Joh Vusich on Future Things

Christ's bodily return to Earth is accompanied by:

a. the physical resurrection of the righteous and unrighteous dead (Dan. 12:2; Jn. 5:28-29; 1 Cor. 15:50-58)

b. the gathering of Christ's people to Himself (Mk. 13:27; 2 Cor. 4:14; 1 Thess. 4:13-18)

c. the judgment of the wicked (2 Thess. 1:8-10; 1 Pet. 4:4-5; 2 Pet. 2:9; Jude 1:14-15)

d. the vindication of the righteous (Ps. 37:6; Mt. 25:33-40; 1 Cor. 1:7-8; 2 Thess. 1:7)

e. the physical creation purged of sin and death (1 Cor. 15:26; 2 Pet. 3:10-11; Rev. 21:4)

The consummation (consequences of Christ's return):

a. an eternal Day of the Lord (2 Cor. 1:14; 1 Thess. 5:1-2; Rev. 22:5)

b. Heaven and Earth merged together -- God's dwelling place with man forever in the New Heaven and New Earth (2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:2-3, 22:5)

c. the resurrected and glorified people of God ruling and reigning with Christ forever (Dan. 7:18, 12:2-3; Lk. 12:32; 1 Cor. 6:3; 1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 5:10)

d. the wicked judged forever in hell (Mt. 25:46; Mk. 9:43-48; Jn. 5:29; Rev. 21:8)

e. for the righteous, all death and sin and war and suffering and pain and sorrow and regret abolished forever (Is. 2:4; 11:6-9, 65:17-19; 1 Cor. 15:24-26; Rev. 21:4, 22:3-5)

f. New Earth filled with the knowledge and glory of the Lord (Num. 14:21; Is. 11:9; Hab. 2:14)