Biblécrits
W. Kelly presents in great detail the heavenly hope, which will be crowned by the coming of the Lord in grace, in the clouds, to the heavenly saints (John 14; 1 Thess. 4; 1 Cor. 15). It has nothing to do with any event, near or distant, which would be linked to the current history of this world. It speaks to the hearts of true believers in the church and revives their affections for the Lord, the Bridegroom who is coming “soon” (Rev. 22:16 and 20). It is clearly distinguished from his coming (or more precisely from the appearance of his coming) in judgment, on earth, with the heavenly saints.
The confusion between these two comings of the Lord, based for a very long time on a bad translation of 2 Thess. 2:1-2, is developed in great detail. More recent critiques of this scriptural distinction are also analyzed carefully and with great clarity.