SPLENDOR OF THE SECOND COMING
#3117 – For the day - even the day - day, time, year, division of time, working day, day’s journey, period
#3038 – of the Lord – Jehovah – “the exiting One” – the proper name of the one true God
I. DAY OF THE LORD: TWO EXTREMES AT THE END-OF-THE-AGE.
The day of the LORD is Great and very Terrible (Joel 2:11; Malachi 4:5)
Joel 2:11: The Lord gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
For strong is the One who executes His word.
For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible;
Who can endure it?
Malachi 4:5: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 30:3 For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles
Cloud - #6051 - cloud mass, theophanic cloud
Gentiles – heathen – non-Jewish
Great - #1419
1) great
a) large (in magnitude and extent)
b) in number
c) in intensity
d) loud (in sound)
e) older (in age)
f) in importance
1) important things
2) great, distinguished (of men)
3) God Himself (of God)
Terrible - #3372
1) to fear, revere, be afraid
a) (Qal)
1) to fear, be afraid
2) to stand in awe of, be awed
3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect
b) (Niphal)
1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour
A. The Day of the Lord refers to the unusual End-time events related to the Second Coming of Jesus. These events
(positive and negative) will come to fullness in the final 3-1/2 years before Jesus returns and culminates with the Second
Coming of Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 3:10)
2 Thessalonians 2:3: Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes
first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition. (deception widespread)
Falling away #646 – defection, apostasy, forsake
Hebrews 10:25: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another,
and so much the more as you see the Day approaching
Forsaking #1459 – abandon, desert, totally abandoned, utterly forsaken,
2 Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Thief #2812 - 1) an embezzler, pilferer; a) the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct
men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain
B. The Second Coming of Jesus is the culmination of the day of the Lord. Next to the crucifixion of Christ it will be
the most dramatic and most glorious event in human history. The return of Jesus to the planet will be the great revealing
of the face of Christ as the Bridegroom, King and Judge.
“Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power (king); in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the
morning, You have the dew of Your youth. The Lord has sworn and will not relent, “You are a priest forever according
to the order of Melchizedek”. The Lord is at Your right hand He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.”
Psalm 110:3-5
“Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned Him on the day
of his wedding, the day of the gladness of his heart.” SOS 3:11
C. The Second Coming will openly manifest the height of what was accomplished in the Cross of Christ which is the
bringing down of the New Jerusalem, the gathering together of heaven and earth so that in that context fullness of God’s
personality might be expressed and Him dwell with redeemed humanity in their resurrected bodies.
“For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him,
whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. And you, who once
were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through
death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight….”Colossians 1:19-22
“…having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that
in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
heaven and which are on earth – in Him.” Ephesians 1:9-10
“Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned
for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He
will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.” Revelation 21:2-3
THE FATHER IS COMING!!!
D. The Day of the Lord is a time period where God’s zeal for righteousness, for His people and against wickedness
is fully and openly manifested.
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise (the promise of His coming 2 Peter 3:4) as some count slackness, but is
longsuffering not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9)
II. CULTIVATING INSIGHT CONCERNING THE SECOND COMING IS ESSENTIAL
A. We cannot claim ignorance concerning the Day of the Lord. We must give ourselves to searching out the Second
Coming events.
“But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who
have no hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13)
Ignorant - #50 – err or sin through mistake
“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, (salvation of Israel) lest you should be wise in
your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all
Israel will be saved (at the Second Coming)…” (Romans 11:25-26)
Mystery - #3466
1) hidden thing, secret, mystery
a) generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals
b) a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding
c) a hidden purpose or counsel
1) secret will
a) of men
b) of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and
wicked men but plain to the godly
2) in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense
a) of an OT saying
b) of an image or form seen in a vision
c) of a dream
B. Studying and meditating on the Second Coming will keep us from deception and connect us with truth.
“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately saying, “Tell us, when will these things be?
And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” and Jesus answered and said to them: “Take
heed that no one deceives you.” (Matthew 24:3-4)
Deceive - #4105
1) to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way
a) to go astray, wander, roam about
2) metaph.
