Differences and Similarities Between the First and Second Coming of Jesus Christ

Differences and Similarities Between the First and Second Coming of Jesus Christ

By
Melchizedek I. Gwaivangmin

CONTENTS
1. Contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
2. Abstract ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
3. Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 A. The First Coming of Jesus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 B. The Second Coming of Jesus --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 C. Similarities between the First and Second Coming ------------------------------------------- 11 D. Differences between the First and Second Coming ------------------------------------------- 11 E. How the First and Second Coming of Jesus affects the way we live today --------------- 12
4. Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
5. Conclusion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
6. References -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
Abstract
The prophecies of Jesus’ First Coming focused on who He was before His human birth, His miraculous birth, a bit about His life, His crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection ---- all of which was prophesied many hundreds of years before His birth. The second coming of Christ or parousia is the return of Jesus Christ from Heaven to Earth as expected in most Christian eschatologies. The anticipated event is predicted in biblical messianic prophecy in which Jesus Christ will return to earth as King in power and glory to rule for a thousand years. Those who argue that Jesus was not the Messiah because He did not fulfill all the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah,

References: 1. Bruce Milne, Know the Truth, 2007, Inter-Varsity Press. 2. Last chance ministries, Jesus Christ, 2008, lastchanceministries.com 3 4. Margaret Baxter, Jesus Christ: His Life and His Church, 1993, ISPCK, India 5 ----------------------- [1] Loraine Boettner (1989) 270 [2] Last chance Ministries (2008) 5 [3] Last Chance Ministries (2008) 7 [4] Last Chance Ministries (2008) 8 [5] Rich Deem, 2006 [6] Bruce Milne (2007) 312