THE THIRD COMING OF CHRIST
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talk about absolutely manipulating Scripture for a very unbiblical view!
look how that verse reads from the 4th century Greek:
28 so also Christ, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall to those that look for him appear a second time without sin in order to salvation.
this explains that because Jesus Sacrifice covered our sins, we can now look toward His Second Coming which is part of our Salvation!
look how that verse reads from the 4th century Greek:
28 so also Christ, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall to those that look for him appear a second time without sin in order to salvation.
this explains that because Jesus Sacrifice covered our sins, we can now look toward His Second Coming which is part of our Salvation!
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Jesus made a promise to send the spirit until he came back
you sound like someone in this group of scoffers
“knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
(?whys it taking so long ?)
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
2 Peter 3:3-7, 9-13 KJV
he’s coming back just as he left in the same manner just as he visable went up and then disappeared from sight , he will return suddenly and appear again returning in the exact same manner he left in thier sight he’s just giving people time to repent so they don’t perish with the world
“And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 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.”
Acts 1:10-11
They saw him go and whoever is alive will see him return many who die before that day won’t but they will have already seen him his return will be wotnessed by the whole earth when it happens
you sound like someone in this group of scoffers
“knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
(?whys it taking so long ?)
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
2 Peter 3:3-7, 9-13 KJV
he’s coming back just as he left in the same manner just as he visable went up and then disappeared from sight , he will return suddenly and appear again returning in the exact same manner he left in thier sight he’s just giving people time to repent so they don’t perish with the world
“And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 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.”
Acts 1:10-11
They saw him go and whoever is alive will see him return many who die before that day won’t but they will have already seen him his return will be wotnessed by the whole earth when it happens
Yes, Rev. 1:7 speaks of His SECOND COMING when He closed the Old Covenant by destroying the temple, and at the same time, He judged Jerusalem for all her sins against Him, especially when they dared to crucify the Lord of glory. Check out AD 70.
https://thebookofrevelationmadeclear.com/revelation-bible-study/coming-with-the-clouds.html
The THIRD COMING is yet to come. 😁
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Not only have I researched this thoroughly, but I could teach you all about it if you set aside your cockiness.
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You wrote so much that I have no idea where to start. All I said is that Jesus came back for the second time just as He promised to judge Jerusalem and to destroy the empty temple. His coming didn't have to be visible. God does not reveal physically Himself to sinners. Never did and never will.
When did the old covenant (the law of Moses) officially end? Most of what Paul wrote about the coming of the Lord had to do with the closing of the old covenant which immediately brought judgment against Jerusalem who was ripped for judgment (1Thes. 2:14-16).
Matthew 23:33–38 (NIV) “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate."
Yeap, the invisible presence of the Lord effectively worked against the Jews in AD 70 and judged them for having broken the law of Moses to no end.
When did the old covenant (the law of Moses) officially end? Most of what Paul wrote about the coming of the Lord had to do with the closing of the old covenant which immediately brought judgment against Jerusalem who was ripped for judgment (1Thes. 2:14-16).
Matthew 23:33–38 (NIV) “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate."
Yeap, the invisible presence of the Lord effectively worked against the Jews in AD 70 and judged them for having broken the law of Moses to no end.
No, I have been simply reading the scriptures, praying, and waiting on the Lord to show me what is in His word. Most modern Christians start studying the word of God in the middle, having accepted what their pastors have taught them without ever investigating whether it was true or not. That's the beginning of a deception. I started from the very beginning believing only that Jesus was God, the Spirit had been given to me to help me be like Christ, so I decided to let Him teach me what I didn't know. I wouldn't dare to manipulate the scriptures; actually, you should verify what I'm saying, and recognize that most of what is taught in the NT was written to the believers of the first century NOT to us.
We must learn to respect the scriptures and learn to read them from the perspective of their recipients, and not assume it is talking about our future instead of recognizing that the writers were speaking about their own future.
To discern the truth of the scriptures, we must read them in the context it was given. One example is Rev. 1:1-3. What does it say to the seven churches? The answer was that all that John was about to see in a vision, was going to happen very soon, NOT two thousand years later. It happened!
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Titus
We must learn to respect the scriptures and learn to read them from the perspective of their recipients, and not assume it is talking about our future instead of recognizing that the writers were speaking about their own future.
To discern the truth of the scriptures, we must read them in the context it was given. One example is Rev. 1:1-3. What does it say to the seven churches? The answer was that all that John was about to see in a vision, was going to happen very soon, NOT two thousand years later. It happened!
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Titus
To me it isn’t so much that Jesus personally returned a 2nd time in 70 AD to destroy the temple. Seeing to it that every stone was not literally left upon another.
Matthew 24:2
2“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
While this is virtually true, it’s not literally true. The western wall of the temple is still standing to this present day.
It’s more like when God brings a judgement against a people, He’ll sometimes stir up an army to come attack them. It isn’t usually surgically precise, but it can be.
In the case of the destruction of the temple, the Romans tore it down generally and effectively, but they didn’t see to every stone literally being thrown down.
It isn’t as if the Romans woke up one morning and collectively thought, “Hey let’s go destroy their temple.” No, this was a process that didn’t happen over night. They had precedent for destroying the temple and it was due to a revolt in the area they were governing. Jesus prophesied this would happen and He was correct.
When God moves to action on Earth, it isn’t a “coming of the Lord” because God is actually present at the moment and watching day and night.
Of course, God can manifest His presence in different ways. The second advent of Christ will be visible and everyone will know beyond a doubt that there’s something major happening globally.
Matthew 24:2
2“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
While this is virtually true, it’s not literally true. The western wall of the temple is still standing to this present day.
It’s more like when God brings a judgement against a people, He’ll sometimes stir up an army to come attack them. It isn’t usually surgically precise, but it can be.
In the case of the destruction of the temple, the Romans tore it down generally and effectively, but they didn’t see to every stone literally being thrown down.
It isn’t as if the Romans woke up one morning and collectively thought, “Hey let’s go destroy their temple.” No, this was a process that didn’t happen over night. They had precedent for destroying the temple and it was due to a revolt in the area they were governing. Jesus prophesied this would happen and He was correct.
When God moves to action on Earth, it isn’t a “coming of the Lord” because God is actually present at the moment and watching day and night.
Of course, God can manifest His presence in different ways. The second advent of Christ will be visible and everyone will know beyond a doubt that there’s something major happening globally.
