Great Tribulation
Triumphant return of Christ
From the teaching of Apostle Mary Banks
Christ's triumphant return to earth is distinct from the rapture when the Church is caught up to meet Him in the air. Upon Christ's return to the earth, He does not come on a cloud, but on a white horse, prepared for war. This will occur after the Church has been caught up to be with Him and the wrath of God has been poured out upon the earth.
Every living person will witness this event as there will be no secret rapture. It will be glorious and devastating, with many wailing and crying out for mercy, though at that point it will be too late. This will be a moment of great joy and peace for those who are of God and have run the race with patience and walked in obedience.
When Jesus returns, He will come with great radiance, shining like the sun, with power flowing from His very being. His presence will release plagues and judgments upon the nations, and the very structure of the earth will be affected. He will descend and set His feet upon the Mount of Olives, the very place from which He ascended, and the mountain will split in two, forming a great valley between the divided parts.
Immediately after the War of Armageddon, the Kingdom of Christ is established and the Church rules and reigns with Him during the millennial reign. The Lord shall be king over all the earth, establishing global peace where nations will beat their swords into plowshares and learn war no more.
The scriptures
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.