The advent of Christis the most significant event in history

Life, Death, ResurrectionImmeasurable impactOnly one other event as significant

…the second advent

We need to study about His return,2 Pet. 3:1, 2

Makes it more realKeeps us on the right trackGives us confidence and hope

Many doubters in this worldMuslimsHindusBuddhistsJewsAtheistsDenominationalists

Question God’s rule and planGod rules, Psa. 22:28; 47:2, 8; 135:6God’s plan, 1 Cor. 15:24-28

Many willfully deny the truthRefuse plain truth, Zec. 7:11, 12; Mt. 13:15Denial does not change truth

Sky is blueGravityEarth is roundChrist will return

There is historic precedence forworld-wide judgment

Recorded in God’s Word, Gen. 7:21-23Determined by God’s Word, Gen. 6:3Preserved & reserved by same Word, Heb. 1:3; 2 Thes. 1:7, 8Time irrelevant, 2 Pet. 3:8The Lord will do what He says,Psa. 89:34; 93:5; Isa. 40:8; Lk. 21:33

Christ will come with a shoutAnd the dead will be raised,1 Thes. 4:13-18

UnmistakableVisible, Acts 1:9-11Audible, Jn. 5:28, 29

Dead in Christ raisedLiving in Christ caught up in air

All the dead will be raisedAnd all the living will be changed,Jn. 5:28, 29; 1 Cor. 15:20-23

Guaranteed by Christ’s resurrectionNo matter where, Rev. 20:11-13Given a new body, 1 Cor. 15:38-53

The righteous and unrighteousWill be separated,Mt. 24:36-42; 25:31-46

The universe will be destroyed,2 Pet. 3:10, 12; Heb. 1:10-12

His coming will be a surpriseLike a thief, 1 Thes. 5:1, 2Like labor, 1 Thes. 5:3Like the flood, Mt. 24:36-39

We will be judged, Rev. 20:11-15According to our works, 2 Cor. 5:10By the Word of God, Jn. 12:48; Rom. 2:16By Christ, Acts 17:30, 31; 2 Tim. 4:1

We must be sober,2 Pet. 3:11-14; 1 Thes. 5:4-11; Col. 3:1-10

Forsake sinEmbrace righteousness

The advent of Christis the most significant event in history

Life, Death, ResurrectionImmeasurable impactOnly one other event as significant

…the second advent

We need to study about His return,2 Pet. 3:1, 2

Makes it more realKeeps us on the right trackGives us confidence and hope