2 In my Father’s house there are many rooms. If this wasn’t so I would have told you. I’m going to prepare a place for you. 3 Once I’ve gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and take you back with me, so that you can be there with me too.

9 After Jesus had told them this, he was taken up as they were watching and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 While they were staring intently at the sky as he ascended, two men dressed in white were suddenly standing beside them. 11 "Men of Galilee, why are you standing here staring at the sky?" they asked. "This same Jesus who has been taken up from you to heaven shall come in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

20 He who confirms all this says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen, come, Lord Jesus.

12 "I am coming soon, and I am bringing my reward to give to everybody based on what they’ve done.

36 But no one knows the day or hour when this will take place, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son. Only the Father knows. 37 When the Son of man comes it will be like it was during the time of Noah. 38 It will be as in the days before the flood, when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, right up until the day that Noah went into the ark. 39 They didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That’s how the coming of the Son of man will be.

32 No one knows the day or hour when this will happen—not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son; only the Father knows.

1 Brothers and sisters, we don’t need to write anything to you about prophetic times and dates. 2 You yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won’t escape.

42 So stay alert, because you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. 43 But consider this: if the house-owner knew what time a thief was coming, he would keep watch. He would not allow his house to be broken into and robbed. 44 You also need to be ready, because the Son of man is coming at a time when you’re not expecting him.

1 Talking about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we’re brought together to him, brothers and sisters— 2 please don’t become upset or concerned by any spiritual revelation, or message, or letter supposedly from us that makes you think that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, because the Rebellion* must come first, and the lawless man be revealed, the one whose end is destruction. 4 He is the enemy of God, and proudly sets himself up over everything that is called God and is worshiped. He even installs himself in God’s Temple, claiming to be God.

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the cry of the archangel, and with the sound of God’s trumpet, and those who have died in Christ will rise first. 17 Then those of us who are alive and still here will be carried up together with them into the clouds, and we shall meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever!

24 This is what will happen after those troubles: ‘The sun will become dark, the moon won’t shine, 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.’*

26 Then they will see the Son of man as he comes on the clouds, possessing great power and glory.* 27 He will send out the angels, and gather together all his chosen ones from wherever they are,* from the most distant part of the earth to the farthest point of heaven.

31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his majestic throne. 32 Everyone will be brought before him. He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He’ll place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.

11 I saw heaven was opened. A white horse was standing there. Its rider was called Trustworthy and True. He is right when he judges, and he is right when he makes war. 12 His eyes were like flaming fire. On his head were many crowns. He had a name written on him which no one but he himself knows. 13 He wore a robe covered in blood, and his name is The Word of God.

14 Heaven’s armies were following him, riding on white horses and clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod,* and he himself treads the winepress of the All-powerful God’s judgment.* 16 Written on his robe and on his thigh was the name, King of kings and Lord of lords.

26 If you are ashamed of me and my message, the Son of man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory, and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

8 However, my friends, don’t forget this one thing: that for the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day.* 9 The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent.

10 However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements* will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.*

11 Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God, 12 waiting expectantly and being eager for the coming of the day of God. That day the heavens will catch fire and be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is good and right.*

27 Just as human beings die only once, and then are judged, 28 so too for Christ—having been sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, he will come again, not to deal with sin, but to save those who wait for him.