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We will all know when Christ returns
if jesus is coming, how are you going to know it's him? if you are not watching the skies constantly, how is he going to get your attention?
I see Christains missed the event.
1 Thessalonians 5:2"For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night."
Regards Tony
The day of the Lord...AS A thief...
Meaning suddenly and without warning.
The day of the Lord...AS A thief...
Meaning suddenly and without warning.
I see a theif comes when the owner is not aware.
I see clouds are things that prevent us seeing the sun in its full splendour.
So in saying every eye shall see, does not mean that every eye will see immediately, it may take many hundreds of years before every eye shall see. Only a few see at the beginning. Those that were not asleep, another warning given by Jesus the Christ.
Regards Tony
if jesus is coming, how are you going to know it's him? if you are not watching the skies constantly, how is he going to get your attention?
is 2000+ years soon enuf? fashionably late?
if jesus is coming, how are you going to know it's him? if you are not watching the skies constantly, how is he going to get your attention?
is 2000+ years soon enuf? fashionably late?
more of a spiritual/mental level of maturity vs physical one?
Do you really want to know?
"And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."-Mark 13:26.
Jesus will be coming on the clouds. It will not be any physical manifestation on earth. That is why he said:
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it...if people say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it."-Matthew 24:23, 26.
There have been people on earth who have claimed to be the Christ. But they are obvious false Christs sent by Satan to mislead. Jesus is coming "in the clouds," "with the clouds." He is an invisible spirit in heaven. And thus his return will not be visible physically. But he will appear in heaven, not visible to the human eye:
"Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him."-Revelation 1:7.
But every eye will see him. How?
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory"-Matthew 24:29, 30.
Notice that his supernatural manifestation which all humankind, "every eye will see him," must acknowledge will come after the foretold great tribulation. The Bible foretells that Jesus will put it in the hearts of the world's political rulers to unite and turn upon all false religion and destroy it as justice and vengeance from God for her detestable and wicked act. This in itself will be very fear-inspiring. After religion has been swept from off the earth, "immediately after the tribulation of those days" supernatural signs and portents will appear in heaven heralding the return of Christ and the impending battle of Armageddon and the subsequent end of all ungodly, unrighteous humankind in opposition to God's righteous kingdom government in heaven.
1 Thessalonians 5:2"For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night."
unfortunately some people have died and haven't seen him. it doesn't say every eye will see at the same moment. jerusalem was already looted in 70 ad and some still didn't get a view of him.
some will be taken, enraptured, and others will be dissatisfied, bored maybe even depressed, or contemptible with the results.
Do you really want to know?
"And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."-Mark 13:26.
Jesus will be coming on the clouds. It will not be any physical manifestation on earth. That is why he said:
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it...if people say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it."-Matthew 24:23, 26.
There have been people on earth who have claimed to be the Christ. But they are obvious false Christs sent by Satan to mislead. Jesus is coming "in the clouds," "with the clouds." He is an invisible spirit in heaven. And thus his return will not be visible physically. But he will appear in heaven, not visible to the human eye:
"Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him."-Revelation 1:7.
But every eye will see him. How?
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory"-Matthew 24:29, 30.
Notice that his supernatural manifestation which all humankind, "every eye will see him," must acknowledge will come after the foretold great tribulation. The Bible foretells that Jesus will put it in the hearts of the world's political rulers to unite and turn upon all false religion and destroy it as justice and vengeance from God for her detestable and wicked act. This in itself will be very fear-inspiring. After religion has been swept from off the earth, "immediately after the tribulation of those days" supernatural signs and portents will appear in heaven heralding the return of Christ and the impending battle of Armageddon and the subsequent end of all ungodly, unrighteous humankind in opposition to God's righteous kingdom government in heaven.
What Does the Bible Say About As A Thief In The Night? has lots of verses with that image. And the context is that those who are 'awake' sense the presence of the Divine thief and welcome him so stay 'awake'.
Sri Aurobindo wrote of the "hour of God":
Unhappy is the man or the nation which, when the divine moment arrives, is found sleeping or unprepared to use it, because the lamp has not been kept trimmed for the welcome and the ears are sealed to the call.
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In the hour of God cleanse thy soul of all self-deceit and hypocrisy and vain self-flattering that thou mayst look straight into thy spirit and hear that which summons it.
Sri Aurobindo — The Hour of God
I subscribed to Jesus His Channel, so I get a heads-upif jesus is coming, how are you going to know it's him? if you are not watching the skies constantly, how is he going to get your attention?
I see the world is finding it was asleep.
Many unhappy men and nations are the result.
Regards Tony