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Who is coming again?
The closer
Rev. 1:7-8
“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who
pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even
so, Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the
Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Who is coming? JESUS. We know this because he was the one pierced and he
said of himself “Nevertheless,
I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of
the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
(Matt. 26:64) Zech 12:10 tells us they will morn for the one pierced like an
only son.
Rev. 4:8 ‘The four living
creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they
do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”’
Again John tells us Jesus is
the almighty God, for he identifies
himself as the one who was and is and is to come.
Rev. 16:5-7
we hear a conversation taking place that shows the similarity of judgments of
Moses that takes place in the Tribulation period. V.5 “And I heard the angel of
the waters saying: "You are righteous, O Lord, the One who is and who was and
who is to be, because You have judged these things. For they have shed the
blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For it is
their just due." And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord
God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments."
Rev.
11:16-18 And the
twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and
worshiped God, saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, the
One who is and who was and who is to come, because You have taken Your great
power and reigned. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and
the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward
Your servants the prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your name, small
and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth."
What wrath? The wrath of the
Lamb (Rev.6:16-17, which ends in the wrath of Almighty God, called Armageddon)
John says, “And when I saw Him,
I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do
not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. "I am He who lives, and was dead,
and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and
of Death.” (Rev. 1:17-18)
Who died? JESUS, as a man he
experienced death and was the firstborn, the first to be raised with an
incorruptible body, he is the first fruits of the resurrection.
Rev 22:12-13 "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me,
to give to every one according to his work. "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."
The one who says he is coming
quickly (said 3 other times in the book of Revelation) tells us he is the the
eternal one the first and the last.
Rev. 2:8 "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the
First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:”
Who died? JESUS - He called Himself the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and
the End, the First and the Last.
Rev. 21:6
And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and
the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who
thirsts.”
Who gives the water to drink? JESUS
Come to Jesus – He is the Almighty God that came to earth
as man died for your sins and rose again so you might have the same resurrection
unto eternal life.
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