| When | |
| BEFORE the Tribulation Luke 21:36 |
AFTER the Tribulation Matthew 24:29-30 |
| Who | |
| Christ comes FOR the saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 |
Christ comes WITH the saints Jude 14 & Revelation 19:11-21 |
| Where to | |
| Christ takes the saints to heaven John 14:3 | Christ brings the saints to earth Zechariah 14:4-5 & Revelation 19:14 |
| Where from | |
| Christ returns to the air 1 Thessalonians 4:17 |
Christ returns to the earth Zechariah 14:4-5 |
| Visible? | |
| Christ is not seen 1 Corinthians 15:52 |
Every eye shall see him Revelation 1:7 |
| Effect | |
| It is the blessed hope of the believers Titus 2:13 | It is the great day of God’s wrath Revelation 19:15 |
