IX       JESUS' RETURN TO RULE ON EARTH.

 

MATTHEW 24:26-27 SO IF ANYONE TELLS YOU,'THERE HE IS, OUT IN THE DESERT. DO NOT GO OUT, OR,'HERE HE IS, IN THE INNER ROOMS,' DO NOT BELIEVE IT. FOR AS LIGHTNING THAT COMES FROM THE EAST IS VISIBLE EVEN IN THE WEST, SO WILL BE THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.

Humm!!
When Jesus does return to earth it will be in such a spectacular way that people will take notice, but before Jesus returns there will also be very clever imposters.

 

DANIEL 12:10 MANY WILL BE PURIFIED, MADE SPOTLESS AND REFINED, BUT THE WICKED WILL CONTINUE TO BE WICKED, NONE OF THE WICKED WILL UNDERSTAND, BUT THOSE WHO ARE WISE WILL UNDERSTAND

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It's during man's misery that God is remembered the most, many will turn to God for help and while with others they will blame God for it. Those that turn to God have time to strength their faith and stop being lukewarm towards God during those troubled times before Jesus returns.

 

MARK 13: 18-20 Pray that this will not take place in winter, because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now-and never to be equaled again. If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.

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The tribulation period has been cut short only for the elect, in other words the believers in Christ that have been raptured out, everybody else will suffer the full force of the tribulation period and more than likely die.

 

JOEL 2: 31-32 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.

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Since these are survivors then they have experienced the tribulation. The condition of the world at that time will leave no doubt as to the imminent arrival of Jesus for his people and notice also that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

 

ZECHARIAH 14:2-7 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime-a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

ZECHARIAH 14:9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

ZECHARIAH 12:9-10 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem. "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Zechariah 14:12-15 (ASV) 12And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. 14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as that plague. [1] [1] American Standard Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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This plague sounds very similar to the effects of a nuclear explosion.

 

REVELATION 20:1-3 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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Satan is locked up during the reign of Christ on earth for the 1000 years.

 

MICAH 4:1-5

In the last days the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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Man will live in peace during Christ's rule and worship God.

 

ISAIAH 11:6-9

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.

They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

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Even the animals will be at peace with each other as well as mankind.

 

ISAIAH 65:20 Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

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Long life will be enjoyed by those that worship God during the 1000 year reign of Christ.

 

 

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