wrath, because their time is short. (9) Then follow, during the last three and a half years (10) the treading under foot of the holy city (11) and the time of the “great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be,” (12) which, under the Antichrist (13) and his Prophet, (14) shall come upon all the world; (15) the penalty of death being suffered by as many as refuse to worship the Image of the Beast, (16) and unparalleled persecution undergone by all who have not received his mark. (17) A third part of the Jews in the land are brought through this time of trouble, (18) and are gathered by the Lord into Jerusalem, (19) to be purged of their dross. (20) The
(a)
“Christ and the
church.”
Ep.
5:32.
Dan.
13:.’;.
9:27;
Rev. 11
:3.
with
Isa.
6:13;
17:10, 11;
4. 5;
66:3,
Isa.
66:1,
2; Rev.
:1.
Dan.
9:27-
Jno. 5
Dan.
11:7
9:27
13:1
2 Th.
2:
3;
Rev.
Rev.
11:3-
Dan.
9:27
11:31;
:11
Mat.
24:15
; 2 Th.
4;
Rev.
13:14, 15.
(9) Rev. 12:7-12.
(10) Dan. 7:25; 9:27; Rev. 13:5.
(11) Dan.
11:2.
(12) Jer.
24:21;
(13) Dan.
9:26; T.u. 21:24; Rev.
50:7: Dan. 12:1;
Rev. 13:14, 17.
7:21, 25; 2 Th.
Rev. 13:1, 8.
(14) Rev. 13:11, 17; 19:20.
(15) Rev. 3:10.
(16) Rev. 13:15; 20:4.
(17) Rev. 13:16, 17.
(18) Zee. 13:8. 9.
(19) Eze. 22:19.
(20) Isa. l:21-?5; 4:4; Eze.
17-22: Zep. 1:12, 13;
13:9.
22: Zee. nations are assembled against the city; which is taken by them, great suffering being inflicted upon the inhabitants, half of whom are carried into captivity. (21) The remnant no more again stay upon him that smote them, but stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (22) The kings of the earth are gathered to battle against Jehovah and against his Anointed. (23) Then shall the Lord go forth, (24) with his saints, for the destruction of his enemies and the deliverance of his people. (25)]
THE COMING
of the LORD,
as King to the
Earth.
The Revelation.
“This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11.
“And His feet shall stand in that day
upon the mount of Olives.” Zech.l4:4.
“Immediately after the tribulation of
those days... they shall see the Son
of man coming in the clouds of heaven,
with power and great glory.”
Mat. 24:29, 30. (Mk. 13:26; Lu. 21-27.)
“Ye shall see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of power, and coming in
the clouds of heaven.”
Mk. 14:62. (Mat. 26:64.)
“Behold, He cometh with clouds; and
every eye shall see Him.” Rev. 1:7.
“And they shall look upon me whom
they have pierced.” Zech. 12:10.
“The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels.”
2 Thes. 1:7. (Mat. 25:31.)
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold
a white horse, and he that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True.”
Rev. 19:11.
“Behold, the Lord cometh out of His
place to punish the inhabitants of the
earth for their iniquity.”
Isa. 26:21. (Mi. 1:3.)
“The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and
unto them that turn from transgressions
in Jacob.” Isa. 59:20.
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion;
for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the
midst of thee, saith the Lord.” Zee. 2:10.
Zee. 14:2.
(24) Isa.
Isa. 4:3; 10:20, 21; 17:6-8;
14:3
Jer. 2:27; Hos. 5:15; Zee.
(25) Isa.
13:9.
15;
Ps. 2:1-3; Rev. 16:14, 16;
17:14; 19:19.
3; L
13:3-6;
26:21;
50:2; 66:5,
;ec. 12:9. 10;
Lu. 21:28.
; Hos. 5:
Mai. 4:1-
Together v/ilh
the Church
“And the armies which were in heaven,
followed him upon white horses, clothed
in fine linen, white and clean.” (a)
Rev. 19:14.
“They that are with Him are called,
and chosen and faithful.” (2^) Rev. 17:14.
“The Lord my God shall come, and all
the saints with thee.” Zeeh. 14:5.
“Behold the Lord cometh with ten.
thousand of His saints.” Jude 14.
“The coming- of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all his saints.” 1 Thes. 3:13.
