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Will Jesus Christ come back? Many people in the world doubt the second coming of Jesus.
Many don’t even believe Jesus came in the flesh, lived, was crucified, but rose up again on the 3rd day.
This is largely due to the false teaching going around, as the Bible predicted in the following Scriptures:
- Matthew 24:24: “For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.”
- 2 Peter 2:1: “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.”
- 1 Timothy 4:1: “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.”
These four portions show clearly that God knows how the end of time will be.
“I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.”
Isaiah 46:9-10 (ESV)
The Bible has been spot on with all its predictions. This is why I don’t doubt what it says about the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do you believe this?
Why Many Are Easily Turned Aside By Heresies
Let’s consider why many turn to false doctrines that go against the truth in the Bible.
And this problem is not just on those who don’t go to Church or have never known Christ.
Even those who have once believed may doubt that Jesus Christ will return to gather the saints.
Before I share the Bible portions that show clearly (against false teachings) that Jesus Christ will return, here is why many doubt the rapture.
1. Not Having An Encounter With The Word
Many people have never had an encounter with The Word. I don’t care how you know or encounter him.
An encounter never leaves you the same – whether with God the Father, Son or Holy Spirit – He is one.
So try not to always think I had an encounter with the Holy Spirit, not the Son. Yes. But they are all one.
When you have an encounter with God, no one can say anything contrary to the word.
The confirmation of what you find in the scripture makes you know other things in the Bible are true.
My encounter was with the Power of the Holy Spirit coming on me in my mom’s house.
On the fourth day of a 30-day fast, I kneeled and asked God for the promise of the Holy Spirit and immediately my tongue changed.
My life has not been the same since then. I know it is real. He is His Word.
After the encounter, you can never use any kind of logic, science, philosophy, Maths, whatever to try to convince me that God is not real.
2. Lack of Knowledge Of The Scripture
I want to share scriptures that state clearly that Jesus will return to gather the saints.
Lack of this knowledge is why false teachers use certain parts of the scripture to convince those who don’t know much about the word that we won’t have a “rapture.”
I am not here to argue about the meaning of the “rapture” word.
I am here to affirm the understanding Christ will return as many Bible portions confirm it clearly.
These are not figurative expressions of any kind. These are the true words of Christ.
20 Bible Portions That Show Christ Will Return To Gather The Saints
- Matthew 24:30-31: “Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
- Matthew 24:42: “Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.”
- Matthew 25:31-32: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
- Mark 13:26: “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.”
- Luke 21:27: “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”
- John 14:3: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”
- Acts 1:11: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52: “Behold! I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2: “For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8: “And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8: “And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.”
- 1 Timothy 6:14: “To keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Titus 2:13: “Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
- Hebrews 9:28: “So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”
- James 5:7-8: “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
- 1 Peter 1:13: “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
- 2 Peter 3:10: “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.”
- 1 John 2:28: “And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.”
- Revelation 1:7: “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.”
All Bible verses are from the English Standard Version (ESV).
Feel free to explore other bible verses for a deeper understanding.
