First and Third Comings (Poem)

As we on Earth look up, and those in Heaven look down,

Anticipating The Lord’s THIRD coming event,

When on Earth, He will sit on His Throne,

wearing God’s crown,

Now’s the time to compare and contrast His THREE advents.

His first arrival was heralded by angels singing,

And by gift-bearing men from the East who were so very wise.

The third time, He’ll be lauded by an archangel shouting.

Of gift-laden saints and angels, His entourage will comprise. ¹

First time, in a dingy manger, as a babe He was laid,

In a smelly stable kept warm by animals’ bods,

His third time, on God’s Throne, sinners on Earth

He will upbraid.

Into a bottomless pit He’ll cast all devil squads! ²

In strips of cloth his parents did tightly swaddle,

Their heavenly gift upon His first arrival.

Unwrapped, He’ll return to bang God’s justice gavel,

While wearing Heaven’s royal, glory apparel.

First time, t’was just a few shepherds who

left their posts to see,

The marvelous news over which angels lit the night sky.

The third time, families will send reps to attend His feasts!

On lands of those who refuse to come, rain He will deny! ³

He first came to a land captured by Jacob’s progeny,

About 6 centuries after Babylon’s invasions.

He’ll return to expand and reshape its geography,

And to all Jews, make His Messianic declaration! ⁴

In the second temple, He was circumcised,

Giving it greater glory than Solomon’s temple.

In the fourth temple, He will be GLORIFIED!

The third won’t survive an earthquake that will be GLOBAL!! ⁵

He first came under Rome’s iron-fisted, world rule,

As the first child of His parents who were paupers.

Next, He’ll come to upend satan’s anti-Christ fool,

Then wield His own iron-rod over survivors! ⁶

Under Heaven’s banner of peace was His first arrival,

To pay for sin, so from its penalty we can be absolved.

Next, on war-footing He’ll come, speaking His ‘Word arsenal’!

The flesh of all Gog and Magog warriors …will be dissolved! ⁷

First came one who, before Him, in ministry, abounded,

John, The Baptist, who would turn folks hearts to repentance.

Next time, by 2 Elijah-types, folks will be confounded!

They’ll terrorize, die, then resurrect in folks’ presence!!! ⁸

In His first advent, only to Israel was He assigned,

Children of Jacob who, against all things Godly, contrived.

Next time, to Him every aspect of life will be re-aligned,

For folks who, the apocalypse judgments,

will have survived.

He grew up under an occupier force’s heel,

Rome’s delegated authority in Israel misused.

When He returns, He’ll ‘bring ALL world governments to heel’,

Under the same ‘heel’ that, on Calvary,

satan one day bruised. ⁹

To facilitate His ministry, He selected only 12 men,

Disciples who became apostles, His Gospel to spread.

To facilitate His monarchy, He’s electing those born again,

Who embrace Him as Savior; though for ALL,  His blood was shed.

At His first coming, for just 33 years, He was with us,

His life cut short to achieve His Father’s salvation purpose.

When He returns, for 1,000 years, He’ll display God’s genius.

Then, after ‘a little while’, He’ll reveal the new Earth, GLORIOUS! ¹⁰

He first came to die, then dominate him
who had death’s power.

Thus, He broke sin’s ‘second death power’ over every man.

With ‘angel-like saints’, He will return,

us whom He’ll empower.

To all the world, we’ll be trophies of God’s salvation plan!

There is so much more to compare and contrast,

About the life of Jesus back then,

and His soon coming global reign,

For sure…

His will be a government that’s un-surpassed.

So I hope you are inspired, Friend,

to join His recruitment campaign. ¹¹

Having compared and contrasted these two comings,

For you, I trust the picture is less blurred.

Ponder this: Most saints will know when He’s returning!!! ¹²

How does this comport with what you have heard??

While His history and predictions are pertinent,

There is one thing that, to me, is very relevant:

If, to His Word and ways, I will remain vigilant,

I will be with Him on His return, so imminent!

Will you?

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¹ See: Awaiting His THIRD Coming, Zechariah 14:5, and Matthew 24:29-31. NB: This coming will NOT be what Apostle Paul predicted in 1 Thessalonians 4:17.

² See: Revelation 20:1-3. He will rule all of Earth with a proverbial ‘rod of iron’. 

³ Of three pilgrimage feasts God ordained for Israel (Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles), only in the annual Feast of Tabernacles will Jesus, as Earth’s Global King, require/command annual representation of (remnant) families in nations that fought against Israel, presumably in the 1st War of Gog and Magog. (Ezekiel 38:5 - 6, Zechariah 12:9 and 14:16-19). Gog may be satan’s chief demon. Revelation 20 signals he will trigger the final rebellion of mankind against all things Godly. 

⁴ See: Zechariah 22:10-14. 

⁵ Ezekiel 40 - 48 describe the fourth temple compound on a plot that is far larger than today’s second temple compound. See: Revelation 16:17-21.

⁶ See: Psalm 2:9, and Revelation 2:27, 12:5 and 19:11:21. 

⁷ See: Zechariah 14:12, and Revelation 19:19-21.

⁸ See: Revelation 11:3-14. Shocking! 

⁹ See: Genesis 3:15 and Isaiah 53:5, 10

¹⁰ See: Revelation 20:3-10. Where might Jesus, His angels and saints be during this ‘little while’??

¹¹ Please pray this poetic Prayer of Salvation (Poem).

¹² Why are so many of us looking for His return onto Earth? That may signal a fundamental error in our understanding of the sequence of events revealed in The New Testament. The fallacy is equating the resurrection and ‘on the cloud’ rapture event for all bona fide 3rd age saints, with His return ‘onto the Earth’ for His Millennial Reign. These are separate events. For much more on this, please see: Bible Raptures - Types and Timings (Series).