The Coming Messiah | Dr. Conrad Vine

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 40:3

“A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.’”

Mark 1:4-8

“In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he proclaimed, ‘The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’”

Genesis 3:15

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Galatians 4:4-5

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.”

Genesis 12:3

“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Numbers 24:17

“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.”

Psalm 2:7

“I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have become your father.’”

Matthew 3:17

“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.’”

Isaiah 7:14

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”

Luke 1:26-27

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.”

Malachi 4:5

“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.”

Matthew 11:14

“And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.”

Zechariah 11:12

“I told them, ‘If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.’ So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.”

Psalm 22:1

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Matthew 27:46

“About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’).”

Psalm 22:18

“They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.”

Matthew 27:35

“When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.”

Psalm 34:20

“He protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.”

John 19:33-36

“But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs… These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: ‘Not one of his bones will be broken.’”

Isaiah 53

“Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering… But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities…”

Romans 5:6-8

“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Psalm 16:10

“Because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.”

Matthew 24:24

“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”

2 Thessalonians 2:9

“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie.”

Revelation 18:1

“After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.”

Exodus 34:5-7

“The Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.”

Psalm 117:2

“For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.”

Acts 1:11

“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Revelation 1:7

“Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”

Mark 13:26-27

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.”

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

“For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”

2 Peter 3:10

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.”

Revelation 6:12-14

“When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth… The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.”

Revelation 6:15-17

“The kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?’”

James 2:19

“You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”

Mark 13:11

“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

Isaiah 35:10

“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

Memorable Quotes

“I can’t wait for Jesus to come again because when Jesus comes again, it’s not just that he comes in the clouds of glory. It’s all human suffering comes to an end in that moment. No more human suffering, no more animal suffering, no more suffering anywhere on planet Earth.”

“Every time that the announcement of Jesus is coming goes around the world, Satan runs interference every single time.”

“John the Baptist didn’t waste time on extraneous fluff. He got straight to the point because why? Because souls are precious and time is short.”

“When Jesus comes again, every eye will see him. You’re not going to have to be told he’s in Manhattan or New Delhi or the deserts of Nevada. It’s going to be unmistakable.”

“Satan transforms himself into an angel of light. But while he bears the appearance in every particular, as far as appearance goes, he is not Christ.”

“We somehow believe that in four years one man or one woman can take the nation in this direction or that direction is going to be the right direction. We love political messiah figures.”

“Our faith does not depend on miracles. Faith comes through the hearing of the word of God. Faith comes through God changing our hearts moment by moment.”

“Satan throws dust in our eyes—career, finances, godless ideologies, the political movements of our time. Anything to keep our eyes from focusing on the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ.”

“Love the truth is the antidote to deception.”

“We are to bear fruit worthy of repentance in our own lives as we wait for the coming of the Messiah the second time.”

“The coming of Jesus is not just a blessed hope. It’s humanity’s only hope.”

“God is looking for people who will love the truth, share the truth, and stand up for the truth.”

“A martyr in the time of Christ in the New Testament was somebody who testified that they were a servant, a follower of Christ in a Roman law court knowing that it could lead to their death.”

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Jesus wants us to be living martyrs for him, living witnesses to the truth that he is coming back and coming for his own.”

“When Jesus comes again, the whole world is going to know it. You’re not going to be sleeping through this.”

“The earth is going to melt down with heat at the arrival of Jesus Christ. This is something you’re not going to miss.”

“God describes heaven in a way that people from every corner of the globe say, ‘I want to be there.’”

“It’s our privilege as Seventh-day Adventists to announce the coming of the Messiah in Kihei and across Maui and across Hawaii and to the ends of the earth.”

“If you’re not part of that movement yet, then I pray that God, by God’s grace, you will be one day soon to announce the coming of Jesus.”

“This movement that God has raised to announce the coming of Jesus Christ, we are part of that movement here tonight.”

“God is good. And this prize here is worth fighting for.”

Other Quotations

Ellen G. White, 1889

“Satan will work wonders before men to make the world believe him to be the Christ come the second time to our world. He transforms himself into an angel of light. But while he bears the appearance in every particular, as far as appearance goes, he is not Christ.”