What is the second coming of Jesus?

Answer 1

The Second Coming is defined by Wikipedia as: In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus from Heaven to earth, an event to fulfill aspects of Messianic prophecy, such as the general resurrection of the dead, the last judgment of the dead and the living and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth (also called the "Reign of God"), including the Messianic Age. Views about the nature of this return vary among Christian denominations. The original Greek of the New Testament uses the term parousia (παρουσία), the "appearance and subsequent presence with" (in the ancient world referring to official visits by royalty). The Second Coming is also referred to as the Second Advent, from the Latin term "adventus", for "coming".

When the disciples asked Christ this same question, He specifically said no-one knows when except God the Father:-

Mat 24:3-5, 23-24,27, 29-31, 36:- And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? ...(v.4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (v.5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (v.23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. (v.24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (v.27) For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (v.29) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (v.30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (v.31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (v.36) But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

In Appendix D, Warnings and Cautions of "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done", the authors Lambert Dolphin and Ron Graff said:-

Several cautions are in order for those who wish to know the truth but do not want to not be misled by false teachers. Here are some of these warnings and cautions: 1 - We cannot know the date of Christ's return. Jesus said, No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36) He also said: Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Matthew 24:42-44) It should be noted that the previous two paragraphs relate to Christ's Glorious Return, not the Rapture. But if it is true for that later event, how much more would it be true for the Rapture, for which no specific signs are given.

In answer to their question about when He would establish His Kingdom, Jesus answered, "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority." Acts 1:7

In another place, where Jesus' disciples wrongly thought that the Kingdom was going to appear at once, He gave them a parable about ten stewards, each of whom received money to invest. They were told to "Occupy until I come." (Luke 19:13 KJV) We do not know when He will return, but we should be busy about His business until that glorious day..... These cautions, and many others, have been expressed in two good recent books: Soothsayers Of The Second Advent, by William M. Alnor, and 99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return, by B.J. Oropeza. Both of these men are associated with the Christian Research Institute in Irvine, California, founded by the late Dr. Walter R. Martin. Hank Hanegraaff, president of that organization, who is now known as "The Bible Answer Man," around the world, is an voice for caution. In the foreword to Oropeza's book he reminds us that 1 Peter 1:13 tells us to be sober-minded and alert. He suggests that we be prepared for Christ's coming at any time, but realize it may not happen for another thousand years. (B.J. Oropeza, 99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return, p. 9)

Answer:

In the Old Testament, Daniel prophesied that the Messiah would descend with the clouds of heaven. When Jesus came to the world, He did not descend with the clouds. He came physically through an ordinary woman, Mary. However, as soon as Jesus was baptized, heaven opened and the Spirit of God descended on him. The prophecy was fulfilled by the descend of the Holy Spirit from heaven and not His physical body descending from heaven.

When Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, the Apostles were told "This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. Jesus has returned very shortly after, i.e. during Pentecost. He came back in the form of Holy Spirit descending from heaven, not physically descending from heaven.

If Jesus has returned, why did the Apostles still talk about His coming in their Epistles as well as in the Revelations? The coming of the Lord, the coming of Christ and similar expressions refer primarily to the judgment of God on all man. This judgment happens in the life time of all man. James wrote in his Epistle that the Lord's coming is near, the Judge is standing at the door! (James 5:8-9) If this is referring to a physical coming at the end of the world, it could not be described as near, and certainly not at the door. It is at the door of every man because it will happen in their life time.

Answer:

Many people miss what Jesus said in Mark 13:28-29 where He says ..."Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors."

Although Jesus said that no one knows the day or hour of His second coming. We CAN know when it is NEAR, from the signs of the end times. Is it "near" now? Yes. As we are the first generation to fulfil ALL the Biblical signs that are given in the Bible. And the reason Jesus gave us signs is that we could prepare and watch and be ready for His return.

No one know for sure when, but it will be called the rapture. Thousands around the world will just simply disapear.

