Biblical Concept: Erchomai / Come
Vocabulary:
Erchomai / e;rcomai – come, appear (632 occurrences)
Focus:
The focus of this word study will be primarily on the eschatological* occurrences of erchomai. However, more immediately significant ‘appearances’ are also addressed.
*The word arises from the Greek ἔσχατος eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of", and first appeared in English around 1844.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines eschatology as "the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind". (Wikipedia)
Findings:
Eschatological First Advent.
Appearances of fake Christs.
The second coming of Jesus Christ will find people unprepared.
The second coming of Jesus Christ will be unmistakable.
Goal: Alert for the second advent.
Goal: Ready for the second coming.
NAS Matthew 25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory,
and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
“Son of Man comes in His glory”
Relationship: Second coming and angels. (I see
angels now.)
“the kingdom of God after it has come with power”
“in the age to come, eternal life”
NAS Mark 13:26 "And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in clouds with great power and glory.
NAS Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see the
Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of
heaven."
“Thy kingdom come”
Ready, Son of Man, coming, hour, not expect.
Jesus to Pharisees: “The kingdom of God is not coming
with signs to be observed”
Justice, Son of Man, faith.
“age to come”
Appearances of fake Christs.
Mislead, come in My name.
Advent of light.
NAS John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Jesus: “I will come again.”
NAS John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the
truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.
Jesus: “no one comes to the Father, but through
Me.”
Jesus: “I will come to you.”
NAS John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come
to him, and make Our abode with him.
Father and Jesus: “We will come to him.”
Jesus: “I go away, and I will come to you.”
Holy Spirit: Coming helper.
Holy Spirit: coming convictor.
Holy Spirit: coming truth guide.
Jesus coming from heaven into the sky.
The second coming of Jesus Christ will be
unmistakable.
“times of refreshing may come from the presence of
the Lord”
“wait until the Lord comes”
NAS 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the
cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
NAS Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time came, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
“to wait for His Son from heaven”
NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of
the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
NAS Hebrews 10:37 For yet in a very little while, He who is coming
will come, and will not delay.
“antichrist is coming”
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."
“I am coming quickly”
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NAS Matthew 24:5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I
am the Christ,' and will mislead many. (Appearances of fake Christs.)
NAS Matthew 24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear
in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. (The
second coming of Jesus Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS Matthew 24:39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. (The second coming of Jesus Christ will find people unprepared.)
NAS Matthew 24:42 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not
know which day your Lord is coming. (Goal: Alert for the second advent.)
NAS Matthew 24:44 "For this reason you be ready too; for the
Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. (Goal: Ready for the second coming.)
NAS Matthew 25:31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory,
and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. (All)
(“Son of Man comes in His glory”)
NAS Mark 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words
in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed
of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
(Relationship: Second coming and angels.) (I see angels now.)
NAS Mark 9:1 And He was saying to them, "Truly I say to
you, there are some of those who are standing here who shall not taste death
until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power." (“the
kingdom of God after it has come with power”)
NAS Mark 10:30 but that he shall receive a hundred times as much
now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and
children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal
life. (“in the age to come, eternal life”)
NAS Mark 13:26 "And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in clouds with great power and glory. (All) (The second coming of Jesus
Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see the
Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of
heaven." (All) (The second coming of Jesus Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS Luke 11:2 And He said to them, "When you pray, say:
'Father, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. (“Thy
kingdom come”)
NAS Luke 12:40 "You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour that you do not expect." (Goal: Ready for the second
coming.) (Ready, Son of Man, coming, hour, not expect.)
NAS Luke 17:20 Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to
when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, "The
kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; (Jesus to Pharisees: “The
kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed”)
NAS Luke 18:8 "I tell you that He will bring about justice
for them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on
the earth?" (Justice, Son of Man, faith.)
NAS Luke 18:30 who shall not receive many times as much at this
time and in the age to come, eternal life." (“age to come”)
NAS Luke 21:8 And He said, "See to it that you be not
misled; for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is at hand'; do not go after them. (Appearances
of fake Christs.) (Mislead, come in My name.)