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye (c) also appear with Him in glory.” Col. 3:4.
“When He shall appear, we shall be like
Him.” 1 Jno. 3:2.
“The manifestation of the sons of God.”
Rom. 8:19.
[The power of the Antichrist is broken and destroyed by the voice of the Lord; (1) he and the False Prophet are taken and cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone, (2) and the ten allied kings and their armies are slain by the sword proceeding out of the mouth of the King of Kings. (3) The Devil is bound for a thousand years in the bottomless pit, (4) during which time the martyrs under the Antichrist, who shall have been raised as the completion of the first resurrection, will reign over the earth with the Lord Jesus and their fellow-saints. (5)]
The
Resurrection
of
LSFE. (a)
“And I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and
for the word of God, (&) and which had
not worshipped the beast, neither his
image, neither had received His mark
upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ
a thousand years.” Rev. 20:4.
“Shall come forth; they that have done
good, unto the resurrection of life.”
Jno. 5:29.
(a)
“The fine linen is the right-Isa. 30:31. 33; Rev. 17:8;
eousness of saints,” Rev. 19:
19:20.
Ps. 2:4, 5; 110:5; Zee. 12:
(b)
“Called,” Those “whom he
9; Rev. 17:14; 19:21.
did foreknow,” Rom. 8:29-
30; Mat. 7:23; Rev. 1:6.
Rev. 20:2-3.
“Chosen,” Ep. 1:4. “Faith-Rev. 20:4-6.
ful,” Ep. 1:1.
(a)
For the rest of the dead.
(c)
“The saints.” Col. 1:2.
see Rev. 20:5.
Isa. 11:4; Dan. 7:11; 2 Th.
(b)
Under Antichrist, Rev. 6:9;
2:8.
13:15.
THE LORD
REIGNS
over
the Earth.
With His
BRIDE.
the Church.
“Shall awake, ... to everlasting
life.” Dan. 12:2.
“This is the first resurrection.” (c)
Rev. 20:5.
“And in the days of these kings (d)
shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed.”
Dan. 2:44.
“I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and pros-I>er, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.” Jer. 23:5.
“And the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David.”
Lu. 1:32. (Isa. 9:7.)
“My king upon my holy hill of Zion.”
Ps. 2:6.
“The Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients, gloriously.” Isa. 24:23. (Mi. 4:7.)
“The king of Israel, even the Lord is in
the midst of thee.” Zep. 3:15.
“He must reign till He hath put all
enemies under his feet.” (e)
1 Cor. 15:25.
“Yea, all kings shall fall down before
Him; all nations shall serve Him.”
Ps. 72:11.
“The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.” Rev. 11:15.
“He shall have dominion also from sea
to sea and from the river unto the ends
of the earth.” Ps. 72:8. (Zee. 9:10.)
“And the Lord shall be king over all
the earth; in that day there shall be one
Lord, and His name one.” Zee. 14:9.
“King of kings, and Lord of lords.”
Rev. 19:16.
“We shall also reign with Him.”
2 Tim. 2:12.
“Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ;... glorified together.”
Rom. 8:17.
(c) Including. “Christ the first
fruits; afterward they that
are Christ’s at his coming,”
the Ingathering. 1 Cor. LS:
23; and here the martyrs
under Antichrist (the
Gleanings), Rev. 20:4.
(d) Antichrist and the allied
kings, Dan. 7:24; Rev. 17:
12-13.
(e) “Unto me every knee shall
bow.” Isa. 45:23; Ph. 2:9,
“To him that overcometh will I grant
to sit with me in my throne.”
Rev. 3:21.
“Thou... hast made us unto our
God kings and priests; and we shall
reign on (a) the earth.” Rev. 5:9, 10.
“Kings and priests unto God and His
Father.” Rev. 1:6.
“The Father... who hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.” Col. 1:12, 13.
“And I saw thrones, and they (&) sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them.” Rev. 20:4.
“The saints shall judge the world.”
