Expectations upon the Return of Christ (updated)

There are many things claimed about the return of Christ. Many people believe that when He returns He will gather the elect followed by the destruction of the world. I’m not here to dispute that, but I would like to be more specific about the return of Christ. Based on what the bible tells us, Christ will not return until the Antichrist has been revealed.

2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, AND the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

First I would like to point out that the word “that day will not come unless” is not in the original text. This means it was later inserted by the translator. That being said, the verse should read, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for the falling away comes first”. Therefore, the falling away from Christ absolutely must come before Christs return. I know this seems insignificant because it basically says the same thing, but I just like to be perfectly clear on what the Bible says. Now this also says that the man of lawlessness must be revealed before Christs return as well. The man of lawlessness is the Antichrist himself. We have already discovered where to look to find the man of lawlessness in the “Kingdom of the Antichrist”. 

When Christ returns what should we expect to see, and where should we expect to see Him?

This question is usually answered with people saying, “He will return in the clouds”. Although that is true, I believe the Bible tells us a little more than that.

Revelation 19: 11-16

I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood (who’s blood?), and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations (which nations??). “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.

Isaiah 19: 1 (Christ to Egypt on cloud)

The burden against Egypt. Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt; the idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

Once He comes into the world, Isaiah tells us the Christ will be heading to Egypt. What happens when He gets there?

Isaiah 19: 16

In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He waves over it.

Now that we see where Christ starts, where else does He go? Also, what do all these places that Christ goes to have in common?

Ezekiel 32: 18, 22-24, 26-27, 29

“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt (Muslim),

And cast them down to the depths of the earth,

Her and the daughters of the famous nations,

With those who go down to the Pit:

“Assyria (Muslim) is there, and all her company,

With their graves all around her,

All of them slain, fallen by the sword.

Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit,

And her company is all around her grave,

All of them slain, fallen by the sword,

Who caused terror in the land of the living?

“There are Meshech (Muslim) and Tubal (Muslim) and all their multitudes,

With all their graves around it,

All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword,

Though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

They do not lie with the mighty

Who are fallen of the uncircumcised?

Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war?

They have laid their swords under their heads,

But their iniquities will be on their bones,

(Meshech and Tubal are in TURKEY.)

“There is Edom (Muslim),

Her kings and all her princes,

Who despite their might

Are laid beside those slain by the sword;

They shall lie with the uncircumcised,

And with those who go down to the Pit.

Ezekiel starts with Egypt, Isaiah says Christ will ride on a cloud to Egypt. Christ goes into these places, destroys them and throws them into the Pit, or Hell.

Isaiah 63: 1-3

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, proclaiming victory, mighty to save.” Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress? “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger (destroyed the nations) and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.

Christ says, “I have troddened the winepress alone…I trampled them in my anger…their blood spattered my garments and stained all my clothing. The red clothes are stained with the blood of EDOM. Edom is a land that is full on Islamic followers. All of these countries are Muslim countries. So what can we expect to see when Christ returns? I think it is clear. We can expect to see Christ return in the clouds and head to Egypt, followed by His utter destruction of all the Muslim nations. If we look back at the book of Revelation 19 we see some very interesting parallels.

Revelation 19: 13, 14

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

… He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

It seems very clear that the blood dripping from Christs robe is the blood from the Islamic nations. The book of Zechariah tells us a little more of what to expect during the battle that Christ returns to fight. It seems that all the nations that fight against Jerusalem in the times leading up to the Second coming, will be hit with a nuclear bomb.

Zechariah 14: 12-15

And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem:

Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths. It shall come to pass in that day that a great panic from the Lord will be among them. Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor, and raise his hand against his neighbor’s hand; Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be gathered together: Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. Such also shall be the plague on the horse and the mule, on the camel and the donkey, And on all the cattle that will be in those camps. So shall this plague be.

The Japanese that suffered from the nuclear bombs of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and lived to tell about it will testify that either their skin or someone they know was melted off. Similar to it dissolving. There are pictures of victims you can search that show even their eyes were burnt out of their skulls. There were other victims with their tongues literally dissolved in their mouths from the heat of the blast. Again we can see that all these nations that will suffer this destruction are the nations that are fighting against Israel, and all those nations are Islamic nations.

Continuing with the book of Zechariah, we can then expect to have a new commandment given to the whole world, or at least those that are left at that point. That new command is to celebrate the feast days of the Father.

Zechariah 14: 16-19

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain. If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.

The feast of Tabernacles is also known as Sukkot. It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals in which Jews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Something very interesting to think about concerning the return of Christ is that this particular feast of Yahweh follows what is known as the feast of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of Atonement. Atonement is making amends for a wrong doing, or to repent for sin. That being said, considering that these are fall feasts, and Christ was born originally in the fall and died on Passover, raised on First Fruits, which are spring feasts, wouldn’t it make the most sense if Christ was to return on the Day of Atonement to reunite and forgive the sins of His people?  The main purpose of Sukkot is to rejoice knowing that your sin had been forgiven. If I am correct and Christ returns on the Day of Atonement, and then all those left are commanded to continue observing the Feast of Sukkot, it would be an annual reminder about how Christ return for us and forgave us for our sin. The most amazing thing about the whole thing is that He already had this planned out in the beginning considering He already has given this command in the Old Testament. 


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