What Will Actually Happen When Jesus Returns

It feels like the end of the world out here. I know people have always said that, but I mean come on now – look around – you know what I mean. World war III is like one political sneeze away; and AI, which will inevitably takeover everything, seems to only be spoken of in negative terms – and that’s from its most ardent supports. It all feels suicidal and maniacal.

I will sometimes (half-jokingly) look up to the sky like – come on Jesus, you can come back any time now.

People often talk about, what they think would happen if he came back. Would the people reject him and kill him again, knowing everything we know now? I think the answer to that is – Yes! Definitely!

When he came to earth two thousand years ago – the long-awaited messiah – most of his own people rejected him, because he wasn’t the messiah they were expecting. They had misinterpreted the scripture and applied their own meaning to it. He was supposed to come and destroy their enemies, which to them meant raising an army and defeating Rome. The thing is, he did conquer Rome (it is the Roman Catholic Church after all) it’s just that he did it differently than they had wanted, than they had expected; what they wanted was violence, what they expected was retribution. To them, that's what true justice looked like.

If I’m to be honest with myself, I completely understand their point of view. If Jesus came back today, I would expect him, likewise, to defeat the enemies of his church – to strike down the pride flags and pride parades like Sodom and Gomorrah, to destroy the abortion clinics with a flood, and walk into the secret society temples, mosques, and even some Christian churches, and flip their tables over for mocking God with their “religion.” And then when he does none of those things, I will question whether or not he is who he says he is. But the only one confused about his identity here is me.

You know what Christ will really do when he comes back? He’ll be at the pride parade – not celebrating, but also not condemning. He will be conversing and showing love, which means listening as much as talking. He doesn’t condone that lifestyle any more than he supported his apostle Matthew being a tax collector for Rome. That being said, he also didn’t hate him for it; Jesus understood how Matthew’s life led him down that particular path. But once Matthew understood who Jesus really was, he gave it all up and chose to follow him. He left behind a lifestyle he enjoyed for a life that was definitely harder but much more fulfilling.

Many of us Christians see abortion as murder and we wish the law would treat it as such, but again, if I’m to be honest about it – Jesus, who is the ultimate judge, would be much less judgmental than me. If he were here today, he wouldn’t be protesting outside the abortion clinic; he would be inside holding the young woman’s hand and praying with her as she undergoes something that will negatively impact her life in ways she will never fully understand. He’ll feel sympathy for her, no matter her disposition, because he endures the pain alongside us whether we believe in him or not.

And as to that point, of believing in him. It feels like those that don’t believe in him also seem to hate him and his followers. Christianity is openly mocked. And I know most of us Christians have thought smugly to ourselves that those that mock God will be punished with eternal hell fire when they meet Jesus. But that isn’t necessarily the case.

Much like those who were waiting for their messiah two thousand years ago, who were disappointed that Jesus didn’t attack their enemies, we, too, will be sorely disappointed if we think he’s just gonna arrive and start smiting everyone. God’s ultimate justice is mercy. He will be eating with Christians, sure, but he will also be eating with Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, atheists, homosexuals, transsexuals, bankers, billionaires, abortion doctors, communists, nazis, pornstars, witches, drug addicts, racists, the poorest of the poor, and the sickest of the sick, and we will look at him like "How can the king of kings, the Son of God, have such people around him? What the hell is he doing?"

What you’re looking at is humanity. Let me repeat that – what you’re looking at is humanity.

If you’re an incredibly devout Christian, when Jesus returns, you will feel like the older brother in the parable of the prodigal son. Like “Father, why are you celebrating? Your son wasted everything you gave him; and threw it all away on a degenerate lifestyle.” And the father will reply with, “Son, everything I have is yours. But your brother has come home. He was lost and is now found.” As Jesus says in another parable, the shepherd will leave the 99 sheep to go and find the lost one. That’s who Jesus is going to attend to when he returns. He is going to try to bring the lost sheep home. And when his proverbial son (or daughter) stops wasting the gifts God gave them on their degenerate lifestyle, He will throw them a banquet and welcome them home with open arms. And us Christians need to understand this about him before he returns, so that when he does, we will know it’s really him; and more importantly, we will know what it truly means to "love your enemies" and "pray for those who persecute you."

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