Coming of Jesus & End of the Age
By D A V I D COOK
Many people around the world are looking for and longing for the coming of Jesus the Messiah to gather His people from the four winds of the sky and take us back to heaven!
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give it’s light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and magnificent glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a mega trumpet sound to gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Matthew 24:29-31 HSV
Jesus continued to explain about coming to gather His people;
40 Then two will be in the field; one taken, and one left. 41 Two grinding at the mill; one taken, and one left. 42 Therefore watch, because you do not know what day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:40-42 HSV
Jesus elect, His believers will be taken, caught up into the clouds and gathered by His angels to meet the Lord in the air.
Messiah Jesus (Yeshua, His name in Hebrew) gave His followers this great promise;
1“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
John 14:1-3 NASB
Jesus promised that He would go to heaven and prepare a place for those who repent of their sin and believe in Him; the Messiah, the Son of the living God. The promise that Jesus will come again and receive His people to Himself. The Lord Jesus will come on the clouds in power and great glory and send His angels to gather His people from the four winds of the sky so we may return with Him to His Father’s house in heaven. This coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to gather His people from the four winds of the sky and take us home to heaven is commonly referred to as the “rapture”.
We read in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 24 where Yeshua taught His disciples about events that will take place before He returns to gather His people;
Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2 And He said to them,
“Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
Matthew 24:1-2 NASB
This prophecy given by Yeshua was fulfilled about 38 years later, in 70 AD when Roman legions under Titus attacked and subsequently destroyed much of the city of Jerusalem and the Second Jewish Temple.
3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3 NASB
So as Yeshua (Jesus) was sitting on the Mount of Olives and He gave His disciples these three categories of events that will take place before His coming to gather His people at the end of the age;
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Beginning of Birth Pains (Matthew 24:4-8)
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Tribulation (Matthew 24:9-15)
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Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:15-29)
- Coming of Jesus & Rapture (Matthew 24:29-31 & 40-41)
The Beginning of Birth Pains
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Misleading False Messiahs. (Matthew 24:4-5)
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Wars and Rumors of Wars. (Matthew 24:6-7)
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Famines in various places. (Matthew 24:7)
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Earthquakes in various places. (Matthew 24:7-8)
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Plagues in various places. (Luke 21:11)
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