Over the next few Good Morning Church devotions I will be looking at what the Bible has to say about Jesus' second coming and what that looks like and what it doesn't.

The Second Coming of Christ

The coming of Christ to this earth is clearly taught in both the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament announced a "day of the Lord" a day of judgment and salvation when the wicked will be destroyed, when God and His people will be vindicated, and God will show Himself to be king over the whole earth. Isaiah 2:12-21, Isaiah 13:9-13, Joel 2:30-32

The fact that Christ will come again is clearly established by Jesus himself in Luke 9:26, Matthew 24:30, and Matthew 26:64; by the the testimony of angels at His ascension (Acts 1:11), and by numerous references in the epistles (1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 11:26; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 John 2:28; James 5:7-9; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:13)> The knowledge and firm confidence that the Savior will return has been an important part of the Christian church's confession of faith throughout its history (Apostle's Creed; Nicene Creed; Athanasian Creed; Augsburg Confession III, Smalcald Article II; Luther's Large Catechism)

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