John 14:1-3: "Let not your heart be troubled:
ye helieve in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also."
Matthew 26:64: "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast
said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."
Revelation 16:13-14: "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. 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 the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
Revelation 19:11: "And I saw heaven opened,
and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war."
[Further Study]
Revelation 19:14-15 "And the armies which were
in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations:
and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."
Jude 14-15: ". . . Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that
are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed,
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
2 Peter 3:7, 10: "But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day
of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. . . . But the day of the Lord will come as
a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up."
Matthew 24:24-27: "For there shall arise false
Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that,
if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out
of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be."
[Further Study]
Luke 21:8-19
8 And he said, Take
heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall
hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to
pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in
divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall
there be from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay
their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into
prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not
to meditate before what ye shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents,
and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put
to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
name's sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your
head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
Luke 21:8: "And he said, Take heed that ye be
not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time
draweth near: go ye not therefore after them."
The counterfeit is easy to pick out when the genuine is well known!
Titus 2:13: "Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."
Colossians 3:4: "When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."
[Further Study]
Matthew 16:27 "For the Son of man shall come in
the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according
to his works."
1 John 3:2 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."
Revelation 1:7: "Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
Acts 1:9-11: "And when he had spoken these
things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their
sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two
men stood by them in white apparel; 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."
Matthew 24:31: "And he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
[Further Study]
1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
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:"
2 Peter 3:10-12 "But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall
be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?"
Matthew 26:64: "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast
said; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on
the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."
Matthew 25:31: "When the Son of man shall come in
his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of His
glory."
[Further Study]
2 Thessalonians 1:7 "And to you who are troubled
rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels."
At Jesus' resurrection there was just one angel who came to roll away the stone
from His tomb, and the guards fell down like dead men.
Matthew 28:1-4 "In the end of the sabbath, as it
began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the
Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat
upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for
fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men."
At the time of Jesus' second coming, He is coming will ALL His holy angels as noted in
the previous question.
In Old Testament times God's glory was manifested and veiled by a cloud.
Exodus 16:10 "And it came to pass, as Aaron spake
unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the
wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud."
Exodus 24:16 "And the glory of the LORD abode
upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud."
Numbers 11:25 "And the LORD came down in a cloud,
and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the
seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they
prophesied, and did not cease."
2 Chronicles 5:13 "It came even to pass, as the
trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and
thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the
LORD;"
At the time of Jesus' transfiguration a cloud overshadowed Him and God spoke from the
cloud.
Matthew 17:1-5 "And after six days Jesus taketh
Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment
was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking
with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be
here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased; hear ye him."
Revelation 6:16-17: "And said to the mountains
and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall
be able to stand?"
[Further Study]
Isaiah 2:19-21 "And they shall go into the holes
of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory
of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall
cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself
to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into
the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth."
Luke 23:30 "Then shall they begin to say to the
mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us."
2 Thessalonians 2:8: "And then shall that Wicked
be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming."
[Further Study]
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 "And to you who are
troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he
shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe
(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day."
2 Peter 2:9 "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be
punished:"
Isaiah 25:9: "And it shall be said in that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord;
we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: "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: then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
[Further Study]
Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt."
John 5:28-29 "Marvel not at this: for the hour is
coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come
forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done
evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
It is important to note that when Jesus returns to gather His children His feet
will not touch the earth, but we will be "caught up . . . to meet the Lord in the air".
See also Matthew 24:23-27 "Then if any man shall
say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you
before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not
forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of
the Son of man be."
1 Corinthians 15:51-54: "Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory."
[Further Study]
Philippians 3:20-21 "For our conversation is in
heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according
to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."
The subjects of the resurrection and immortality are covered in greater detail in separate lessons, but just touched on here.
Revelation 2:7, 11: ". . . To him that overcometh
will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. .
. . He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."
[Further Study]
Revelation 2:17, 26 "He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone,
and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
. . . And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give
power over the nations:"
Revelation 3:5: "He that overcometh, the same shall
be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."
[Further Study]
Revelation 3:12, 21 "Him
that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more
out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write
upon him my new name. . . . To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."
Colossians 3:2: "Set your affections on things
above, not on things on the earth."
May you be among those who say, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us." Isaiah 25:9.
"Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand. It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man. In solemn silence they gaze upon it as it draws nearer the earth, becoming lighter and more glorious, until it is a great white cloud, its base a glory like consuming fire, and above it the rainbow of the covenant. Jesus rides forth, as a mighty conqueror. Not now a 'Man of Sorrows,' to drink the bitter cup of shame and woe, He comes, victor in heaven and earth, to judge the living and the dead. 'Faithful and True,' 'in righteousness He doth judge and make war.' And 'the armies which were in heaven' (Revelation 19:11, 14) follow Him. With anthems of celestial melody the holy angels, a vast, unnumbered throng, attend Him on His way. The firmament seems filled with radiant forms--'ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.' No human pen can portray the scene; no mortal mind is adequate to conceive its splendor. 'His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. And His brightness was as the light.' Habakkuk 3:3-4. As the living cloud comes still nearer, every eye beholds the Prince of life. No crown of thorns now mars that sacred head; but a diadem of glory rests on His holy brow. His countenance outshines the dazzling brightness of the noonday sun. 'And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, King of kings, and lord of lords.' Revelation 19:16." The Great Controversy, pages 640-641.
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