I love The Lord of the Rings trilogy of movies. Of the three, my favorite is The Return of the King. When all looks lost for the fortress of Isengard, King Aragorn arrives and saves the stronghold from certain devastation and a great loss of life.
Try to imagine The Lord of the Rings without the final installment of The Return of the King? There would be no final defeat of evil or victory over the vile schemes of Sauron. Because of the timely arrival of King Aragorn, justice wins out over wickedness and death. The king saves human life from annihilation.
In the same way, Jesus’ glorious return to the earth in the midst of the epic battle for Jerusalem will save humanity from extinction at the end great tribulation (read Matt. 24:21-29).
The Lord of the Rings is allegory; Jesus’ future return to earth is reality. In Tolkien’s symbolic tale of the Second Coming, King Aragorn defeats the forces of the demonic Sauron that are attacking Isengard. In biblical prophecy, Jesus will triumph over the forces that Satan will someday gather to destroy Jerusalem.
The apostle John describes the glorious return of our great King in the book of Revelation. From beginning to end, it’s all about Jesus (see Rev. 1:1)! He is the head of the church to whom belongs all worship and adoration (chs. 1-5). He judges the wickedness of the world, wipes out Satan’s kingdom, destroys the antichrist and false prophet (chs. 6-19), and takes His rightful place on the throne of David ruling over the nations of the world (ch. 20). After Jesus’ final defeat of Satan, death and all other enemies, God brings in the eternal state with the new earth and New Jerusalem (chs. 21-22).
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