When Jesus returns again where will he be?

Answer 1

If we follow His description: Jesus tells us that upon His approach to earth, He will first "send His angels" ahead, to gather His elect:

"...FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER." (Matt.24:31)

This lends to the requirement of an initial orbit of earth by the angels in order to gather all of His saints around the world.

He also tells us: "...as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; SO SHALL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE." (Matt.24:27)

But a flash of "lightning" doesn't just come out of the "east." Lightning can strike ANYWHERE! What "shines out of the east across to the west" is the orbit of the SUN around the earth.

This, too, lends to the description of a time frame of probably "one 24-hour day" of the angelic gathering of God's saints into the clouds with Christ, before He finally descends upon the earth.

The "Day of the Lord" [the prophesied time of Jesus' return] is described as a "DARK TIME" of global cloud coverage across the planet.

"...immediately after the Tribulation of those days SHALL THE SUN BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN..." (Matt.24:29-30).

"The SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS, and the MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD COME. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." (Joel 2:31-32)

Revelation chapter one describes Jesus, today, as appearing as shining like the "sun" in brilliance:

"...His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a FLAME OF FIRE... and His COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINETH IN HIS STRENGTH." (Rev.1:14-16)

"For our God IS A CONSUMING FIRE." (Heb.12:29)

In other words... when He appears... the world shall have been clouded over and dark for a prolonged period of time. And there will be no missing or mistaking the brilliant light of the "sun" burning through the clouds when He makes His approach to earth.

As He tells us in Matthew 24... when His brilliant "orbiting" light parts the clouds surrounding the earth... His progressing, glowing orbit will be seen by ALL THE TRIBES [nations] OF THE EARTH (verse 30), who will be given a short period of time to watch the "lightning" [or lightening] travel from east to west, horizon to horizon, to take in what's happening -- the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy -- the Day of the Lord... and to understand, MOURN and DREAD what's coming upon the earth.

As for WHERE He's going to come or physically set down on the earth at the end of the angelic gathering -- we are told that Jerusalem is the prophesied place of ultimate deliverance:

"Behold, the Day of the Lord cometh... for I will gather ALL NATIONS against Jerusalem to battle... and [following the orbital gathering of His saints] 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 move toward the north, and half of it toward the south." (Zech.14:1-4)

"...and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that Day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one Day which shall be known to the Lord , not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that Day, that Living Waters shall go out of Jerusalem...and the Lord SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH: in that Day shall there be One Lord, and His name One." (verses 5-9)

Answer 2

Open The Clouds