Introduction:
We are coming off a week of revival meetings and the many messages were very challenge in living the Christian life. Living the Christian life is not easy we our tempted on all sides and at times it can become exhausting. If you are like me you wonder when is the Lord coming back to deliver us from the world, flesh and the devil. In 2 Peter 3:3,4 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. We must hold on our King cometh and the evidence is all around us …,

The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has released a modern three-dimensional architectural rendition of the future Third Temple, utilizing the latest building material and techniques. The video comes one year after the Temple Institute appealed to its supporters to take part in a funding campaign that rose over $100,000 for the architectural plans.
Over the last three decades, the Temple Institute has done everything in their power to research and prepare for the Third Temple. They have taken a huge leap towards the rebuilding of the Third Temple. The major focus of the Institute is its efforts towards the beginning of the actual rebuilding of the Holy Temple. Towards this end, the Institute has begun to restore and construct the sacred vessels for the service of the Holy Temple. These vessels, which God commanded Israel to create, can be seen today at our exhibition in Jerusalem’s Old City Jewish Quarter. They are made according to the exact specifications of the Bible, and have been constructed from the original source materials, such as gold, copper, silver and wood. These are authentic, accurate vessels, not merely replicas or models. All of these items are fit and ready for use in the service of the Temple.

It is written by the prophet Zephaniah in chapter 3 that Christ our King is coming again and he will set up His kingdom. Folks, we need to keep our hearts and mind in perspective of the scriptures and what they promise if we are to have hope. Jesus said, “But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

Folks, there is a new world coming. A day when there will be no illness or disease, no need for doctors. No poverty, no famines, no earthquakes, no racial unrest, no need to lock your doors for crime will be almost unheard of. How can this be? That wonderful day will become a reality a time of peace and joy that people have dreamed of. That day will occur when Jesus Christ the King of King returns as it is written in Zechariah 14:9.
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

It will be known as the Millennial Kingdom, a literal 1000-year reign of King Jesus ruling on planet earth. It will be an earthly political kingdom of Christ when He will restore the nation of Israel, their temple worship, and their holy city and fulfill his covenant to David and take his rightful throne. His appearance will be a visible, physical and catastrophic event, as we will see. Matthew 24:27: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

I He Shall Returns in All His Glory
1. The Lord Jesus will return to earth in glory as King. His first task after Armageddon will be to separate the righteous from the wicked, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats. The nations of the earth will be gathered before Him when He does this. The subjects of this judgment are those who have survived the tribulation, be they believers or unbelievers.

The Bible pronounces in Rev. 19 verse 15…And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. By the power of His spoken word, not with bombs, missiles and weapons, He will destroy the armies of the earth. By simply speaking, “the sword of judg¬ment” Jesus will smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: That “rod of iron” is a symbol of tough justice, of unbending, unwavering righteousness. It is the standard of God’s morality that He cannot lessen or diminish in any way. Christ will smite the nations into utter submission and establish His absolute rule.

2. The Glory of God will return as it left. Ezekiel the O.T. prophet penned in chapters 9 -11 concerning the Shekinah glory “meaning the divine presence of God” leaving His people. The pillar of the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, it went first upward from the Temple Mount down the Kidron Valley and up the Mt. of Olives. For decades the glory of God had been with Israel but because of their idolatry, the Shekinah glory of God left them. “Ichabod” (The glory is departed from Israel,” (1 Sam. 4:21) was written over the nation. Christ will return exactly as he left. Look at Acts 1:8-12.

3. When He returns to the Mount of Olives it will split open from the east to the west, and the remaining embattled population of Jerusalem will flee the city through this gap. (Zech. 14:4-5).
Christ reclaims the earth, however before the earth can be reclaimed, it must be cleansed. You wouldn’t move back into your house infested with termites without first exterminating and cleaning it up. That is what Christ must do before He reclaims the earth. All rebel¬lion must be rooted out and purge the rebels from the face of the earth. The earth is full of such rebels.

5. Ezekiel was privileged to look far beyond his days to see the glory of God return to the city and to His people. Chapter 43:1-2 gives a breathtaking account of the glory of God returning through the Eastern Gate. This description corresponds to Revelation 19. The presence of the Lord will return to a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and will remain there.

II He Shall Returns to Establish Temple Worship

1. At the end of the Tribulation, Jesus Christ will establish His Kingdom and throne in Jerusalem and begin His thousand-year reign. A glorious Millennial Temple will be constructed, far surpassing the Temples built by Solomon, Zerubbabel, and Herod.

2. Ezekiel chapters 40 to 42 give very exacting measure¬ments of this building. The Millennial Temple will be ap¬proximately one mile square. It will be the largest and most mag¬nificent structure ever erected, and it will all be for the glory of God. The outer areas will be far larger than the present-day city of Jerusalem. Present-day Jerusalem, which is 2,500 feet above sea level, is not large enough to contain the future Temple area spoken of in the Scriptures.

Israel’s long-standing desire for a permanent dwelling place for the Lord will finally be met. The Lord will dwell in His holy Temple. Jerusalem will finally be the city of peace, and people from all nations will flow there to worship the Lord. What a day that will be! Bless your hearts folks don’t fear the current events.

Zechariah seemed to indicate that at least three changes will take place when the Messiah returns to the earth at His second advent. As we already said; the Mount of Olives will split open from the east to the west. Second, living waters will flow toward both the Mediterranean and Dead Seas (Zech. 14:8). For this to occur, Jerusalem will have to be lifted up. Third, not only will Jerusalem be raised up as a high mountain, but it will be greatly enlarged as well. Ezekiel 45:1 states that the holy portion of the land will be immense, measuring 25,000 by 25,000 reeds. This is an area 50 by 50 miles, or about 2,500 square miles.

III He Shall returns with His Bride; the Church

1. The Church will accompany Christ in His second coming. People like you and me standing side-by-side with heavenly beings of immense power. We will be made leaders and administrators in this dispensation and help Christ to rule on planet earth for 1000 years. This truth is foretold in the O.T and N.T. We will study more of this truth in the book of Daniel.

2. Jesus came at first as the passive lamb to be slain for our sins. What compelled him to fulfill his mission? It was the comfort and truth of Scriptures (Matt, 26:20-25, 31). The Scriptures kept everything in perspective for our Savior, holding Him steadfast in the knowledge that everything He was experiencing was according to His Father’s plan. Jesus could pro¬ceed with confidence because the Scriptures assured Him that the Father was in control. The Scriptures assured Him that he shall return one day as a Lion and take his rightful place as King. Since Jesus was confident in what the scriptures foretold so you can be too.

Conclusion & Invitation:

In these times of dis¬tress, when you are put to the greatest test, you must let Scripture guide and comfort you. Never let the world crisis and culture around you disillusion you from the father’s will and purpose for your life. What he has said will come to past. Turn to the scrip¬tures and allow them to reorient you to God and His activity. If you will immerse yourself daily in the Word of God, you will not be caught off guard when crises come.