JUDGEMENT DAY PART 3

What Will Happen When Jesus Comes?

Resurrection and transformation

An extraordinary event will occur at the Lord's second coming. By the same power that raised Jesus from the dead, God will raise believers who have died. Without going through death, believers who are alive will be transformed and raised up (1 Cor 15:50-53).


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. (1 Thess 4:16)

Just as the Lord Jesus was raised to life in a spiritual body, believers will also be clothed with a spiritual body—glorious, powerful, and immortal (Phil 3:20-21).

Judgement

At His second coming, Jesus Christ will execute His judgment on all people according to how they have lived (2 Cor 5:10).

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.... And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast the lake of fire. (Rev 20:12-15).

Sinners will be cast out of God's presence, into eternal darkness. The faithful will see Jesus face to face and receive a blessed inheritance (Mt 25:34).

A new heaven and a new earth

Sudden, unprecedented disasters will herald the second coming of Christ (Mk 13:19). Following the initial tribulation will be great cosmic chaos.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. (Mt 24:29)

Finally, the last chapter of world history will close with a total destruction by fire. A new heaven and a new earth will then replace the former universe. This is the eternal home that God has prepared for His people.