Up to Jerusalem My Savior Goes to Die but He Will Rise Again

"Chapter 44: The 2d Coming of Jesus Christ," Gospel Principles (2011), 257–62

Looking forwards to the Savior's 2nd Coming

40 days after His Resurrection, Jesus and His Apostles were gathered together on the Mountain of Olives. The fourth dimension had come for Jesus to leave the earth. He had completed all the work that He had to practise at that time. He was to return to our Heavenly Father until the time of His Second Coming.

After He had instructed His Apostles, Jesus ascended into heaven. While the Apostles looked up into the heavens, two angels stood beside them and said, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand up ye gazing upwards into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go" (Acts 1:11).

From that time until the present twenty-four hours, the followers of Jesus Christ have looked forrard to the Second Coming.

What Volition Jesus Do When He Comes Again?

When Jesus Christ comes again to the earth, He will do the following things:

1. He volition cleanse the world. When Jesus comes again, He will come in power and slap-up glory. At that time the wicked volition be destroyed. All things that are corrupt will be burned, and the globe volition be cleansed past fire (see D&C 101:24–25).

2. He volition estimate His people. When Jesus comes again, He volition judge the nations and will carve up the righteous from the wicked (meet Matthew 25:31–46; run across too chapter 46 in this volume). John the Revelator wrote almost this judgment: "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, … and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." The wicked he saw "lived not again until the m years were finished" (Revelation 20:4–5; see also D&C 88:95–98).

3. He will usher in the Millennium. The Millennium is the g-yr menstruum when Jesus will reign on the earth. The righteous volition be defenseless up to meet Jesus at His coming (run across D&C 88:96). His coming will begin the millennial reign. (See chapter 45 in this book.)

   President Brigham Young said:

   "In the Millennium, when the Kingdom of God is established on the earth in power, glory and perfection, and the reign of wickedness that has so long prevailed is subdued, the Saints of God will take the privilege of building their temples, and of entering into them, condign, every bit it were, pillars in the temples of God [see Revelation 3:12], and they will officiate for their dead. Then we will come across our friends come up, and perhaps some that we have been acquainted with here. … And we will have revelations to know our forefathers clear back to Father Adam and Mother Eve, and we volition enter into the temples of God and officiate for them. Then [children] will be sealed to [parents] until the chain is made perfect back to Adam, so that in that location will be a perfect chain of Priesthood from Adam to the winding-upward scene" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young [1997], 333–34).

4. He will complete the First Resurrection. Those who have obtained the privilege of coming forth in the resurrection of the just will ascent from their graves. They will be caught up to run into the Savior as He comes down from heaven. (See D&C 88:97–98.)

   After Jesus Christ rose from the dead, other righteous people who had died were also resurrected. They appeared in Jerusalem and besides on the American continent. (See Matthew 27:52–53; 3 Nephi 23:9–ten.) This was the beginning of the First Resurrection. Some people accept been resurrected since then. Those who already take been resurrected and those who will be resurrected at the time of His coming will all inherit the glory of the angelic kingdom (see D&C 76:50–70).

   After the resurrection of those who will inherit celestial glory, another group volition be resurrected: those who volition receive a terrestrial glory. When all these people have been resurrected, the Showtime Resurrection will be completed.

   The wicked who are living at the time of the 2d Coming of the Lord will exist destroyed in the flesh. They, forth with the wicked who are already dead, will accept to wait until the concluding resurrection. All of the remaining dead will rise to meet God. They will either inherit the telestial kingdom or be bandage into outer darkness with Satan (see D&C 76:32–33, 81–112).

5. He will take His rightful identify as Rex of heaven and earth. When Jesus comes, He will establish His regime on the earth. The Church building will become part of that kingdom. He volition dominion all the people of the earth in peace for i,000 years.

   When Jesus Christ first came to the globe, He did not come in glory. He was born in a lowly stable and laid in a manger of hay. He did not come with great armies as the Jews had expected of their Savior. Instead, He came saying, "Love your enemies, … do proficient to them that hate y'all, and pray for them which despitefully use you lot" (Matthew 5:44). He was rejected and crucified. But He will not exist rejected at His Second Coming, "for every ear shall hear it, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess" that Jesus is the Christ (D&C 88:104). He will exist greeted every bit "Lord of lords, and King of kings" (Revelation 17:14). He volition be called "Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah nine:half-dozen).

• What are your thoughts and feelings as you contemplate the events of the 2d Coming?

How Will We Know When the Savior's Coming Is Most?

When Jesus Christ was born, very few people knew that the Savior of the world had come. When He comes again, in that location will be no uncertainty who He is. No one knows the exact fourth dimension that the Savior will come again. "Of that solar day and hour knoweth no human being, no, not the angels of sky, but my Begetter merely" (Matthew 24:36; see also D&C 49:seven).

The Lord used a parable to give the states an idea of the time of His coming:

"Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her co-operative is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is most:

"So ye in like style, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nearly, even at the doors" (Mark thirteen:28–29).

The Lord has also given us some signs to let us know when His coming is nigh. Later on revealing the signs, He cautioned:

"Watch therefore: for ye know non what hour your Lord doth come. …

"… Exist ye as well ready: for in such an hour as ye think non the Son of human cometh" (Matthew 24:42, 44).

For more information well-nigh how nosotros volition know when Jesus's 2nd Coming is virtually, see affiliate 43 in this volume.

How Tin We Be Ready When the Savior Comes?

The best way we can set up for the Savior'due south coming is to accept the teachings of the gospel and make them role of our lives. We should alive each day the best nosotros tin, merely as Jesus taught when He was on the earth. Nosotros can look to the prophet for guidance and follow his counsel. We can live worthy to have the Holy Ghost guide usa. So we volition expect frontward to the Savior'southward coming with happiness and not with fear. The Lord said: "Fright non, little flock, the kingdom is yours until I come up. Behold, I come quickly. Even and so. Amen" (D&C 35:27).

• Why should nosotros be concerned about our preparedness rather than the verbal timing of the Second Coming?

Boosted Scriptures

• John xiv:two–3; Matthew 26:64 (Jesus to prepare a place and come over again)

• Malachi three:two–iii; 4:1; D&C 64:23–24 (earth to be burned)

• D&C 133:41–51 (wicked to be destroyed)

• Matthew thirteen:xl–43 (the Judgment predicted)

• 1 Corinthians 15:twoscore–42; D&C 76; 88:17–35 (kingdoms of celebrity)

• D&C 43:29–xxx; 29:11 (the Savior's coming will usher in the Millennium)

• Articles of Faith 1:10 (Jesus to reign)

• Alma 11:43–44; 40:23 (the Resurrection explained)

• D&C 88:96–98 (the dead to rise)

• Zechariah xiv:9; Revelation xi:fifteen; ane Nephi 22:24–26 (Jesus to reign as King)

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Source: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-44-the-second-coming-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

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