The Second Coming

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The Second Coming

•  We need to clearly see what lies ahead for each
  of us.

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The Second Coming

•  We need to clearly see what lies ahead for each
  of us.
• When rooted in our hearts the second coming gives
  us purpose. (1 Jn
  31-3)

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The Second Coming

• 1 John 32-3 (NKJV) - Beloved, now we are
  children of God and it has not yet been revealed
  what we shall be, but we know that when He is
  revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see
  Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in
  Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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The Second Coming

• Jesus gave this promise before He died. (Jn
  1428)

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The Second Coming

• John 1428 (NKJV) - You have heard Me say to
  you, I am going away and coming back to you. If
  you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,
  I am going to the Father, for My Father is
  greater than I.

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The Second Coming

• An angel of God repeated the promise after He
  ascended. (Acts 19-11)

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• Acts 19-11 (NKJV) - Now when He had spoken these
  things, while they watched, He was taken up, and
  a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And
  while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He
  went up, behold, two men stood by them in white
  apparel,

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The Second Coming

• 11 who also said, Men of Galilee, why do you
  stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who
  was taken up from you into heaven, will so come
  in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.

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The Second Coming

• We must not confuse the warnings of the
  destruction of Jerusalem with passages
  about the second coming.

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The Second Coming

• We must not confuse the warnings of the
  destruction of Jerusalem with passages
  about the second coming.
• One has signs while another has none. (Mt
  2415-22 Lk 2120-21 Mt 2436-39 1 Thess 51-3)

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The Second Coming

• Matthew 2415-22 (NKJV) - Therefore when you see
  the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
  Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
  (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 then let
  those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17
  Let him who is on the housetop not go down to
  take anything out of his house.

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The Second Coming

• 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to
  get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are
  pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in
  those days!

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• 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter
  or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be
  great tribulation, such as has not been since the
  beginning of the world until this time, no, nor
  ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were
  shortened, no flesh would be saved but for the
  elects sake those days will be shortened.

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• Luke 2120-21 (NKJV) - But when you see
  Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that
  its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are
  in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are
  in the midst of her depart, and let not those who
  are in the country enter her.

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• Matthew 2436-39 (NKJV) - But of that day and
  hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,
  but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah
  were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man
  be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they
  were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
  marriage, until the day that Noah entered the
  ark,

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• 39 and did not know until the flood came and took
  them all away, so also will the coming of the Son
  of Man be.

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• 1 Thessalonians 51-2 (NKJV) - But concerning the
  times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need
  that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves
  know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes
  as a thief in the night.

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The Second Coming

• One is given specific action for a specific place
  the other has nothing be to be
  ready!

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The Second Coming

• One is given specific action for a specific place
  the other has nothing be to be
  ready!
• What if you were unprepared for the destruction
  of Jerusalem? ..the 2nd coming?

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Jesus will come as a thief in the night.
  (1 Thess 52 Rev 33, 1615)

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The second coming will be a surprise

• 1 Thessalonians 52 (NKJV) - For you yourselves
  know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes
  as a thief in the night.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Revelation 33 (NKJV) - Remember therefore how
  you have received and heard hold fast and
  repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will
  come upon you as a thief, and you will not know
  what hour I will come upon you.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Revelation 1615 (NKJV) - Behold, I am coming
  as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps
  his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his
  shame.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Jesus will come as a thief in the night.
  (1 Thess 52 Rev 33, 1615)
• Are you sleeping?
  (Mk 1335-37 1 Thess 54)

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Mark 1335-37 (NKJV) - Watch therefore, for you
  do not know when the master of the house is
  comingin the evening, at midnight, at the
  crowing of the rooster, or in the morning36
  lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37
  And what I say to you, I say to all Watch!

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The second coming will be a surprise

• 1 Thessalonians 54 (NKJV) - But you, brethren,
  are not in darkness, so that this Day should
  overtake you as a thief.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Jesus will come as a thief in the night.
  (1 Thess 52 Rev 33, 1615)
• Are you sleeping?
  (Mk 1335-37 1 Thess 54)
• There will be some things that must occur before
  the 2nd coming.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Jesus will come as a thief in the night.
  (1 Thess 52 Rev 33, 1615)
• Are you sleeping?
  (Mk 1335-37 1 Thess
  54)
• There will be some things that must occur before
  the 2nd coming.
• There must be a falling away. (2 Thess 21-8)

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The second coming will be a surprise

• 2 Thessalonians 23-4 (NKJV) - Let no one deceive
  you by any means for that Day will not come
  unless the falling away comes first, and the man
  of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who
  opposes and exalts himself above all that is
  called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits
  as God in the temple of God, showing himself that
  he is God.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Jesus will come as a thief in the night.
  (1 Thess 52 Rev 33, 1615)
• Are you sleeping?
  (Mk 1335-37 1 Thess 54)
• There will be some things that must occur before
  the 2nd coming.
• There must be a falling away. (2 Thess 21-8)
• The purpose of God must be completed.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• All who can be saved will be saved. (2 Pt 39)

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The second coming will be a surprise

• 2 Peter 39 (NKJV) - The Lord is not slack
  concerning His promise, as some count slackness,
  but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that
  any should perish but that all should come to
  repentance.

