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THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST Purposes
and Results
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Topic 40: The
Purposes of Christ's Coming Again.
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POINT 10: Jesus
Christ is coming again to receive His own to Himself; that where He is, there
they may be also.
John
14:3 And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may
be where I am.
1
Thessalonians 4:16- 17 [16]
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ
will rise first. [17] After that, we who are still alive and are left will be
caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And
so we will be with the Lord forever.
It is primarily love to His own that draws
Jesus Christ to this earth again. He so loves us that He cannot get on without
us.
Compare John 17:24 Father,
I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory,
the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the
world.
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POINT 20: Jesus
Christ is coming again to fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it
may be conformed to the body of His glory.
Philippians
3:20-21 [20] But our citizenship
is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
[21] who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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POINT 30: Jesus
Christ is coming again to reckon with His servants.
Matthew
25:19 After a long time
the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
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POINT 40: Jesus
Christ is coming again to render to every man according to his deeds.
Matthew
16:27 For the Son of Man
is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward
each person according to what he has done.
It is not at death, but at the coming of
the Lord that we receive our full reward.
2
Timothy 4:8 Now there is
in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me on that day -- and not only to me, but also to all who have
longed for his appearing.
1
Peter 5:4 And when the
Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never
fade away.
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POINT 50: Jesus
Christ is coming again to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at by
all those who believe.
2
Thessalonians 1:10 on the
day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among
all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony
to you.
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POINT 60: Jesus
Christ is coming again to be united in marriage with His betrothed bride, the
Church and to celebrate the marriage supper.
See The
Marriage of Jesus and the Elect.
Matthew
25:10 But while they were
on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready
went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
Revelation
19:7-9 [7] Let us rejoice
and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his
bride has made herself ready. [8] Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her
to wear. (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) [9] Then
the angel said to me, "Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the
wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words
of God."
Compare Ephesians 5:23-32 [23] For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the
head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. [24] Now as the church
submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
[25] Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself
up for her [26] to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through
the word, [27] and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain
or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. [28] In this same way,
husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife
loves himself. [29] After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds
and cares for it, just as Christ does the church -- [30] for we are members
of his body. [31] "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." [32] This
is a profound mystery -- but I am talking about Christ and the church.
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POINT 70: Jesus
Christ is coming again to reign as a king.
Luke
19:12, 15 [12] He said:
"A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed
king and then to return. [15] He was made king, however, and returned home.
Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find
out what they had gained with it."
Matthew
25:31 When the Son of Man
comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in
heavenly glory.
Jeremiah
23:5-6 [5] "The days
are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous
Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.
[6] In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is
the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Psalms
2:6 I have installed my
King on Zion, my holy hill.
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.
Revelation
19:12, 15- 16 [12] His
eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written
on him that no one knows but he himself. [15] Out of his mouth comes a sharp
sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an
iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God
Almighty. [16] On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF
KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation
20:4 I saw thrones on which
were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls
of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because
of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not
received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned
with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
11:15 The seventh angel
sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The
kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and
he will reign for ever and ever."
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POINT 80: Jesus
Christ is coming again to deliver Israel in the day when his trials and sufferings
shall culminate.
Zechariah
14:1-4 [1] A day of the
LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. [2] 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. [3] Then the LORD
will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.
[4] 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.
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POINT 90: Jesus
Christ is coming again to gather together the outcasts of Israel from the East
country and the West country into Jerusalem.
Zechariah
8:3, 7-8 [3] This is what
the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem
will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will
be called the Holy Mountain." [7] This is what the LORD Almighty says:
"I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. [8]
I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will
be faithful and righteous to them as their God."
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POINT 100: Jesus
Christ is coming again to deliver Israel and turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Romans
11:26 And so all Israel
will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he
will turn godlessness away from Jacob."
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POINT 110: Jesus
Christ is coming again as a refiner and purifier of silver.
Malachi
3:1-3 [1] "See, I
will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the
Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,
whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. [2] But who can endure
the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a
refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. [3] He will sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.
Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
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POINT 120: Jesus
Christ is coming again to judge the living and the dead.
2
Timothy 4:1 In the presence
of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view
of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
(a) Matthew
25:31-32 [31] When the
Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his
throne in heavenly glory. [32] All the nations will be gathered before him,
and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the
sheep from the goats.
Jesus Christ is coming again to judge all
the nations. the nations here spoken of are the nations living on the earth
at the coming of the Lord.
(b) Revelation
20:11-12 [11] Then I saw
a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his
presence, and there was no place for them. [12] And I saw the dead, great and
small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened,
which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done
as recorded in the books.
Jesus Christ is coming again to judge the
dead. One thousand years separate these two judgments.
Revelation
20:7-11 [7] When the thousand
years are over, Satan will be released from his prison [8] and will go out to
deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth -- Gog and Magog -- to
gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. [9]
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's
people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
[10] And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,
where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented
day and night for ever and ever. [11] Then I saw a great white throne and him
who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no
place for them.
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POINT 130: Jesus
Christ is coming again to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the
ungodly of all their works of ungodliness, and of all the hard things which
ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Jude
14-15 [14] Enoch, the seventh
from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands
upon thousands of his holy ones [15] to judge everyone, and to convict all the
ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all
the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
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POINT 140: Jesus
Christ is coming again to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.
Isaiah
26:21 See, the LORD is
coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain
no longer.
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POINT 150: Jesus
Christ is coming again to render vengeance to those who do know not God, and
to those who do not obey His gospel.
2
Thessalonians 1:7-9 [6]
God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you [7] and give
relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the
Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
[8] He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus. [9] They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut
out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
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POINT 160: Jesus
Christ is coming again to slay the lawless one and to bring him to naught by
the manifestation of His coming.
2
Thessalonians 2:8 And then
the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the
breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
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POINT 170: Jesus
Christ is coming again to establish a universal reign of righteousness and godliness
upon earth.
Isaiah
11:1-5, 9: [1] A shoot
will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
[2] The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him -- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear
of the LORD -- [3] and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not
judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
[4] but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give
decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of
his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. [5] Righteousness
will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. [9] 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.
The coming of Christ is the true solution
of all social problems.
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Topic 50: The
Results of Christ's Return (Main Topic)
NOTE -- The Results of Christ's coming again
naturally runs parallel to the purpose of His coming again. But some passages
are better classified under the Purpose and others under the Results.
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Topic 51: The
Results of Christ's Return as Regards God.
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P:1 POINT 10: The
glory of the Lord shall be revealed in the return of Jesus Christ, and all men
shall see it together.
Isaiah
40:5 And the glory of the
LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of
the LORD has spoken.
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Topic 52: The
Results of Christ's Return as Regards the Church.
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P:1 POINT 10: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ the dead in Christ shall rise.
1
Thessalonians 4:16 For
the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice
of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will
rise first.
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P:2 POINT 20: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the bodies of believers shall be transformed
into the likeness of the body of His glory.
Philippians
3:20-21 [20] But our citizenship
is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
[21] who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Compare Romans 8:23 Not
only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly
as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
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P:3 POINT 30: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, all believers -- those still living and those
who had fallen asleep but are now raised -- shall be caught up together to meet
the Lord in the air to be with Him forever.
1
Thessalonians 4:17 After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Compare John 14:3 And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am.
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P:4 POINT 40: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, believers shall be made like Him because
they shall see Him as He is.
1
John 3:2 Dear friends,
now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.
But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him
as he is.
Beholding Christ transforms into the image
of Christ. But now we see through a glass darkly and the reflection is imperfect.
Then we shall see Him face to face in His undimmed glory and shall perfectly
reflect it.
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P:5 POINT 50: When
Jesus Christ comes again and is manifested, believers shall be manifested with
Him in glory.
Colossians
3:4 When Christ, who is
your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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P:6 POINT 60: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, those who love His appearing shall receive
a crown of righteousness.
2
Timothy 4:8 Now there is
in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me on that day -- and not only to me, but also to all who have
longed for his appearing.
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P:7 POINT 70: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, faithful shepherds of the flock shall receive
a crown of glory that does not fade away.
1
Peter 5:4 And when the
Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never
fade away.
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P:8 POINT 80: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, His people shall live and reign with Him.
Revelation
20:4 I saw thrones on which
were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls
of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because
of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not
received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned
with Christ a thousand years.
NOTE -- This verse seems to refer primarily
to the tribulation saints, but by implication to all believers. Certainly the
bride must reign with her husband.
Reviser's Note: I disagree with
Torrey on his Note. This verse specifically mentions those who were beheaded
because of their testimony and they had not worshiped
the beast or his image and had not received his mark.
The three limiting criteria clearly refer only
to tribulation saints. Clearly, saints who were killed by
lions, stoned to death, burned, shot, or not martyred at all (the last group
being the vast majority of saints) were not beheaded because of their
testimony. There is no basis whatsoever to conclude that "by
implication" all believers must be included.
There is also another problem. According
to various prophets, e.g., John and Ezekiel, most of humanity will be killed
during the Tribulation or at the Battle of Armageddon. One of the reasons
for the return of the saints at the Second Coming will be to repopulate
the Earth. If all saints will rule, who will be
ruled?
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Topic 53: The
Return of Jesus Christ as Regards Israel.
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P:1 POINT 10: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, there shall be great joy among His people.
Isaiah
25:9 In that day they will
say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This
is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
This can hardly be limited to Israel, but
the context seems to imply that the primary reference is to them.
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P:2 POINT 20: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the children of Israel shall be gathered
together from among the nations, from the four corners of the earth, and brought
into their own land.
Isaiah
11:11-12 [11] In that day
the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is
left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush,
from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. [12]
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will
assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
Ezekiel
36:24 For I will take you
out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back
into your own land.
Ezekiel
37:21 and say to them,
"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the Israelites out of
the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring
them back into their own land."
