11 - The Return of Jesus
1. Before Jesus went back to heaven, what promise did He make?
"I will come again" John 14:3
2. For what "blessed hope" do we look?
"The glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ" Titus 2:13
"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works" Matthew 16:27
3. Jesus came once already to bear the sins of many. Unto whom will He come the second time?
"Unto them that look for him" Hebrews 9:28
4. The disciples understood that Jesus’ coming would mark what point in the world’s history?
"The end of the world" Matthew 24:3
5. Why is it important for us to know the vital details about how Jesus will come?
"For there shall arise false Christs" Matthew 24:24
6. What does the way Jesus ascended to heaven tell us about the manner in which He will return?
"While they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" Acts 1:9-11
7. How many people will see Jesus coming?
"Every eye shall see him" Revelation 1:7
8. How easy will it be to see Him?
"As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west" Matthew 24:27
9. Who will come with Jesus?
"All the holy angels" Matthew 25:31
10. How many angels are there?
"Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands" Revelation 5:11
11. What can happen when just one angel shows up?
"Behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men" Matthew 28:2-4
Revelation describes a global earthquake in connection with the coming of Jesus. Revelation 6:14-17; 16:18-20
12. What did Jesus say to do when they tell you He is coming secretly?
"Believe it not" Matthew 24:26
"Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice" Psalm 50:3-5
13. All the tribes of the earth will mourn as they see Jesus doing what?
"Coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" Matthew 24:30
14. What will they be mourning?
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved" Jeremiah 8:20
15. The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a what?
"A shout" 1 Thessalonians 4:16
"I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth" Isaiah 43:6
16. As Jesus descends, what is the first thing that will happen?
"The dead in Christ shall rise" 1 Thessalonians 4:16
17. Then what will happen to the righteous who are alive?
"Shall be caught up together with them in the clouds" 1 Thessalonians 4:17
18. Where will we meet the Lord?
"In the air" 1 Thessalonians 4:17
"Then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven" Mark 13:27
19. Where will Jesus take us?
"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also" John 14:2, 3
20. Where is His Father’s house?
"In heaven" Matthew 6:9; 7:21
21. Where is our inheritance?
"In heaven" 1 Peter 1:4
"Behold, your reward is great in heaven" Luke 6:23
22. What will be heard as the angels gather together His elect?
"A great sound of a trumpet" Matthew 24:31
23. Whether alive or asleep, what will happen to all the righteous when the trumpet sounds?
"We shall be changed" 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52
24. This corruptible will put on what?
"Incorruption" 1 Corinthians 15:53
25. This mortal will put on what?
"Immortality" 1 Corinthians 15:53
26. Death will be swallowed up in what?
"Victory" 1 Corinthians 15:54
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" 1 Corinthians 15:55
27. What must we do now in order to stand before Him then?
"Abide in him" 1 John 2:28
28. What does every man do that has this hope in Him?
"Purifieth himself" 1 John 3:3
29. What offer does the Lord make to every sinner?
"Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me" Isaiah 27:5
30. Then when Jesus comes, what will we be able to say?
"Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us" Isaiah 25:9