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Part II: Heaven and hell unveiled - the second coming of Christ

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The Triumph of the Name of Jesus Christ by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1685

 

by Joseph Earnest March 31, 2013.  

Newscast Media HOUSTON, TexasOne very controversial aspect of scripture is the return of Christ.  This return is also referred to as the second coming, in which Jesus returns with His followers to rule. When Christ came into this world as Son of man and Son of God, He came as a lamb to serve, however, when He returns He will come as king (or the lion) to reign. (Jesus was the flesh, Christ was God).

Satan knows his days are numbered and has stepped up demonic activity in this world. Everything in the visible realm is as a result of something that happens in the spiritual realm.  For example, when you hear of wars or rumors of wars, the entity behind such activity is the principality responsible for war.  Because satan cannot be in more than one place at the same time, he has to use his generals (demonic spirits) to do his bidding.  A principality is a prince of the air, that has demonic jurisdiction over a certain geographic area.  These principalities are high up in rank, and they use demons to corrupt the minds and thoughts of humans.

Before Christ returns there will be two assaults directly from heaven upon armies and rulers of this world who foolishly believe they can attack heaven with their man-made weapons that were constructed by finite minds. After Christ's return, there will be a third and final assault. The first assault is mentioned in the book of Rev 16:16: "Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon..."

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Christ will use natural disasters to defeat these kings who will congregate at Armageddon

The second assault happens when Christ returns with his bride (the church).  This will happen after the wedding feast of the lamb takes place in heaven between Christ and His bride.  It is up to the reader to determine how the bride got to heaven in the first place, in order to return at the end of the tribulation to fight the anti-Christ and the false prophet, who are defeated during this assault. The prophet Zechariah tells us that the Lord God will come with his holy ones (Zech 14:5).

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Revelation tells us in chapter 19 verse 20: "Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army. But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet...The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur..."

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According to this verse, the beast (political leader) and the false prophet (religious leader) will be thrown directly into the lake of fire, not hell.  Think of the lake of fire as hell on steroids.  These two will be the first occupants. What we call hell is actually Hades, the lake of fire is called "Gehenna" in Greek. This is the second assault.

 

 

It is important to note that no resurrection will occur during the second coming of Christ as indicated in verses 14 to 15. This event is chronicled below and it is a known date that the kings and rulers of this world will be aware of since the previous verses say they "will be gathered together to make war on the rider of the horse". In verse 14 below it says, "The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean."

 

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Take a very close look at the words fine linen, white and clean. It must be noted that "the armies of heaven" do not refer to angels. As the prophet Zechariah prophesied, these are the saints (holy ones) who come back with Christ.

 

As proof that it will be the bride (the church) returning with Christ at the second coming, and not angels, the Bible clarifies what the words fine linen, mean:

 

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The angel says, "These are true words," which means that somehow the bride will be in heaven at a banquet, while all hell is breaking loose on earth.  After the heavenly festivities are over, that same bride (church) will then return with Christ to defeat the beast and false prophet.

Verse eight above clarifies that "fine linen" means the righteous acts of the saints or believers in Christ, not angels.  Therefore, at the second coming in chapter 19:14 the armies dressed in fine linen are Christians returning with Christ after attending the wedding supper of the Lamb mentioned above in verse seven. Once again, it is up to the reader to determine how the bride (church) made it to heaven, thereafter attended the wedding supper of the lamb (verse 7), and at the second coming of Christ returned as armies (verse 14) to defeat the anti-Christ and the false prophet who were here on earth during the great tribulation (verse 20).  

Continue to Part III to find out what happens at the third and final assault>>

 

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