2. Thesis The rapture is the blessed hope for every believer (Titus 2:13), but the general promise to the world is that Jesus Christ will make a secondcoming to this planet.
3. Point 1 Whatever Satan does, he still ends up accomplishing God’s program.
4. Signs of the Second Coming 1. The Process that Starts, Zech 14:1-2; 12:1-3
5. Signs of the Second Coming 1. The Process that Starts, Zech 14:1-2; 12:1-3 2. The Purpose that Is Accomplished, Zech 14:3-4; 12:8-9
6. Reasons for Christ’s return A. God is going to respond to the threat of annihilation at Armageddon, Zech 14:3-4; 12:9 B. God is going to fulfill the destiny of man by responding to the rebellion of Satan
7. Point 2 In the process of the second coming, God fulfills the destiny given to man when Adam was created.
8. Point 3 The first coming of Christ brought grace for salvation, but the Second Coming brings the perfect wrath of God against unrepentant sin.
9. Point 4 Getting saved means getting the righteousness of Jesus Christ, so when we come back with him we get to have the same color clothes he has, and ride a stallion the same color he does, because we only possess the victory in him.
10. Point 5 When you refuse God’s light, then light turns into lightning.
11. Signs of the Second Coming 1. The Process that Starts, Zech 14:1-2; 12:1-3 2. The Purpose that Is Accomplished, Zech 14:3-4; 12:8-9 3. The Promise that is Kept: Israel will accept Christ as their king at his Second Coming, Zech 12:10
12. Point 6 God has not called us to look for signs, but to look for his Son from heaven.