Rather than prejudice the discussion by a long first post, I would like to understand what people here understand not just what is going to happen during the Second Coming of Jesus but what they understand it to mean to the world after He comes and establishes His rule in Jerusalem, Israel.
so Paul puts the 2nd coming in a nutshell here:
1st Thessalonians 4
The Return of the Lord
13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
So at that point all the saved are with the Lord in heaven.
A lot of things take place and then the 2nd resurrection (of all the lost) takes place and they along with the earth destroyed.
Then God makes everything new.
It's not about todays earthly
Jerusalem, Israel. It will not be rebuilt. It's about the heavenly one to come.
Revelation 21
A New Heaven and a New Earth
1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:
“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them as their God.
4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,
and there will be no more death
or mourning or crying or pain,
for the former things have passed away.”
5And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7The one who is victorious will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
God Bless.