And how about the saints of God? Are they with Him at the Second Coming as clearly taught in Scripture (Duet. 33:2; Zach. 14:5; 1 Thess. 3:13, 4:14; Jude vs. 14)? In this vein , do the angels wear the righteousness of the saints? Or do people? Interesting question, because if it is people, then people are with the Lord and at the Wedding Feast before the traditional Second Coming, and very much a part of the Army of the Lord (Joel 2:2; Rev. 19:8, 14). By the way, the answer is angels don’t wear the righteousness of the saints, for the exegetical context dictates it is the Bride who has made herself ready, not the angels who are holy already (Rev. 19:7-8)!!!

So when Christ is the Bright & Morning Star, or the first light after the night at the Second Coming (the dawn of that Day), is He really saying it's okay to be disobedient to the commands of the earlier watches of the night (Mark 13:33-37; Rev. 3:3, 16:15)? For He won't return until the dawn of That Day? Until the traditional Second Coming?

By the way, Second Coming Only Theology is disobedience in action—just like it is to teach and believe in the at-once pre-trib or pre-night Rapture. For both teachings negate the night and the Day of the Lord, which comes just as Christ does, as a thief in the night (1 Thess. 5:3). And that clearly is not the dawning of That Day!

Now Second Coming Theology denies the rightful beginning of the Lord’s Day prior night, when the antichrist and the Great Apostasy is revealed to the Church (2 Thess. 2:2-3). Conversely, some in Second Coming Only Theology place the beginning of the Lord’s Day deep into the Tribulation Night at the appearance of cosmic signs. This is a great error (the opening of the sixth seal).

In sum, Second Coming Theology is a false theology that nullifies the Blessed Hope; it denies the Woman clothed with the sun, or Bride which is in Heaven (Rev. 12:1). It denies the Open Door to Philadelphia (Rev. 3:10); it denies that the faithful of Thyatira will escape the Great Tribulation, whereas the unfaithful of Thyatira won’t (Rev. 2:22-24); it denies the fact that Ephesus is in danger of having her candlestick removed in Revelation 2:5 (which is to have her rightful place of salvation put on hold); it denies the fact that Smyrna represents Tribulation converts after the Church is redeemed (In ancient times, a king would leave myrrh on the doorstep of His unresponsive but prospective bride, reminding her that He had called during the night—myrrh is the meaning of Smyrna’s name.)

Second Coming Only Theology denies the fact that Laodicea must open her door upon Christ standing in judgment and knocking on her closed door (Note: Christ is prophesied in both Testaments to sit by His Father until all enemies are made his footstool—when He stands it can only be judgment of the Church.). If she doesn't repent, Laodicea will be spit out of the mouth of Christ and lose her salvation (If so, she will no longer be in the Lord’s mouth to confess her to the Father.).

Will the Son of man catch many SLEEPING at the end of a devastating seven-year Tribulation at the dawn of That Day? Moreover, can the “hour you think not” (Matt. 24:44) be a surprise at the end of a horrendous seven-year Tribulation? Or is the surprise of Christ’s coming much sooner than that?

Is midnight the dawn of That Day, as Second Coming Only Theology proponents would have us believe? Or is midnight much earlier in the night?  Are there those who teach “the Lord delayeth His coming,” just as the Bible foretells? Or is Second Coming Only Theology true?

Consider then, two shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left. . . . If the good saints are the ones left behind (This is a Second Coming Only Teaching mistakenly based on Matthew 13:30.), are they working for a living right before the Second Advent at the end of the Tribulation? Will good saints receive the mark of the Beast (Rev. 13:17)?

Here are a few more questions: In the Great Tribulation, why does an angel preach the everlasting gospel (Rev. 14:6)? Where is the Church? Second Coming Only Theology? Behold, I come quickly”; almost twenty centuries later, surely the Lord will. But how can Christ’s Quick Coming possibly fit Second Coming Only Theology wherein only the sign of the Son of man is beheld at first (Matt. 24:30)?

The first shall be last, and the last first. Since this verse is always given in the strict context of literally reaping eternal life (Matt. 19:30; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30), how can it possibly fit the At-Once Rapture Teaching? Or Second Coming Only Theology?

But go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves” (Matt. 25:9)? After the so-called at-once Rapture, who will be left behind to go to them that sell? To go to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? After the traditional Second Coming, who will be left behind to go to them that sell? Moreover, if the foolish were lost, why would the wise intentionally lie to them, imparting hope? Is that a Christian thing to do?

Only a few in Sardis will walk with Christ in white. Can only a few be descriptive of an at-once pre-trib Rapture of the entire Church? Descriptive of Second Coming Only Theology? In all of this, the night-trib position is correct—watch therefore in that Night—the Tribulation Night, just as we are commanded (Mark 13:33:37; Rev. 3:3, 16:15)!

Newly Revised May/2/2011

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