1. The Second Christmas Part 1: The Promise of Jesus

2. The Second Christmas Part 4: Eye-opening Promises

3. Unwrapping the Future

4. Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature

5. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas

6. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas 1.Every eye will be confronted by Him

7. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Only a few saw Him There were rumours, there was doubt

8. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Only a few saw Him There were rumours, there was doubt Next time there will be no doubt

9. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Acts 1:9-11 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

10. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Acts 1:9-11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16a …the Lord himself will come down from heaven

11. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Matthew 24:24-27 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you ahead of time.

12. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Matthew 24:24-27 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ 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.

13. 1. Every Eye will be confronted by Him Matthew 24:30a “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming * Global Revelation *

14. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas 2.Everyone will face His Full Glory

15. Matthew 24:30b “all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory”

16. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory Matthew 24:30b “all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades (Isa 40)

17. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory Glimpses of His Glory: “miraculous signs, Jesus performed … He thus revealed his glory” (Jhn 2)

18. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory Glimpses of His Glory: “miraculous signs, Jesus performed … He thus revealed his glory” (Jhn 2) Jesus transfigured Himself

19. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory The 1 st Christmas was in humility - “made himself nothing” (Php 2:7)

20. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory The 1 st Christmas was in humility - “made himself nothing” (Php 2:7)

21. 2. Everyone will face His Full Glory The 2 nd Christmas is in Glory John 17:5 Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. Matt 16:27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory

22. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas 3.Every knee will bow before Him

23. The 1 st Christmas was not in power Mark 10:45 the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many

24. 3. Every knee will bow before Him The 2 st Christmas will be in power The unrighteous will be judged with fire The righteous will be saved

25. 3. Every knee will bow before Him John 5:27-29 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

26. 3. Every knee will bow before Him 2 Thessalonians 1:7b-10a This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

27. 3. Every knee will bow before Him 2 Thessalonians 1:7b-10a …They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marvelled at among all those who have believed.

28. 3. Every knee will bow before Him 2 Thessalonians 1:7b-10a …They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marvelled at among all those who have believed. His Angels assisting

29. 3. Every knee will bow before Him His power and authority will bring every knee to bow, and every tongue to confess (Philippians 2:10)

30. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas 4.He will come suddenly. “Watch! I come quickly!”

31. Unwrapping the Future Eye-opening Promises of the Second Christmas 1.Every eye will be confronted by Him 2.Everyone will face His full glory 3.Every knee will bow before Him 4.It will happen suddenly

32. What have you found in the wrapper? The Greatest Promise: Eternal Life

33. What have you found in the wrapper? The Greatest Promise: Eternal Life Romans 5:9-10 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

34. What have you found in the wrapper? The Greatest Promise: Eternal Life Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

35. What have you found in the wrapper? The Greatest Promise: Eternal Life Revelation 22:20 "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!