1. THE second coming of Christ
Youth Search The Scriptures
THE second coming of Christ
Lesson 741

2. Focal Scriptures Mark 13:26 Memory Verse Mark 13:24-37
Thessalonians 1:7-10
Main Texts

3. A Necessary Backdrop Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)-Volume 54
Eschatology: study of last days events (Revelation 1:18,19 Daniel 12:4,13-14)
Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)-Volume 54
The resurrection of the dead (John 5:28,29; Daniel 12:2) -Volume 55
The Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21,22,29; Revelation 13)- Volume 56
The Second coming of Christ (Revelation 1:7; Jude 14,15)
Christ’s millennial reign – literal reign of 1000 years on earth (Revelation 20:1-4)
The great white throne judgment (Revelation 21:11-15)
The New heaven and new earth (Revelation 21; 22).
A Necessary Backdrop

4. Our Focus Today CERTAINTY OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
Mark 13:24-27; John 14:1-3; 1Thess 5:1-4
CLEAR SIGNS OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
Mark 13:28-31; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; Matt. 24:4-13
PREPARATION FOR CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
Mark 13:32-37; Mtw 24:42; 25:13; 1 Thess. 5:6,23
Our Focus Today

5. Second coming of Christ
In the Rapture, Christ will not come to the earth, but stop in the air
Not every eye will see Him
Second Coming refers to Christ’s Coming to the earth to live as He did in the first coming
Will be seen by every eye.
Rapture vs
Second coming of Christ

6. There are over 1,500 references about the Second Coming of Christ.
Old Testament confirmation

7. New Testament confirmations
One out of every twenty-five verses directly refers to His Second Coming.
The Lord Jesus Himself mentioned His Second Coming twenty-one times.
Over fifty exhortations to believers to be ready for the return of the Lord.
Every time the first coming is mentioned once, His Second Coming is mentioned eight times.
New Testament confirmations
Mark 13:24-27

8. The clear signs… Religious deception and false claims
Multiplication of false prophets and teachers
Violence
Famine
Pestilences and diseases
Persecution of the believers
Backsliding and Luke-warmness
Mark 13:28-31

9. Our Preparation We must:
Ensure that our Christian experiences are intact
Watch and pray
Be holy and blameless
Be busy in the work of the Lord
Guard against last days deceptions and compromise
Take heed to the warning of Christ
Be sober and spiritually alert
Mark 13:32-37

10. Questions
Differentiate between the Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ
What assures the Christian youth that Christ will surely come again?
Point out the signs that will signal the Second Coming of the Lord?
How can we prepare for the Lord’s return?

11. Reference for the image used on the cover slide
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