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The second coming will be a surprise

• Many will mock and laugh. (2 Pt 33-4)

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The second coming will be a surprise

• 2 Peter 33-4 (NKJV) - knowing this first that
  scoffers will come in the last days, walking
  according to their own lusts, 4 and saying,
  "Where is the promise of His coming? For since
  the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as
  they were from the beginning of creation."

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will be something heard.
  (1 Thess 416)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 1 Thess 416 - For the Lord Himself will descend
  from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an
  archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the
  dead in Christ will rise first.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will be something heard.
  (1 Thess 416)
•  There will be something seen.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will be something heard.
  (1 Thess 416)
•  There will be something seen.
• Everyone will look up and see Jesus coming on a
  cloud. (Mk 1462 Rev 17)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Mk 1462 - Jesus said, "I am. And you will see
  the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the
  Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Rev 17 - Behold, He is coming with clouds, and
  every eye will see Him, even they who pierced
  Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn
  because of Him. Even so, Amen.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will be something heard.
  (1 Thess 416)
•  There will be something seen.
• Everyone will look up and see Jesus coming on a
  cloud. (Mk 1462 Rev 17)
• This was the way He left! (Acts 19-11)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• (Acts 19-11) - Now when He had spoken these
  things, while they watched, He was taken up, and
  a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And
  while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He
  went up, behold, two men stood by them in white
  apparel,

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 11 who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you
  stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who
  was taken up from you into heaven, will so come
  in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will several things experienced.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will several things experienced.
• The dead in Christ will be raised first.
  (1 Thess 415-16)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• (1 Thess 415-16) - For this we say to you by the
  word of the Lord, that we who are alive and
  remain until the coming of the Lord will by no
  means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the
  Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a
  shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with
  the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will
  rise first.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will several things experienced.
• The dead in Christ will be raised first.
  (1 Thess 416)
• If you are alive in Christ you will experience
  rapture. (1 Thess 417-18)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 1 Thess 417-18 - Then we who are alive and
  remain shall be caught up together with them in
  the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus
  we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore
  comfort one another with these words.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will several things experienced.
• The dead in Christ will be raised first.
  (1 Thess 416)
• If you are alive in Christ you will experience
  rapture. (1 Thess 417-18)
• If you have died then you will experience a
  resurrection. (Jn 528-29 Acts 2415)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Jn 528-29 - "Do not marvel at this for the hour
  is coming in which all who are in the graves will
  hear His voice 29 "and come forth -- those who
  have done good, to the resurrection of life, and
  those who have done evil, to the resurrection of
  condemnation.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Acts 2415 - I have hope in God, which they
  themselves also accept, that there will be a
  resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
  the unjust.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• There will several things experienced.
• The dead in Christ will be raised first.
  (1 Thess 416)
• If you are alive in Christ you will experience
  rapture. (1 Thess 417-18)
• If you have died then you will experience a
  resurrection. (Jn 528-29 Acts 2415)
• There will be a host of angels assisting in
  gathering men. (Mk 1326-27)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Mark 1326-27 - "Then they will see the Son of
  Man coming in the clouds with great power and
  glory. 27 "And then He will send His angels, and
  gather together His elect from the four winds,
  from the farthest part of earth to the farthest
  part of heaven.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• The earth will be burned up along with the
  universe. (2 Pt 39-12, Rev 612-17)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 2 Peter 39-12 - The Lord is not slack concerning
  His promise, as some count slackness, but is
  longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
  should perish but that all should come to
  repentance.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
  in the night, in which the heavens will pass away
  with a great noise, and the elements will melt
  with fervent heat both the earth and the works
  that are in it will be burned up.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 11 Therefore, since all these things will be
  dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be
  in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and
  hastening the coming of the day of God, because
  of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on
  fire, and the elements will melt with fervent
  heat?

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Revelation 612-17 - 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. 13 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.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is
  rolled up, and every mountain and island was
  moved out of its place. 15 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,

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 16 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! 17
  "For the great day of His wrath has come, and who
  is able to stand?"

