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What will happen at the second coming?

Answered by . November 14, 2009 - 4:58 am

We don’t know the exact details, but here’s a rough account, based on the Bible, of what might happen: –

  • Jesus will return to the earth from heaven (Acts 1:11).
  • The people – those who are alive, and also those who are dead (they will be raised to life) – who knew about him and the gospel will all be gather together to be judged (1 Thess. 4:16-17; John 12:46-48).
  • There will be a judgement of these people:
    • Those who were faithful friends of Jesus will be given immortality (Mat. 25:33-36&46; 1 Cor. 15:22-23).
    • Those who were unfaithful to the gospel message will be rejected (Mat. 25:41-43&46).
  • At about this time, in the world Israel will be in trouble from an enemy that is called in the Bible the ‘king of the North’ (Ezek. 38:8&15-16).
    • The Lord God sends His son, Jesus, with the now immortal believers to save the natural Children of Israel (Isa. 63:1; Zech. 14:3-5).
    • There is a massive battle that (at least partially) subdues the nations (Ezek. 38:18-19&21-23; Zech. 14:12).
    • The natural Children of Israel realise, because he saves them, that Jesus is the Messiah and they serve him (Zech. 12:9-10).
  • The immortal believers now help Jesus rule the earth for ‘1,000 years’ (a millennium), teaching the mortal population about God (Rev. 20:6; 5:10; Zech. 14:9; Isa. 2:3-4).
  • At the end of this time some of the mortal population will revolt against Jesus’ rule, and they will be destroyed (Rev. 20:7-9).
  • After this, there will be another judgement – this time it will be a judgement of all the people who were mortal during the millennium time.
    • As with before, those who were faithful to Jesus’ rule and teaching will be given immortality (Rev. 20:11-14).
    • But those who have not been faithful will be rejected (Rev. 20:15).
  • After this second judgement Jesus hands the kingdom over to God and the events of Rev. 21 happen; God actually dwells with His people and is ‘all in all’. We do not truly know what this wonderful time will be like (1 Cor. 15:24&28; Rev. 21:1-4).

See also: What happens after Christ’s 1000 year reign?

2 Replies to “What will happen at the second coming?”

  1. If you study, not read your bible but study, then you will know that God isn’t messing around.

    How much information do you need to know about the end of the world. Are we that much in fear?

    The bible is very clear, you want to be in the air with Jesus when he comes back, you do not want stay here, anyone who is still here will never feel love again. * Thess. 4:16-17; John 12:46-48).

    But the scripture that people really don’t wanna read is (Amos 5:18-20)
    and the story of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31)

    If you worry yourself about the things that are going to happen, then were do you make preparation to make sure they don’t happen to you.

    Get yourself in the Church that Jesus established, not any man’s church, but Jesus church, but your worries to sleep, all these scriptures are true, but there merely warning to make sure in Christ comes back, because he’s going to come back.

    Do you want to see what happens?, or do wanna be already safe, so you won’t have to see it happen to you?

  2. There will be a judgement of these people:
    Those who were faithful friends of Jesus will be given immortality (Mat. 25:33-36&46; 1 Cor. 15:22-23).
    Those who were unfaithful to the gospel message will be rejected (Mat. 25:41-43&46).
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    Does it mean then that this judgement “of the house of God” will be the one referred to in 1Pet. 4:17? And if so, does it follow that this (let’s call it the initial stage of The Judgement of Christ over the inhabitants of the earth) will be conducted some place away from the eyes of the rest of the world?