The Messiah is Not Coming Back Once, But Two More Times

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.  First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.  Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.”  1 Thessalonians 4:16 -18

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.  

These scriptures describe the resurrection/rapture.  But they are not the only ones, Jesus also spoke a lot about the resurrection and rapture which is actually one event with the resurrection happening first and then the rapture.

Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.  Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.   Matthew 24:40-41

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many 
miracles?’  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’   Matthew 7:21-23

In the above scriptures Jesus is talking about the resurrection/rapture. This is his 2nd coming.   This is when he comes FOR his saints.   He takes them off this earth at the beginning of the Tribulation and they spend 7 years in heaven getting ready for when they will come back with Jesus to set up his Kingdom on earth.   This will be his 3rd coming.   These are the scriptures that refer to his 3rd coming.

“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four 
winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”  Matthew 24:30-31

“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True…  His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.  He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.  The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.  Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.  On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:  king of kings and lord of lords.  Revelation 19:11-16

Some confuse these scriptures with Jesus’ 2nd coming, the rapture coming but they don’t refer to that.   For example in Matthew 24:30-31 above, the people on earth will SEE the Son of Man coming.  This is why it can’t refer to the ressurection/rapture because at that coming no one will 
SEE him.  It will be in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, and he will not come to earth, the saints will meet him in the clouds.  That is why this scripture has to refer to his 3rd coming when he comes to set up his Kingdom on earth.   This is why this scripture does not refer to the rapture coming and why the rapture does not happen at the end of the Tribulation but at the beginning.