THE RAPTURE AND THE FATHER'S HOUSE (37 OF 70)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: John 14:1-6
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The Rapture and the Father's House (37 of 70)
And The Word Became Fresh
John 14:1-6
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 14. I want to talk about the future today. People like to know about the future, and the Bible has lots to say about the future. The Old Testament was filled with prophecies about what was going to happen in the future: prophecies about the coming of the Messiah. Now, in the Old Testament you had prophecies of the first coming of Jesus and prophecies of the second coming of Jesus. The problem with the people in the New Testament in the gospel accounts, they didn't recognize that there were two comings, and so they just read in the Old Testament about the Messiah coming to rule and reign and rule with a rod of iron, and they thought that's just the coming of the Messiah. That's just what He does. And so, when they would look for the Messiah, that's what He was going to do. They missed Jesus by a million miles, because Jesus didn't come to rule and reign. That's His second coming. At His first coming, (Isaiah 53), He came to die. Well, in the New Testament we have many prophecies about the coming of the Messiah, and His second coming has two phases to it. And that first phase is the secret phase. We call that the Rapture, the Rapture of the church, the snatching away of the bride of Christ.
Now, it was on the night that Jesus was betrayed at the Passover feast He had with His disciples where He touched on this Rapture, this coming for His own, coming in the clouds, and He did it at the dinner. After Judas had left, He told the guys, His eleven, the genuine and the true, that He was getting ready to go away.
John chapter 13. I'll begin reading in verse 33. "Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You shall seek Me, and as I said to the Jews, I now say to you also, where I am going, you cannot come. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that ...
And The Word Became Fresh
John 14:1-6
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 14. I want to talk about the future today. People like to know about the future, and the Bible has lots to say about the future. The Old Testament was filled with prophecies about what was going to happen in the future: prophecies about the coming of the Messiah. Now, in the Old Testament you had prophecies of the first coming of Jesus and prophecies of the second coming of Jesus. The problem with the people in the New Testament in the gospel accounts, they didn't recognize that there were two comings, and so they just read in the Old Testament about the Messiah coming to rule and reign and rule with a rod of iron, and they thought that's just the coming of the Messiah. That's just what He does. And so, when they would look for the Messiah, that's what He was going to do. They missed Jesus by a million miles, because Jesus didn't come to rule and reign. That's His second coming. At His first coming, (Isaiah 53), He came to die. Well, in the New Testament we have many prophecies about the coming of the Messiah, and His second coming has two phases to it. And that first phase is the secret phase. We call that the Rapture, the Rapture of the church, the snatching away of the bride of Christ.
Now, it was on the night that Jesus was betrayed at the Passover feast He had with His disciples where He touched on this Rapture, this coming for His own, coming in the clouds, and He did it at the dinner. After Judas had left, He told the guys, His eleven, the genuine and the true, that He was getting ready to go away.
John chapter 13. I'll begin reading in verse 33. "Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You shall seek Me, and as I said to the Jews, I now say to you also, where I am going, you cannot come. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that ...
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