Yes. Jesus Christ is coming again.
His return is not a guess, a church tradition, or an idea invented by Bible teachers. Jesus Himself promised that He would return, and the New Testament repeatedly tells believers to expect Him.
Before His crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples:
“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:3).
Jesus knew He was leaving them, but He also wanted them to know that His departure was not permanent. He would come again.
After Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples for forty days. Then, while they watched, He was taken up into heaven.
As they stood looking into the sky, two angels said:
“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11).
Jesus left visibly, and Scripture tells us that He will return visibly.
Revelation 1:7 says:
“Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him” (Revelation 1:7).
Jesus also said:
“They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30).
“The Son of Man” is a title Jesus often used for Himself.
His return will not be something the world has to guess about. Jesus Christ will return with power and glory.
At His first coming, Jesus was born as a baby in Bethlehem. He lived among ordinary people, was rejected, beaten, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead.
When He comes again, He will not come as a helpless baby. He will come as King. Revelation describes Him as “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation 19:16).
Christ’s return is good news for those who belong to Him.
Paul wrote:
“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).
A new believer needs to understand what Paul means when he speaks of “the dead in Christ.”
When a believer dies, the body dies and is buried, but the believer does not cease to exist. Paul wrote:
“We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
He also said that his desire was “to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better” (Philippians 1:23).
When a Christian dies, that person is with the Lord. The body remains in the grave awaiting resurrection.
When Christ returns, the bodies of believers who have died will be raised. Death does not mean they will miss the return of Christ. They are with Him, and their bodies will be raised when He comes.
Paul continued:
“Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
The great promise is not simply that something dramatic will happen in the sky. The great promise is found in the final words of that verse: “so we shall always be with the Lord.”
That is the Christian hope. Jesus is coming again. Believers who have died will receive resurrected bodies, and believers who are alive when He comes will also be gathered to Him.
His people will always be with the Lord.
The Bible also warns us not to set dates for Christ’s return.
Jesus said:
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone” (Matthew 24:36).
People have repeatedly announced dates when they believed Jesus would return, and those dates have passed. Jesus did not tell His followers to calculate the day. He told them to be ready.
He said:
“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming” (Matthew 24:42).
Being ready does not mean staring at the sky or becoming obsessed with every war, earthquake, election, or news report. It means living faithfully because we know Christ is coming and because every one of us will answer to Him.
Peter asked an important question while writing about the “day of the Lord,” which refers to the future time of Christ’s return and God’s judgment:
“What sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness?” (2 Peter 3:11).
That is one of the most important questions we can ask about prophecy.
It is easy to become fascinated with charts, timelines, signs, and theories while ignoring the way we are living. Biblical prophecy was not given merely to satisfy our curiosity about the future.
Knowing that Jesus is coming should affect the way we live today.
John wrote:
“And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:3).
If we truly believe Jesus is coming, we should want to live lives that please Him.
Christ’s return will also bring judgment.
Jesus said:
“But 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).
The same Jesus who came to save sinners will also judge the world in righteousness.
Paul wrote that Jesus will be revealed, meaning openly seen, when He comes from heaven:
“With His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus” (2 Thessalonians 1:7–8).
That is not something we should soften or ignore. Jesus is Savior, but He is also Judge.
For someone who belongs to Christ, however, His return should not produce terror.
Paul called it:
“The blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” (Titus 2:13).
A believer may still have questions about exactly how all the events surrounding Christ’s return will unfold. Christians disagree about some of those details.
A new believer does not need to understand every prophecy chart or settle every disagreement before understanding the main truth.
Jesus Christ is coming again.
His return will be real and visible. Believers who have died are with Him and will be raised bodily. His people will be gathered to Him. Judgment will come, and no one knows the exact day or hour.
Those truths are enough to tell us how we should live.
Do not spend your life trying to discover a date God has not revealed. Do not become frightened every time someone claims a current event proves Jesus must return next week. And do not become careless because He has not returned yet.
Peter warned that some people would mock the promise of Christ’s coming and ask:
“Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Peter 3:4).
But God has not forgotten His promise.
Peter explained:
“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).
What looks like delay to us is part of God’s patience. Every additional day is another opportunity for someone to hear the gospel, repent, and come to Christ.
For the believer, the question is not whether Jesus is coming.
He is.
The question is whether we are faithfully following Him while we wait.
Jesus ended the book of Revelation with these words:
“Yes, I am coming quickly” (Revelation 22:20).
And John answered:
“Amen. Come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).