Vineyard affirms the literal, bodily, visible return of Jesus Christ as the culmination of redemptive history. Christ's return will defeat all evil, establish justice, raise the dead, and usher in the fully realized Kingdom of God. This is a core article of faith in the Vineyard Statement of Faith.

Vineyard's already/not yet eschatology means the Second Coming is the event that will complete what has already begun in Christ's first coming. The movement holds Christ's return with expectancy while focusing present ministry on Kingdom activity rather than prophetic speculation about timing. Vineyard generally avoids detailed dispensationalist timelines in favor of a broadly premillennial or Kingdom-centered hope.