Armstrongism affirms the literal, physical return of Jesus Christ to earth. This return is not spiritual or metaphorical but a visible, bodily advent to establish God's Kingdom on earth. Armstrong taught that Christ's Second Coming would be preceded by specific signs and world conditions, and that it would culminate in the elimination of human government and the establishment of divine rule.

The Second Coming is understood as strictly premillennial: Christ returns before the Millennium and establishes His literal earthly kingdom. This return is the hope of believers and the hinge point of God's plan of salvation. It marks the beginning of the Millennium, the resurrection of the saints, and the start of the divine government ruling over earth. For Armstrongism, this is not a spiritual kingdom but a literal political establishment.