#4 REVELATION' s Glorious Appering

L.4.   Revelation' s Glorious Appearing.

    Revelation' s focus is the Savior's Returning, more so than any other Book, with the Book of Books! This focus in on Jesus as His return as KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords

Revelation 14:14. "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."

Revelation 19:11. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."

Revelation 19:14. "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."

Revelation 11:15. "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."

Note: As one can see, God's Word is not in a chronological order, this is the why of....

Isaiah 28:10. "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:"

Note: Jesus Himself, gave us this promise.....

John 14:1-3. "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. 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; that where I am, there ye may be also."

NOTE: As any can see plainly, Jesus will NOT return for a select few, in a secret! Do YOU know as David declares in PS.50:3 "Our Lord shall come." that there are over 1,500 prophecies off Jesus' Second Coming recorded in the Bible? For every prophecy of His First Coming in the Old Book, there are eight (8) predicting His Second Coming! In fact the return of our Lord is mentioned once in every five verses in the New Book!{Think YOU that He placed some importance on this event?}

Psalms 50:3. "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him."

HIS COMING - A LITERAL EVENT!

 Acts 1:11  .. "Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? 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."

AND A VERY VISIBLE EVENT!

Revelation 1:7. "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

PLUS A VERY AUDIBLE!

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Note: This should become a favored verse...

1 Thessalonians 4:18. "Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

What shall the condition of HIS children be, those who have allowed Jesus to sit on "the Throne of their Heart?" by their willingness to love with obedience?

1 Corinthians 15:51-54. "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

NOTE: No human can will gain victory over sin or death, but Christ showed all He is able, and will do this for all of His own, those who reject Him NOT! At the Last Trump [trumpet call}

AND. . .IT WILL BE A GLORIOUS EVENT!

 Matthew 24:27. "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

Note: How can  huge, and many lightning bolts, be a SECRET? It can not, but not only will believers see, and be resurrected to join Him in the clouds/air, all those still living, but also the same that are dead, the graves will open, and all shall be in immortal bodies, as His, at His return!

Matthew 24:30. "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."

Note: Shall all be overjoyed to see His returning? NO! The unjust shall.....

Revelation 6:14-17. "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Note: Can YOU digest the levels of fear these, who have utterly rejected Christ, must feel, to have asked the mountains and rocks to fall upon them in order to hide them from Jesus? Yet those who love Him, are totally filled with joy! They have chosen Christ thus life, all who have not chosen, are Satan's and will share his fate with him, death eternal!
NOTE: Why is this needed? Each being, as ALL are created beings, must see that sin is the core of all evils, and thus shall not ever rise up, again! God, Himself, put Himself, on  trail, to prove His way is the only way, for truth and love to become happiness, which in the Greek is known as BLESSINGS. As you can read....

Matthew 13:37-43. "He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Note: All evil shall be purged out of God' s Kingdom, never to raise up again. The wicked will share the Lake of Fire with Satan and his angels and demons, while the righteous are saved through all eternity.This is the why of this:               Born twice=die once {be resurrected into life everlasting}
                                     Born once= die twice.  the Lake of fire is the second death, the death of sin, therefore ALL who willingly cling to their sin (s) shall burn up with their sins, and be no more forever!

YOU ASK WHY? Love, all who love Jesus, willingly obey because of love. ALL who reject Jesus, hate all that He represents, and God loves even sinners so much that He will allow them their desire to have no part of heaven, and HE withdraws His presence form all those! Why is this important?

John 8:12. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" [+ Jn. 6:35,51. 6:12.10:10,11.11:25. 14:6 GAL. 2:10. REV. 21:6]

Note: God is the very source of life, all live forms, therefore from all those from whom He removes Himself, as the very source of life, they cease to live, period! The lake of Fire then disposes of them by reducing them to ashes! Thus eternal hell is but Satan's invention to distort our view of God, by deceptions, for which he has no match!

Isaiah 25:9. "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Titus 2:13-14. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

Note : Purify self?  HOW?   Become willing, to be subject to Jesus Christ, as YOUR Personal Savior, Older brother, and best Friend! Then the Holy Spirit will make all the needed cleansing and repairs or changes, within you!!God's ONLY weapons? LOVE-TRUTH-MERCY and GRACE! Satan uses all but these.
What shall be His Final invitation to prepare for His SOON return?.....

Revelation 22:11. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still"

Note: How can we do this, you ask? Simple go to read and learn Exodus 20 the Ten Commandments, and use them, as a whole, as a "Mirror", to look into to see where the "Dirt"/sins are within you, acknowledge those shortcomings, in prayer, while repenting of each one, and asking for forgiveness for each one!

1 John 1:9. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"

How's that for a promise we all need to claim?

Revelation 22:12. "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be"

Note: Judgement is set! There's no more time to repent, and there's no second changes! Noah preached of the coming flood for 120 years {Gen 6:3} but none believed nor accepted and were lost, all humans save for eight persons!Their personal unbelief, did NOT change that which was to come, right? Sadly many think the very same way today, and they also shall be on the wrong side, the side with Satan, the lost!

Revelation 22:17-20. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

As you can read, this shall be His final invitation to eternal life, with Him and the Father! So I ask YOU reader, "Do YOU know when YOU will draw your last breath?" The dead can NOT repent, nor ask for forgiveness, thus YOUR future is then set in stone! Therefore now,--- today, is the time to claim Jesus as YOURS, to fully surrender all of self, to The Father in Christ's name!

I have searched, via many Denomination's Doctrinal Beliefs, and compared each to the Holy Bible, and found only ONE faith, that accepted, believed and taught the Bible as written, and accepted that it proves itself within itself, the Seventh day Adventist, find one in your area, and "GO AND SEE!" THE LIFE YOU SAVE IS YOUR OWN, BY THIS ACTION!
   I must also add, there shall be many Christ loving people, from all walks of life, from all faiths, even savages who have not even heard the word Jesus! God judges our hearts, and by the amount of HIS  truth we each have received!

SUMMARY:
1) SEISMIC UPHEAVALS Matt.24:7
2) Righteous dead raised
3) Righteous living changed
4) Immortality bestowed
5) Wicked Living destroyed [1st death]
6) Righteous welcome Christ, in the clouds
7) Righteous joined with Christ, go to heaven

BUT. . .but what about secret rapture?

Matthew 23:36. "Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation"

Note: Which generation?  The Last one! Only the Father knows the time and day.

Matthew 24:36. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father"
 only."

Matthew 24:43. "But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up."

Matthew 24:44. "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

Note: The Bible speaks about a thief, yet it speaks about the TIME, HE comes, NOT in the MANNER of His coming!

2 Peter 3:10. " But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which 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."

Note: Great destruction at His return, yet His coming shall be as a thief ONLY to those unprepared for Him! Just as we are unprepared for a thief who breaks into our homes.

Luke 17:26-28. "And as it was in the days of Noe,{Gk for Noah} so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;"

Note: Just as they not listen to the warnings given to all by Noah, many shall ignore this. and all other warnings as well. All who ignore the warnings of Christ, shall be as those in Noah's time, they were on the WET SIDE of the Ark!

YOUR RESPONSE:  Do YOU want to commit your life to being prepared for Jesus' literal,audible,glorious and joyfully coming?   ANSWER:.....................

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