What? We have seen that the dead will rise when Christ returns. In John 5: 28-29 Jesus said that all the dead (the righteous and the wicked) will hear your voice at the same time, to leave their tombs. 1 Corinthians 15: 50-55 indicates that those who are still alive at the return of Christ will be changed so that they can inherit the kingdom of God with glorified and incorruptible bodies. When Christ returns, the world will be destroyed by fire. It will come, however, as a thief in the Lords Day, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are therein will be achieved Since all these things shall be dissolved. , you must be such as those living in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed and burned the elements will melt with fervent heat (2 Peter 3: 10-12). Many are waiting for Christ to come back and stay on the ground for many years; but this is impossible, since the earth will be destroyed when he gets back. When Christ returns, he will lead all men to meet him at trial. Matthew 25: 31-46 describes the trial closely. Here, Jesus said that this will happen when he comes back (v. 31). Paul also spoke of judgment will happen, at Christs return. And you, who are troubled rest with us, when is revealed from heaven the Lord Jesus with the angels of his power, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe, that day (porquando was believed you our witness) (2 Thessalonians 1: 7-10). When Christ returns, he will return the kingdom to God. But each, in his own order:. Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christs at his coming And then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all .. principality and all authority and power for he must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet the last enemy to be destroyed is death (1 Corinthians 15: 23-26). Christ is reigning now. He will reign until the last enemy to be destroyed. Then it will return the kingdom to his Father. The last enemy is death. Christ destroyed death by resurrection. Therefore, when Christ returns and raise all men, he will be destroying the last enemy and deliver, then the kingdom to the Father, that he may reign forever. Christ will come again visible in unexpected and unknown time. When he comes back: - All the dead will be resurrected. - The living will be transformed. - The earth will be destroyed. - All men will be judged. - The kingdom will be returned to the Father. These points are simple and clearly seen in the recorded passages. The problem begins when trying to reconcile these basic Bible teachings with the doctrines produced by men. The following notes examine various objections often raised against these plain truths of the Bible.
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