1. “He will come again to judge the living and the dead…” “…We look for the resurrection of the dead and life in the world to come.”
Faith and Reason

2. The Four Last Things
Death
Judgment
Heaven
Hell

3. The 2nd Coming/Parousia
Christ’s Return
He will return only once
It will be public and visible
It will be the end of the world
Exact date nor sequence of events not given

4. The 2nd Coming/Parousia
When all things are subjected to Christ, then the reign of God will be complete.
Particular Judgment: Individual Judgment at your death
General Judgment: All will rise from the dead at the end of the world and be judged in front of all

5. The 2nd Coming/Parousia
False Notions
Rapture: Thought that good Christians will disappear from the earth before the Parousia
Mt 24:41 “Two women will be grinding at the mill: One is taken and one is left”
1 Thes 4:17 “Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
Not all Protestants believe in the rapture

6. The 2nd Coming/Parousia
What is the Rapture?
Christ established a Church of Gentiles to punish the Jews for rejecting Him.
When the time of the Gentiles if fulfilled the good will be taken away.
Then it will be the time of the antichrist, the return of the Jews for 1000 years, and then the end.
Division of pre-millennium and post-millennium

7. The 2nd Coming/Parousia
Refuting the Rapture Theory:
No where in Scripture is the Church described as a passing phase.
Jesus fulfilled the Old covenant and there is no need for it to return.
No historical record of this from the early Church.
A little politically incorrect humor!