Regarding His second coming, the Lord Jesus said a lot of prophecies. However, most people only know the prophecy that the Lord will come in the clouds, yet ignore other prophecies the Lord said, such as "If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief" (Revelation 3:3), "The Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth" (John 16:13). If the Lord only descends upon the clouds, we only need to wait all along to welcome Him. Thus, will we still need to be watchful and listen to the truth God expresses in the last days? It can be seen that to greet the Lord’s return, we also need to know the way of the Lord’s secret coming and listen to the words God utters in the last days. Otherwise, when we see the Lord's coming upon clouds we will miss the chance of salvation and can only wail and gnash our teeth.
God says, “When you see Jesus descend from the heaven upon a white cloud with your own eyes, this will be the public appearance of the Sun of righteousness. Perhaps that will be a time of great excitement for you, yet you should know that the time when you witness Jesus descend from the heaven is also the time when you go down to hell to be punished. That will be the time of the end of God’s management plan and it will be when God rewards the good and punishes the wicked. For the judgment of God will have ended before man sees signs, when there is only the expression of truth. Those who accept the truth and do not seek signs, and thus have been purified, shall have returned before the throne of God and entered the Creator’s embrace. Only those who persist in the belief that ‘The Jesus who does not ride upon a white cloud is a false Christ’ shall be subjected to everlasting punishment, for they only believe in the Jesus who exhibits signs, but do not acknowledge the Jesus who proclaims severe judgment and releases the true way of life. And so it can only be that Jesus deals with them when He openly returns upon a white cloud. … The return of Jesus is a great salvation for those who are capable of accepting the truth, but for those who are unable to accept the truth it is a sign of condemnation. You should choose your own path, and should not blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and reject the truth. You should not be an ignorant and arrogant person, but someone who obeys the guidance of the Holy Spirit and longs for and seeks the truth; only in this way will you benefit.”
The Bible recorded the prophecies of the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Apart from the prophecies of the Lord’s descending openly among the clouds, there are also the prophecies that God will become the Son of man and descend in secret. Then, how will these two kinds of prophecies be fulfilled? Please click the link to find the answer.
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• The True Meaning of “Jesus Coming on the Clouds” in Revelation 1:7
• Understanding the Parable of the Wise Virgins and Welcoming the Lord
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