1 Cor. 6:2.
[The Kingdom having been set up, and all that offend gathered out of the land, (1) the Lord Jesus judges first his own people, the Jews, as to their fidelity to him, (2) and then the nations on earth as to their treatment of his people in their trouble. (3) The ten tribes of Israel, after purification, (4) are brought into the land (5) and together with the two tribes of Judah become one nation. (6) The Lord makes the new covenant with his people, Israel and Judah, (7) forgiving their iniquity, and remembering their sin no more; (8) while punishments are visited by him upon his enemies, (9) including Gog and his armies, (10) who are overthrown and destroyed. (11) The Jewish people come into possession of the full extent of their land (12) according to promise, (13) including the Great Desert, which “blossoms as the rose.” (14) The temple (15) and the city (16) are rebuilt after the Divine plan; -and the Levitical sacrifices and form of worship are v.-ith some modifications re-established. (17) Nothing shall hurt or destroy in all the holy mountain. (18) The Lord sets his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, both Israel and Judah, from the four corners of the earth. (19) Jerusalem is made a praise, the
(a) Or, Over.
(b) The saints, “the armies
which were in heaven,”
Rev. 19:8, 14.
(1) Isa. 13:9; 33:14; Mat. 13:30.
41.
(2) Mat. 25:14-30; Lu. 19:12-27.
(3) Joel 3:2, 12; Mat. 25:31-46;
Acts 17:31.
(4) Eze. 20:33-38; Am. 9:9, 10.
(5) Isa. 49:12-23; Eze. 20:40-42;
36:24; Am. 9:14, 15.
(6) Isa. 11:13; Eze. 37:16-24;
Hos. 1:11.
(7) Jer. 31:31-33; 32:40; 50:4,
5; Eze. 37:26; Ro. 11:26, 27;
He. 8:8-11.
(8) Isa. 60:21; Jer. 31:34; 33:8;
50:20; Eze. 36:25-33; Mic. 7:
18, 19; Heb. 8:12.
(9) Isa. 2:17-21; 26:9; 34:2;
Eze. 28:26; Mic. 5:15; Nah.
1:8.
(10) Eze. 38:1-17.
(11) Eze. 38:18 to 39:21.
(12) Eze. 47:13 to 48:29.
(13) Gen. 15:18; Deu. 11:24;
Josh. 1:4.
(14) Isa. 32:15; 35:1, 2; 51:3;
Eze. 36:33-36.
(15) Eze. 40:1 to 43:17.
(16) Isa. 60:10; Jer. 31:38, 40;
Eze. 48:15-17. 30-35; Zee.
14:10, 11.
(17) Eze. 43:18 to 46:24; Mai.
3:3 4.
(18) Isa! 11:6-9; 33:24; 35:9;
55:13; 65:25: Eze. 34:25;
Hos. 2:18; Rev. 22:3.
(19) Isa. 11:11, 12; Jer. 50:4-5;
Eze. 39:25, 28.
Joy of the whole earth. (20) The Lord in her midst (21) is her glory and everlasting light; there shall be no night there. (22) All nations go to worship the King and keep the feast of tabernacles. (23) The earth is full of the glory of the Lord. (24)]
The Heavenly
City, the Home
of the Bride.
Hs Magnitude
and Beauty.
Its Glory and
Purity.
“And there came unto me one of the
seven angels. •.. saying, Come hither,
I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s
wife. And he ... shewed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.”
Rev. 21:9-10.
“The city of my God, which is New
Jerusalem, which cometh down out of
heaven, from my God.” Rev. 3:12.
“And had a wall great and high, and
had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve
angels, and names written thereon, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel.” Rev. 21:12.
“And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of
the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”
Rev. 21:14.
“And the building of the wall of it
was of jasper; and the city was pure
gold, like unto clear glass.” Rev. 21:18.
“And the foundations of the wall of the
city were garnished with all manner of
precious stones.” Rev. 21:19.
“And the twelve gates were twelve
pearls; every several gate was of one
pearl, and the street of the city was pure
gold, as it were transparent glass.”
Rev. 21:21.
“And I saw no temple therein, for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it. And the city had no
need of the sun, neither of the moon to
shine in it; for the glory of God did
lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof.” Rev. 21:22, 23.
“Having the glory of God; and her
light was like unto a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.”
Rev. 21:11.
(20) Ps. 4S:2; Isa. 1:26; 60:14;
62:7; 65:18; Jer. 31:23; Zee.
8 3
(21) Eze. 48:35; Joel 3:17. 21;
Zeph. 3:15-17; Zee. 2:10.
(22) Isa. 60:19. 20; Zee. 2:5;
Rev. 22:5.
