3. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus

4. Terms to know:

5. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology

6. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology Parousia

7. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology Parousia Second Coming / Return of Christ

8. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology Parousia Second Coming / Return of Christ Millennium (Premillennial, Amillennial, Postmillennail)

9. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology Parousia Second Coming / Return of Christ Millennium (Premillennial, Amillennial, Postmillennail) Rapture of the Church (Pre, Mid, Post, Pan)

10. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus Terms to know: Eschatology Parousia Second Coming / Return of Christ Millennium (Premillennial, Amillennial, Postmillennail) Rapture of the Church (Pre, Mid, Post, Pan) Great White Throne Judgment

14. Four BQ’s about the Return of Jesus

15. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back?

16. Four BQ’s about the Return of Jesus 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? 2.When’s that gonna happen?

17. Four BQ’s about the Return of Jesus 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? 2.When’s that gonna happen? 1.What do we know for sure about Jesus return?

18. Four BQ’s about the Return of Jesus 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? 2.When’s that gonna happen? 1.What do we know for sure about Jesus return? 2.How does the future return of Jesus impact me now?

19. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? John 14:1-3 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”

20. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

21. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

22. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains….

23. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

24. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ [quoted from Isaiah 13:10, 34:4]

25. 1.Did Jesus ever say that he was coming back? Matthew 24:1-8, 26-31 30 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

26. 2. When’s this gonna happen?

31. Matthew 24:36-44 36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

32. 2. When’s this gonna happen? Matthew 24:36-44 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

33. 3. What do we know for sure about Jesus’ return?

34. From Hope Community Church Elder Statement of Faith: 14.2 We believe in the blessed hope that at the end of the age Jesus Christ will return to this earth personally, visibly, physically, without warning, in power and great glory; and that He will gather His elect, raise the dead, judge the nations, and establish His kingdom. We believe that the righteous will enter into the everlasting joy of their Master, and those who suppressed the truth in unrighteousness will be handed over to everlasting conscious misery. (Titus 2:13, Matthew 24:27, 30, 42, 44, 25:13, Acts 1:9-11, Mark 14:61-62, Luke 24:39- 43, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, Luke 21:27, Matthew 24:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, 2 Timothy 4:1, 1 Corinthians 15:22-24, Psalm 16:11, Matthew 25:23, 46, 19:29, Romans 1:18, Daniel 12:2, Matthew 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 14:11 )

35. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now?

36. 1 John 3:1-3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

37. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

38. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.

39. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 1 Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

40. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

41. 4. How does the future return of Jesus impact me now? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

42. Gospel Hope: The Return of Jesus