1. Jesus is coming back
2 Peter 3:4 “Where is the promise of his coming?”

2. Why Believe? Because He is Lord and He promised.
John 8:58, 20:30-31, Romans 1:4, Acts 2:30-36
John 14:3 And 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.
Acts 1:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:16
2 Peter 3:9

3. The Nature of His coming
Personal
Acts 1:11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16 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.

4. The Nature of His coming
Power and glory
John 5:28-29, 2 Peter 3:10, Jude 14-15, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
Matthew 25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

5. The Nature of His coming
Everyone will know
Revelation 1:7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
John 5: All will hear His voice
Philippians 2:9-11 Every knee, Every tongue

6. When? We don’t know. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Matthew 24:36
William Miller,
Charles Taze Russell , 1918, 1925
William Branham, 1977
Hal Lindsey, 1988
Harold Camping , 2011
Matthew 24:36  “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,[a] but My Father only.

7. Why? To return the kingdom to the Father. Raise the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:20-26
Raise the dead.
John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15, 1 Cor. 15:22
Bring judgment
Acts 17:30-31; Matt. 25:31f, 46; 2 Thess. 1:7-10
Acts 24:15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead,[a] both of the just and the unjust.

8. What do we do? Get ready. 2 Peter 3:11-12 Watch for it. 1 Thess. 5:1-6
Take comfort in it. 1 Thess. 4:13-18
Stay hopeful. Titus 2:11-13, 1 Peter 1:3-9