Thank God for all Jesus accomplished when He came the first time, but He ascended back to Heaven, Acts 1:9-10, leaving His church here to preach the Gospel to the lost.
He also left them with the promise that He will come again; Acts 1:11; John 14:1-3; Rev. 22:20.
The Second Coming of Christ can be divided into two separate comings:
[1]. His coming in the air at the Rapture. He doesn’t actually come to earth at this time.
[2]. His coming to the earth later—sometimes called the “Revelation,” “Second Advent,” or the “Second Coming.”
I’m looking forward to the Rapture, and it could be any time.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For 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:
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be “caught up” together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
One moment we will be living life as normal, the next moment we will be “caught up” to be with Him in the air, 1 Cor. 15:51-52; Luke 17:34-36.
Jesus isn’t coming in the clouds for everyone, only for those who have been saved by the grace of God.
Albert Brumley from Southwest Missouri penned the words to a song my church still sings — “I’ll Fly Away”. It reminds me of the hope I have in the Rapture.
I’ll fly away.
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“Some glad morning when this life is o’er — I'll fly away. — To a home on God's celestial shore, — I'll fly away.
Chorus
“I'll fly away, oh glory, — I'll fly away (in the morning). — When I die Hallelujah, by and by; — I'll fly away.
“When the shadows of this life have gone, — I'll fly away. — Like a bird from prison bars have flown, — I'll fly away.
“Just a few more weary days and then — I'll fly away; — To a land where joys will never end, — I'll fly away.”
Albert E. Brumley
