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This has recently been debated on a secular forum, but I think it raises some valid points about the Second coming of Christ.
Have a read of the following, and see if it makes any sense to you guys:
> Below Jesus clearly predicts that his Second Coming will be during the
> lifetimes of the First Century Christians who lived in their time.
>
> "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not
> taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."
> (Matthew 16:28)
>
> "But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall
> not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:27)
>
> Jesus clearly predicted in those two verses above that the apostles
> standing with him would see his second coming in their lifetimes. It's
> clear and simple, nothing allegorical or symbolical.
>
> These following verses also indicate that Paul expected that he and the
> Christians of his time would see the Second Coming of Christ.
>
> "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both
> they that have wives be as though they had none;" (1 Corinthians 7:29)
>
> "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
> alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
> which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven...
> Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
> them in the clouds..." (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)
>
> "God...Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son..." (Hebrews
> 1:1-2)
>
> 2000 years ago it was the "last days"!? More similar verses below.
>
> "For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not
> tarry."
> (Hebrews 10:37)
>
> "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
> unto prayer."
> (1 Peter 4:7)
>
> "Christ...was manifest in these last times for you,..." (1 Peter
> 1:19-20)
>
> "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord...
> stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh...behold,
> the judge standeth before the door." (James 5:7-9)
>
> "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto
> his servants things which must shortly come to pass;..." (Revelation
> 1:1)
>
> "Behold, I come quickly." (Revelation 3:11)
>
> "And he said unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this
> book: for the time is at hand... He which testifieth these things
> saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
> (Revelation 22:10, 20)
>
> "But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
> verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
> Israel, till the Son of man be come."
> (Matthew 10:22-23)
>
> Jesus said there that his second coming would occur WHILE his apostles
> were preaching in the cities of Israel!
>
> In the following three verses, Jesus says that the generation living at
> the time would experience his second coming.
>
> "So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,
> know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that
> this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." (Mark
> 13:29-30)
>
> "So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
> the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This
> generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." (Luke 21:31-32)
>
> "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
> near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall
> not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (Matthew 24:33-34)
This has to be one of the biggest religious money-spinners of all time - yet Jesus Christ did not return to Earth during these times.
Some cults like the Jehovah's Witnesses made claims that the Second coming would be in 1995, whilst others have said that it is going to happen in 2012.
What and who gives them the right to tell the people who are lining their pockets when Christ will return?
At the foot of the CF forums, there is a hyperlink claiming that the Second coming happened recently for people in Asia!
So, who is correct here? Is it the Bible writers, or is it the sceptics who believe that Jesus lied about his second coming? In one Bible verse he says "nobody knows the day or the hour", whilst in another he says that he was going to come soon.
These predictions were made almost 2000 years back, and the world still has not witnessed the second coming.
If it doesn't happen by 2012, I think that this teaching should be scrapped by the churches.
If the second coming does happen, it would be witnessed by the whole world, not a select bunch of people. Every TV and radio station and newspaper will be broadcasting it.
Have a read of the following, and see if it makes any sense to you guys:
> Below Jesus clearly predicts that his Second Coming will be during the
> lifetimes of the First Century Christians who lived in their time.
>
> "Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not
> taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."
> (Matthew 16:28)
>
> "But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall
> not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:27)
>
> Jesus clearly predicted in those two verses above that the apostles
> standing with him would see his second coming in their lifetimes. It's
> clear and simple, nothing allegorical or symbolical.
>
> These following verses also indicate that Paul expected that he and the
> Christians of his time would see the Second Coming of Christ.
>
> "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both
> they that have wives be as though they had none;" (1 Corinthians 7:29)
>
> "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
> alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
> which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven...
> Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
> them in the clouds..." (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)
>
> "God...Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son..." (Hebrews
> 1:1-2)
>
> 2000 years ago it was the "last days"!? More similar verses below.
>
> "For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not
> tarry."
> (Hebrews 10:37)
>
> "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
> unto prayer."
> (1 Peter 4:7)
>
> "Christ...was manifest in these last times for you,..." (1 Peter
> 1:19-20)
>
> "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord...
> stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh...behold,
> the judge standeth before the door." (James 5:7-9)
>
> "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto
> his servants things which must shortly come to pass;..." (Revelation
> 1:1)
>
> "Behold, I come quickly." (Revelation 3:11)
>
> "And he said unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this
> book: for the time is at hand... He which testifieth these things
> saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
> (Revelation 22:10, 20)
>
> "But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for
> verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
> Israel, till the Son of man be come."
> (Matthew 10:22-23)
>
> Jesus said there that his second coming would occur WHILE his apostles
> were preaching in the cities of Israel!
>
> In the following three verses, Jesus says that the generation living at
> the time would experience his second coming.
>
> "So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,
> know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, that
> this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." (Mark
> 13:29-30)
>
> "So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that
> the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This
> generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." (Luke 21:31-32)
>
> "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
> near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall
> not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." (Matthew 24:33-34)
This has to be one of the biggest religious money-spinners of all time - yet Jesus Christ did not return to Earth during these times.
Some cults like the Jehovah's Witnesses made claims that the Second coming would be in 1995, whilst others have said that it is going to happen in 2012.
What and who gives them the right to tell the people who are lining their pockets when Christ will return?
At the foot of the CF forums, there is a hyperlink claiming that the Second coming happened recently for people in Asia!
So, who is correct here? Is it the Bible writers, or is it the sceptics who believe that Jesus lied about his second coming? In one Bible verse he says "nobody knows the day or the hour", whilst in another he says that he was going to come soon.
These predictions were made almost 2000 years back, and the world still has not witnessed the second coming.
If it doesn't happen by 2012, I think that this teaching should be scrapped by the churches.
If the second coming does happen, it would be witnessed by the whole world, not a select bunch of people. Every TV and radio station and newspaper will be broadcasting it.