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I conclude this book with this event that marks the coming establishment of The Kingdom of God on earth. I am not interested in the timing but in the attitudes we should have to this event.

Because there is an indeterminate period after the seven year Tribulation called the Great Tribulation no knows when the second coming will occur. This is so even if they could find out the commencement date of the Tribulation.

The first is His coming for those who have overcome the evil that is in the world and He meets these in the air. This completes their deliverance physically from the Kingdom of Satan and his attacks on them. The spiritual deliverance occurred at calvary. The Lukewarm Christians are left to face the beast and his mark and be sifted by the threat of death so that through their death in refusing to take the mark and in this obey Jesus, they will be saved.

While these celebrate ‘The Marriage Feast of The Lamb’ those on earth must prove their allegiance to Jesus by dying for Him. Because of their lukewarmness they would have little reward in heaven but by dying for Him at least they obtain the Martyr’s Crown.

The second return is when Jesus returns with His saints to reclaim the earth. The earth is spoils of war resulting from His victory at Calvary so Satan and his kingdom are removed as they have no right to be on earth.

The Anti Christ attempts to return in the same way Jesus does so that even the elect will worship him but Jesus has restrained his return so we can know it is not The Lord returning.

The way we will be able to tell the anti-christ descending as the false messiah is twofold:

There will not be the gathering of the saints in the air to meet Jesus (1 Thes. 4:17) and then to go and enjoy the Marriage feast of The Lamb)

There will not be the "clouds" (angels and saints) returning with Him to rule with Him 1000 years.

The Antichrist cannot emulate the snatching away mentioned in Thessalonians nor is he allowed to return with his own version of the "clouds". Remember these two things in the days ahead or you will be deceived

God uses the Tribulation to remove the security of the people in the kingdom of Satan in the hope they will repent.

Satan tries to rule as many as he can so he can take them with him to hell and if he cannot take them with him he tried to get them destroyed so Jesus will have no one on earth to rule when he comes back. This is why The Father cuts short the Great Tribulation or there would possibly be no one left from this era for Jesus to rule.

It will be tough in the Tribulation so better go with the Christians to meet Him in the air and go to the Marriage feast of the Lamb than to have to suffer through the Tribulation.

Those to young to know right from wrong

Those who are old enough to know this but did not repent in the tribulation, in spite of the judgements of God

Note, the Gospel of The Kingdom is not preached to the ends of the world before His first secret coming and then may not be preached to all the world before his return to rule for 1000 years. The ‘end’ comes after it is preached to the world and that seems to fit more with the end of the Millennium and the destruction of the earth that mark the end of time and the influence of Satan on these.

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Jesus desires us to be here to serve Him and represent Him or else He would have taken us home so to desire the second coming to leave the earth and all our problems is to desire something that is not His Will. His will is to serve Him where He wants us to in the manner he wants us too. To desire anything else is wrong.

His Will is for all to be saved to want to avoid this is also wrong and disobedience.

He desires us to remain to proclaim His Kingdom and Deliverance so that many will come to Him and Glorify Him. We are to do the King’s business till He says "enough" and then withdraws those that have overcome Satan and his system before putting the lukewarm church through the Tribulation to sift it as wheat before He then judges Satan’s system, then his demons then Satan himself.

If we have on our heart what He has on His Heart we would long to see people drawn to Him and in personal relationship with Him. We would want it more than any pleasure we know or have. Their eternal fate would be more important than any thing we desired as our King (Jesus) desires it and we should desire all He desires out of love for Him.

We would seek to spread the knowledge of Him and His salvation and not want to escape from the world of the enemy as we would see the joy and deliverance that would occur to those captive and persecuted by the enemy.

The second coming is our great hope but it does not replace what Jesus wants us to do or it becomes an idol. It completes our deliverance from Satan and his world system but then so does death. This secret coming also involves the death of our body and the giving of a new better replacement body. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the heavenly Kingdom so our flesh and blood dies. So it is death but a special one as all who are overcomers also die at the same time and in this is it unique. Meeting Jesus in the air is not that special as He has been seen on earth by many as they are about to die. It is the uniqueness of its part in series of events that makes it special.

The secret coming when all who are overcomers of Satan’s world system are raised up to meet Him in the air

The marriage feast of the lamb

The return of Jesus to rightfully claim the earth

The Millennium

The final revolt leading to the destruction of the earth by fire and the Last Judgment

The New heaven and Earth

The Holy city on earth with Jesus in it to reign forever with us.

