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Section 8 Second Coming of Messiah.

 

Bible Prophecy Fifty Nine

The Messiah, the King, is coming to earth a second time.

 

It is estimated that for every promise in the Bible for the Messiah 's first coming, there are five promises for His second coming.

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus Himself told His disciples many things about His second coming.

 

"Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, 'Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age? '" (Matthew 24:3).

 

Jesus answered them and told them: (Matthew 24)

1.      Many will come and say they are the King, but they are deceivers.

2.      There shall be wars and rumors of wars.

3.      Nations shall fight other nations.

4.      There shall be widespread disease.

5.      There shall be widespread hunger and famine.

6.      There shall be widespread earthquakes.

7.      Many will betray others, and hatred will be widespread.

8.      Many false prophets will come.

9.      Many people will lose their ability to love.

10.     The good news about the Messiah will be spread throughout the earth.

11.     There will be a worldwide anti-Messiah (anti-Christ) movement that will even penetrate into God 's Temple.

12.     The tribulation and suffering in these times will be intolerable for many people.

13.     Things will be similar to when Noah went into the Ark. People will not realize that the end is coming. They will be going about their normal life, not paying attention to the coming destruction and judgment.

 

After these things the Messiah will return to earth to set up His Kingdom and the New World.

 

Jesus promised that those who belong to Him will receive a reward, not punishment when all these things happen.

 

 

 


The Messiah, the King, has not come the second time yet. However, almost all of these events are now happening. Earthquakes are at a record rate in world history, more people are starving to death then ever, more people are dying of disease than in all of history, and wars are constantly happening. In the 20th Century, more intense wars took place than in all of history.

 

 

 


Jesus warned that no man shall know the day and hour, not even the angels, but only His Father God in Heaven knows the exact time.

 

 

 


 

 

 


Bible Prophecy Sixty

 

The Messiah, the King, is coming a second time for His people who believe in Him.

 

Just before Jesus ascended back to Heaven after His resurrection He reassured His people that He would return for them.

 

"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14).

 

There is a promise that the King, the Messiah, will return for His people Israel.

 

"And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: 'The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins '" (Romans 11:26,27).

 

There is a promise that the King, the Messiah, will destroy His enemies when He returns.

 

"And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8).

 

 

 


 


 

 

 


Bible Prophecy Sixty One

War against Israel.

 

There is a prophecy in Zechariah chapter 14 that states that in the last days all nations will make war against Israel just prior to the Second Coming of the King, the Messiah.

(Zechariah 14:2-9). "For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

3 Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.

 

 

 

4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.

5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You.

6 It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The lights will diminish.

7 It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD--Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.

8 And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.

9 And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be--"The LORD is one," And His name one."

 

Quote from an American residing in Jerusalem. December, 2000 www.foryourglory.org: "A friend in Jerusalem reminded me today that when you look from the Old City towards the Mount of Olives, you see it flow downward into the Kidron Valley and then back up the Mount of Evil Council on the other side. This area bears this name because every time throughout history that an enemy has laid siege to Jerusalem, they have sat upon that mountain top to draw up their battle plans...every time! Today the United Nations headquarters sits on top of the Mount of Evil Council! Zechariah 12:3 says that all the nations will turn against Jerusalem, including the nation you are in right now. And where are they gathering to determine the fate of Jerusalem? In the United Nations, which has its Jerusalem headquarters perched atop the Mount of Evil Council!

 

There is no place to run or to hide from what is about to come upon the earth and it will be like no other time before or ever to come. There is only one sanctuary - the presence of the Lord Himself. We are likely to go through some very unpleasant things in these perilous times but let us truly rejoice because the day of the Lord 's appearing is drawing very near. If there was ever a time to be absolutely sure that your relationship with the Lord is secure and clean and that you hold no rebellion in your heart towards Him or His Word, it is now!" Quoted from www.foryourglory.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Bible scholars feel that there are three "end time" wars. They point to the recent wars in Iraq (2003 - 2006), which is ancient Babylon as war number one. Jeremiah 50-51 tells of Babylon's destruction.

War number two is in the prophecy in Ezekiel chapters 38-39, stating that the nations referred to as Gog, Magog, Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will make war against Israel in the last days. The history of these nations trace back to Russia coupled in alliance with many Arab nations. These names can be traced. As this paragraph is being written in 2006, there is currently a war against Israel, which is perpetrated by many of these nations. Scholars say that eventually the rest of the nations in Ezekiel chapters 38-39 will join in.

Many prophecy teachers feel that a temporary peace perpetrated by the false Christ, the Anti-Christ, will take place after this war.

Then war number three will take place, which they say is the final Armageddon battle, which will usher in the Second Coming of Jesus.

I do not think that we are able to pinpoint exactly what war is taking place in today's headlines and link it to a certain timetable in the Scriptures. People have been presumptuous about this for centuries. However, if we do not recognize the fact that we are in "end time" seasons, we are fools.

God gives us a sober warning. "[A]nd saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.'""But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned" (2 Peter 3:4, 10).

