The Second Advent of Christ.. Lets Get Acquainted Continued...

     One of the clearest teachings and most glorious promises of all the Bible is that Jesus Christ will soon return in person to this earth. As the Adventist half of our denominational name indicates, we eagerly look forward to the return of our Saviour, King, and best Friend.
     When Jesus left this earth not long after His resurrection, He promised to return again and take His followers to be with Him. Earlier, He had provided several key signs that would indicate when His return was drawing near. One of the chief signs, rapidly being fulfilled today, was the preaching of the gospel---the good news about Jesus---to the whole world.
     The Bible says that Jesus will not return secretly, but that everyone on earth will see and hear his coming. he will arrive in kingly glory on a great cloud, with all His angels. He will call to life again His followers who have fallen asleep in death. Then His followers who are alive when He returns, will be caught up with the resurrected ones into the great cloud to be with Him.
     The wicked of all ages who sleep in death will sleep on when Jesus comes. and the wicked who are alive to see Him return will be destroyed by the intense glory of their rejected Saviour.
     The Bible says that Christ will return to heaven with His followers for 1,000 years (sometimes called a millennium). During this time the earth lies desolate and unpopulated except by Satan and His angels. At the end of the 1,000 years, Christ and His followers will return to this earth, and the holy city, New Jerusalem, will come down from heaven. The wicked of all ages will be resurrected to see Christ return. The wicked, led by Satan and his fallen angels, are about to storm the New Jerusalem to take it by force, when they will be destroyed by a fire that cleanses the earth of every trace of sin. this is the true hell of the Bible.
     The God will create the earth anew, and this new earth will become the joyous, sinless home of Christ;s redeemed for all eternity. The great controversy will be ended---and peace will reign forever.

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     Acts 1:9-11          Rev. 1:7                  Rev. 20:1-10
     John 14:1-3         Matt. 16:27             Rev. 21:1---22:5          
     Matt. 24:14         1 Thess. 4:11-18     Matt. 24:42-44
     Ps. 50:3               1 Cor. 15:51-55      Titus 2:11-13