V. What Is The Purpose Of Christ’s Return?

A. Does Christ Come To Judge?

2 Timothy 4:

    1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

    8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Psalms 50:

    3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

    4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Revelation 11:

    18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

NOTE:

    Revelation 11:18 (above) mentions judgment and reward together. Notice in the text below, the reward is when Christ comes.

Revelation 22:

    12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Matthew 16:

    27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

B. Does Christ Come To Bring His Reward For Us?

Revelation 22:

    12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Matthew 16:

    27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

Revelation 11:

    18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Matthew 25:34

    31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

    32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

    34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

    41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

    46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

NOTE:

    The reward for the wicked will be everlasting punishment and the reward for the righteous will be everlasting life.

Daniel 7:

    27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

2 Timothy 4:

    8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

1 Peter 5:

    4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

C. Does Christ Come To Separate The Righteous From The Wicked?

Malachi 3:

    18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Matthew 25:

    32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

Revelation 22:

    12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

2 Thessalonians 1:

    7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

    8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

    10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

Matthew 24:

    31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Psalms 50:

    3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

    5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

D. Does Christ Come To Be Glorified In His Saints?

2 Thessalonians 1:

    10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

    12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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