Lightkeeper
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Jesus will return like a thief in the night. What do you think this actually means? How do you interpret it?
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Like A Thief In The Night
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Green Gaia
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They don't know when he'll return, and probably when you least expect it, so always be ready.
Lightkeeper
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I look on it as an inner process, a return to wholeness. When you are open and unexpecting this will happen.
cfer
Active Member
I really like that thought. It seems that the things you want most to happen in life always happen at a point when you stop dwelling on it. My personal example is when I met my fiance. I was going to concentrate on my studies and not worry about getting involved with anyone. I actually followed through with that instead of just pay it lip service, too. Next thing I know, I met this wonderful woman and all I wanted to do was spend time with her and forget about my studies.Lightkeeper said:
I used to believe the statement about Jesus coming to mean that he could come back to Earth at any time, so we were to be prepared. I like your meaning on it much better.
fromthe heart
Well-Known Member
I agree with Maize...we won't know the day,time or the hour. Jesus will appear in the clouds. Matthew 24:29 gives us a hint of the second coming...it says immediately after tribulation the sun will not shine and the moon will not give light,the stars of heaven will fall and the powers of the heaven will be shaken. 30.then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven,the tribes of earth will mourn and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. 31. He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and the angels will gather the elect from all over the world. It also goes on to say what will happen to those who are not gathered up.
This will be a glorious day...the day some will rejoice in and some will shudder that they did not believe and it will be too late then to repent.
This will be a glorious day...the day some will rejoice in and some will shudder that they did not believe and it will be too late then to repent.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
My belief is that God KNEW there would be wackos trying to tell everyone when he is coming in order to exert power over them. So he keeps us guessing, so we will not try those "death bed" conversions.
Those who are His and watching for the signs of his coming will know the season, just not the exact day and the exact hour. Study both, the Tanack and the New Testament and you will now the signs of his coming. "He is coming back soon! So, you get ready!" (Jackie Gaylor)
Lu 11:21 "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.
Mt 24:48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, My master is delayed,
Mt 24:50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
This is the one who doubts the "Word of God." He will be caught unaware. If you don't know the signs of His return? Learn them! And be on guard. Shalom/Peace
Lu 11:21 "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.
Mt 24:48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, My master is delayed,
Mt 24:50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know,
This is the one who doubts the "Word of God." He will be caught unaware. If you don't know the signs of His return? Learn them! And be on guard. Shalom/Peace
oracle
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The kingdom will not come to you if you are watching for it. It cannot be observed with physical eyes. It is already here, it's a matter of you entering this kingdom. But just as Jesus said, truly, only few find this kingdom.NKJ said:
The kingdom of heaven is the spiritual totality of existance. It is an inner world, only those with spiritual insight can see it. The secret of the kingdom is given to those who seek it. To those who don't seek, it will be hidden. Once you take that barrier out of the way which conceals the kingdom, you will find it. [/font][font=Arial, Geneva, Helvetica]If you await for a physical coming of the kingdom, then truly in you heart you never sought the kingdom. Those who seek will find. Those who do not seek are the invited who do not attend, because they are caught up in the material world and it's pleasures. [/font]
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Those who say, "I am Jesus", or say "look, he is here" is ultimately driven by ego. They do not know who Christ is. Christ's coming will not be a physical arrival, however you will know when he is here because it will be evident, and you will not need to wonder. However, only those who are watching (not in flesh but in spirit) will see his coming. Those who are carnally minded, Christ will come as a thief, those who are asleep in the dust of the earth. On that day, he will break in and steal all thier possessions out from under them. They will be left naked and exposed in shame. People measure themselves with their possessions, with their riches, with their education, they measure themselves with names, but all these finite things will pass away. What then, do we have left to measure ourselves? Each and every one of us is utterly made low, utterly humiliated. That great city called Babylon will be in flames. Those who fatten the flesh leave their spirit cold, naked, and in starvation. That is how they will find themselves on that day.NKJ said:
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This is a riddle. From my interpretation i will give you a hint. Jesus is speaking of the twofold nature. That being the flesh and the spirit, represented by two men in one bed, two women grinding together, two men in the field. When you find the kingdom, you will also find a carcass. The world is a carcass. When you find it, you will be held accountable, do not turn back to it, or you will be like Lot's wife and you will harm your soul. The truth will break your entire existence in half. Some tremble, others rejoice. That is why the secret, has been kept a secret, and only revealed to those who are qualified to know. In the end, the secret and mysteries of God will be revealed to all. People will be flocked to this kingdom.NKJ said:
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