Purposes for the 2nd coming
- For some reason, at “the end of time” we
only concentrate on the battle of Armageddon
and ignore the main purpose for the second coming of Christ - The
2nd coming is really about the 1,000 year PROBATION which is the LAST TIME man and angels
get an opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and CHOOSE. – After that it’s all over.
- The reasons and purposes of Christ’s
return are the believer’s promised
PROMISES, REASONS AND PURPOSES of the second coming
a)
To
fight the battle of Armageddon; Throw the Anti-Christ; False Prophet in the lake
of fire
b)
To
seize, bind, lock and seal Satan; the dragon; ancient serpent; the devil, for
1,000 years.
c)
To
remove the curse from the earth and liberate creation itself from bondage.
d)
To
restore all things as He has promised. – To provide peace among man and animals.
e)
To
judge the remaining nations.
f)
To
separate the sheep from the goats – Reward - Condemn –To punish people for
their sins
g)
To
hand over the kingdom of the earth to God.
h)
To
receive back the kingdoms of the earth – To posses ALL the earth.
i)
To
establish His throne and build the temple of the Lord.
j)
To
display the SHEKINAH Glory of God over mount Zion
k)
To
fight and deliver Israel
l)
To
end the time of the Gentile oppression that has in part blinded Israel
m) To reclaim and gather the
Nation of Israel to Himself – To Breathe life back into Israel
n)
To
set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed and to reign over all the other nations.
o)
To
establishes a civil government – To provide righteous justice for all
p)
To
install the resurrected saints as rulers and judges.
q)
To
judge and settle civil disputes.
r)
To
punish those who do not obey the Gospel
s)
To
imparts Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding and Communication.
t)
To
give relief to those that are troubled.
u)
To
bring Peace, Joy and Gladness
v)
To
establish a One World Religion, from the rising to the setting sun.
w) To evangelize the
world – To bring salvation to the ends
of the earth and teach His ways
x)
To
reveal Himself and hold out His hands. – To give mankind one more chance to
CHOOSE
y)
To
purge the earth of all possibilities of future rebellion and to let All Creation
be witness.
z)
To
make all things new. SELAH
19 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.
20 But 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. NIV
Rev 20:1-3 - Seize, bind,
lock and seal Satan
1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,
having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
2 He seized the dragon, that ancient
serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for
a thousand years.
3 He 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. NIV
Rom 8:21- Creation will be
liberated from bondage
21 that the creation itself will be liberated
from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children
of God.
NIV
Acts 3:21 – To restore all things as He promised
21 He must remain in heaven until the time comes
for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through
his holy prophets. NIV
Isa 11:6-9 – There will be
peace among the animals and man
6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the
leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion
and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear, their
young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The infant will play near the hole of the
cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all
my holy mountain NIV
1 Cor 15:24 – Hands over the kingdom of earth to God
24 Then the end will come, when he hands over
the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion,
authority and power.
NIV
15 "The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and
ever." NIV
Ezek 43:7 – Establishes
His throne
7 He said: "Son of man, this is the place
of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I
will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel
Zech 6:12 -13 – Will build the temple of the Lord
12 Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says:
`Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his
place and build the temple of the LORD.
13 It is he who will build the temple of
the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his
throne. NIV
Isa 4:5 – Show the
SHEKINAH Glory of God
5 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion
Matt 25:31-46 – To judge
the remaining nations.
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.
32 All 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
46 "Then they will go away to eternal
punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." NIV
Isa 26:21 – Punish the
people of earth for their sins
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish
the people of the earth for their sins. NIV
Zech 14:3 – To deliver Israel
3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against
those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. NIV
Rom 11:25 -26 – End the time of the Gentile oppression.
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness
in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
26 And so ALL Israel
Ps 102:16 - Build up Zion
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion
Ezek 37:3-5 – Breathes
life into Israel
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these
bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold,
I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: KJV
Rev 19:11-21 – To destroy
the enemies
11 I 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 .
15 He treads the winepress of the fury of the
wrath of God Almighty.
21 The 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. NIV
Isa 11:10 -11 – Reclaim and Gather the Nation of Israel
10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a
banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of
rest will be glorious.
11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a
second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria , from Lower Egypt , from Upper Egypt , from Cush Elam Babylonia , from Hamath and from the
islands of the sea. NIV
Dan 2:44 – Set up a kingdom and reign over all nations
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. NIV
Isa 2:2-4 – To establish a
civil government
2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD's
temple will be established as chief among the mountains; It will be raised
above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
4 He will judge between the nations and will
settle disputes for many peoples. NIV
Matt 19:28 – Make resurrected saints rulers and judges
28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth,
at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious
throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel
Isa 35:5-7 – Remove the
curse from the earth
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart,
and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters
break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons,
where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isa 32:3-4 – Brings
knowledge, understand and communication
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no
longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The mind of the rash will know and
understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
NIV
2 Thess 1:7-9 – Give
relief - Punish those the disobedient
7 and give relief to you who are troubled,
and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
8 He will punish those who do not know God
and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 They will be punished with everlasting
destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of
his power NIV
Isa 35:10 – Bring Peace –
Joy and Gladness
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
and come to Zion
KJV
Mal 1:11 – To establish a one world religion
11 My name will be great among the nations,
from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and
pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great
among the nations," says the LORD Almighty. NIV
Isa 49:6 – Bring salvation
to the ends of the earth
6 To restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back
those of Israel
NIV
Isa 11:4 – Provide
righteous justice for all
4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy;
with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. NIV
Isa 2:3 – He will teach
His ways – Evangelize the World
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and
he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out
of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isa 65:1-12 – I called
you, but you did not answer
1 "I revealed myself to those who did not
ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation
that did not call on my name, I said, `Here am I, here am I.'
2 All day long I have held out my hands to
an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own
imaginations--
3 a people who continually provoke me to my very
face,
5 who say, `Keep away; don't come near me,
12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will
all bend down for the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I
spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what
displeases me."
15 If anyone's name was not found written in the
book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 21:5 – Makes all
things new
5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I
am making everything new!"
Rev 21:3 – God will dwell
with men and they will be His people
3 "Now the dwelling of God is with men,
and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God
himself will be with them and be their God. NIV
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