(23) Isa. 2:1-3; Jer. 3:17; Mic.
4:2; Zee. 8:20-22, 14:16-
19.
(24) Num. 14:21; Ps. 72:19; Isa.
11:9; Hab. 2:14.
“And the nations of them which are
saved shall walk in the light of it; and
the kings of the earth do bring their
glory and honor into it. And the gates
of it shall not be shut at all by day; for
there shall be no night there. And they
shall bring the glory and honor of the
nations into it.” Rev. 21:24-26.
“And there shall in no wise enter into
it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie; but they which are written in the
Lamb’s book of Life.” Rev. 21:27.
[On the expiration of the Millennium, or thousand years, Satan being loosed from his prison for a little season, (1) goes out to deceive the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, and to gather them together to battle. (2) They compass the camp of the saints and the beloved city, (3) but fire from God out of heaven devours them, (4) and the Devil who deceived them is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False Prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. (5)]
The JUDGE of
all the Earth.
The
Resurrection
of
Damnation.
The Last
Judgment.
“And I saw a great white throne, and
Him that sat on it.” Rev. 20:11.
“The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead.”
2 Tim. 4:1.
“He which was ordained of God to be
the Judge of quick and dead.
Ac. 10:42. (1 Pe. 4:5.)
“The Father... hath committed
all judgment unto the Son.” Jno. 5:22.
“And I saw the dead (a) small and
great stand before God” (&) Rev. 20:12.
“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hades (c) delivered up the dead which were in them.”
Rev. 20:13.
“Shall come forth... they that
have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.” Jno. 5:29.
“Shall awake ... to shame and
everlasting contempt.” Dan. 12:2.
“And the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of
(1) Re. 20:3-7. (2) Re. 20:8.
(3) Jerusalem, see Isa. 4:3.
(4) Re. 20:9. (5) Re. 20:10.
(a) Those who had no part in
the first resurrection, see
Rev. 20:5. 6.
(b) “The Son,” see Jno. 5:22;
Rom. 2:16.
(c) So the Greek.
The Last
Enemy.
Heaven and
Earth pass
away.
New Heavens
and
New Earth.
those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.”
Rev. 20:12.
“And whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake
of fire.” Rev. 20:15.
“The lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone; which is the second death.”
Rev. 21:8.
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed
is death.” 1 Cor. 15:26.
“And death and hades (c) were cast
into the lake of fire. This is the second
death.” Rev. 20:14.
“Heaven and earth shall pass away.”
Mark 13:31.
“The heavens shall pass away with a
great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat; the earth also, and
the works that are therein, shall be
burned up. (ct).. The heavens, being
on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.”
2 Pe. 3:10-12.
“The heavens shall vanish away like
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like
a garment.” Isa. 51:6.
“They shall perish... they all shall
wax old as doth a garment; and as a
vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they
shall be changed.” Heb. 1:11-12.
“From whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; (&) and there was
found no place for them.” Rev. 20:11.
“And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new.”
Rev. 21:5.
“Behold, I create new heavens and a
new earth.” Isa. 65:17.
“And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth; for the first heaven and the first
earth were passed away; and there was
no more sea.” Rev. 21:1.
“New heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth all righteousness.”
2 Pe. 3:13.
(c) So the Greek.
(a.) Compare Gen. 6:11,
11, 16 with Isa.
13;:
24:5;
2 Pet. 3:7.
(b) See also Ps. 68:8; Nah.
and Job 15:15; 25:5.
GOD
ALL IN ALL.
The Lamb’s
Wife.
GOD
Dwells with
Men.
“Then cometh the end, when he shall
have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when he shall have
put down all rule and all authority and
power.” 1 Cor. 15:24.
“And when all things shall be subdued
unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him, that put all
things under Him, that God may be all in
all.” 1 Cor. 15:28.
“And I John saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming- down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband.” («) Rev. 21:2.
“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and He will dwell with them, and
they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain; for the
former things are passed away.”
Rev. 21:3-4.
(a) “That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in
his kindness toward us
through Christ Jesus. Eph.
2:7.
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” 1 Cor. 2: 9, 10.
“Now he that hath wrought us for this selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.” 2 Cor. 5: 5.
“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Eph. 3: 21.
“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” 2 Pet. 3:14.
REFERENCES.
