David in NJ
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Shalom in the name of Lord Jesus ChristDear readers, this is apparently Christ's first coming, to resurrect and bring home His bride the church.
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.
1 Thessalonians 4:
16. 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:
17. 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.
Revelation 6:
9. And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of GOD, and for the testimony which they held:
10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11. And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Revelation 20:
4. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them: 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 reign with Christ a thousand years.
5. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Then, this is His second coming to wage war with the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies on earth.
Revelation 16:
13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to battle of that great day of GOD Almighty.
16. And he gathered them together into a place called in Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation 19:
11. And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He(Christ) that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war.
14. And the armies which were in Heaven followed Him(Christ) upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
19. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him(Christ) that sat on the horse, and against His army.
Ironically our opposition see and see but unable to see the truth, and moreover hostile.
Shalom in the name of Lord Jesus Christ
His First Coming has been FULFILLED = Dies on the Cross and Rise on the 3rd Day
His Second Coming is to gather His Elect, which is the Bride of Christ = Matt ch24 , 1 & 2nd Thess , 1 Cor ch15 , Revelation
After the Elect are gathered, then Christ pours down His Wrath = Revelation 6:10-16
I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves 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 who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”