The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel affirms the premillennial second coming of Christ — his literal, bodily, visible return to earth before a thousand-year reign. This belief is central to Foursquare eschatology and is emphasized in the doctrine of Jesus as 'Coming King' — the fourth pillar of Foursquare theology. Christ's coming is understood as literal and bodily, sudden and unexpected, and will be preceded by signs in heaven and on earth.

At his coming, Christ will raise the dead, judge all people, and establish his eternal kingdom. Believers will be caught up to meet the Lord, and the saved will reign with Christ forever. The doctrine of the Coming King gives urgency to evangelism and shapes the Church's understanding of history as moving toward Christ's triumph.