In recent years up to and including the year 2006, Russia has been developing close ties with many Arab nations, many of which are presently making war against Israel as this story is being written. Even this very day as I am editing this book, July 13, 2006, a new war has just broken out in Israel. It appears as though Syria and Iran and the militant Islamic groups are behind the attacks. Russia's apparent motive, according to the opinion of some, is that they resent seeing America as the only world's superpower since the fall of the Soviet Union, and this is their way of coming back.

 

Quote from an American residing in Jerusalem. December, 2000 www.foryourglory.org.

"Meanwhile in Russia, President Putin has re-instated the Communist Red flag with hammer and sickle as the national flag again and called for the re-using of Stalin era slogans. He continues also to strengthen his ties with Arab nations, especially Syria, Iran, and Iraq."

 

In addition to the Russian threat, even up to late 2005, many European nations have taking a strong stand against Israel, agreeing with many Arabs who call Israel "occupiers." In 2005 and early 2006, Iran has called for the complete destruction of Israel. Others have suggested that Europe take back the Jews. This is a supernatural prejudice founded in Satan himself.

So much of this Russian threat has come by Russia giving high tech missiles to Iran, who as this is being updated in 2006, is actively threatening Israel with total destruction from the face of the earth with these missiles.

 

Here is the prophecy for the war described in Ezekiel 38-39.

Ezekiel 38:1-23 says,

¦1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2"Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

3"and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

4"I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

5"Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

6"Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops--many people are with you.

7"Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them.

8"After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.

9"You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.

10 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:"On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan:

11"You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gatesà --

12"to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.

13"Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?Ã Ã

14"Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:"On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it?

15"Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.

16"You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:"Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?

18"And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,  says the Lord GOD,"that My fury will show in My face.

19"For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel,

20 ‘so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.Ã

21"I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,  says the Lord GOD."Every manÃs sword will be against his brother.

22"And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

23"Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD. Ã

 

Ezekiel 39:1-12 says,

¦1"And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:"Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;

2"and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

3"Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.

4"You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

5"You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken,  says the Lord GOD.

6"And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

7"So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

8"Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,  says the Lord GOD."This is the day of which I have spoken.

9"Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

10"They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,  says the Lord GOD.

11"It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.

12"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.

 

 

My wife and I visited in Israel, in 2006, and saw first hand the tremendous battles currently raging between the Muslims and God's plan for Israel and the Jewish people. I have seen Arab Christians taking up for our Jewish brothers and sisters. I have seen the archeology of centuries, sometimes 27 civilizations, which attempted to displace the Jewish people from their promised land.

God is faithful to His purpose and to His promise! He will be faithful in your life as well, to the promises that He speaks to you while you are in close relationship with Him! God will fight this battle for Israel. However, I believe that there are lessons for several groups of people:

1. For those that oppose Israel. According to this prophecy, they will be destroyed in God's timing.

2. For the Israelis. I believe that God will intervene as He has in history, when the Israelis understand their desperation for God's intervention and for their trust in Him.

3. For Christians. We should be totally depending upon Jesus and His Word, as this is our only real security in a failing world.

 

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Bible Prophecy Sixty Two

When the Messiah comes back He will not be the same as when He left

 

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John saw Him in a vision as recorded in the Book of Revelation.

 

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty" Revelation 1:8).

"Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

His head and hair were white like wool [as in fire], as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last '" (Revelation 1:12-17).

 

The first time He came in the manner of a human, yet He was all God. The purpose of His first coming was to show people how much God loved them, and to reveal the personality of God to people.

He also came so that He could be crucified and punished for your sins in order to allow you to go to Heaven.

The first time He defeated His spiritual enemies by dying on the Cross and being resurrected. Now Satan has no more power over Him. Satan still has power over people, but not people who have made Jesus their Lord.

If you have made Jesus your Lord, you have nothing to fear in these coming wars. The Lord will protect those who are His. He has even defeated death!

 

If you are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or worship in some other religion, the message is simple. We are not putting your religion down. However, Jesus defeated Satan at the Cross for two simple reasons.

 

1.       To make it possible for you and God to be in close authentic fellowship and communication with one another.

2.       To give you a new identity, a new start in life, to birth you into a New Creation over which Satan has no more power.

 

Jesus was resurrected and then went back to Heaven.

The second time He is coming to set up His Kingdom on a New Earth. He is coming back as King and victor. This time He will put His enemies into the Lake of Fire, Hell, and we who believe in Him will rule and reign with Him forever.

 

"Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS" (Revelation 19:11-16).

 

He will put Satan into the Lake of Fire.

"The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20:10).

 

He will bring a New Heaven and a New Earth.

"Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea" (Revelation 21:1).

 

God will make all things new and comfort His people.

>"And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.'

Then He who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new. ' And He said to me, 'Write, for these words are true and faithful. ' And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

 

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death '" (Revelation 21:3-8).

 

We will live in Heaven with the Messiah, the King, forever. The Messiah, the King, is God.

 

"And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever" (Revelation 22:1-5).

 

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