When is Jesus coming back?
Jesus will
come back soon. However, the exact time when Jesus is coming again no one
knows. Mark 13:32 says, "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even
the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Interestingly,
the disciples asked Jesus the same question just before He returned to heaven.
At that time Jesus told them it was not for them to know the times or seasons
which are in the Father’s authority. Therefore, Jesus may come back tomorrow,
next month, next year or 100 years from now. So what does this mean for you and
me? Always be ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Watch and focus on
Jesus because the devil is seeking to distract mankind from understanding the
signs and closeness of Jesus' coming.
Why is Jesus taking so long
to come back?
Jesus is
patiently waiting to come back because He is giving humanity as much time as
possible to choose and follow Him. Jesus wants as many people as possible to
repent and return to heaven with Him. 2 Peter 3:8-9 says, "But, beloved,
do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance."
Warnings about the second coming of
Jesus?
There are
many confusing non-Biblical theories about the second coming of Christ which
distract many people. Will He appear spiritually to only a select few? Will
Jesus second coming to only be in certain physical locations? Will Jesus appear
in the desert? Jesus warned about deceptions in the last days. In fact in
Matthew 24:4-5 Jesus cautions believers not to be deceived by people coming in
the name of Jesus claiming to be Christ. Therefore, our only safeguard is to
turn to the Bible alone for answers.
Will Jesus come back secretly?
Many people ask, how many people will see Jesus when He returns?
Christ's second coming will be bright, loud and glorious. This event cannot be
hidden, every human on planet earth will see Jesus. He will come back
personally and literally. Revelation 1:7 says, "Behold, He is coming with
clouds, and every eye will see Him.” There will not be a person on earth who is
unaware of Jesus' return. Jesus Himself describes the manner of His coming.
Matthew 24:27 states that the return of Christ will be like the brightness of
lightning illuminating the entire sky from the east to the west. Verses 30 and
31 of the same chapter describe Jesus coming with power and great glory and
with the sound of a great trumpet, that awakens the righteous dead who are then
gathered from the ends of the earth. Learn more about Jesus coming back as a thief in
the night.
How should we live while we wait?
Christians
should be on guard, watching and praying until the day of the Lord. The Bible
says in Luke 21:34-36, "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be
weighed down with carousing, 
drunkenness,
and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come
as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch
therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these
things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
How will
Jesus come back?
We know
Jesus' second coming will be a literal event and will be just like He went to
heaven the first time. Acts 1:9-11 says the following, "Now when He had
spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received
Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of
Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken
up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into
heaven.”
Will the angels come back
with Jesus?
The Bible
says that the angels will return with Jesus and they will come with a loud
sound of the trumpet to gather from the whole earth those who have died in
Christ. (Matt 16:27; 24:31; 25:31)
What happens
to the righteous at the second coming?
At Jesus’
second coming the righteous dead will be raised to life and taken up to heaven
along with the righteous who are still alive on the earth. 1 Thessalonians
4:16-17 says, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in
Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.”
Are the wicked destroyed by
Christ’s coming?
When Jesus
returns to earth the wicked who are left alive will call for the rocks and
hills to fall on them because they cannot look upon the face of Christ.
(Revelation 6:15-17) The wicked will be destroyed with everlasting destruction
because they did not know God or obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. (2
Thessalonians 1:7-10)
When will we get immortal bodies?
At the
moment of Jesus' second coming, at the last trump, the mortal bodies of the
saved will be transformed and they will receive immortal bodies. 1 Corinthians
15:52-53 says, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.”
Why is Jesus coming back?
The Bible
says that Jesus is coming back to reward the inhabitants of the earth and bring
many back to heaven with Him. (Revelation 22:12) The Bible also says in Matthew
25:34, "Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you
blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world.”
Jesus, more
than anything, wants to spend time with you, He invites you to return to heaven
with Him to enjoy an eternity with no more tears, pain or suffering. What would
keep you from accepting the invitation of Christ? What would keep you from
putting Him first in your life? What would be more important than saying, “I
want to pattern my life after Jesus and soon live with Him forever?”
When is Jesus coming back?
Jesus will come back
soon. However, the exact time when Jesus is coming again no one knows. Mark
13:32 says, "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Interestingly, the disciples
asked Jesus the same question just before He returned to heaven. At that time
Jesus told them it was not for them to know the times or seasons which are in
the Father’s authority. Therefore, Jesus may come back tomorrow, next month,
next year or 100 years from now. So what does this mean for you and me? Always
be ready for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Watch and focus on Jesus
because the devil is seeking to distract mankind from understanding the signs
and closeness of Jesus' coming.
Why is Jesus taking so long to come back?
Jesus is patiently
waiting to come back because He is giving humanity as much time as possible to
choose and follow Him. Jesus wants as many people as possible to repent and return
to heaven with Him. 2 Peter 3:8-9 says, "But, beloved, do not forget this
one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance."
Warnings about the second coming of Jesus?
There are many confusing
non-Biblical theories about the second coming of Christ which distract many
people. Will He appear spiritually to only a select few? Will Jesus second
coming to only be in certain physical locations? Will Jesus appear in the
desert? Jesus warned about deceptions in the last days. In fact in Matthew
24:4-5 Jesus cautions believers not to be deceived by people coming in the name
of Jesus claiming to be Christ. Therefore, our only safeguard is to turn to the
Bible alone for answers.
