THE FIRST AND SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

THE FIRST AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

Sermon message December 25, 1960

by Rev. Wm. Henry Cash, Jr

with added Verses by Mrs. Wm. H. Cash, Jr. 2015

     The Second Coming of Christ is in two phases:  1) The Rapture - The time when the Lord will come as the Bridegroom coming for the Bride the Church to be called up with Him meeting Him in the air, and 2) The Coming of Christ with His Saints to rule and reign on the earth for a thousand years.   The Second Advent (Coming) is mentioned eight times more in the Bible than is the First Advent (Coming).   In this message, we shall compare the  First Advent of Christ with His Second Advent.

     PROPOSITION:   THE LORD JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME AS THE LAMB OF GOD 

AS OUR SIN OFFERING; THE SECOND TIME HE WILL COME AS THE LION OF JUDAH - TO RULE AND REIGN IN PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS.

     I.   THE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST.  John 1.29

             Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin

             of the world.

          A.   This event was foretold hundreds of years before Christ.                      *Isaiah 7.14    The Lord himself shall give you a sign, Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (God with us).

                    * Isaiah 9.6 - 7    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.  The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

            B.  His Birth at Bethlehem.  

                   * Micah 5.2 But, thou, Beth - Lehem Ephrata, though thou be little among thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

                   * John 1.1 - 5  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.   All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not.  

             C.  His Revelation as the Lamb of God    

                   *John 1.29     John's testimony of Jesus.  The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and said, "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." 

              D.  His Revelation as our Redeemer at Calvary.

                   *John 19.30   When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

                    *Hebrews 7. 24 - 25 but this man, because he coninueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood, wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

                    *Hebrews 9.22 and almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission [forgiveness] of sins.

                    *Hebrews 10.10 by the which we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

                    *Hebrews 10.18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

                  E.  Christ's Purpose in the First Coming was to Save Us from our sin.    

                   *Matthew 1.21   The Angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying "Thou shalt call His Name JESUS for He shall save His people from their sins."   JESUS means "Jehovah Saviour" 

          II.  THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST as the Lion of Judah.

             *Rev. 5.5 - 6   And one of the elders saith unto me, weep not, behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

                 A.   This was also foretold hundreds of years before, in the Scriptures.

                      *Zechariah 14.4 - 9 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.  And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reah unto Azal, yea, you shall flee, like as you did from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and the LORD  my God shall come, and all the saints with him, and it shall come to pass in that day that the light shall not be clear, nor dark, but it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night, but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.  And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them towardd the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.  And the LORD shall be king over all the earth; in that day shall there be one LORD and his name one.

     B. When Christ appears the Second Time, It will be as Ruling King, but He will come the same way He left us.  

              *Acts 1. 9 - 11  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.   And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said, You men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing into heaven?  This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.

      C.   The Second Time Christ shall be revealed as the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords.  

              *Rev. 19.16  And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

      D.    The Order of His Second Coming:   

             1. THE RAPTURE -  He will call out His Saints  

                        I Thessalonians 4.13 - 18  

                      But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope,  for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep for the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, 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 with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

                     

             2. THE TRIBULATION - "Jacob's Trouble" 

                       *Daniel 12. 1, 2  

                And at that time shall Michael stand up, that great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered, and every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of then that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, and everlasting contempt.

             3.  THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST 

                       *Rev. 20. 4 - 6  

                And I sawthrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 

       E.    HIS ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR THE SECOND COMING

           It will be to set up His Kingdom and to be our Eternal King.
           
             I Tim . 1.17  
             Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the Only Wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.
             Rev. 19.16

              And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written  KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.   

     CONCLUSION:    YOU MUST FIRST ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR SIN OFFERING BEFORE YOU WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING HIM AS THE KING OF YOUR LIFE.

      Romans 3.23   For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

      Romans 6.23   The Wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

        John 3.3   Jesus answered and said unto him, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God

     John 1.11,12  As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his Name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

      John 3.16  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.    This is what Jesus Himself said about Himself to Nicodemus. 

      John 5.24  Verily, Verily I say to you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death to life. 

       John 6.47   Verily, Verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.    

       

      

JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME, HE IS COMING AGAIN

JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME

HE IS COMING AGAIN

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On Christmas Day so long ago

Jesus was born.

His Name JESUS means Y'SHUA

or  Salvation, Savior

The One Who Saves

The Deliverer.

