All those who have believed in Christ during the Tribulation will also reign with Him for a thousand years. Though He will have taken the believers into heaven at the Rapture seven years earlier, others will have come to believe in Him during that dreadful time called the Tribulation. At this time, Christ will return to earth with His raptured saints to judge the unsaved and reign over the earth. The judgment will be over all the unbelievers on the earth (Revelation 19:15, 20, 21). Jesus Christ will reign over the restored earth for a thousand years (the Millennium) in His kingdom, then over a newly created heaven and earth for all eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this” (Isaiah 9:7). Jesus will have returned to sit on His glorious throne, and “of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. This judgment will take place on earth, not in heaven. Where does the judgment of Christ take place? This is not the Rapture when Christians will meet Christ in the air, but the Second Advent, when He will come to earth and end the Great Tribulation. It takes place when the Son comes in all His glory, so this judgment will be at the Second Coming. Not only that, but the Bible says that Jesus will come with His holy angels to pour out His judgment. John 5:22 tells us that the Father will not judge anyone He has committed all judgment to His Son, Jesus Christ. Matthew 25:31-33 tells us clearly that the Son of Man is the Judge presiding over the judgment of nations. I don’t want you to miss the rich truth God has provided for us in the Bible. To help you understand and appreciate this topic, I have compiled a list of questions and answers to the most frequently asked questions about biblical prophecy and the judgement of Christ. The Second Coming is second only to faith as the most dominant subject in the New Testament. The Lord Himself refers to His return twenty-one times. Christ’s return is emphasized in no less than seventeen Old Testament books and seven out of every ten chapters in the New Testament. Scholars count 1,845 biblical references to the Second Coming, including 318 in the New Testament. References to the Second Coming outnumber references to the first by a ratio of eight to one. After all, if we can’t understand what the Bible is teaching, how in the world can it have any relevance to what we are experiencing today?Īlthough Christians are most familiar with the first coming of Christ, it is the Second Coming that gets the most ink in the Bible.
Sometimes it is difficult to see how obscure passages, distant places, and unfamiliar symbols can have any significance for our lives. Any study of the End Times can create a variety of questions, concerns, and even confusion in our minds about the judgment of Christ.