Two comings of the Messiah
The Jews missed the coming of their Messiah because they missed the prophecies. His first coming is in Isa. 52:13-53:12. If you know this passage you know it could fit no one but the Lord Jesus. "He was despised and rejected of man." He was wounded for our transgressions" etc. Israel was looking for their King, their Messiah did not fit the Lord Jesus and thus they did not recognize Him.
The king is coming
Isa. 9:6,7 are the classic verses on the coming of their Messiah to rule and reign. He is called in these passages 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 King, meek and lowly
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey" Zech. 9:9. Israel did not rightly divide the Word of truth and missed their messiah.
The two comings of Christ ahead: the rapture
One He is coming for his saints in 1 Thes. 4:16-18. "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words" We meet him in the air.
The second coming to the earth: the revelation He comes with his saints, not for his saints as in 1 Thes. 4:13ff. "At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints" 1 Thes. 3:13. He comes to the earth "In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives" Zech. 14:4 and not in the air as in the "rapture" seven years earlier. Details on this later.
As in the Old Testament, many were confused and missed their messiah because they did not discern the two comings of Christ told about in the O.T. Today, some are confused because they do not discern the two comings of Christ at the rapture when we saints will meet Him in the air and the second coming to the earth with His saints and they rule and reign for 1000 years. Details of this later.
O dear people, Jesus could come any minute now and we shall see Him as He is 1 John 3:2 and stand before Him at the Judgment seat of Christ to give an account of our deeds 2 Cor. 5:10 and get our rewards and then rule and reign with Him for the thousand years. "You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect" Luke 12:40.
Prayer: Father, bless Your children and help us to "be ready" and not be ashamed at Your coming. In Jesus name.
I love you, all because the Lord Jesus suffered and died for our sins, paid our debt in full and rose again so we can be forgiven and go to heaven, sumner