Joshua and Jesus mean

the same in the Hebrew language.

Matthew 1.21  You shall call His

name JESUS, for He shall save

His people from their sins.

This is what the Angel told Joseph about

the Baby that was coming.

Think of it.

God stepped down from Eternity,

He who is Everlasting,

He who is not bound by time nor space,

to enter our world,

as a little Baby

totally human,

totally subject to our frail existence,

"boxed in"

by His human body.

From the moment He entered

Mary's womb,

Sent by the Father,

Produced of  the Spirit,

He was the HOLY ONE sent

from on High

He was the PROMISED ONE

the prophets declared would come.

HE IS COMING AGAIN.

This same Jesus is going to come

Hebrews 9.27,28

"And as it is appointed unto men

once to die,

and after this the judgment,

so Christ was once offered to bear

the sins of many,

and unto them that look for Him,

shall He appear the second time

without sin

unto salvation."

We should look for Him to come

expectantly.

We ought to be waiting, just as today

we wait for "Christmas to come"

we ought to be waiting for

HIS RETURN

He will come without warning.

He will come when we least expect it.

The Apostle Paul declared,

"I am now ready to be offered and the

time of my departure is at hand.  I have fought a

good fight, I have finished my course.  I have

kept the faith.  Henceforth

there is laid up for me a crown

of righteousness, which the righteous

Judge, shall give me at that day, and

not to me only, but to all them that love

His appearing.  2 Timothy 4.6 - 8



JESUS CAME, HE WILL COME AGAIN

JESUS CAME - HE WILL COME AGAIN

      

On Christmas Day so long ago,

the birth of a tiny Baby in

an obscure village

was God's supreme gift

to us.

Think of it.  

God stepped down

into

the fabric of our lives,

He who is and always was, became subject to

human frailties,

He who is, and was not bound with time

nor space, became

"boxed in"

with a Life here on our earth,

Dwelling among us,

meeting

the

presence of evil

He experienced every temptation

that mankind has ever had.

Being fully man,

He was still fully God.

This Christmas season,

I challenge you to search out

and discover

just

how much

JESUS (Y'SHUA)

IS ABLE TO OVERCOME

AND DELIVER YOU

FROM ANY TEMPTATION,

FROM ANY DIFFICULTY,

AND TO

GIVE YOU PEACE

IN THE MIDST

OF A TROUBLED WORLD.

John 14.27  

"PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU,

MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU,

NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES,

DO I GIVE TO YOU. LET

NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,

NEITHER

LET IT BE AFRAID."

He came the first time

to be our Passover Lamb,

and to become our Kinsman-Redeemer.

He is coming again

a Second Time

Hebrews 9.27,28

Just as man is destined to die once,

and after that the judgment,

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away

the sins of many people,

and He will appear a second time,

not to bear sin, but to

bring salvation to those

who are waiting for Him to come."





LOOKING ALWAYS WATCHING

                          ALL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.  GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU; AND LO ! I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE.  AMEN.  Matthew 28.18 - 20   

                      In the book of Acts, Luke tells us "until the day when he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Spirit had given commandment to the apostles whom he had chosen, to whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days and speaking of the things pertaining

to the kingdom of God: and being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which he said, you have heard 

of me.

              For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.  When they therefore were come together, they asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?    And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power.    But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.

               And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight.

               And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold two men stood by them, in white apparel:  Who said, You men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?  This same Jesus, which is taken up from you shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into heaven.

                                     Acts 1. 2 - 11  

   

                     In the book of Revelation, Jesus told John to write the words into a book, for us to read and remember what He said to do.

"And the Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that hears, say Come.   And let him that is thirsty, Come.   And Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.  ....Surely I come quickly.  Amen.  Even so come, Lord Jesus."    Rev. 22.17, and 22.20.

               And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment, so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.   Hebrews 9.27  

                     Those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ have the privilege of looking for Jesus to return, to come and take us home.

Paul's prayer in I Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 23 is this:  

      And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.     

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                                 Looking for Jesus to come, we know that we are to continue living for Him, and looking to Him for our strength and help.   Paul wrote to Timothy that "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing.

THIS SAME BABY THAT CAME TO BE BORN IN A MANGER IN BETHLEHEM WILL COME AGAIN EVEN

AS HE PROMISED.

                

are you ready ? 

I am.

