Jesus comes on the clouds and judges apostate Jerusalem, but by doing so he makes a way for his church to build and spread his kingdom to every nation. Though he comes once in AD 70, he comes again, and finally, at the end of history, to judge the living and the dead.
Scripture: Matthew 24:29-31; Joel 2: 1-3, 10, 30-32; Daniel 7:13-14; Isaiah 9:7; Rom. 11:12; Matthew 24:34; 25:31-40.