Instruction: Promise of His Coming

Instruction: Promise of His Coming•
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I.        PROMISE #1 = MESSIAH IS COMING
Matthew 16:27a “For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father”
A.        OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
          1.        SON OF MAN
                    Daniel 7:9-10
          2.       COMING IN GLORY
                  Exodus 33:18-20
Isaiah 53
Phil 2:6-11     B.        NEW TESTAMENT
          1.         FIRST COMING UNFOLDED OVER 35-40 YEARS
          2.         SECOND COMING UNFOLDED OVER MAN YEARS
Snatching away His bride
I Thess 4:16-18
Feasting in Heaven
Rev 19:7-8
Return in Glory
Acts 1:6
Rev 6:9-10
Rev 19:11-16
1000 Year Reign from Jerusalem
Rev 20:4-6
Eternal Kingdom
I Cor 15:23-26
3. PRAYER
Rev 22:20
II.       PROMISE #2 = JUDGMENT IS COMING
Matthew 16:27b “and then He will repay each person according to his actions.”A.        BLESSING

1.         LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
II Cor 5:11

2.         SHARING IN THE GLORY

Reward
Matt 7:21
I Cor 3:13
II Cor 5:10

At His coming
Rev 22:12
Matt 25:21

B.        CURSING

1.         FEAR OF CONDEMNATION
Heb 9:27
Jn 5:28-29
John 3:18-19
John 3:36

2.         WORKS FALL SHORT
Rom 2:6-10
Rev 20:11-15
II Thess 1:6-10

III.      PROMISE #3 = WITNESS OF HIS COMING
Matthew 16:28 “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom’s [glory].”

A.        FULFILLED IN PART

1.         IMMINENT DEATH
In a world of death/evil, there is HOPE

2.         THREE WOULD SOON WITNESS HIS GLORY

Matthew 17:1-8 Next sentence (no verse/chapter divisions in original)
All three Gospels place this directly before the account of the transfiguration, when it was fulfilled

B.        TO BE FULFILLED IN FULL

1.         MISUNDERSTOOD

Jesus came back spiritually Acts 1:9

2.         FORETASTE
Small “near” event predicted and then fulfilled VERIFIES the larger event it prefigured to occur