My aim 

is to glorify

God in my life

by abiding in Christ

walking in the Spirit,

knowing my Father in Heaven

is watching over me

while I go about living,

loving others.

I will look

for Him to come soon.

                                                        by June Estelle Cash

                                                             2014 

WATCHING, LOOKING, READY

WATCHING, 

LOOKING

READY!

John 14.1 - 3  

Jesus was giving His disciples 

something to hold on to.

He knew what lay ahead.

He had been telling them,

They were not focusing on His coming 

again,

They could not bring themselves to 

any further than 

"I am going away"

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED;

NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID,

YOU BELIEVE IN GOD,

BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY 

MANSIONS, IF IT WERE NOT SO,

I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.

I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE 

FOR YOU,.

AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A 

PLACE FOR YOU,

I WILL COME AGAIN, 

AND RECEIVE YOU 

TO MYSELF,

THAT WHERE I AM,

YOU MAY BE ALSO.

John 14.1 -  3  

We are to watch

to look !

to be ready !

He is coming !

He will keep His Promise ! 

Marriage in the Jewish culture was 

a picture that Jesus was here describing.

Even as a man and woman were 

BETROTHED 

and  

PROMISED 

Legally they were Man and Wife.

The Bridegroom would then

tell his Bride, I am going to my Father's house,

and will get ready a place for you,

Than, he would leave.

While she waited for him to return,

she got ready everything she needed 

to GO WITH THE BRIDEGROOM upon

his return.

While she waited for him, 

the Bridegroom was at the Father's house,

making a "place" ready for his Bride.

One day, the Father would say,

You have done enough.  It is ready.

Go get your Bride.

So, in a Jewish marriage, 

The Bridegroom would then 

go UN-ANNOUNCED 

to get the Bride.

Taking her to His Father's House,

they would consummate the 

marriage, 

and then,

everyone would attend 

the 

WEDDING BREAKFAST.  

We are waiting for Jesus to come.

We are watching for Y'shua to return

UN-ANNOUNCED

To come take the Bride Home

to the Father's House.

COUNT ON IT !

IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON !

OUR TASK IS TO BE READY !

READY ! for  His  Return !  

HE IS AT HAND

      The Time is coming when everyone will be caught by surprise, except for those who know our dear Lord Jesus Christ promised that He would RETURN AGAIN to take us home to Himself.   John 14.1 - 3 is very clear.   The Shofar trumpet will call us Home, and in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, we will be caught up together with those who died before us to meet in the skies.  
       He is at hand.   In the Greek the word means  "about to appear"  
       Let us advance then, knowing He is coming.   The signs of decay, of immorality, of unrestrained desires, of wars, famines, floods, and people talking of peace where there is no peace.    Let us live as Children of Light bearing the light into the dark places on this old earth, and know that God will triumph in every way as we do, for He is with us.   We are to punch holes in the darkness, and let light shine through.  
       Whatever our circumstances,  God will sustain us.  Psalm 55.22 tells us "Cast all your burdens upon the Lord, for He shall sustain thee.  He will never allow the righteous person to be moved."   What He is saying here is that the one who is depending on God for Righteous standing will not be shaken off their foundation.
       We are to be ready for His Coming.    We are to live in the light of His coming.   This means that we will be busy walking with God in the every day common things, letting others know by our life style and our attitude, that we are not shaken by all the decay and rot in the world around us that we see.  Instead, we try to do things that edify and build people up, to help others, to encourage others, to find ways to bring hope.
        He is Coming.  

JOHN 14.1 - 3  LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME.  IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS.  IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.  I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF THAT WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.
        When Jesus told this to the Disciples, He knew that they needed comforting.   He took this time to explain that His relationship to them was like a Bridegroom leaving for His Father's House to prepare a place for His Bride.
        You and I who believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior have entered into that relationship.  Christ is the Bridegroom of the Church - the Called Out Ones - and we are the Bride, readying ourselves for His Soon Coming, and occupying our time doing His Will.
       He promised us that He is coming.    Let us look for Him.   We are to fill our days with the quiet ever constancy of a loving heart of a Bride for Her Bridegroom.    We are to live knowing His Return is Certain, and it is Soon.
      My love for Jesus grows day by day.   He who said "I AM" is YHWH, or, Yahweh, the One WHO IS.   Let us rejoice that we have His dear Spirit to guide and direct us as we Look for His Soon Return.