The Coming of the Lord

Intro

Scriptures, Notes, & Footnotes

2 Peter

2 Peter 3 ESV

1 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, 3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

- in the new world.

- His coming is a promise, it will come like a thief, and it will expose all

- When the Lord Jesus is revealed.

- Rebellion and man of lawlessness. Killing of the man of Lawlessness

- the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ

- Christ is the first fruits of the resurrection, we will be at his coming. Then comes the end. What will that body be like?

- Be patient UNTIL the coming of the Lord

- WHEN He appears

apokalypsis:

- the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ

Themelios: Volume 21, No. 1, October 1995 The Parousia: Getting Our Terms Right (Walter Riggans)

The Parousia: Getting our Terms Right

Walter Riggans

Themelios: Volume 21, No. 1, October 1995 The Parousia: Getting Our Terms Right (Walter Riggans)

V 21, p 14 V 21, N 1, p 14 p 14 The Parousia: Getting our Terms Right

Walter Riggans

Walter Riggans is General Director of Churches’ Ministry among the Jews (CMJ) based in St Albans.

Themelios: Volume 28, No. 3, Summer 2003 Did Paul Change His Mind?—An Examination of Some Aspects of Pauline Eschatology (Paul Woodbridge)

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Paul Woodbridge

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Second Coming of Christ

Second Coming of Christ. Doctrine of Christian faith concerning the consummation of Christ’s saving work upon his return to earth.

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Second Coming of Christ

Second Coming of Christ. Doctrine of Christian faith concerning the consummation of Christ’s saving work upon his return to earth.

Terms Used. The doctrine is expressed by verbs such as come, descend, appear, and is revealed, with Christ as the subject (“I will come again,” Jn 14:3; “the Lord himself will descend,” 1 Thes 4:16; “when he appears,” 1 Jn 2:28; 3:2; “the day when the Son of man is revealed,” Lk 17:30; “when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven,” 2 Thes 1:7), or send, with Christ as the object and God as the subject (“that he may send the Christ appointed for you,” Acts 3:20). It is expressed also by a variety of nouns, principally by coming (which is the regular translation of the Greek word parousia, meaning presence, visit, arrival, advent, esp. of a royal or distinguised person), also by appearing (as in 2 Tm 4:8; Ti 2:13), revealing, or revelation (1 Cor 1:7). These different verbs and nouns point to the same event but highlight different aspects of it, especially the manifestation of God’s glory in Christ when he comes.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised Parousia

PAROUSIA pär-ōō-sēʹə, pär-ōōʹzhi-ə. A Greek word used by theologians as a technical term for Christ’s return at the end of the age.

The New Topical Text Book: A Scripture Text Book for the Use of Ministers, Teachers, and All Christian Workers Second Coming of Christ, The

Second Coming of Christ, The

Time of, unknown. Mat. 24:36. Mar. 13:32.

CALLED THE

Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Acts 3:19.

The New Topical Text Book: A Scripture Text Book for the Use of Ministers, Teachers, and All Christian Workers Second Coming of Christ, The

Second Coming of Christ, The

Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew Words Defined and Explained Coming

Parousia can be translated in a number of different ways, depending on the context. It can mean “presence,” “arrival,” “appearance,” or “coming.”