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THE TWO COMINGS OF CHRIST b y H . C . H u n t
T here are many earnest Christians who both speak of and rejoice in the truth of the second coming of our Lord, but who do not differentiate between His coming for His saved ones (those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour—John 5:24), and His coming with His saved ones. The coming for His saved ones (the first event—an “act of grace” ) is usually spoken of as the “ rapture” —referred to in the Bible as the “ day of Christ,” the glorious meet ing taking place in the air. The coming with His saved ones is His coming in power at the close of the Tribulation and will be an act of judgment — His revelation — the “ day of the Lord” — to judge the living nations and divide them as “ sheep and goats” according to their treatment of the faithful Jewish remnant, after which begins the Mil lennium. These are two separate events, and between them lies a period—general ly spoken of as being seven years in length — of deepening apostasy and tribulation. Unless one gives time for thought and prayerful study of the many scriptures relating to the second
coming, some confusion is sure to follow. Some people are satisfied to stand on a mountain and view the wide stretches of glorious landscape; oth ers are not satisfied till they have gone into the valleys and looked into some of the details. There are hundreds of texts that speak of the Lord’s coming, but most of them refer to His coming to the earth as “ Son of Man,” to put things right, preparatory to ushering in the Millennium. We rejoice that He has seen fit to set forth this glorious program in the Bible. Whilst there are said to be about three hundred verses in the New Testament referring to the second coming, only about six of these seem to refer to His coming for His saved ones in the air—the rapture. In I Corinthians 15:51, the Apos tle Paul says, “ Behold, I show you a mystery,” and it seems as if that glad event is truly in the nature of a secret, a m y s te ry , som eth ing “known only to the initiated” — an occurrence which is foretold in such a way that only those who devote prayerful study to the scriptures bearing upon the subject can com prehend it.
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