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- His Personal Promise: in John 14:1–3 Jesus explicitly promises his disciples, "I will come back and take you to be with me."
- The Precedent of His Ascension: Acts 1:11- Angels declare to the witnesses of his ascension, "This same Jesus ... will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."
- Completion of God’s Creation Plan: 2 Peter 3:13 and Revelation 21:1–5 - Scripture describes his return as the initiation of a "new heaven and a new earth," restoring physical creation.
- Fulfilment of Prophecy: Matthew 26:64 and Isaiah 9:6–7 - Jesus himself confirms his future return "on the clouds of heaven," fulfilling the pattern of precise prophetic fulfilment established at his first coming.
- The Final Accounting of Justice: 2 Thessalonians 1:6–10 and Acts 17:31 - Paul writes that God will bring ultimate justice and relief to the oppressed when Jesus is revealed from heaven.
- Rescuing Creation and Humanity: Matthew 24:21–22 - Jesus states that his intervention at the end of the age is necessary, noting that "if those days had not been cut short, no one would survive."
- The Resurrected King: Revelation 1:17,18 - Because Jesus holds "the keys of death and Hades," his resurrection gives believers confidence that he possesses the ultimate authority to return.
- Reclaiming What Is Rightfully His: Revelation 11:15 and Philippians 2:9–11 - Prophecy states that "the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah," where every knee will bow.
- Source of Eternal Hope: 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18 - Paul outlines the mechanics of the Second Coming to encourage believers, concluding with the instruction to "encourage one another with these words."
- A Call to Holy Living: 2 Peter 3:11–12 and 1 John 3:2–3 - The text argues that the certainty of his return should directly influence daily behaviour, stating that everyone who has this hope "purifies himself, just as he is pure."
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