That Blessed Hope
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· 13 viewsWe are "Adventisist!" Why is the second coming so important to who we are as Christians? How can we make sure we are on the right side when He comes back?
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Death
No fear.
Reason -
“Blessed Hope”
People longing
for Jesus’ return
False Predictions
False Predictions
2000
Ed Dobson
his book
The End: Why Jesus Could Return by A.D. 2000.
2000
Timothy Dwight IV
President of Yale University
Millennium starting by 2000.
2000
Edgar Cayce
This psychic
predicted the 2nd Coming
2000
Isaac Newton
Millennium would begin
book: Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John.
21 March 2011
21 October 2011
Harold Camping
rapture would be on 21 May 2011
wrote "Adam when?"
Biblical calendar accurate from 11,013 BC–AD 2011.[31]
18 May 2013
Ronald Weinland
predicted Jesus 29 September 2011
prediction failed
moved to 27 May 2012.[35] prediction failed
movedto 18 May 2013,
claiming: "a day with God is as a year,"
Weinland convicted of tax evasion in 2012 and sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison.
Mayan Calendar
Dec. 21, 2012
Read wron.
actually: 6/13/20
2012
Jack Van Impe
predicted many specific years and dates
continued to move his prediction
many already passed,
pointed to 2012
no longer claimed to know
9 June 2019
Ronald Weinland
Weinland believed that Jesus Christ would return on Pentecost in 2019.[37]
22 July 2020
Chad Daybell
Lori Daybell
couple charged deaths of her children
2nd coming July 22, 2020.
2021
F. Kenton "Doc" Beshore
First 1988,
Biblical generation (40 years) founding of Israel in 1948.
actually 70–80 years
between 2018 and 2028
Rapture by 2021 at the latest
Timing - Nobody Knows
Timing - Nobody Knows
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
So simple
Not know when.
Know when soon.
Matt 24
Signs
always happening
All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.
Odin
Labor Pains
Contractions
closer together
more painful
820 natural disasters
causing insured losses in 2019 -
3x as thirty years ago.
Record hurricane season
30 named tropical cyclones.
Pestilence
Covid
Final sign:
Sign of Son of Man
Sign of Son of Man
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, 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.
Waiting for something bigger?
this is it!
No extra details
Final Sign
surprise!
Don’t wait
Persecution
Religious Laws
Don’t wait
Delivers His People
Delivers His People
“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Death decree
Ester
date
Miraculously Saved
Surprise!
Every eye sees
Every eye sees
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
All
those that wish to
those that don’t
For those that don’t...
Bad news...
Power and Fear
Power and Fear
And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
The Plagues
The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Final Earth Quake
Those who rejected
Not happy.
Fear.
Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
Worst Nightmare
For those who
truly believe.
Greatest Dream
Come True
Unparalleled Joy
Unparalleled Joy
Been waiting.
Pilgrim Here
never happy here
Greatest expectation
First resurrection
First resurrection
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
Loved Ones
Died here.
Death, where is your sting?
Appearance of saints
Appearance of saints
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 imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Perfect Bodies
Not working
Falling apart
Hospitals
Covid
Masks
Family Reunion
Family Reunion
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
Greatest Family Reunion
Complete Joy
Appeal
Appeal
Not all Joy
some are missing
Some expected
Some unexpected
Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.
Live today
like last.