a) to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive
b) to be led into error
c) to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin
d) to sever or fall away from the truth
1) of heretics
e) to be led away into error and sin
Note: Ignorant and deceive – both have error and sin involved
“And Jesus, answering them, began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you” (Mark 13:5)
“Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, (no need to be confused) either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from
us, as though the day of Christ (the Second Coming) had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day
(the Second Coming) will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin Is revealed, the son of
perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the
temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)
Deceive - #1818 – deceive, beguile
Shaken – #4531 - 1) a motion produced by winds, storms, waves, etc
a) to agitate or shake
b) to cause to totter
c) to shake thoroughly, of a measure filled by shaking its contents together
2) to shake down, overthrow
a) to cast down from one's (secure and happy) state
b) to move, agitate the mind, to disturb one
Mind - #3563 - 1) the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of feeling,
judging, determining
a) the intellectual faculty, the understanding
b) reason in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of the soul, the faculty of perceiving
divine things, of recognizing goodness and of hating evil
c) the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
2) a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e., thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires
Troubled #2360 - 1) to cry aloud, make a noise by outcry
a) in the NT, to trouble, frighten
b) to be troubled in mind, to be frightened, alarmed
Falling away - #646 1) a falling away, defection, apostasy
“So that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also
confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:7-8)
C. The second coming motivates us to righteousness
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor
of light” (Romans 13:12-13)
“…so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm
you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ”(1 Corinthians 1:7-8)
“Beloved, now we are the children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that
when He is revealed, (Second Coming) we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this
hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:2-3)
Like - #3664 – similar, resembling, corresponding to
III. THE SPLENDOR OF HIS COMING
A. Every eye will see Him at the Second Coming.
“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the
earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.” (Revelation 1:7)
Clouds - #3507 – cloud that lead in the wilderness
Every - #3956 – individually, everyone, collectively, some of all types
Eye – #3788 - faculty of knowing
Shall see - #3700 – to look at, to behold
B. He is coming with the cloud of His glory
“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30)
The sign - #4592 – that by which a person is distinguished from others and known; transcending the common course of
nature
Heaven - #3772 - universe, world
“Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the
right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven” Matthew 26:64
Clouds #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
“the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man
coming in the clouds with great power and glory” Mark 13:26
Coming - #2064 – come forth, be established
Clouds #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
Power #1411 – ability, inherit power
Glory #1391 – opinion, judgment, view
Jesus said, “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the
clouds of heaven” (Mark 14:62)
I - #1473 – I, me, my
Am - #1510 – to be, to exist, to happen, to be present
The Son - #5207 – offspring of men, male offspring, descendant, posterity
Man - #444 – human being
Power #1411 – ability, inherit power
Coming - #2064 – make one’s appearance
Clouds - #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
Heaven - #3772 –
“Then they will see the son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke 21:27)
See - #3700 – to look at; to allow one’s self to be seen
Cloud - #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
Power #1411 – ability, inherit power
Glory - #1391 –
“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And thus we shall always be with the Lord”. (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
Remain - #4035 – to survive
Caught up - #726 – carry away by force; to snatch out or away
“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the
earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen”. (Revelation 1:7)
Clouds - #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
Eye - #3788 – the faculty of knowing
They - #3748 – whoever, who
Pierced - #1574 – dig through, transfix
“And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them “Come up here”. And they ascended to heaven in a
cloud, and their enemies saw them” (Revelation 11:12)
Voice - #5456 – sound, tone, as of musical instruments
Come up - #305 – ascend, rise, spring up
Here - #5602 – to this place
Ascended - #305
Heaven - #3772 –
Cloud - #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a
golden crown and in His hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to
Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of
the earth is ripe”. So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped”.
(Revelation 14:14-16)
White - #3022 – bright, brilliant, shining
Cloud #3507 – cloud that lead in wilderness
(One sat) - #2521 – Fixed abode, to dwell
Like - #3664 – similar, resembling
Unto the Son - #5207 - human being, weakness and mortality,
