Affirms
Jesus will return literally and bodily for final judgment
The ICOC affirms the literal, bodily return of Jesus Christ as the event that will bring human history to its conclusion, raising the dead and judging all people. The second coming is affirmed as a certain future event, though its timing is unknown. This conviction shapes the ICOC's urgent missional culture: the window for evangelism is finite.
The ICOC does not engage in detailed prophetic speculation about the timing or sequence of end-time events. The focus is on faithful, urgent evangelism and discipleship in the present rather than on prophetic timelines.
Key Distinctions
- Return expectation:
- affirmed; preceded by signs
- Tribulation view:
- no formal rapture doctrine
- Parousia nature:
- bodily, visible return for judgment
Scripture References
Sources
- ICOC Statement of Belief