THE THIRD COMING OF CHRIST

The widespread belief of the “Second Coming” of the Lord is probably taught and believed in over 90% of the church. All dispensationalists believe in the second coming as their “hope” is always in the future, never thinking of abiding in the present moment in Christ.

If we are going to believe in the “coming of the Lord”, I suggest that we call it the “THIRD COMING”, not the “Second Coming”

Before I state my case, let’s read the following verse that clearly speaking about the “Second Coming”:

Hebrews 9:28 (NASB95) “So Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”

• In context, the writer of the Hebrews was writing to Hebrew believers of the 1st century who were being tempted to go back to the Law and hope for the best because the life they were living was too hard due to the cruelty of the unconverted Jews who persecuted them and accused them of being heretics.
• In view of the context of these scriptures, the writer of Hebrews was referring to the soon SECOND COMING which was expected to come when Jerusalem was judged for its many sins (Mat. 23:34-38; 1Thes. 2:14-16), and the destruction of the Jewish temple that took place in AD 70.
• Since the first coming took place in the incarnation when God became Man, and the invisible second coming came to be when Christ judged Jerusalem, while officially ending the old covenant, do you believe in the 3rd coming?

How so? Please respond succinctly if you believe the Lord will be coming visibly, for all to see.

By the way, this ridiculous picture of the Lord's coming is nothing but an atrocious way of attempting to imagine the "Second Coming", or the "Third Coming." 😁

You are very ignorant about what dispensationalists believe. Of course we enjoy the NOW with Christ as well as look to the FUTURE when Christ will rapture the Church.

Jeff

Believing in the second physical coming of Jesus, is NOT a denial of the spiritual coming of the Holy Spirit into ones life..

Everyone who becomes a Christian has the experience of The LORD coming into their personal lives.. The repeated attacks of people who believe in the physical second coming of Christ accusing them of not believing in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit or not believing that Jesus is with us now in spirit is a despicable false allegation,, an attack against those who believe in the Physical second coming of Christ..

Wow!
I was a dispensationalist. I know more than you can imagine. Dispensationalism is hardly 200 years old. Cultists like John Darvin and C.I. Scofield were the priests of deception.

You believe in fables.

If you don't believe this then (a) you do not believe the Bible, (b) you do not believe God, and (c) you do not believe Christ. THERE IS NO "THIRD COMING".

Since you have mistaken John Nelson Darby for Charles Darwin, and then called him a "cultist", you have zero credibility for a newbie.

I know Jesus is The LORD.. Yes Jesus is God.. I never said He was not... But when we talk of His second coming we are actually talking about His second physical coming. we are not excluding His spiritual comings which can be numbered in the millions as He comes individuelly to all people who believe Him and trust in His atonement..

It's impossible because His very holiness forbids it otherwise the entire world will break into pieces, and all will die.

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Where did you learn this doctrine? Jesus will come again in His physical form and He will rule the nations with a Rod of Iron.. The world will not break into pieces and not everyone will die..

Darby and Scofield were both great men of God. A little humility is in order I think!

Yes, the attack herein on the revival of circa 1800 AD with the godly saints with J.N. Darby and those saints with him in Ireland, who held to Bible-only and set forth a fellowship which has continued to this day, is bad news. That revival of early 1800 AD stood apart from all the various sects some Christians were developing with ideas and innovations of their own after the so-called Reformation time of 1500 AD. I personally don't see we need the various varieties of Christianity around us in evrery city, when we have the clear Scripture showing in our New Testament about "unity of the faith" as in 1 Cor. 12:25-27 and in numerous places in the Epistles to express "one body in Christ" worldwide.

For me the Scofield KJV Study Bible makes the big picture quite clear (as does some other Bible views by scholars). One can learn of that revival of circa 1800 AD at Bible Truth Publishers, Addison, IL --USA, I found.

Well, to each his own views as one chooses, but it is rewarding to take "all the counsel of God" and be "rightly dividing the Word of truth" as our God instructs us. --1ambassador.

There is no "third coming" spoken of anywhere in scripture, so take your own fable elsewhere.

P.S.

I am NOT a dispensationalist. In fact, I'm probably the most anti-dispensationalist to have ever walked the earth.

P.P.S.

I'm no prophet, but I have a gut feeling that you won't last very long on this website. Time will tell if I'm correct.

I heard someone tell me there’s a fourth coming of Christ, too. I don’t remember all of the details as to why he said that. If I remember correctly he just needed to invent an additional coming of Christ in other to make a particular doctrine work better.

It could be the word was used in reference to Christ's forthcoming return. This does not make it a numerical order simply soon to be.

Sounds like Preterism.

Dispensationalists properly distinguish between the Resurrection/Rapture (for which Christ does NOT come to earth) and the Second Coming (with all His saints and angels back to earth). So the "Blessed Hope" is the Rapture, which is always "imminent" (could occur at any time, even today).

But the Second Coming is for divine judgment, hence all the inhabitants of the earth will weep, and wail, and mourn at that time (Rev 1:7). BIG DIFFERENCE. As to a "third coming" that is simply laughable.

Hold your horses, you believe in three comings. First time when Jesus was born, second time for the "pre-trib rapture", then a third time for the "real" second coming.

So that would make it three

Since Christ does not come to earth at the Rapture (and also comes momentarily), it cannot be regarded as a third coming.