Question:
DR HANK: WHAT HAPPENS TO BELIEVERS, WHO HAVE BEEN RAPTURED? DO WE COME BACK TO THE EARTH WITH JESUS FOR ARMAGGEDON AND DO WE ALSO LIVE ON THE EARTH DURING THE 1000 YR. MILLENIAL REIGN OF JESUS, OR DO WE LIVE IN HEAVEN(THE NEW JERSULEM)? I AM CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE WE WILL BE PHYSICALLY AFTER JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH. CAN YOU HELP CLEAR THAT UP FOR ME? THANK YOU. PETE FROM LAKELAND
Answer:
Here is the order. First, we are raptured and given our new bodies on the way up to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ to have our works examined and the result will be rewards or loss of rewards. II Corinthians 5:10 says, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” Believer will then return with Christ at the Second Coming. Revelation 19:14 tells us “And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.” During the 1,000 year reign of Christ we will rule and reign with Him. See Revelation 20:6 which states,