PREMILLENNIALISM – THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Lesson 6 (Part 1) Acts 1: 9 -11
The Second Coming Of Christ Is Promised (2 Peter 3: 3 ff) We have assurance of the second coming. John 14: 1 -3; Acts 1: 9 -11; 1 Thess. 4: 1617; 2 Thess. 1: 7; Heb. 9: 27 -28; Rev. 22: 20; Rev. 1: 7. The time of his coming. Mt. 24: 35 -39; Mk. 13: 32.
The Manner Of His Coming 1. As he went back into heaven. Acts 1: 11 2. In person. 1 Thess. 4: 16 -17 3. In visible form. Rev. 1: 7 4. Without warning as a thief in the night. 1 Thess. 5: 2 -6; Mk. 13: 35 -37. 5. With power and great glory. 1 Thess. 4: 16; 1 Cor. 15: 50 -58
CHRIST IS NOT COMING TO. . . Establish His Kingdom. Dan. 2: 44; Mk. 1: 15; 9: 1; Acts 1: 8; Acts 2: 1 -4; Col. 1: 13; Rev. 1: 9.
CHRIST IS NOT COMING TO. . . Sit on David’s throne. 2 Sam. 7: 1114; cf. Acts 2: 29 -32; cf. Eph. 1: 20 -23
CHRIST IS NOT COMING TO. . . Restore Palestine To The Jews. Joshua to lead them in (Josh. 1: 2 -6; cf. 11: 23)
b Joshua 13 -20
Joshua 21: 43 -45 43 So Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers, and they possessed it and dwelt in it. 44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers. And there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand. 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; All came to pass.
Joshua 23: 14 14. And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you. All are come to pass unto you; not one thing hath failed thereof.
Things Necessary To A Literal Restoration… Jeremiah 27: 22 The Law of Moses. Deut. 30: 1 -3, 8 -10; Neh. 8: 1 ff; cf. Col. 2: 14 -17 2. Levitical Priesthood. Heb. 7: 11 -17; Neh. 12: 44; 13: 22; cf. Heb. 8: 4; 1 Pet. 2: 5 3. Jewish genealogies. Lev. 25: 13, 28; Ezra 9: 10 -14; Neh. 7: 5; cf. 1 Tim. 1: 4; Titus 3: 9 4. Temple worship and bloody animal sacrifices. 2 Chron. 36: 23; Ezra 1: 1 -4; 6: 3, 14, 22 cf. Heb. 10: 1 -4, 9 1.
What Must I Do? Hear the gospel, Rom. 10: 17. Believe the Gospel, Mk. 16: 15, 16. Repent of sins, Acts 2: 38. Confess faith in Jesus, Acts 8: 37. Be Baptized, Acts 22: 16; Gal. 3: 27. Always abound in the work of the Lord, 1 Cor. 15: 58.