Well, Advent is a season for waiting.

Of course, we are not waiting for the birth of Christ any longer, but we are awaiting the

second advent of Christ, his return to earth.

And those two Advents are not far removed from one another, nor should they be.

Christmas is a very fitting time to dwell on the return of Christ.

But will Christ return in the future one more time or two more times?

It's a good question from a listener named Nick.

Pastor John, thanks for this podcast.

I know this is a huge debate, but I would love your thoughts.

How many times is Jesus coming back?

Is he coming back in the rapture, according to 1st Thessalonians 4, 16 to 17,

and then returning a second time to defeat Satan, according to Revelation 19, 11 to 21?

Pastor John is Christ returning one more time or two more times?

My understanding of the New Testament is that Jesus promised he would return,

and that in this returning he would do a final rescue for those who are trusting him

and a final judgment to those who are not believing in him.

I don't think there are two comings of Christ in the future, but only one.

Most of those who believe that Christ will come twice,

believe that the first return, the first of the two,

is the coming of the Lord to snatch away the church out of the world,

called the rapture in the question, to snatch away the church back to heaven for seven years,

usually, while the great tribulation happens on earth.

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