69. Jesus' Second Coming (& Third Coming?!?)

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The view held by the writer of this blog is best called premillenial, meaning that Jesus is going to return before the millenium (1000 year reign of Christ), AND, pretribulational meaning that Jesus is also going to come back for his church before the 7-year tribulation.

So, lets see. We have Jesus coming for his church before the tribulation period, and we have Jesus coming after the tribulation, before the millennium. So, since he came the first time 2000 plus years ago, don't we have three comings?

First, 2000 plus years ago,
Second, before the 7-year tribulation, and
Third, after the tribulation, during the battle of Armageddon, right before the millennium.

It might seem like there are three 'comings', but every premillenialist that I know of, counts these as two comings:
First, 2000 plus years ago, and
Second, at the end of the age, and all that it encompasses.
Here is a list of some writers, pastors, and scholars who believe this in Post #56. See the question "Who holds this view?"

The coming of Jesus for his church (popularly called the rapture), the tribulation period, the battle of Armageddon, and his glorious appearing to bring this age to an end, are all part of his second coming (covering 7+ years); just as his birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension (which covered approximately 33 years) were all part of his first coming.

Is there anything holding him back from coming today? Not that I can find, except (and it's my personal opinion) I do not consider that things in the world are bad enough yet. I find that the church will probably be under attack much more from the forces of darkness than it is now.

I would refer you to my post #2 "Future Events cast their shadows backwards", where I suggest that some of the major events that are going to happen 2 years, 5 years, or even 10 years in the future are beginning to sprout up even now -- although the seedlings may seem very insignificant at this moment. Hardly enough to be concerned about, or so it would seem -- but these seedlings need to be watched for unnaturally swift growth.

Even though it MAY be years before these events happen, we should try to live our lives with this standard (among others):

PERHAPS he could come TODAY!

Look up, for our redemption may be drawing near.
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