NAS Luke 21:27 "And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (The second coming of Jesus
Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS Luke 22:18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit
of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes."
NAS John 11:27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed
that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even
He who comes into the world." (Eschatological First Advent.)
NAS John 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went out
to meet Him, and began to cry out,
"Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King
of Israel." (Eschatological First Advent.)
NAS John 12:15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your
King is coming, seated on a donkey's colt." (Eschatological First Advent.)
NAS John 12:46 "I have come as light into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not
remain in darkness. (Advent of light.)
NAS John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (All) (Jesus: “I
will come again.”)
NAS John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth,
and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me. (All) (Jesus: “no one
comes to the Father, but through Me.”)
NAS John 14:18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will
come to you. (Jesus: “I will come to you.”)
NAS John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come
to him, and make Our abode with him. (All) (Father and Jesus: “We will come to
him.”)
NAS John 14:28 "You heard that I said to you, 'I go away,
and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced, because I go
to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. (Jesus: “I go away, and I will
come to you.”)
NAS John 15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to
you from the Father, that is the
Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness of Me,
(Holy Spirit: Coming helper.)
NAS John 16:7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your
advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to
you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (Holy Spirit: Coming helper.)
NAS John 16:8 "And He, when He comes, will convict the
world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment; (Holy Spirit: coming
convictor.)
NAS John 16:13 "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He
will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative,
but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to
come. (Holy Spirit: coming truth guide.)
NAS John 16:28 "I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again, and going to the Father."
NAS John 17:13 "But now I come to Thee; and these things I
speak in the world, that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
NAS John 20:19 When therefore it was evening, on that day, the
first day of the week, and when the
doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and
stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
NAS John 21:22 Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain
until I come, what is that to you?
You follow Me!"
NAS John 21:23 This saying therefore went out among the brethren
that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would
not die, but only, "If I want
him to remain until I come, what is that to
you?"
NAS Acts 1:11 and they also said, "Men of Galilee, why do
you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into
heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."
(Jesus coming from heaven into the sky.) (The second coming of Jesus Christ
will be unmistakable.)
NAS Acts 2:20 'The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the
moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come. (The
second coming of Jesus Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS Acts 3:19 "Repent therefore and return, that your sins
may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence
of the Lord; (“times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore do not go on passing judgment before
the time, but wait until the Lord
comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and
disclose the motives of men's hearts;
and then each man's praise will come to him from God. (“wait until the Lord comes”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the
cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. (All)
NAS 1 Corinthians 13:10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be
done away.
NAS 1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, "How are the dead
raised? And with what kind of body do they come?"
NAS Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time came, God sent
forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, (All)
NAS Colossians 3:6 For it is on account of these things that the
wrath of God will come,
NAS 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He
raised from the dead, that is Jesus,
who delivers us from the wrath to come. (“to wait for His Son from heaven”)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of
the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. (All)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 1:10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on
that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed-- for our testimony
to you was believed. (The second coming of Jesus Christ will be unmistakable.)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy
comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
NAS Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says,
"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant
With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
NAS Hebrews 10:37 For yet in a very little while, He who is coming
will come, and will not delay. (All)
NAS 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you
heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from
this we know that it is the last hour. (“antichrist is coming”)
NAS 1 John 4:3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is
not from God; and this is the spirit of
the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is
already in the world.
NAS Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and
from the seven Spirits who are before His throne;
NAS Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every
eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth
will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen. (The second coming of Jesus Christ will be
unmistakable.)
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."
(All)
NAS Revelation 3:10 'Because you have kept the word of My
perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the
whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth.
NAS Revelation 3:11 'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in
order that no one take your crown. (“I am coming quickly”)
NAS Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each one of them
having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do
not cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is
the LORD God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come."
NAS Revelation 16:15 ("Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed
is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he walk about naked and
men see his shame.")
NAS Revelation 22:7 "And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is
he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book." (“I am coming
quickly”)
NAS Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man
according to what he has done. (“I am coming quickly”)
NAS Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes,
I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. (“I am coming quickly”)