TWO APPEARINGS*By Pastor Bob Hanna

TWO APPEARINGS *
*By Pastor Bob Hanna*
A common misunderstanding of Scriptural revelation is the difference
between the catching away of the church (the Body of Christ) and the
coming of Jesus Christ to establish His promised millennial kingdom
according to Israel's prophetic program.
The Dispensation of the grace of God is the present era in which we live
today. This is the age of the church the body of Christ which was formed
under the ministry of the apostle Paul "according to the revelation of
the mystery." This dispensation interrupted the prophetic program of the
nation of Israel and will end when God has completed His plan and
purpose prior to Israel's restoration. Paul, addressing Gentile
believers, writes, "Blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in" (Romans 11:25). The event that will
bring about this occurrence ("the fulness of the Gentiles") we call "the
rapture."
The other happening under consideration is the second advent--- the
return to earth of Jesus Christ to reign as Israel's king. Contrasts
between these two appearings are clear. The rapture is thus described by
Paul: "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; then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord" (I Thessalonians 4:16,17).
By contrast the second advent brings Christ physically to earth. "His
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east and the mount of olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west" (Zechariah 14:4): When the
Lord ascended to heaven, the apostles were watching. Two angels appeared
to them and explained, "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).
Those who are saved in this present dispensation of the Grace of God are
assured by our apostle, "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory" (Colossians 3:4). Blessed
assurance!
"There are many dangerous trends pulling folks away from true Bible
Christianity. Many of the newer philosophies of ministry employ methods
that are wholly carnal. Some have adopted objectives that have not one
line of Scripture to support them, and some employ conduct that differs
little from the world. "
By--Tozer

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*which from the beginning of the world *
*hath been hid in God,*
*who created all things by Jesus Christ*