The Second Coming
Matthew 24:23-31
I. Deception (23-28)
A. Deceiving Titles
1. Messiah
2. Prophet
B. Deceiving Miracles
1. Matthew 12:38-39a, “An evil and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign;”
2. Matthew 7:21-23, “Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity”
C. Deceiving Places
1. False christs will copy His first coming
2. 2nd Coming will be different
a. Visible everywhere simultaneously (lightning)
b. Comparison of them as carcases
1. No life in them
2. Those who seek death will flock to them
II. Disruption (29)
A. End of tribulation when Jesus comes
B. Signs in the heavens by the hand of God
1. Joel 2:10-11, “The earth shall quake before them;
the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall
be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army:
for his camp is very great: for he is strong that
executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is
great and very terrible; and who can abide it?”
2. Revelation 6:13-14, “And the stars of heaven fell
unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her
untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved
out of their places”
III. Disclosure (30-31)
A. Sign of the Son of Man in Heaven
1. Jesus Himself coming in the clouds
2. Matthew 16:27a, “For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels”
B. Gathering of the elect
1. ‘Elect’ – saved of the tribulation
a. Romans 11:26-27, “And so all Israel shall be saved:
as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins”
b. Jeremiah 24:7, “And I will give them an heart to
know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God: for they shall
return unto me with their whole heart”
2. Will be gathered to Christ
a. Isaiah 43:5-7, “Fear not: for I am with thee: I will
bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from
the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to
the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far,
and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even
every one that is called by my name”