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Elements of the Second Coming

• All men will receive a new body.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• All men will receive a new body.
• Those who died and are raised will have a
  physical body. (Lk 2439)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• Luke 2439 - Behold My hands and My feet, that it
  is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does
  not have flesh and bones as you see I have.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• All men will receive a new body.
• Those who died and are raised will have a
  physical body. (Lk 2439)
• All then will have their physical bodies changed.
  (1 Cor 1550-52)

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 1 Cor 1550-52 - Now this I say, brethren, that
  flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
  God nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

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Elements of the Second Coming

• 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery We shall not all
  sleep, but we shall all be changed -- 52 in a
  moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
  trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead
  will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
  changed.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be wrath. (Rom 28-9 1 Thess 110
  Eph 23)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Romans 28-9 (NKJV) - but to those who are
  self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey
  unrighteousnessindignation and wrath, 9
  tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who
  does evil, of the Jew first and also of the
  Greek

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 1 Thessalonians 110 (NKJV) - and to wait for
  His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the
  dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath
  to come.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Ephesians 23 (NKJV) - among whom also we all
  once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our
  flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of
  the mind, and were by nature children of wrath,
  just as the others.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be glory. (1 Thess 219-20)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 1 Thessalonians 219-20 (NKJV) - For what is our
  hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not
  even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ
  at His coming? 20 For you are our glory and joy.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Likely there will also be recognition.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• All will appear before God to hear their verdict.
  (Mt 2521-22)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Matthew 2521-22 (NKJV) - His lord said to him,
  Well done, good and faithful servant you were
  faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler
  over many things. Enter into the joy of your
  lord. 22 He also who had received two talents
  came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two
  talents look, I have gained two more talents
  besides them.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be a chance to appeal to God however
  none will succeed.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be a chance to appeal to God however
  none will succeed.
• There will be a final separation of the just and
  the unjust for all eternity.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be a chance to appeal to God however
  none will succeed.
• There will be a final separation of the just and
  the unjust for all eternity.
• What should this mean to me?

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be a chance to appeal to God however
  none will succeed.
• There will be a final separation of the just and
  the unjust for all eternity.
• What should this mean to me?
• Let each of us be ready and stay ready. (Lk
  1235-40)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Luke 1235-40 (NKJV) - Let your waist be girded
  and your lamps burning 36 and you yourselves be
  like men who wait for their master, when he will
  return from the wedding, that when he comes and
  knocks they may open to him immediately.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master,
  when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I
  say to you that he will gird himself and have
  them sit down to eat, and will come and serve
  them. 38 And if he should come in the second
  watch, or come in the third watch, and find them
  so, blessed are those servants.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 39 But know this, that if the master of the house
  had known what hour the thief would come, he
  would have watched and not allowed his house to
  be broken into. 40 Therefore you also be ready,
  for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do
  not expect.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• One day in 1789, the sky of Hartford darkened
  ominously, and some of the representatives,
  glancing out the windows, feared the end was at
  hand. Quelling a clamor for immediate
  adjournment, Davenport rose and said, "The Day of
  Judgement is either approaching or it is not. If
  it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If

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The aftermath of the second coming

• If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty.
  Therefore, I wish that candles be brought."

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Learn to see the world from its end and because
  of this develop right priorities. (1 Thess 313
  523-24 Jas 57)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 1 Thessalonians 313 (NKJV) - so that He may
  establish your hearts blameless in holiness
  before our God and Father at the coming of our
  Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 1 Thessalonians 523-24 (NKJV) - Now may the God
  of peace Himself sanctify you completely and may
  your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved
  blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do
  it.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• James 57 (NKJV) - Therefore be patient,
  brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how
  the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the
  earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives
  the early and latter rain.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Work to keep this knowledge fresh and new. (1 Jn
  228-29)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 1 John 228-29 (NKJV) - And now, little
  children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we
  may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him
  at His coming. 29 If you know that He is
  righteous, you know that everyone who practices
  righteousness is born of Him.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Warn others to prepare! (Heb 1037-38)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Hebrews 1037-38 (NKJV) - For yet a little
  while, And He who is coming will come and will
  not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith
  But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure
  in him.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Remember that the world will hate you for this
  act of kindness!

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Remember that the world will hate you for this
  act of kindness!
• Those who warned of His first coming were
  persecuted. (Acts 752-53)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Acts 752-53 (NKJV) - Which of the prophets did
  your fathers not persecute? And they killed those
  who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom
  you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
  53 who have received the law by the direction of
  angels and have not kept it.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• There will be a few who will thank you in
  eternity.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Do you believe this?

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Do you believe this?
• If you knew He was coming in 24 hours you would
  change.

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The aftermath of the second coming

• Do you believe this?
• If you knew He was coming in 24 hours you would
  change.
• Why does the time cause you to act differently?
  (2 Pt 311-13)

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 2 Peter 311-13 (NKJV) - Therefore, since all
  these things will be dissolved, what manner of
  persons ought you to be in holy conduct and
  godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the
  coming of the day of God, because of which the
  heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the
  elements will melt with fervent heat?

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The aftermath of the second coming

• 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise,
  look for new heavens and a new earth in which
  righteousness dwells.