Abundant Faith Prayer Conference Arnette D. Owen

The second coming of Jesus is the most anticipated event in human history, and Jesus is soon to come! However, millions have been deceived on this topic. The return of Jesus to earth is the blessed hope of all Christians. It captivates the imagination and warms the heart.  As we study this week about the events after Jesus returns, did you know that God will present the history of humanity and reveal the ultimate destiny of every person who has ever lived?  Did you know during the 1,000 years, the saints will “judge” wicked angels and all unsaved humans? Well, this week's study will provide clear biblical evidence of these facts and so many other relevant scriptural references about the "Events After Jesus Returns"!  

As we have seen already, the Scriptures foretell a devastating event that will shake the entire globe. On the day when Jesus returns…Earthquakes will rock the planet; the world will experience great disasters and upheavals; millions of angelic beings will appear in the heavens with Jesus; and every eye will see the King of the universe approaching in the sky.  Let's see what else happens when Jesus returns!

In Part 1 of our lesson from last week, we ended that lesson talking about the saved or the righteous people going through the Great Tribulation with Christ.

For clarity, please let me take a moment to define “The Great Tribulation”. This is a great time of trouble for God’s people at the end of time spoken of by Daniel, in Daniel 12:1, Jesus, in Matthew 24:21, and the apostle John, in Revelation 7:14. You can be assured that the Lord will carry His faithful believers through this difficult time as revealed in Revelation 3:10. It occurs just before the second coming of Jesus. Let's wrap-up this lesson on what the Bible says about a secret rapture.  

As we revealed in our lessons during the two last weeks, the Bible is clear that when Jesus comes back, His feet will not touch the ground. It says the righteous will be caught up to meet Jesus in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17). That is why Jesus emphatically warned us in, “Matthew 24:26-27, "Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.  For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 

Satan cannot replicate a worldwide, devastating event of the magnitude of the real second coming.  However, if he can seduce the world into believing false theories such as the secret rapture, he won’t need to.  It is important to know and understand what Jesus says about the rapture and His second coming!  Will there be a rapture when Jesus returns? YES! Will the rapture be secret? NO!

When the door closed on Noah’s ark, the probation to those who stood on the outside closed along with it. They had misused their last opportunity to enter the ark and be saved. Yet for another seven days, they danced and played around the ark, while nature continued as it had from the beginning. Nothing in the world around them so much as hinted that doomsday was just around the corner. Not until the lightning began to flash, the thunder began to roll, and the rain began to fall, did they realize anything was wrong.

That will not be the case the next time God destroys the earth. Christ’s coming in the cloud will interrupt a world that is partying with severe trauma. Prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the entire planet will be engulfed in disaster more severe than anything the world has ever known. The Bible calls it “a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.” (Daniel 12:1).

Are you prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ or will you be deceived? Stay tuned and Jesus will speak to you through His Word!  This lesson will reveal how you can keep from being misled or deceived about the manner in which Christ will return.