1. His first coming was to the Jews
2. His second coming will be for the Gentiles
3. His third coming will be for the Jews at the end.
The first coming of Christ to the Jews
In the beginning of Jesus’ ministry here on Earth, one of the first things that He did was to announce the fulfillment of a prophecy that the Prophet Isaiah made as is recorded in Isaiah 61:1 and part of verse 2.
Luke 4:16-21 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them,
“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
The second coming of Christ for the Gentile Church
The First Resurrection and the Rapture
1st Thessalonians 4: 15-17 for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we forever be with the Lord.
1st Corinthians 15 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
The third coming of Christ for him to be revealed to the Jews.
Revelations 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Revelations 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Many believe that God sent a Prophet to the Church in the 20th century. His name was William Marrion Branham and his ministry lasted from 1933 until 1965 when God removed him from the scene. God sent this man for the purpose of calling His people out of spiritual Babylon, the organized religions that had polluted His Word and blinded His people from the truth.
William Branham was called to be an Evangelist with a gift of Divine healing to draw the people out of where they were in bondage. God gave this man two supernatural gifts to aid him for the purpose of getting the people to believe his message to the church. Along with these two gifts God also gave him the gift of prophecy which was in operation throughout his ministry.
The message that William Branham brought to the people was that God’s Word had been misconstrued so much throughout the years that the truth of the scriptures had been obscured and the people had to return back to the understanding of His Word that had been given to God’s prophets and Apostles in the beginning.
During the ministry of William Branham, he spoke of God sending an anointed Messenger who would be commissioned by Him to reveal the errors that man had polluted the scriptures with and disclose the truths that had been obscured for centuries. In William Branham’s own words he prophesied that this person would come on the scene after his ministry ended. Following is what William Branham prophesied.
"We believe that there is to be a coming of the true spirit of Elijah. It's predicted it would be, see. And we must remember it'll be here in its own season and time. We may be laying the foundation for it now. The last age is a prophetic Message to the Church, calling them back to the original word. If that isn't exactly what the second Elijah is supposed to do when he comes to this Church in this day ---restore back to the original faith.....turn back to the true Word. When the man arrives on the scene, he'll be a Prophet just as certain as I'm standing in this pulpit; and he'll stay right with that Word. He will not take down for nobody's creed or nothing else. That's right."
"It may be time. It may be the hour now that this great person that we're expecting to rise on the scene may rise on the scene. Maybe this ministry that I have tried to take people back to the word has laid a foundation; and if it has, I'll be leaving you for good. There won't be two of us here at the same time. If it is, he'll increase, I'll decrease. I don't know. But I have been privileged by God to look and see what it was... unfold to that much. ..Now that is the truth."
Let me ask you who are followers of William Branham’s Ministry. If you believe him to be a God sent Prophet then why don’t you believe what he said? Please don’t give me that excuse of “that wasn’t a prophecy because he didn’t say “thus Saith the Lord”” He said what he said and meant what he said. Prophecy or not he said it.
Jesus stated, as it is recorded in Matthew 17:11 that the spirit of Elijah would return and restore all things. This restoration of the original Word of God has come to His anointed Messenger for the 21st century restoration and preparation for the 21st century second coming of Christ for His Bride.
For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear
And hearts to understand
This day, this scripture (Matt 17:11) is being fulfilled in your eyes and ears.
