What Old Testament prophecy describes the Second Coming to the Mount of Olives?
The Old Testament prophecy in Zechariah 14 describes the Second Coming, declaring that His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. This contrasts with the Church meeting the Lord in the air, as Paul writes.
Les explains that Christ first comes for the saints, meeting them in the air, and then He comes back with the saints at the Second Coming. He points to Zechariah chapter 14 as the Old Testament language of the Second Coming, where His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. This is different from the Church's meeting the Lord in the air, because at the Second Coming He comes to the Mount of Olives.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
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What will happen to the Mount of Olives when Jesus returns?
On the day of Christ's second coming, the Mount of Olives will split in the middle, forming a very great valley, with half the mountain moving north and half moving south.
Will Christ literally return and stand on the Mount of Olives?
The verse about Jesus standing on the Mount of Olives means what it says: Christ is going to return someday and stand on the Mount of Olives.
Is Jesus' coming to the Mount of Olives the same as the rapture of believers to heaven?
Christ's return to the Mount of Olives is not the same as His coming to take believers to heaven.