THE SECOND COMING OF CHRISTBy: Dario D. Belviz
We read several testimony from so many religious leader predicted the date of Christ second coming, unfortunately all of them had failed to prove their prediction. But one thing is undeniable and no one can contest this fact; the Christ second coming is CERTAIN! But we never know when it will happen, no exact time and date revealed by the scriptures, but we are always reminded by the scriptures “ Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” – Matthew 24:42
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS CERTAIN: It is unquestionably established by the testimony of the following; (1) ANGEL – “which also said, ye men of Galilee’ why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven “- Acts 1:11 (2) APOSTLE PAUL – “ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first” – I Thess. 4:16 (3) APOSTLE JOHN – “ Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” – I John 3:2 (4) JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF – “ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” – John 14:1-4. These are all the reliable testimony from the angel of the Lord, from the Apostles, and above all from the Lord Jesus Christ, He promised that He will “COME AGAIN” we can hold firmly this promised without any hesitation. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise” – 2 Peter 3:9
THE TIME IS UNKNOWN: When will Jesus come? No one knows..! God did not revealed concerning the exact day and hour “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever...” (Deuteronomy 29:29). Jesus Christ said: “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32). The scriptures teaches that Christ coming will be sudden “...the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night” ( IThess. 5:2). But sadly, despite of this truth that NO ONE KNOWS the exact date and hour of Christ second coming, still many had attempts and tried as date-setters for Christ second coming. But they are all wrong and become a deceiver of truth. Let the records speaks who are they;
a) WILLIAM MILLER – Founder of Adventist Movement, he Predicted that Christ Second coming would came in October 1843 but it was not so, again he reason out that he was miscalculated and predicted again that Christ come again in 1844. (D.M. Canright, Seventh day Aventism Renounced – Reprint of 14th edition, Nashville: B.C. Good Pasture N.D. Pages 68-80)
b) CHARLES T. RUSSEL – Founder of the religious group Known as “Jehovah Witnesses”: He said the Lord came in 1874 ( Charles Russel, studies in the Scripture, series III, Thy Kingdom come, NY: International Bible Student Ass. 1899 Pages: 124, 127,133).
Now, it is clearly that the prediction of these religious leaders had failed and never fulfilled. They “spoke presumptuously” “prophesy lies” “they prophesy unto you a false vision”. God said “ When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shall not be afraid of him” ( Deut. 18:22 ; Jer.14:14).
HIS COMING WILL BE VISIBLE: Some teaches that Christ Second coming is “secret” but the scripture teaches us that His coming will be visible “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him,” (Rev. 1:7) “ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” “ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumphet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” (Matt.24:27,31).
WHEN JESUS COME: The earth will be burned up (2 Peter 3:7-10), the dead shall be raised incorruptible (John 5:28-29, I Cor.15:22, 24, 52; 15:40), “the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books” (Rev. 20:11-12; Rome 14:10-12; IICor. 5:10).
CONCLUSION: Friends let us heed the solemn warning from the Scriptures “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (Matt. 24:44) “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares” – Luke 21:34
