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- 549. How do we know about the events of the future?
- 550. What future event is the goal of faith of New Apostolic Christians?
- 551. Who promised the return of Jesus Christ?
- 552. Who knows the exact point in time when Christ will return?
- 553. What follows from the fact that no man knows the moment in time of Christ’s return?
- 554. How did the early Apostles treat the promise of Christ’s return?
- 555. What does the promise of Christ’s return mean for us?
- 556. Why do we believe that the promise of Christ’s return is near?
- 557. How do we prepare for the return of Christ?
- 558. How is the return of Christ described in the letters of Apostle Paul?
- 559. What will happen at the return of Christ?
- 560. What is the basis of the believers’ hope that they will not need to suffer physical death?
- 561. Who will be caught up at the return of Christ?
- 562. Who is included in the “bridal congregation”?
- 563. Are there any characteristics for those who will belong to the bridal congregation?
- 564. Does the Bible relate any other characteristics of the bridal congregation?
- 565. What is the significance of the images in Revelation 14: 1-5?
- 566. When will the “marriage of the Lamb” take place?
- 567. What will transpire at the “marriage of the Lamb”?
- 568. What happens on earth after the return of Christ?
- 569. Will there be any protection in the time of the “great tribulation”?
- 570. What happens to the martyrs from the time of the “great tribulation”?
- 571. What occurs after the “marriage of the Lamb” and the “great tribulation”?
- 572. What will happen to Satan after the time of the “great tribulation”?
- 573. What happens when Satan is bound and relieved of his power?
- 574. What events comprise the first resurrection?
- 575. What follows the conclusion of the first resurrection?
- 576. Will human beings still sin during this time?
- 577. What transpires during the period of the kingdom of peace on earth?
- 578. What happens at the end of the kingdom of peace?
- 579. What will happen once evil has been deprived of its power forever?
- 580. What happens to those who find grace in the Last Judgement?
- 581. What does the Bible have to say about God’s new creation?
558. How is the return of Christ described in the letters of Apostle Paul?
In 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17 it says: “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
In 1 Corinthians 15: 51-52 we read: “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
In Philippians 3: 20-21 we find the statement: “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself."