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By YWGO
There is no scriptural support for multiple comings of Jesus Christ. Scripture, both Old and New testaments, uses terms such as “on THAT day”, “THE DAY of the Lord”, and “THE LAST DAY” to describe Christ’s return. These terms do not make any reference to a 2-part coming. They describe Jesus returning to the earth on a single day.
Wikipedia Encyclopedia notes that the Second Coming cannot have two phases since the Ascension of Jesus Christ had one. It eliminates two phases of Pre-trib two 2nd Comings with a 7 year interval. Acts 3:20,21 notes that heaven must "receive" or contain Jesus "until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time" . The “restoration of all things" is the one-thousand year reign of Christ on earth which begins just after the Second Advent. If Christ is to remain in heaven until this coming rule, then two 2nd Comings are wrong.
Another example of scripture that clearly notes this is (Hebrews 9:26b-28)NET
“But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice. And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.”
Eddie Chumney notes in Hebraic Bible prophecy 2007, that Psalms 102:13-16 notes that Christ will not come until Zion is built up which means the joining of Christians described as the tribe of Ephraim and Israel as “one body”, in the land of Israel shortly before the 6th seal is broken. Revelations 12, Isaiah 66:8, Isaiah 35:10, Micah 5:2-3 are examples of Zion being born.
All this infers His final act of transforming us into His likeness at His Return
(1 Corinthians 15:51-57).
Reference:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Tribulation_Rapture
1. Holy Bible, Net Translation
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Tribulation_Rapture
3. Eddie Chumney, Hebraic Bible Prophecy, 2007
4. http://www.hebroots.org/yeshiva/IntroFestivals/web/default.h tm
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Posted by YWGO on 2008-03-19 17:03:55 | Rating: | Views: 75
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