The second coming is the beginning of the events that will result in the end of this age.

Everything you have done or are going to do will become irrelevant as will all ownership and authority you have. What will be relevant is how you related to others and expressed God’s Love in these relationships.

You will be in the presence of Jesus with all its joys and pleasures.

Every area of your person will be completely healed.

How are you living – as if Jesus was returning in the next second? And what are you living for? Where is your treasure? Sent ahead to heaven or stored on earth so you cannot take it to heaven with you.

The word ‘marriage’ means an act of marring something. The act of marriage is sex that mars the woman’s virginity and then they live in matrimony. So what is marred by the Marriage feast of The Lamb? And what follows it?

I do not know but hazard a guess that what is marred is the ability of Satan to damage or attack us and what follows is the relationship we have with Jesus forever as a companion of His in eternity. But the Bible does not say.

The Secret Coming is our deliverance from Satan and his system and in that is our delight but even more the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth should be our joy and delight, that our Lord finally has is rightful place as ruler of earth. That the Kingdom of men has become the Kingdom of God at last! Grace Mercy and Love will be the mark of the rulership of Jesus and all will be as it should be until Satan is released after a 1000 Years.

Even so! Come Lord Jesus

Establish your reign

in Righteousness, Love, Mercy and Grace

Amen

Rom 14:11 … each of us shall give account of himself to God.

On that great day at the end of time, when you face God and give account of your life, it will not matter what denomination you belong to; It will not matter what theories you have about the Bible, It will not matter what ‘good’ works you have done!

As you stand face to face, spiritually naked before the God of this universe, He will look at you and examine you to see what you have done with Jesus! That, and that alone determines your eternal fate!

You will be examined to see if you have the Spirit of Jesus in you as proof of your acceptance of Jesus. As God sees His own Spirit in you because of your relationship with Jesus, He will welcome you to your eternal reward! But if He does not see the Spirit of Jesus in your spirit, then you will be ushered into eternal punishment.

The pleasure of earth will have no comparison with the pleasures of heaven and your wisdom will be of no benefit when you face God naked and alone because Jesus is not in you!

It will be useless then to rethink your values, as the scriptures say you are judged after death and do not have a second chance!

Once you have died it is too late to change your mind about the existence of Jesus or Hell or doing the work of Jesus as He asks you to do. You will give an account of God of how you have lived and for how your life related to Jesus! Those who believed in Jesus and did what He said, will pass the test – but only because Jesus declares to the judge that they are His and are no longer under judgment. Those who do not have Jesus, or only acknowledged Him, without actually doing what He said, will suffer the same punishment as the demons. The demons know Jesus exists and can see Him but do not obey Him.

(James 2:19) You believe there is one God. Good! But the demons believe that, too, and they tremble with fear.

It does not matter what you know about Jesus! It is whether you come to Jesus and accept what He has done for you, or whether you reject what He has done for you. It will be an evaluation of how you served Him as a citizen of His Kingdom and related to Him.

Your attitudes, not only to Jesus, but also to His commandments will determine your eternal fate! Are you ready to face the Judge

Jesus says he will soon be here to reward people according to the way they related to Him and obeyed Him!

((Rev 22:12) "Listen! I am coming soon! I will bring my reward with me, and I will repay each one of you for what you have done.

For Jesus to condemn Satan for the way He ruled earth without showing He cold rule it perfectly would be unfair to Satan. Because Jesus will rule the Millennium perfectly He will have the right to judge Satan for the way he ruled the earth, especially when Satan tries to destroy all Jesus has built in the Millennium when he is released from the Bottomless Pit (Rev 20:7-9.

An understanding of The Kingdom of God and how it relates to us as well as how the kingdom of Satan also fits into the Grand Picture is necessary if you want to do what Jesus wants you to do and understand why you are doing it.

Jesus preached, taught and demonstrated The Kingdom of God and requires us to do the same. Until we can do this we will not be doing the work of Jesus.

He has given you all you need to learn what He wants you to do. It is up to you to study. How you apply what you learn will determine your eternal rewards or fate and you alone will stand before God to give account of your life and how you did His work, of which The kingdom of God is the totality of it and the summary of it.