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The RevelationChapter 19 The Second Coming of Jesus Christ
The focus of this chapter of Revelation is the physical return of the LORD Jesus Christ to the planet Earth to sit upon His Throne, i.e., "and He shall rule them with a rod of iron" (19:15), while the Beast (the Antichrist) and the False Prophet are cast alive into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever, i.e., "both were cast alive into a Lake of Fire burning with brimstone" (19:20). "I am the LORD: I will speak, and the Word that I shall speak shall come to pass" (Ezekiel 12:25). Many newspapers have reserved their largest print type, which they call "Second Coming Type," for headline news of the highest importance. Why shouldn't the headline, "Jesus Christ Returns to Earth," be deemed the greatest headline possible by even the secular press, if atheists curse with the name of God upon their lips, and all walks of life make some kind of appeal to the Almighty in dire circumstances? "10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father"(Philippians 2:10-11). ----
Since we have been taught to "love [our] enemies, [and] bless them that curse you" (Matthew 5:44), we must again agree with Christ that "true and righteous are His judgments" (19:2). It has long been our proper understanding that True Love is willing to be stern and hard where it is necessary, e.g., "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes [Hebrew, shachar, early]" (Proverbs 13:24). And, if God does not guard the efficacy of the sanctions and punishments of the Moral Law of Love, i.e., "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23), then Satan himself would eventually be paroled from the Lake of Fire. But, we have been assured that the Judgment that follows this life is forever because: (1) Sinners will dwell with Everlasting Burnings, i.e., "The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with Everlasting Burnings?"(Isaiah 33:14), (2) Transgressors will always feel an Unquenchable Fire, i.e., "And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against Me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh" (Isaiah 66:24), (3) The Goats (in the Judgment of the Nations of Matthew 25:31-46) will depart into Everlasting Fire, i.e., "Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into Everlasting Fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41), and (4) The Cursed will go into Everlasting Punishment, i.e., "And these shall go away into Everlasting Punishment: but the Righteous into Life Eternal" (Matthew 25:46). ----
This second time the Inhabitants of Heaven cry out their praise of God, i.e., "Alleluia" (19:3), for their hearty agreement with His judgment of the Great Whore. Pause for a moment and think of your loved ones who have "fallen asleep in Christ" (1Corinthians 15:18). You do not think of that cherished, departed loved one as mean spirited or vindictive, yet you would agree that both they and yourself would then be in absolute agreement with the judgment of the Great Whore. True,"if he repent, forgive him" (Luke 17:3), but if they die in their sins (as the Great Whore certainly does), God will judge them, and that forever, i.e., "her smoke rose up for ever and ever" (Revelation 19:3). "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: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the LORD. 12But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever" (2Peter 2:9-17). ----
Do you remember these "four and twenty elders" (19:4) worshipping around the throne of God, especially in Revelation 4, 5, and 11? They are said to sit upon their own seats or thrones before God, i.e., "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats [Greek, thronos, a chair of state having a footstool]" (Revelation 11:16). Each time the expression "Come up hither" (4:1; 11:12) is used, the "four and twenty elders" are present. If they represent the Church, as it appears they do, is it any wonder that the First "Come Up Hither" (4:1) occurs immediately before the opening of the Seal Judgments (Revelation 6) and would coincide with the Pre-Tribulational Rapture of the Watching and Waiting Saints, while the Second "Come Up Hither" (11:12) occurs soon before the pouring out of the Vial Judgments (Revelation 16), indicating a coincidental Pre-Wrath Rapture shortly before the end of the Tribulation Week? Notice also that the concept of the Rapture is most often taught with the passage from 1Thessalonians 4 where the Trumpet sounds, the Dead in Christ are resurrected, and the Living Saints are caught up into the clouds, i.e., "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" (1Thessalonians 4:16-17). This actually better describes the timing of the Pre-Wrath Rapture; however, the concept of the LORD finding a way for His people to escape-- "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21:36)-- finds a Pre-Tribulational Rapture also modeled, when the Apostle John was commanded to come up for a better look at what is going to prophetically take place. "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in Heaven: and the First Voice which I heard was as it were of a Trumpet talking with me; which said, Come Up Hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter" (Revelation 4:1). The Voice of a Trumpet talking with John is none other than the LORD Jesus Christ Himself. "10 I was in the Spirit on the LORD's Day, and heard behind me a Great Voice, as of a Trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the Seven Churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea"(Revelation 1:10-11). Jesus is calling and commanding His Church Home before He progressively unleashes the various stages of His Final Judgment upon the Earth. "The LORD knoweth how to deliver the Godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the Day of Judgment to be punished" (2Peter 2:9). Beyond Today -- Is God a Trinity? Do you have a ministry or a business There is nothing wrong with being in business and selling things. However, if you are a church or any kind of "ministry", you may want to check your motive for how you are conducting the work of the Lord.
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