Overview
Christ's return is the promised culmination of God's redemptive plan. Jesus taught His disciples to expect His return, assuring them He would come again to gather His people and judge the living and the dead. This event will mark the end of the present age and the beginning of eternity.
Key Scriptures
"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel'" (Matthew 19:28, NASB).
"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first" (1 Thessalonians 4:16, NASB).
"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne" (Matthew 25:31, ESV).
Application
Anticipating Christ's return should motivate believers toward holy living, faithful witness, and patient endurance in trials.