THE IMMINENT, PRTRIBULATIONAL, PREMILLENNIAL COMING OF CHRIST
With God’s Last Trump of the Church Age Contrasted with the Angel’s Trumpet
1 Thess 4:16 . . . the Lord HIMSELF shall descend . . . with the TRUMP OF GOD: and the dead in
Christ shall rise . . . (1 Cor. 15:52 the Last Trump)
Matt. 24:31 . . . HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS with a great sound of a TRUMPET . . .
With the Archangel Contrasted with All the Angels
1 Thess. 4:16 . . . the Lord himself shall descend . . . with the voice of the ARCHANGEL.
Matt. 25:31 . . . when the son of man shall COME . . . and ALL the holy ANGELS . . .
For Fellowship Contrasted with Coming for Battle
John 14:3 . . . I will COME again ... that where I am ye may be also . . .
Rev. 19:11 . . . behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him . . . doth . . . make WAR . . .
For the Saints Contrasted with Coming with the Saints
2 Thess. 2:1 . . . the COMING of the Lord . . . and by our GATHERING UNTO HIM . . .
Jude 14 . . . the Lord COMETH WITH ten thousands of his saints . . .
In the Air Contrasted with Coming to Earth
1 Thess. 4:17 . . . shall ... meet the Lord IN THE AIR . . .
Zech. 14:4 . . . his feet shall STAND in that day upon the MOUNT OF OLIVES . . .
To Heavenly Mansions Contrasted with the Coming into the Kingdom
John14:3 . . . in my father’s house are many mansions . . . I go and prepare a place for you, I will COME
again, and RECEIVE you...
Rev. 20:4 . . . them ... which had not worshipped the beast ... lived and REIGNED with Christ ONE
THOUSAND YEARS...
When the Lord Gathers Contrasted with the Angels Gathering
2 Thess. 2:1 . . . the COMING of our Lord . . . and by our GATHERING unto him . . .
Matt. 24:31 . . . he shall SEND his ANGELS . . . they shall GATHER . . . his ELECT . . .
When the Lord Descends Contrasted with When the Lord Sends
1 Thess. 4:16 . . . the Lord HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND . . . and the dead in Christ shall RISE . . .
(2 Thess. 2:1 our gathering unto him) . . .
Matt. 24:31 . . . he shall SEND his angels . . . AND THEY shall gather his elect . . .
As He Went Contrasted with Coming on a Horse
Acts 1:11 . . . Jesus . . . shall so COME IN LIKE MANNER as ye have seen him go . . .
Rev. 19:11. . . heaven opened . . . and behold a WHITE HORSE; and he that sat upon him . . . called the
WORD OF GOD . . .
Before the Seals Contrasted with the Coming after the Tribulation and the Sun Signs
Rev. 4:1. . . a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it
were a TRUMPET . . . which said, COME UP HITHER . . .
Rev. 6:12 . . . he had opened the SIXTH SEAL . . . and the SUN BECAME BLACK . . . Matt. 24:29 . . .
AFTER THE TRIBULATION . . . shall the SUN BE DARKENED and they shall see the son of man COMING .
. . with power . . .
– by Herb Evans