Saints LightWhen Will Jesus Come Again?
Jesus will return in glory on a day no one knows, and at the Last Judgment the truth of every life and God's justice will be shown to all.
What this lesson teaches
- Christ will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.
- No one knows the day or the hour, so we live ready.
- The Catholic Church does not teach a secret rapture before the end.
- At the Last Judgment God's justice will be seen by all, measured by how we treated the least.
Catechism paragraphs this lesson cites
- CCC 673
- CCC 675-677
- CCC 681
- CCC 1038-1041
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Scripture read in this lesson: Acts 1:11; Matthew 25:31-32.
A sample question from this lesson
When will the Second Coming happen?
- In a year that can be calculated from the Bible
- No one knows the day or the hour except the Father
- It already happened secretly in the first century
- Exactly two thousand years after the Resurrection
Show the answer
No one knows the day or the hour except the Father. Jesus said only the Father knows the day and the hour; every predicted date has been wrong.
The lesson in the app has three questions, each with an explanation.
Words to know
- Parousia
- Greek for 'arrival' or 'presence': the glorious return of Christ at the end of time.
- Last Judgment
- The general judgment of all people when Christ returns, revealing God's justice before all.
More terms in the Catholic glossary. More passages in the Scripture index.
Read the full lesson in the app
"When Will Jesus Come Again?" is lesson 6 of Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. In Saints Light you get the whole teaching, the Scripture quoted in full, all three questions and a step to live it this week.
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