Preface

The Second Coming of Jesus Christ has remained one of the most anticipated, discussed, and perhaps most difficult themes in Christian theology for two millennia. It is a joyful and anticipated event, yet at the same time terrifying in its uncertainty.

Attempting to delve deeper into this topic leads us to a tangled labyrinth of symbols, numbers, and prophetic images that seem impossible to piece together. Often, studying apocalyptic events resembles trying to assemble a 10,000-piece puzzle, where half of the pieces seem to belong to different pictures.

The book you hold in your hands—“The Second Coming: What, Where, How”—was born from a deep internal need for clarity. Its goal is not simply to retell familiar biblical stories, but to conduct a thorough “inventory” of sacred texts. The author set before himself the task of researching and gathering together all the testimonies of the Holy Scripture and systematizing them, constructing a rigorous, logical, and internally consistent picture of the Second Coming.

This isn’t just a list of biblical texts. It’s an attempt to conduct a comparative analysis and discover a system. We’ll examine in detail such fundamental events as:

• Resurrection of the dead: who, when and in what order will rise from the dust?

• The rapture of the Church: How does this event relate to world history and the Great Tribulation?

• The Battle of Armageddon: the end of the earthly confrontation or the beginning of a new era?

This book devotes special attention to Old Testament prototypes (prefigurations). We often forget that the New Testament does not begin a new history, but rather completes the one begun in the Old Testament. By uncovering ancient imagery, we will see that the Second Coming was foretold in detail thousands of years before Christ’s incarnation.

This book is intended for those who are not content with fragmentary knowledge and desire a complete and organized picture of the Second Coming. The author does not claim to know the exact “day and hour,” but invites you to an honest and in-depth study of God’s Word, so that each piece of the prophetic mosaic can find its place. It’s time to put aside guesswork and put every puzzle piece in its place!

Maksim Tatulchenkov