The Second Coming of Christ Part 3 Eschatology The Second Coming of Christ Part 3

Christ ascended in two ________ Christ ascended in two ________. In the first stage He ascended _________ as He had told Mary Magdalene. The first stage of the Second Coming will be Rapture which will also be unseen by __________ people. The second stage of His ascension was very __________ and witnessed by the apostles and possibly as many as five hundred witnesses (1 Corinthians 15:6). The second stage of His coming will also be very visible to the ______________ of the earth. (Rev. 1:7) When Will Jesus Come? One of the difficulties with those sensationalize prophecy is the tendency to suggest _________ for the Second Coming. It is true that the Revelation can be pinpointed as being seven years after the Rapture. The problem lies in human inability to anticipate the Rapture. This is by design. In His great dissertation on future events our Lord plainly stated that only ______ knows the date. (Mat. 24:36)

James gave a sense of the timing in the Jerusalem council attended by Paul and Barnabas. (Acts 15:14-16) Taking out a people has reference to filling up the _______ of Christ, the church. When that has been accomplished Jesus will come ______ the church. Jesus also indicated at His ascension that the timing would not be revealed to ______. (Acts 1:7) The Second Coming of Christ is consistently portrayed as the _______ of the church. (Tit. 2:13; Col. 1:5; Gal. 5:5; 1 Pet. 1:13) It is not surprising that in days of duress and ___________, the thinking of the church turns to the Second Coming. Paul understood the motivation. (2 Tim. 4:7,8) The Second Coming in the Rapture is to be described as __________; that is it could occur at any time. The effect of belief in the imminent return of Christ is ______________. This was the instruction of Christ. (Luke 12:35-40) The anticipation of Christ coming for the church helps believers to _______ themselves in the race (Hebrews 12:1). (Phi. 3:20; Heb. 9:28; Tit. 2:11-14; 1 John 3:1-3; 1 Th. 5:6)

Reference to Christ coming _________ (Revelation 22:7, 12, 20) is not a matter of timing but of ___________. The Rapture will be unannounced; He will come as a thief (Revelation 16:15).