The Coming of the Son of Man

Matthew 24:29-31

Kathy L McFarland (6/12/2018)

Tribulation, End Times events, the coming of Christ, and rapturous rising of Christians to their Lord in Heaven are debated topics amongst the faithful in every generation. So, lets start with the easy part and work our ways backwards and forwards a bit to fully understand the revealed portions of God’s plan for the rescuing of His people from His continuing destruction of the earth and the degenerate dwellers thereon.

We know when this prophecy is going to unfold!

Immediately after the tribulation of those days…

Christians will know when Christ’s time draws closer, maybe.  At least, we will be able to discern when it is NOT time yet. And, we will certainly have a hint that if the worst affliction and hardship is occurring to the world and mankind that has ever happened before, then maybe believers should be watchful in those days for the Coming of the Lord.

The tribulation of such ferociousness toward mankind that it has never had its equal since the beginning of the world will bookmark those times. Scripture tells us that the very elect people of the Lord, those that are dedicated fully to Him and doing His works diligently and faithfully in this time, will be at risk of losing their salvation if the days of tribulation are not shortened (Matthew 24:22)

So, it figures that if the world is experiencing such a great tribulation that a Christian has no historical reference, and things are so bad that there is no hope for recovery, then possibly Christ’s coming is near.  But, then again, people living during the plague, world wars, depressions, perversions, oppressions, holocausts, with their lives controlled by dictators and wicked rulers, must surely have viewed their world as tribulated past endurance many times.  Yet, mankind lived on.  It is going to be even worse than all the bad things that have ever developed against the survival of mankind and the world in the past.  It is the Tribulation “such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (Matthew 24:21).”

Before the Son of God comes…

But immediately after the tribulation…

Six events will happen:

1. The sun will be darkened (Matthew 24:29)
2. The moon shall not give her light (Matthew 24:29)
3. The stars shall fall from heaven (Matthew 24:29)
4. The powers of the heavens shall be shaken (Matthew 24:29)
5. The sign of the Son of man in heaven will appear (Matthew 24:30)
6. All the tribes of the earth will mourn (Matthew 24:30)

Then the seventh event will be Christ’s coming in the cloud of heaven with power and great glory!

Each of the six events that occur prior to Christ’s coming are significant and typologically revealing.  In the next week, we will be looking at each of these events deeply and discover the mysteries that the Lord has hidden in the midst of His Word as He prepares us to understand the end.