When does the Lord return according to this teaching?
According to this teaching, the Lord returns at the end of the tribulation. At that time He will strike the great image representing Gentile empires, specifically the iron and clay of the revived Roman Empire, and He will crush everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire.
Les explains that the resurrection of Old Testament believers occurs 75 days into the Kingdom, and there must be a reason for that delay. He points to Daniel chapter 2, where Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great image—head of gold, chest of silver, belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay—pictures the Gentile empires coming down through history. When the Lord returns at the end of the tribulation, He will strike that image on the empire then functioning, the iron and clay of the revived Roman Empire, and crush everything that smacks of Gentile rule and empire. This explains the extra 75 days.