For convenience we give the following references to some of the principal passages which refer to our Lord’s return, in the consecutive order in which they occur in the Word, together with catch words to distinguish the same:
Deut. 33:2. — Mt. Sinai, Mt. Seir, Transfiguration
and Second Coming.
Psa. 2. — The Son’s possession, etc.
“67:4. — Judge and govern the nations.
“96:10-13. — The Lord cometh to judge.
“98:9. — The Lord cometh to judge.
“102:16. — Build up Zion and appear in glory.
Dan. 7:13. — Son of man cometh to possess the
kingdom. Hos. 6:3. — He comes as the latter and former rain.
Zech. 12:10. — Israel see and accept Christ.
“14:4. — He stands upon the Mount of Olives.
“14:5. — Comes with the saints.
Mat. 16:26-27. — Shall come in glory of His Father.” 19:28. — Sit in throne of His glory.
“24. — The three questions answered.
“25:1-12. — The Bridegroom.
” 25:13-30. — Judgment of Servants.
“25:31-46. — Judgment of Nations.
” 26:64. — Coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark 8:38. — Of Him, Son, be ashamed when He
cometh.
” 13. — The three questions answered.
“14:62. — Coming in the clouds of heaven.
Luke 9:26. — Of Him, Son, be ashamed when He
cometh.
“12:35-48. — Loins girded — lights burning.
“17:20-37. -Noah, Lot, etc.
” 18:8. — Little faith on earth.
“19:11-28. — Gone to receive kingdom and return.
The ten talents.
” 21. — The three questions answered.
Jno. 1:51. — Heaven open, angels descending.
“14:3. — The promise. Come and receive you.
“14:18. — I will come to you.
“14:28. — Go away and come again.
“21:22. — If he taiTy till I come.
Acts 1:10-11. — The same Jesus come again.
“3:19-21. — The times of refreshing.
1 Cor. 1:4-8. — Waiting for the coming.
“4:5. — Judge nothing until Lord come.
“11:26. — Communion, till He come.
“15:23. — Order of Res. — Christ’s at His coming.
“16:22. — Anathema Maran-atha.
2 Cor. 1:14. — Rejoicing in the day of Lord.
Phil. 1:6-10. — Till the day of Christ.
“2:16. — Rejoicing in the day of Christ.
“3:11. — Resurrection from among the dead.
“3:20-21. — Citizenship — Looking for the Savior.
“4:5. — The Lord is at hand.
Col. 3:3-5. — Appearing with Him.
1 Thes. 1:9. — Wait for His Son from heaven.
“2:19. — Hope, joy, crown at His coming.
“3:13. — Unblamable, at the coming.
“4:13-18. — The Rapture.
“5:1-10. — Times and seasons — night and day.
“5:23. — Blameless unto the coming.
2 Thes. 1:7-10. — Revealed in flaming fire.
“2:1-8. — That wicked destroyed with the brightness of His coming.
1 Tim. 6:13-15. — Keep the commandment until the appearing.
2” 4:1. — Judge, at appearing and kingdom.
“4:8. — Crown for all that love His appearing.
Tit. 2:11-15. — The blessed hope and glorious appearing.
Heb. 9:24-28. — The three appearings.
“10:22-24. — Faith, hope, love.
“10:25. — Day approaching.
“10:35-37. — Patience, a little while.
James 5:7-8. — Be patient mito the coming — early and latter rain.
1 Pet. 1:7. — Trial of faith.
“1:13. — Hope to the end.
“4:13. — When His glory shall be revealed.
“5:1-4. — When the Chief Shepherd shall appear.
2 Pet. 3. -Scoffers- The day of the Lord.
1 John 2:28. — When He shall appear we may have
confidence.
” 3:2-3. — Now sons — shall be like Him — hath
this hope — purifieth himself.
2 John 7. — Coming in the flesh.
Jude 14:15. — The Lord cometh with saints to execute judgment. Rev. 1:7. — Behold He cometh with clouds.
“2:25. -Hold fast till I come.
“,3:3. — If not watch, come on thee as a thief.
“3:10-11. — Keep thee from the hour of temptation — Behold I come quickly.
“14:14-16. — The earth reaped.
“16:15. — Behold, I come as a thief — Blessed is
he that watcheth.
“22:20. — Even so come Lord Jesus.