Biblical Concept: The Advents of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Advents[1]
of the Lord[2]
Jesus[3]
Christ[4]:
#1 Man advents (with Adam, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and
Joshua[5]);
#2 Wilderness wandering advents (pillar of cloud and
fire[6]);
#3 Angel of the Lord advents[7];
#4 Messianic[8]
incarnation[9]
advent to earth (Immanuel, Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, Son, Rabbi,
Messiah, King, High Priest, Lord, a Shepherd born amidst domesticated animals,
Himself the sacrificial Lamb of God, Son of Man, Savior, humble and suffering
in life and death);
#5 Advent to heaven (seated at the Father’s right hand,
an advocate[10]);
#6 Advent to the clouds (rapture gathering of His Church[11]);
#7 Advent to the earth to end tribulation and rule for
eternity[12]--Amen.
(Hyperlinks within the following footnotes.)
NAS Matthew 1:21 "And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins."
NAS Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD
God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the LORD God called to the man, and
said to him, "Where are you?" 10 And he said, "I heard the sound
of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid
myself."
NAS Exodus 13:21
And the LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by
night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 22 He did
not take away the pillar of cloud by
day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
NAS 1
Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our
fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 and all
were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the same
spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were
drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.
NAS John 1:41 He *found first his own brother Simon, and *said to him,
"We have found the Messiah" (which translated means Christ).
NAS Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his
father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of
the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush;
and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not
consumed. 3 So Moses said, "I must turn aside now, and see this marvelous
sight, why the bush is not burned up." 4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the
midst of the bush, and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here
I am." 5 Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals
from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." 6
He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid
to look at God.
NAS Hebrews 10:12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all
time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,
NAS Hebrews 7:25 Hence, also, He
is able to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always
lives to make intercession for them.
NAS
Romans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes,
rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for
us.
NAS 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed,
brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest
who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we
say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the
coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the
Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 17 Then
we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
NAS Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white horse,
and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness
He judges and wages war. 12 And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon
His head are many diadems; and He has a name written upon Him which
no one knows except Himself. 13 And He is clothed with a robe dipped in
blood; and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in
heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on
white horses. 15 And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may
smite the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the
wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on
His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried out with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven,
"Come, assemble for the great supper of God; 18 in order that you may eat
the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and
the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both
free men and slaves, and small and great. " 19 And I saw the beast and the
kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat
upon the horse, and against His army. 20 And the beast was seized, and with him
the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image;
these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who
sat upon the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
NAS Isaiah 9:1 But there will be
no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated
the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with
contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea,
on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 2 The people who walk in
darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will
shine on them. 3 Thou shalt multiply the nation, Thou
shalt increase their gladness; They will be glad in
Thy presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide
the spoil. 4 For Thou shalt break the yoke of their
burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the
battle of Midian. 5 For every boot of the booted
warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for
burning, fuel for the fire. 6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be
given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will
be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On
the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with
justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of
hosts will accomplish this.
NAS
Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
"who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
NAS John 1:41 He *found first his own brother Simon, and *said to him,
"We have found the Messiah" (which translated means Christ).
NAS
Daniel 9:25 "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing
of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there
will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza
and moat, even in times of distress. 26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the
Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is
to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with
a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
NAS Genesis 18:1 Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of
the day. 2 And when he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were
standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door
to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,
NAS
Genesis 32:24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until
daybreak. 25 And when he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched
the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he
wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is
breaking." But he said, " I will not let you go unless you bless me.
" 27 So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said,
"Jacob." 28 And he said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob,
but
NAS Exodus 24:9 Then Moses went
up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of
NAS Joshua 5:13 Now it came about
when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold,
a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua
went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?"
14 And he said, "No, rather I indeed come now as captain of the
host of the LORD." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed
down, and said to him, "What has my lord to say to his servant?" 15
And the captain of the LORD'S host said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals
from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua
did so. 6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of
[1] ”A special arrival.” Capitalized: “1. The birth of Christ. . . 3.
The period including four Sundays before Christmas, the first of which is
called Advent Sunday.” Note: An
appearance by the Second Person of Triune God of the Bible, before His
incarnation as God-man, are also called a theophany (theos = God phaino = to appear).
[2] Lord = Kurios (ku,rioj)
= master, owner (emphasis on Divinity).
See Revelation 1:8.
[3] Jesus = Iesous (VIhsou/j) = (Hebrew) Joshua ([;vuAhy>) =
Deliverer. See Matthew 1:21.
[4]
Christ = Christos (Cristo,j)
= (Hebrew) Messiah = Mashicha (x;yvim') = Anointed = See John 1:41 and
Daniel 9:25-26.
[5] See Genesis 3:8-10, Genesis 18:1-2, Genesis 32:24-32, Exodus 24:9-18, and Joshua 5:13-6:2.
[6] See Exodus 13:21-22 and 1 Corinthians 10:1-4.
[7] See Exodus 3:1-6. Note: Angel of the Lord appears in 85 Old Testament verses with diverse contexts.
[9] Incarnation = God and human as One.
[10] See Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 7:25, and Romans 8:34.
[12] See Revelation 19:11-21 and Isaiah 9:1-7.