The Second Coming Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on the second coming bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Acts 1:11 (KJV)
How did the angels say Jesus would return?
Answer: This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven
Study note. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Lesson 2 · Matthew 24:36 (KJV)
What did Jesus say no man knows?
Answer: The day and hour of His coming — no man knoweth, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only
Study note. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Lesson 3 · Matthew 24:37 (KJV)
What did Jesus say His coming would be like?
Answer: As the days of Noah were
Study note. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark.
Lesson 4 · 1 Corinthians 15:51 (KJV)
What will happen at the sound of the last trump according to 1 Corinthians 15?
Answer: The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed
Study note. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Lesson 5 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)
What does 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 say about the Lord's descent?
Answer: 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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air
Study note. 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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Lesson 6 · Revelation 3:3 (KJV)
What did Jesus say to the church at Sardis about His coming?
Answer: I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee
Study note. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Lesson 7 · Revelation 19:11 (KJV)
How is Jesus described in Revelation 19 when He comes?
Answer: Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war
Study note. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Lesson 8 · Titus 2:13 (KJV)
What does Titus 2:13 call the appearing of Christ?
Answer: The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ
Study note. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Lesson 9 · John 14:3 (KJV)
What did Jesus say about His coming in John 14?
Answer: I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also
Study note. 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.
Lesson 10 · Matthew 25:31 (KJV)
What did Jesus say would happen when the Son of man comes in His glory?
Answer: He shall sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations
Study note. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does the second coming bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?