Christ, first to catch away all true believers, and again T H E IMPORTANT NEW TESTAMENT

to deal in judgment with unbelievers and set u p His REFERENCES T O T H E SECOND COMING
earthly kingdom of 1000 years. Others believe in but O F C H R I S T AND RELATED EVENTS
one future coming when He accomplisl~es His pur- Testimony of John the Baptist Testimony of Paul
poses for both the Church and the unbelieving world. Mt. 3:11, 12 (Lk. 3:16, 17) Col. 3:4
Generally those who holtl to two future comings desig- Testimony of Christ I Thes. 1:9, 10
Mt. 8:ll, 12 I Thes. 2: 19
nate the latter coming the "second" hecause, they say, 1 'Thes. 3:12. 13
Mt. 10:21-23
when He comes for the Church H e cloes not actually Yt. 13:24-30, 36-43. 47-50 1 Thes. 4:13-18
come to earth. Therefore the Church cannot be look- M t . I6:ZT 1 'Thes. 5:l-10, 23
ing for the "second" coming but only for the preceding hlt. 1928 (1.k. 2229, 30) 2 Thes. 1:7-10
hl t . 23: 39 2 'rhes. 2: 1-12
coming or Rapture, as they call it. However, those who .\It. 24 (Mli. 13) 2 Thes. 3:5
believe in but one future coming point to the only &It. 25 1 Tim. 4:l-3
verse in the New Testament that specifically desig- ~ t 26:63b,
. 64 ( ~ k 14:61-2)
. 1 Tim. 6:14-16
nates the coming as ;t "second" (Heh. Y:28) and in this Mk. R:38 2 Tim. 3
verse Christians are urged to "look for" the second Lk. 12:35-40 2 'Tirn. 4:l-8
1,k. 1323-30 Ti. 2 1 3
coming, which would be quite impossible if they were 1.k. 17:28-37 Ileb. 9:28
not o n earth at that time. 1.k. 18.8 1-leb. 10-12, 13, 25, 37
Into this controversy I d o not plan t o enter i n this 1.k. 19:11-27 Testimony of James
1.k. 21:s-36 .\cts 15:14-I7
book. Inasmuch as there is no clear Biblical statement 1.k. 23:42 Jas. 5: 1-3, 7-9
affirming two future comings of Christ I shall assume Jn. 5:28. 29 Testimony of Peter
there is but one future or "second" coming, leaving J n . 6:39, 40, 44, 54 Acts 2:34, 35
it to you to draw your own inferences concerning the Jn. 11:24 Acts 3:19-21
Jn. 12:48 1 Pet. 1:3-13
correct view. Hut I would emphasize that human in- J n . 14:l-3 1 Pet. 4:7, 12, 13
ference is not infallible regardless of which view i t is J n . 16:16 (Heh. 10:37) 1 Pet. 5:l-4
used to Yupport. Testimony of 2 Angels 2 Pet. 1:15-19
Acts 1:9-11 2 Pet. 2:9
My basic belief is that the Bible is the fully in- Testimony of Paul 2 Pet. 3:3-14
spired and autl~oritativeWord of God and my aim is Kom. 2:5 Testimony of John
to set forth its tcactlirig as clearly as possible. I fully Rom. 8:18-23 1 Jn. 2 1 8 , 19, 28
a g e e with Ilr. J. Stuart Russell whose book, "The Rom. ll:25, 26 1 J n . 4:2, 3
Parousia", was published anonymously in 1878 - a Koni. 14:10
1 Cor. 1:7, 8
I Jn. 4:17
Rev. 1:7, 8
I~ookthat Dr. \Vilbur Sniitll has called tlie best book I Cor. 3: 13 Rev. 2: 16
ever published on the second advent. Dr. Russell says 1 Car, 4:.5 Rev. 3:3. 10, 11
his "single aim ha5 been to ascertain what saith the 1 Cor. 5:.5 Rev. 6: 12-17
1 Cor. 6:14 Rev. 7
Scripture" and his "one desire t o be governed by a 1 Cor. 11:26 Rev. 11:15-18
loyal submission to its authoritv." 1 Cor. 15:12-58 Rev. 13
T h e teaching is brought to us through nine per- 1 Cor. 16:22 Rev. 14:6, 7
2 Cor. 1:14b Rev. 16:15, 16
sonal prophetic channels in tlie New Testament, 2 Cor. 4:14 Rev. 19:ll-16, 19, 20
namely. Jesus Christ, two angels (Acts 1:l l), Paul, 2 Cor. 5: LO Rev. 20
Peter, John the B;*ptist, James, J u d e , and John. While Eph. 4:30 Rev. 21
the Old Testament contains some teaching concerning Phil. 1:6, 9, 10 Rev. 22
events that are future to our time, we shall limit o u r Phil. 2: 16 Testimony of Jude
Phil. 3:20, 21 Jude 14, 15, 17, 18
study to what is found in the New Testament. Phil. 4:5 TOTAL: 518 verses