i believe that looking for Christ outside of ourselves is a big mistake to make when He tells us that He will come with His Father and make His dwelling place inside of us if we love God and neighbour.
John 14:23
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Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them."
As far as this world is concerned we are a long way of i reckon. First the whole world has to turn around and grow faith in His loving truth.
Matthew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Don't believers know that our Heavenly Father does not wish that anyone should perish but all come to the knowledge of the Son? Why do we not have the same mind as Him? The Son has!
John 12:32
"And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
The last 2000 years The Churches have been very busy building the Christian religion, but we have spend far to little time spreading the Gospel of faith in the Son of God. At the moment billions of God's offspring stand condemned not having faith in The Son of God, but clearly that is against the wishes of the The Son. Who said He was going to call all people unto Himself as we have already seen.
i'm sure Jesus means every word of that seeing the Victory Psalm clearly states this fact.
Psalm 22:27-28
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All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
for dominion belongs to the Lord
and he rules over the nations."
So i believe Christ will be back when the Church submits to Christ's teachings, not constantly bigger about it and brings this whole world into the faith.
About those believers who think that they will be raptured really soon, they best understand that they better get to work calling people to repentance and loving sin to death.
The problem with the Christian Churches is that she is defiled by sins like never before, many religious people are sure in danger of being called hypocrites.
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So if you want to see Jesus on the clouds of Heaven submit to Him with all your heart and learn to love God and neighbour. Let Jesus teach you to have an undoubted faith in Jesus Christ and you will see Him ruling from the clouds of heaven every day of your life down here.
It is absolutely awesome to see the prophecies of Scripture all being fulfilled - time and again - right inside your own inner world of being, what more evidence does one need that the bible is true than that?
Peace.
Armageddon.
In my inner world life died everywhere,
famine taking what sword had left behind.
Brim and hailstones flattening what stood up,
no escape from the carnage I could find.
Awed I saw Jesus the evil fight,
turning my world into a battleground.
I saw billows of smoke rising up high,
rolling thunder through my world rebound.
I watched as scorpions paraded my soul,
stinging those godless in their lust.
Massive grasshoppers devouring all my good,
fierce horses trampling me to dust.
I saw much of my greenery burn-up,
fleets of cargo ships sadly perish.
Daily trade coming to an abrupt hold,
ungodly rulers wrong to cherish.
I saw the Dragon reigning his subjects,
watched the numbered die like flies.
I heard the false prophet's constant lying,
demons smearing God's love with lies.
It was the blood drinking prostitute,
which flabbergasted me the most.
Unfaithfulness killing God's chosen,
with fiery death she was deposed.
I saw my world's kingdom going down,
ruling Babylon fall in one day.
With two thirds of my world wiped out,
I watched true Peace coming to stay.
And so watching God's own safely at home,
I finally let my tears run dry.
Seeing Jesus arising on the clouds,
I joined the Hallelujah cry.