Manner of Christ’s Coming

Does Christ Come at Time of Death?

Is Christ coming again?BR-ASI9 228.1

“I will come again.” John 14:3.BR-ASI9 228.2

How does Paul speak of this coming?BR-ASI9 228.3

“Unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:28.BR-ASI9 228.4

Did the early disciples think that death would be the second coming of Christ?BR-ASI9 228.5

“Peter seeing him [John] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou Me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?” John 21:21-23.BR-ASI9 228.6

Note.—From this it is evident that the early disciples regarded death and the coming of Christ as two separate events.BR-ASI9 228.7

“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.’ Some people say that means death; but the Word of God does not say it means death. Death is our enemy, but our Lord hath the keys of Death; He has conquered death, hell and the grave. . . . Christ is the Prince of Life; there is no death where He is; death flees at His coming; dead bodies sprang to life when He touched them or spoke to them. His coming is not death; He is the resurrection and the life; when He sets up His kingdom there is to be no death, but life forevermore.”—D. L. Moody, The Second Coming of Christ (Revell), pp. 10, 11.BR-ASI9 228.8