We are now expecting the second coming of our Lord, which is described nineteen times as Return in the New Testament. The promise for it came from the lips of our beloved Lord and Saviour; it is written in Jn. 14: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (vv. 2-3).

In Heb. 9:28 we read the following about the first and second coming: “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Amen!

The Apostle Peter wrote about this subject in 2. Pet. 1:16: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” (Mat. 17; Mk. 9).

The Apostle James encouraged us in chap. 5:7: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”

Paul wrote about this important subject three times just to the church at Thessalonica: “To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints (who died in Christ).” (1. Ths. 3:13).

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 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 ...” (1. Ths. 4:14-16).

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1. Ths. 5:23).

Brother Branham spoke of three comings of Christ in connection with the Bride Church:

“He came once to redeem His Bride.

He comes the next in the Rapture to catch away His Bride.

He comes again in the Millennium with His Bride.” (March 18, 1962).

In Mat. 25:1-10 it speaks of His coming as Bridegroom: “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The wise virgins who are ready at the Return of Christ form the Bride and will go in with the Bridegroom to the marriage supper (v. 10).

In Rev. 19:7 we read: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”

Even to the last chapter of the book of Revelation, it is always about the Bride. In chap. 21:2 it states: “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”

“And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” (v. 9).

In the last chapter, we are finally shown the total conformity of Bride and Bridegroom: “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” (v. 17).

After this, just as directly at the beginning, comes at the very end once again the serious admonition that nothing may be added to the words of prophecy in this book and nothing may be taken away from what is written therein (Rev. 22:18-19; Rev. 1:1-3).

We are now expecting the second coming of our Lord, which is described nineteen times as Return in the New Testament. The promise for it came from the lips of our beloved Lord and Saviour; it is written in Jn. 14: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (vv. 2-3).

In Heb. 9:28 we read the following about the first and second coming: “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Amen!

The Apostle Peter wrote about this subject in 2. Pet. 1:16: “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” (Mat. 17; Mk. 9).

The Apostle James encouraged us in chap. 5:7: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”

Paul wrote about this important subject three times just to the church at Thessalonica: “To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints (who died in Christ).” (1. Ths. 3:13).

“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 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 ...” (1. Ths. 4:14-16).

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1. Ths. 5:23).

Brother Branham spoke of three comings of Christ in connection with the Bride Church:

“He came once to redeem His Bride.

He comes the next in the Rapture to catch away His Bride.

He comes again in the Millennium with His Bride.” (March 18, 1962).

In Mat. 25:1-10 it speaks of His coming as Bridegroom: “Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The wise virgins who are ready at the Return of Christ form the Bride and will go in with the Bridegroom to the marriage supper (v. 10).

In Rev. 19:7 we read: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.”

Even to the last chapter of the book of Revelation, it is always about the Bride. In chap. 21:2 it states: “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”

“And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” (v. 9).

In the last chapter, we are finally shown the total conformity of Bride and Bridegroom: “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” (v. 17).

After this, just as directly at the beginning, comes at the very end once again the serious admonition that nothing may be added to the words of prophecy in this book and nothing may be taken away from what is written therein (Rev. 22:18-19; Rev. 1:1-3).