Prophecy 15

The Messiah will Return

and Reign as our King

Prophecy 15: Messiah will return and reign as our king

The prophets in the Tanakh did not understand the first coming (Yeshua was born and died for our sin) and the second coming (Yeshua will return at the Day of Armageddon) as separate events. The prophets saw both comings of the Messiah, either as one event or consecutive close events. The prophet Daniel 7:13–14 prophesied that the Messiah was coming with the clouds of heaven. Zechariah 14:4 prophesied that the Messiah’s feet would stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east. Zechariah 9:10 says that the Messiah will speak shalom to the nations.

Daniel 7:13-14 ESV “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Zechariah 9:10 ESV “I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.”

Zechariah 14:4 ESV “On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.”

How will the Messiah Jesus fulfill this prophecy?

The New Covenant describes the Messiah’s coming in two phases:

Messiah’s first coming as Yeshua’s birth and atonement for our sin. (already fulfilled)
Messiah’s second coming is Yeshua’s return on the Day of Armageddon. (yet to be fulfilled)

Jesus will come back the same way people have seen him go into heaven.

In the New Covenant, Acts 1:9–12 describe Yeshua’s ascension into heaven from the Mount of Olives and the angels’ assurance that He will return at the second coming in the same manner. In Revelation 1:7, Yeshua is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will mourn him.

Acts 1:9-12 (NIV)

“10. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. 12. Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.”

Revelation 1:7 (NIV) “”Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.”

Jesus will reign as our king in His second coming.

In Revelation 19:14–19, Yeshua the Messiah is the victorious rider on a white horse leading the armies of heaven and the saints; He defeats the evil ones, and they are thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20); Satan is bound and thrown into the pit for a thousand years (Revelation 20:2), ushering in the 1,000 years of peace of God’s kingdom on earth reigned by the Jewish King, Yeshua the Messiah (Rev 20:6).

Revelation 19:14-19 (NIV) “14. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINS AND LORD OF LORDS. 17. And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18. so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.” 19. Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. “

Revelation 20:6 (NIV) “Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.”