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Why Do Those Who Believe In A Pre-tribulation Rapture Insist On Believing That Jesus Will Come Back Three Times?
Question
Why do those who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture insist that
Christ will come back three times when the Scriptures are clear He will only
have a first and second coming? Where in the Bible does it say that He
will return three times?
Answer
You're absolutely right...the Bible is clear that Jesus will only come
to the earth two times. Frankly, I don't know anyone who believes the
Lord will come back three times. Let's do the math on this one.
Jesus' first coming was when He was born into the world for the specific
reason of dying for the sins of the world. In doing so, He lived on the
earth for thirty-three years. His Second Coming will come at the
conclusion of the tribulation period when He again will physically come back
to the earth to destroy the nations at the Battle of Armageddon and rule and
reign on the earth for one-thousand years.
Many confuse the pre-tribulation rapture as a coming of Christ, but this is
simply not the case. At no time does Jesus ever come to the earth physically
to rapture the Saints. When the rapture takes place, Christians, both
alive and in the grave, will rise and meet the Lord in the air (I
Thessalonians 4:13-18). From that point on Christians will forever be
with the Lord. But that's not the end! These same Christians will
return to the earth with Christ at His Second Coming. Again, the reason
it is called His Second Coming is due to the fact that He will physically come
to the earth and take up residence as He did at His first coming.
Terry Malone
Calvary Prophecy Report
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