But does this mean that He will come secretly and snatch away the saved, leaving the wicked behind? No. The Bible says, “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 up” (2 Peter 3:10, NKJV see also 1 Thessalonians 5:2).
All these texts make it clear that Jesus’ coming is anything but secret! Will Jesus come like a thief in the night? The Bible says that Jesus will come in glory with the angels (see Matthew 16:27) that He will come with the shout of the archangel and a blast from the trumpet of God (see 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17) that the wicked will see Him coming and cry out for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from His face (see Revelation 6:14-17) and that He will return as King of kings, leading the armies of heavenly angels (see Revelation 19:11-16). “For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be” (Matthew 24:27, NKJV). That doesn’t sound like He is coming secretly! Matthew says that Jesus’ coming will be as visible as the lightning that flashes from one end of the sky to the other. This text says that when Jesus comes, every eye-everyone on earth-will see Him come. “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him” (Revelation 1:7, NKJV). Is Jesus' Second Coming Secret?Īnother Bible text makes it even more clear that Jesus will not return secretly. So these verses tell us that Jesus will return to earth the same way-not secretly. The disciples watched Him rise, literally, bodily, into the air until a cloud hid Him from their sight. How did Jesus go to heaven following His resurrection? Did He go secretly? No. And second, He will return to Earth the same way-“in like manner”-as He went back to heaven. First, the Jesus who returns to Earth the second time is the very same Jesus who lived here on Earth with us and went back to heaven following His resurrection. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven’ ” (Acts 1:9-11, NKJV). The Bible says, “While they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. Signs of Jesus' Second Coming Is the Rapture Biblical?Īfter His resurrection, Jesus returned to heaven, and the disciples watched as He rose into the sky. But other Bible texts make it plain what will happen when Jesus returns. In these verses, Jesus doesn’t say how He will return-secretly or otherwise. Did Jesus mean that He would return secretly and “rapture” His people from Earth, leaving behind those who are lost to wonder where their raptured friends and relatives have gone? This is the belief of those who hold to the idea of the rapture. 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 14:1-3, NKJV). In My Father’s house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. He said, “Let not your heart be troubled you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jesus promised that He would return to Earth to take His people to be with Him. The rapture, pre-tribulation & last day events.Are the elect raptured before the tribulation?.Will Jesus come as a thief in the night?.The second phase occurs at the close of this time of tribulation when Jesus will return to Earth in triumph and glory.
The first will be a secret rapture-or carrying away of the saved to heaven-at the beginning of a seven-year period of tribulation, during which the antichrist will appear. (Please note: the following paragraph cannot be supported from the Bible).
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