Christ Will Return Literally and Visibly to the Earth

(a)
Old Testament passages

Psalm 110:1, Jeremiah 3:17; Zechariah 14:4; Job 19:25; Psalm 102:16



(b)
New Testament passages

Acts 1:11; Acts 3:20-21; Hebrews 9:28; 2 Timothy 4:1; Matthew 25:31; Revelation 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2:19; 4:15,16; 5:2, 23; 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 10;2:2.

Christ is Coming to Re-Establish God’s Kingdom On Earth

Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:4-11; Psalm 72; Daniel 2:44; Acts 1:6;15:16; Revelation 11:15


Christ Will Come as a Thief

1 Thessalonians 5:2
Christ comes as a thief
1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
Resurrection and gathering together to him.
2 Thessalonians 2:1

2 Thessalonians 1:10
Comes to be glorified in his saints.


Christ Comes as a Thief Before the Battle of Armageddon

Revelation 16:15-16
               

At the Battle of Armageddon Christ Will be Revealed to the World

Revelation 1:7; Zechariah 14:9
       

Details of His Revelation

Zechariah 14
:2
Armageddon

:3
Divine intervention

:4
Great earthquake as Christ and saints come to Mount of Olives.

:9
The ultimate result.

Christ is Going to Establish World Government at Jerusalem

Micah 4
:1
House of Prayer to be established at Jerusalem (Matthew 21:13)

:2
World government – one religion – Christ’s throne to be there

:3
World-wide government – peace on earth.

:4
Family life to be restored
Matthew 5
:35
Jerusalem to become city of Great King.

The Basis of the Establishment of this World-Wide Kingdom will be the Return of the Jews to the Land of Israel


Ezekiel 37
:21
Regathering

:22
One nation

:23
Turn to God (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:26)

:24
Christ to be king (David means beloved)

:25
Dwell forever in land

:26
Have peace

:26, 27,28
Temple to be built.

World-Wide Pilgrimage of People to Worship at Temple

Isaiah 2:3-4; Jeremiah 3:17; Zechariah 8:20-23; Zechariah 14:16