Zephaniah
3:19-20 [19] At that time
I will deal with all who oppressed you; I will rescue the lame and gather those
who have been scattered. I will give them praise and honor in every land where
they were put to shame. [20] At that time I will gather you; at that time I
will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples
of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes," says
the LORD.
=== DISCUSSION ===
Reviser's Note: Many agnostics and
atheists say "You Christians claim that God exists, and the proof is that
the Bible is always true. I don't take it as a given that the
Bible is always true. Prove to me that God exists without expecting
me to accept on faith that the Bible is true. And even if you can prove that
a god exists, prove to me that your god is the
real God."
These are perfectly fair and reasonable questions,
questions I myself have asked. These questions are why God wrote
the Bible. Only a fool accepts everything on faith. Any
person who believes in a god and can't answer these questions with a reasonable
amount of objective evidence should have serious
doubts on one or both of these issues: (1) Have I spent enough time learning
about my religion to understand what its followers teach? (2) Do I believe in
the real God, or am I following a false god?
One of the best proofs that the God of the
Bible exists is biblical prophecy. However, when this is pointed out, many non-believers
respond "What really happened is that the Bible was written after
those events occurred, so it would look like they were foretold
in the Bible."
Unlike Torrey, we are witnessing this
Point as it occurs. When Torrey wrote the 17th Edition, these were prophecies
made two-and-a-half thousand years earlier, and there was no
logical reason to believe they would ever happen. However, half a century later,
when Israel won its independence from Britain in 1948, these prophecies began
to come true, and we are seeing the children of Israel being gathered.
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POINT 25: God still
actively participates in the affairs of man. He said "I will gather
...," and we are seeing it happen before our very eyes on live television
and in our newspapers.
See the excerpts in the preceding Point --
and daily newspapers and television news broadcasts.
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P:3 POINT 30: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, divided Israel -- Ephraim and Judah -- shall
be reunited into one nation under the one king David -- Jesus.
Ezekiel
37:19, 22, 24 [19] say
to them, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to take the
stick of Joseph -- which is in Ephraim's hand -- and of the Israelite tribes
associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick, making them a single stick
of wood, and they will become one in my hand. [22] I will make them one nation
in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of
them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
[24] My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd.
They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees."
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P:4 POINT 40: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall
dwell safely.
Jeremiah
23:5-6 [5] "The days
are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous
Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.
[6] In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is
the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Compare Romans 11:26 And
so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come
from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
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P:5 POINT 50: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Israel shall be cleansed from all their
filthiness and from all their idols, a new heart will be given them and a new
spirit put within them, the stony heart shall be taken away from them and they
given a heart of flesh. God will put His Spirit within them and cause them to
walk in his statutes and they shall keep His judgment and do them.
Ezekiel
37:23 They will no longer
defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses,
for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them.
They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel
36:25-27, 29 [25] I will
sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from
all your impurities and from all your idols. [26] I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and
give you a heart of flesh. [27] And I will put my Spirit in you and move you
to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. [29] I will save you from
all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will
not bring famine upon you.
Compare Jeremiah 31:31-34 [31] "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
[32] It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took
them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them, " declares the LORD. [33] "This is
the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares
the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people. [34] No longer will a man teach
his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will
all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD.
"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
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P:6 POINT 60: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the events that grow out of that coming
Israel shall be wondrously multiplied, and the waste, desolate and ruined cities
shall be rebuilt, and the desolate land made like the garden of Eden. Jerusalem
shall be called "the City of Truth," and shall be filled with peace,
prosperity and gladness.
Ezekiel
36:33-38 [33] This is what
the Sovereign LORD says: "On the day I cleanse you from all your sins,
I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. [34] The desolate
land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass
through it. [35] They will say, 'This land that was laid waste has become like
the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed,
are now fortified and inhabited.' [36] Then the nations around you that remain
will know that I the LORD have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted
what was desolate. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it." [37]
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Once again I will yield to the plea
of the house of Israel and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous
as sheep, [38] as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her
appointed feasts. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people.
Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Jeremiah
31:27 "The days are
coming," declares the LORD, "when I will plant the house of Israel
and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals."
Zechariah
8:3-5 [3] This is what
the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem
will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will
be called the Holy Mountain." [4] This is what the LORD Almighty says:
"Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,
each with cane in hand because of his age. [5] The city streets will be filled
with boys and girls playing there."
200.053.070
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P:7 POINT 70: Because
of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Israel shall be greatly exalted above
the nations.
Zechariah
8:23 This is what the LORD
Almighty says: "In those days ten men from all languages and nations will
take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, `Let us go with you,
because we have heard that God is with you.'"
Isaiah
49:22-23 [22] This is what
the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift
up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry
your daughters on their shoulders. [23] Kings will be your foster fathers, and
their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their
faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know
that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed."
200.053.080
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P:8 POINT 80: At
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Israel shall go forth as preachers of the
glory of Jehovah to the nations.
Isaiah
66:19 I will set a sign
among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations -- to Tarshish,
to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to
the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will
proclaim my glory among the nations.
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