A Prophetic Declaration

Rev.1:7:Behold,he cometh with clouds;and every eye shall see him,and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.Even so,Amen. The second coming of our Lord is a vital part of Christian doctrine,and there has never been a time of greater need for the preaching of this truth than today.It is essential to distinguish the two parts of His second coming.There is definitely a period of time between the Rapture(the time when Jesus comes For His saints).and the Revelation (when He comes With His saints). The Rapture is mentioned in John 14:3; Philippians 3:20; 1Thessalonians 4:15-18; and 1 Corinthians 15:23. All these Scriptures refer to the next great event for Christians-the Rapture of the Church-the time when Jesus comes for His saints,and every living,born again blood washed child of God will be caught up to meet Him; the bodies of all the saints who have died will be raised incorruptible, and we will all be caught up together to meet the Lord in the clouds in the air. But there is another group of Scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments which distinctly teach another coming,and verse 7 in our present chapter refers to this time when Jesus will come With His saints.(In connection with this read Jude 14; Zechariah 14:5; Colossians 3:4 and Revelation 19:11-14).The statement ,"Behold,He cometh with clouds" agrees with Daniel's statement "I saw in the night visions,and,behold,one like the Son of man came with the clouds of Heaven"(Dan.7:13).This also corresponds with the prophetic utterance of the Lord on the Mount of Olives: "They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory"(Matt.24:30b).All these Scriptures refer to the Revelation-the time when Jesus will come in the air and Every Eye shall see Him.When the Rapture takes place,no person will see the Lord Jesus.He will not come to the earth;He will descend in the air, the trumpet will sound,the voice of the archangel will call the saints up to meet Jesus in the air,He will not stand on the earth when He comes in the Rapture,but He will not stand on the earth when He comes in the Rapture,but He Will stand on the earth when He comes in the second phase of His return.Zechariah 14:4 definitely describes the Lord Jesus standing on the Mount of Olives.more next time God bless