Imminent Coming

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: — read the full passage →

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, Lord!

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” — read the full passage →

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, — read the full passage →

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

Therefore when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

Most certainly I tell you, this generationwill not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”

I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.

“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war. — read the full passage →

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, — read the full passage →

He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.

Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!” — read the full passage →

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. — read the full passage →

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you — read the full passage →

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, — read the full passage →

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, — read the full passage →

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. — read the full passage →

There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

As it was in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.