The Second Coming
Jesus's own promise to return, and his caution against presuming to know when.
Matt 24:30-31
Read in full chapter →30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
See also: Revelation 1:7, Daniel 7:13
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Matt 24:36
Read in full chapter →36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
See also: Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7
Matt 24:42-44
Read in full chapter →42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
See also: 1 Corinthians 16:13, Luke 21:36
43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
See also: Exodus 22:2, Luke 12:39
44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
See also: Matthew 24:36, Matthew 25:10
John 14:1-3
Read in full chapter →1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
See also: Isaiah 26:3, John 16:33
2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
See also: 2 Corinthians 5:1, John 13:36
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
See also: Revelation 22:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Acts 1:9-11
Read in full chapter →9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
See also: Daniel 7:13, Revelation 1:7
10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
See also: Luke 24:4, John 20:12
11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
See also: Revelation 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:16
1 Thess 4:16-17
Read in full chapter →16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, John 14:3
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 11:12
Rev 1:7
Read in full chapter →7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
See also: Daniel 7:13, Matthew 24:30