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<div class="SSN_title">"THE CHURCH"</div>
<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: The birth of the Church 1:5; The mark of the Church 1:3;The work of the Church 1:8; The Church and the Word 2:13;The crown of the Church 2:19, 3:13; The hope and comfort of the Church 4:16,17.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">I . THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RAPTURE AND THE 2ND COMING.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. At 2nd coming, Christ is coming with the saints.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('1Th',1,13);">1Th 3:13</A>.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Col',3,4);">Col. 3:4</a> "When Christ who is our life shall ye appear."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. Behold He cometh with 10,000's of His saints.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">4. At 2nd coming, whole world will see Him.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. At Rapture He is coming for His saints.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,51);">I Cor. 15:51</a> "Behold, I shew you a mystery."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Phl',3,20);">Phil. 3:20</A> "For our citizenship is in heaven."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. <a onClick="return mV('1Th',4,17);">1Th 4:17</A> "Then we which are alive and remain."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">4. <a onClick="return mV('Jhn',14,3);">John 14:3</a> "And if I go, I will come again..."</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">C. "The second coming is to establish His kingdom upon earth."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('Mat',6,10 );">Mat 6:10</A> "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Isa',9,6);">Isa. 9:6</a> "For unto us a child is born."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. <a onClick="return mV('Dan', 2,45 );">Dan 2:45</A> "rock out of Mt."</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">D. The rapture is to remove His saints before the Great Tribulation.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('Luk',21,36);">Luk 21:36</A> "Pray that ye will be accounted worthy to escape."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Rev',3,10);">Rev. 3:10</a> "Because ye have kept the Word of my patience."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. <a onClick="return mV('1Th',5,9);">1 Thes 5:9</A> "For God hath not appointed us unto wrath."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">4. Warning to Thyatira. <a onClick="return mV('Rev',2,'18-28');">Rev. 2:18-28</A></div>
<div class="SSN_level2">E. The 2nd coming follows immediately the Tribulation.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('Mat',24,29,30);">Matt. 24:29,30</a> "Immediately after the trib."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. He will destroy the anti-Christ with brightness of His coming."<a onClick="return mV('2Th',2,8);">II Thess. 2:8</A></div>
<div class="SSN_level2">F. <a onClick="return mV('2Th',1,6-12);">II Thes 1:6-12</A> The rapture precedes the Tribulation.</div>
<div class="SSN_rnum">II. THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">A. No signs given for the rapture.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('Luk',21,36);">Luk 21:36</A> "Watch ye therefore and be ye ready."</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. Yet many signs of His 2nd coming and if rapture just precedes it by 7 yrs. General signs of His 2nd coming excluding those of the Tribulation apply.</div>
<div class="SSN_level2">B. Last days.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,1);">II Tim. 3:1</A> Perilous times. </div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. Rebellion against authority.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. Civil disobedience.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">c. Increase in crime.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Dan', 12,4);">Daniel 12:4</A> increased knowledge and travel.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">3. <a onClick="return mV('Jam',5,'1-6' );">James 5:1-6</A> labor, trouble.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">4. <a onClick="return mV('Mat',24,4,21,24,29);">Matt. 24:4,21,24,29</a> World war -pestilence, earthquakes, famines.</div>
<div class="SSN_level3">5. The re-establishment of Israel.</div>
<div class="SSN_level4">a. May 10, 1948 - Fig tree bud forth. </div>
<div class="SSN_level4">b. July 10, 1967 - And Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the gentiles, until the time of the gentiles be fulfilled. (<a onClick="return mV('Luk',21,24);">Luke 21:24</a>) "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up." (<a onClick="return mV('Luk',21,28);">Luke 21:28</a>)</div>
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