We believe that God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly to the earth. He will rule and reign over all nations and people in His Kingdom with His saints. We believe that the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness.
Prior to the Lord Jesus’ return to earth He will take all His own into His presence at the “rapture.” The Bible tells us we will meet the Lord in the air, and “so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
(Matthew 16:27; 19:28; 24:27,30,36,44; 25:31-46; 26:64; Mark 8:38; 9:43-48; Luke 12:40,48; 16:19-26; 17:22-37; 21:27-28; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; 17:31; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 15:24-28,35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 1:5; 3:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18; 5:1 ff.; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 ff.; 1 Timothy 6:14; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:27-28; James 5:8; 2 Peter)
