• 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Acts 1:11 — Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
• Matt 24:30 — And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glor
• Rev 1:7 — Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

3 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

17 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith · 4 passages
• Confession of Dositheus · 3 passages
• Statement of Fundamental Truths · 2 passages
• Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
• Homilies on Matthew · 1 passage
• The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) · 1 passage
• Heidelberg Catechism · 1 passage
• The Jewish War · 1 passage
• Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews · 1 passage
• Augsburg Confession · 1 passage