1. In Matthew 24:3, what question did the disciples ask Jesus? __________________ __________________________________________________________________
2a. What was Jesus admonition to them? Matthew 24:4 ________________________
2b. Why? Matthew 24:5 _________________________________________________
3. List six signs Jesus said would precede His coming. Matthew 24:5-14._________ __________________________________________________________________
4. What promise did Christ make concerning His second coming? John 14:1-3 Fill in the blanks: Let not your ______ be ________: Ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's ________ are many ________: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a ________ for you; and if I go and ________ a ________ for you, I will come _______, and _______ you unto Myself; that ________ I am, there ye may be also.
5. The angels proclaim the second coming of Christ; what did they tell the disciples? Acts 1:11 Fill in the blanks: Which also said, ye men of ________ , why stand ye __________ up into _________? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into
________, shall so come in _______ ________ as ye have seen Him go into heaven.
6. How does Paul give expression to his hope in the second coming of Christ? Titus 2:13 fill in the blanks: Looking for that blessed _______ and the ________ ________ of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
7. How many persons will see Him when He comes? Revelation 1:7. _____________________________________________________________________
8. Christ said that there shall arise false Christ and false prophets (personators) that shall show great signs and wonders so that if it were possible they would deceive the very elect: What did He say would be the manner of His coming? Matthew 24:27 Fill in the blanks: For as the _________ cometh out of the east, and ________ even unto the west; so shall also the ________ of the Son of Man be.
9. What demonstration will accompany His coming? 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Fill in the blanks: For the Lord Himself shall _________ from ________ with a shout, with the ________ of the Archangel, and with the ________ of God: And the dead in Christ _________ _______first.
10. Jesus said as it was in the days of Lot and Noah so wil1 it be just before He comes: list six things that people were doing in the days before the flood and before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? Luke 17:26-28. ____________________________________________________________________
11a. Name one particular sin that seemed to have been prevalent in Lot's day. Genesis 19:1-8 _______________________________________________________________
11b. Is that sin prevalent in the world today? _________________________________
12a. List ten sins that the Bible say would be prevalent in the last days. 2 Timothy 3:1- 5 ___________________________________________________________________
12b. Are those sins prevalent today? _______________________________________
13. When will Christ come the second time? Matthew 24:36. _____________
14. Because we do not know when Christ will come the second time, what did Christ admonish us to do? Matthew 24:44 fill in the blanks: Therefore be ye also _________ for in such an hour as ye _______ not the Son of man cometh.
15. True or false: According to 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17, events will happen in the following sequential order when Christ comes the second time:
a. The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout ____________________
b. He will descend with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God.______
c. The dead in Christ will rise first. ________________________________________
d. Those that are alive when the Lord comes will be caught up together with the resurrected saints to meet the Lord in the air.
In 1Corinthians 15:51, Paul explains it thus, He says:
(a) We shall not all sleep (die).
There will be hundreds of thousands of people alive when the Lord comes the second time.
(b) Those that are alive when Christ comes will be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye.
(c) The dead will be raised incorruptible.
They would have bodies that is not subject to disease and decay. They will have glorified bodies that cannot decay and immortality or everlasting life- life that has no end. The living saints will have the same when they are changed. That means- we will have a body that is not subject to Disease and death; and life that cannot end. What a glorious time that would be.
According to prophecy and the present condition of the world, Christ coming is imminent. The exact time of that event has not been revealed; therefore we are admonished to be ready at all times.
16. Titus 2:13; Revelation 22:14; What class of people will enter into heaven____________________.
17. How long will the righteous be in heaven? Revelation 20:4 last part.________________________
18. What will happen to Satan during this period? Revelation 20:2 last part._____________________
What will the righteous be doing in heaven for one thousand years? 1Corinthians 6:1-3, Revelation 20:4. They will be praising God for His redeeming love, sitting on thrones judging Satan and his angels and the wicked of all ages.
There are many people who are gathering in the land of Israel to await the second coming of Christ. They are saying that Christ is coming through the eastern gate of the temple in Jerusalem. The Bible does not support that theory. When Jesus comes the second time His feet will not touch the earth. The resurrected ones and those who are alive when He comes will meet Him in the air.
The last sign to precede Christ second coming is now being fulfilled in a rapid manner. Soon the gospel would have been proclaimed to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people; and then shall we see our Saviour coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory to carry His children home.
When Christ comes the second time, the unrighteous people will be slain by the sword of God, which cometh out of His mouth (Revelation 20: 20,21). The resurrected saints and the living saints will go up together to meet the Lord in the air. Thus with the righteous in heaven, and the unrighteous dead, there will be no one for Satan to tempt. Therefore, he is chained by circumstances for one thousand years. After the one thousand years, Jesus will descend with the saints upon the Mount of Olives which will cleave in the midst thereof and become a great plain for the holy city the- New Jerusalem to rest on. The wicked dead are raised and Satan is loosed for a little season (he will have people to tempt again). Satan marshals his forces together and decides to take the city. They encompassed the city round about; the Lord will rain down fire upon them. This fire will purify the earth also. The earth will be made new. This will be the home of the righteous forever and ever.
Brain teaser: Make a list of 20 things that you experience here on earth that you will not experience in heaven. _____
Let us by God's grace, so live that we would be one of those who would go up to meet Him in the air, to live and reign with Him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.