Jesus Returns for the Final Judgement

Jesus will not return to establish a kingdom, but for the final judgment.

The Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone (Jude 14,15).

When Jesus returns, the last judgment will has arrived.
Various scriptures about the second coming speak of final judgment and Christians getting their reward.

For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you (1 Thes 2:19)?

May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones (1 Thes 3:13).

Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him (2 Thes 2:1).

These verses all speak about Jesus rewarding his people at the final judgement.

Paul gave one of the clearest descriptions of the last day and the final judgement in this letter to the Christians at Thessalonica.

God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed (2 Thes 2:6-10).

Paul lists a number of things that will happen.

• Jesus will be revealed from heaven with his powerful angels.
• The last judgement will come.
• Those who have suffered will receive their reward.
• Those rejecting the gospel will be shut out from the presence of God.
• Jesus will be glorified.
• His people will marvel at his glory.

Jesus is appearing (parousia) to be honoured by those who are part of his kingdom. Jesus return on the last day brings in the final judgement. Christians hoping that Jesus will return to establish the kingdom he promised will be disappointed.

A corporate mental stronghold is a false idea that takes hold in a culture so that it is wisely accepted. The belief that Jesus will build the Kingdom of God when he returns is a corporate mental stronghold that has crippled the Church.