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HEBREWS 9:28

"THE PURPOSE OF HIS
COMING"
(To prepare for His second coming.

Intro: We have seen that Jesus came to reveal the Father; to give us life; to destroy
       the works of the devil; to seek and to save the lost. These purposes are not
       universally fulfilled. The same message can produce divergent results, "the
       preaching of the cross...

I. IN ORDER TO FULFILL ALL THE PROPHESIES, JESUS MUST COME AGAIN.
        A. Many O.T. prophesies of Messiah still unfulfilled.
                1. "For unto us a child is born..."
                2. He is to bring universal peace and righteousness
                3. Pain and suffering are to be removed physical maladies will be  gone.
        B. Many prophesies in N.T.
                1. Let not your heart be troubled ...
                2. Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye here...
                3. And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven
                   with great glory.

II. HIS FIRST COMING WAS TO PREPARE US FOR HIS SECOND.
        A. Not all will be allowed to enter into the Kingdom age.
                1. Just those who are overcomers. "He that overcometh shall inherit
                   all things."
                2. No defiling influence will be allowed Rev. 21:27.
        B. He is preparing a place for me but He is also preparing me for that place.
                1. He has through His first coming.

a. Made provision for my sin. How?
b. Made provision for my weakness. How?
c. Made provision for my victory. How?
                2. Had He not come the first time, I could not have been prepared for
                   His second coming.
                3. His first coring was to take care of the sin issue. Text.
                4. His second coming will be to complete our.
        C. The three aspects of our change.
                1. I was changed. "If any man be in..."
                2. I am being changed. "And we with open..."
                3. I shall be changed. "Beloved I show you..."

Ill. THE FIRST COMING WAS NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND  COMING.
        A. Sin had to be dealt with.
        B. The second coming is necessary to fulfill the first coming.
                1. We do not yet see all His purposes fulfilled.

a. Not all walk in clear light of God
b. Not all have the abundant life.
c. Not all Satan's works destroyed.
d. Not all the lost are saved.
        "But now we see not yet all things put under Him, but we see Jesus."