Sickle - #1407 – pruning hook such as used by vinedressers or reapers
Thrust in #906 –to throw or let go without caring where it falls
Was reaped - #2325 – sowing and reaping
C. Jesus will come with the zeal and vengeance of the Father
“When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who
do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8)
Revealed - #602 – laying bare, disclosure of truth, events not seen made visible
Heaven - #3772 -
Flaming #5395 – a flame
Fire #4442 – fire
Know – #1492 – perceive with eyes or senses, the mind, pay attention
Obey - #5219 – to listen, to harken – as to one knocking at the door – submit to
D. The Second Coming will be filled with brightness, radiant beauty and great power:
“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with
the brightness of His coming” (2 Thessalonians 2:8)
Revealed _ #601 – uncover, disclose, make bare
Consume - #355 – use up, destroy
Breath – spirit - #4151 – Holy Spirit, breath of mouth
Mouth - #4750 - verbal utterance of thought’s of soul/spirit
Brightness - #2015 – appearance
Coming - #3952 – arrival, visible return
“Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His
power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Hebrews 1:3)
Brightness - #541 – reflected brightness, shining forth, out-raying
Glory - #1391 – opinion, judgment, brightness, majesty
Image - #5481 – instrument used for engraving or carving, exact expression
Upholding - #5342 – to carry, bearing
Purged - #4160 – make, prepare
Right hand - #1188 – place of honor or authority
“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30)
Sign #4592 – that by which a person or thing is distinguished, unusual occurrence
Appear #5316 - shed light, become evident, exposed to view
Heaven #3772 – expanse of sky that is visible
Clouds - #3507 – lead in wilderness
Heaven - #3772
Power - #1411 – Inherent power
Glory - #1391 – opinion, judgment, view
“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory” (Mark 13:26)
Clouds - #3507
Power #1411
Glory #1391
“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke 21:27
Coming - #2064 – make one’s appearance
Cloud - #3507
Power #1411
Glory #1391
“These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power”
(2 Thessalonians 1:9)
Punished #1349 – custom, usage, to suffer punishment
Everlasting #166 – without beginning, without end, never to cease
Destruction #3639 – ruin, destroy, destruction of the flesh, externals ills and troubles
Presence #4383 – the face (front of the head), countenance, outward circumstances
Glory #1391 – opinion, judgment
Power #2479 – ability, force, strength
E. Jesus will come with all the hosts of heaven:
“For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his
works” Matthew 16:27
Son - #5207 –
Glory #1391
Of His - #846
Father #3962 –
With #3326
Reward #591 – give back, restore
Works - #4234 – our practices
“And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other” (Matthew 24:31)
Send #649 to order, to go to an appointed place
Angels - #32 – messenger
Sound #5456 tone, as musical instruments
Trumpet #4536
Gather together #1996 – to bring to others already assembled
Elect #1588 picked out, chosen
Winds #417 – stream of air, four corners of heaven
Heaven #3772 universe
“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory”
(Matthew 25:31)
Come - #2064 – make ones appearance – in public
Glory #1391
Holy #40 most holy thing
Sit #2523 set, appoint
Throne #2362 a chair of state having a footstool
Glory #1391
F. The Second Coming will be accompanied with divine lightning.
“And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne,
which are the seven Spirits of God.” (Revelation 4:5)
Throne #2362 a chair of state having a footstool
Lightnings #796 of the gleam of a lamp
Thunderings #1027 thunder
Voices #5456 tone as musical instruments
Seven #2033
Lamps #2985 torch; flame as fed with oil
Spirits #4151
the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)
b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")
c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides
b) the soul
3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing,
desiring, deciding, and acting
a) a life giving spirit
b) a human soul that has left the body
c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one
a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
b) breath of nostrils or mouth
“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be”
Matthew 24:27)
Lightning #796 as of the gleam of a lamp
Comes #1831
East #395 rising of the sun
Flashes / shines #5316 bring forth into light
West #1424 setting of the sun
Coming #3952 presence, arrival
“For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the
Son of Man will be in His day” (Luke 17:24)
Lightning #796
Flashes – Lightnings #797 - of dazzling objects
One part #5259 - by, under (preposition)
Heaven #3772
Shines #2989 to shine
His #846
Day #2250 natural day between sunrise and sunset
IV. THE SEQUENCE OF THE SECOND COMING
“But I do not want you to be ignorant brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others
who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep
in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord
will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be
with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Descend - #2597 go down, come down
Shout #2752 an order – like animals given by their owners/masters
Voice #5456 tone as musical instruments
Archangel #743 chief of the angels
Trumpet #4536 – trump – Trumpet
Caught up - #726 to seize, carry by force
Clouds #3507 cloud in wilderness
A. the Lord Himself will descend from heaven:
1. With a shout (voice of an archangel)
2. The trumpet of God
B. And the dead in Christ will rise first
“Your dead shall live; together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for your
dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.” Isaiah 26:19
C. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
1. The transformation of our natural bodies to becoming spiritual bodies is instantaneous.
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality” 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
Sleep - #2837 - to still, calm, quiet, die
Changed #236 – exchange one thing for another, transform
Moment #823 – that cannot be cut in two, indivisible
Twinkling #4493 – beat, moment of time
Last #2078 – last in time or place
Incorruptible - #862 – not liable to corruption or decay
Changed #236 –
Corruptible #5349 perishing
Incorruption #861 perpetuity
2. We will join the saints who have gone before us in the clouds of heaven
V. THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND COMING
a. Jesus is coming to the planet to destroy the antichrist and his kingdom. He will answer the cry of the earth
when they proclaim “who is able to make war with the beast” (Revelation 13:4)
“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with
the brightness of His coming” (2 Thessalonians 2:8)
Lawless – wicked #459 – destitute of law, departing from law
Revealed #601 – uncover, disclose, make manifest
Consume #355 – expend, use up, destroy
Breath – spirit of - #4151 – Holy Spirit; simple essence
Mouth #4750 – thoughts of a man’s heart revealed by mouth
Brightness #2015 – appearance
Coming #3952 – presence, arrival
B. Jesus will come back to put an end to the Armageddon campaign by destroying the antichrist, his armies and
casting the antichrist and the false prophet into the Lake of Fire (Ezekiel 38-39, Zechariah 12-14, Zephaniah 2-3,
Psalm 2; 24; 45; 58; 83; 110; 118; 149; Isaiah 9:4; 11:26; 34, 63; Joel 2-3; Revelation 14; 19)
C. The Second Coming is setting up of the throne of Glory in Jerusalem from which Christ will rule the nations of
the earth. (Psalm 2:24; 110; Isaiah 2:4:9; 11, 24-27; 60-61: Daniel 2:44; Jeremiah 3:17; 23:5-6; Zechariah 6:12-13;
Ezekiel 40-48)
D. One of the main purposes of the Second Coming is to deliver Jerusalem and save Israel (Romans 11:25-26)
E. Jesus comes back to the earth, physically and personally as to bring all things under his feet and prepare the
earth as a habitation of the Father. (Isaiah 40:3-5; 1 Corinthians 15:23-28)
VI. THE SECOND COMING PROCESSION
A. Second Coming of Christ – the time Jesus appears in the sky to all the people of the earth at the end of the
age to bring judgment to sinners and vindication to God’s people (Hebrews 9:28). The Second Coming by definition
demands that He come to earth and set up an earthly kingdom not just appear in the sky to catch His people away
(rapture) to Himself.
B. The nature of the Second Coming events: is a three-stage process that includes many events instead of it
being only one event that happens one afternoon. First, Jesus comes across the entire earth in the sky
(Revelation 1:7), Second, He comes across the land (Isaiah 63:1-6). Third, Jesus enters into Jerusalem
(Matthew 23:39; Psalm 24:7-10) using the seven bowls to destroy the armies of the antichrist and thus to win
the Armageddon campaign (Revelation 19:11-21) at th4e Battle of Jerusalem. Jesus releases the seven bowls
of wrath as Moses released the ten plagues of Egypt.
VII SCRIPTURES DESCRIBING THE RAPTURE
A. He will come from heaven to catch up all His people to meet Him in the clouds.
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet
of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
B. He will come from heaven with all His people.
“That He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our … Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
with all His saints” (1 Thessalonians 3:13)
Establish - #4741 – make stable, set fast
Blameless - #273 – deserving no censure, free from blame
Holiness #42 – moral purity
Before - #1715 – in front of a person
Coming - #3952 – presence, arrival
All - #3956 – each, whole, everyone
Saints #41 – most holy thing
“Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:1)
Coming - #3952
Gathering together - #1997 – gathering together in one place
Unto - #1909
“Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together
the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn” (Matthew 13:30)
Grow together - #4885 –
Until #3360 –
Harvest #2326 – time of reaping, final judgment
Time - #2540 – due measure
Reapers #2327 –
Gather together #4816 to collect in order to carry off
Tares #2215 – resembles wheat except grains are black
Bind #1210 – fasten with chains
Bundles #1197 –
Burn #2618 – consume by fire
Wheat #4621 –
Barn #596 – storehouse
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
Mystery #3466 – hidden thing, secret
Sleep - #2837 – sleep; die
Changed - #236 – transform; exchange one thing from another
Moment - #823 – that cannot be cut in two or divided
Twinkling #4493 – beat; moment of time
Eye - #3788 – eyes of the mind; faculty of knowing
Last #2078 – last in a series, time, place
Trump - #4536 –
Dead #3498 – breathed their last; deceased, departed
Raised - #1453 – to arouse from sleep
Incorruptible - #862 – imperishable, immortal
Changed #236
“There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from
another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in
incorruption.” (1 Corinthians 15:41-42)
Glory #1391 – opinion, judgment, view, splendor, brightness
Differs #1308 – distinguish, excel
Resurrection - #386 – rising from the dead
Corruption #5356 – perishable, decay
Incorruption #861 – perpetuity, purity
“The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who
practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. Thee will be waling and gnashing of teeth. Then the
righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matthew 13:41-43)
Send out - #649 – go to appointed place
Gather - #4816 – collect in order to carry off
Kingdom - #932 – royal power, kingship
Offend - #4625 – trap, snare, impediment put in place to hinder
Iniquity - #458 – without or contempt for law
Furnace - #2575 – smelting
Fire - #4442 –
Wailing - #2805 weeping, lamentation
Gnashing #1030 – extreme anguish, utter despair