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Some religions use the term Rapture, I much prefer Millennium. To say that thousands will just disappear is somewhat harsh on those who remain behind. Those who remain on earth will have been forewarned where the (Millions) will be so it will come as no shock to them, for they will be the most wicked of all Gods children.

Answer 2

The second coming of Christ Jesus is the climax event in the life of Christians. The second coming is the event that all Christians long for and are waiting for with great anticipation.

The second coming will be the event that will put an end to all sin and suffering in this world. At the second coming, Jesus will destroy all wicked. He will resurrect the dead saints and take Christians to heaven to be with Him for eternity.

Answer 3

Umm.. It's called just that in The Bible, the "second coming"

One view:

This prophecy is a matter of differing opinions among the hundreds of denominations of modern professing Christianity.

My experience growing up with my brothers and sisters, being sent by our parents to a "Presbyterian" denomination church on Sunday mornings... I never once heard anyone preaching the "return of Jesus Christ."

I heard the same kind of stuff that most other mainstream Christian denominations still teach today. I got the impression that we were all just "waiting to die," so we can "go to heaven." That is, if we were "officially documented members of a publicly and/or God-approved denomination."

I was ten-years old... what did I know? My parents obviously trusted these "professional God-people" to teach me all about God... so they must be right -- right?

I never got any "indepth" study regarding the "return of Jesus" to the earth, so the contradiction of what I was being taught against what the Bible really said never occurred to me: "If we're all going to heaven anyway... why does Jesus need to come back at all?"

The Presbyterian church doesn't require that any of their denomination read the Bible, since the Bible "can't be understood anyway." So, at that time, I had nothing to compare with what I had otherwise been told.

So, I was ten-years old... "waiting to die so I could go to heaven."

Eventually, as I was introduced to some of the more "outspoken" and "animated" denominations... I discovered that there were prophecies in the Bible that actually mention "Jesus' return." But, most of these denominations taught that He wasn't really coming "all the way back to earth."

They teach that Jesus is flying back on a "near-miss trajectory" that will avoid actually touching the earth, and "scoop all of His saints off of the earth"... who will suddenly just "disappear" without a trace, leaving the people left on earth scratching their heads wondering where their loved ones got to.

Then... these more animated denominations fall into step with the Presbyterian-types, and teach that these "raptured" saints, then, "go to heaven."

In the end, as I was to learn -- for the most part, it doesn't matter which denomination you belong to... they all get you to heaven one way or another.

The problem for me arose when I woke up one day to discover that very few denominations of modern professing Christians believe what Jesus is telling them, that:

"...NO MAN HATH ASCENDED UP TO HEAVEN..." (John 3:13).

That's when I learned that the "Presbytery" had to "interpret the Bible" for me, because they believed very little of anything the Bible says... and they had to twist it around a bit to fit their way of looking at things. Things like ancient pagan beliefs upon which much of modern Christianity is based.

That's when I learned to start reading the Bible. I learned to accept it for what it says... instead of what I was always taught -- that "no matter what the Bible says... it means something else."

It's like me telling you I'll be available to meet you at 10:00 am... but you decide in your mind and heart that 10:00a.m. means 2:00p.m. and show up, then.

We might miss each other.

I think mainstream Christianity would call this "wayward Presbyterian" a "literalist," [or some other derogatory term] because I have come to believe what the Bible plainly says.

Jesus tells us that "no one goes to heaven." He says He is the only man to go there, because He came from there... so I believe Him.

Jesus is literally coming back to the earth to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. That's what I call the "second coming of Jesus."

"...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 1:11)

I believe it.

Jesus rose from the earth and disappeared in a cloud. The prophecies tell us He's coming back "with clouds"... a reverse of His leaving. Which means, from the clouds... He'll descend all the way back down onto the earth "in the same manner" as He left, not just "swoop by" with handfuls of disappearing people.

"...And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives..." (Zech.14:4)... the same mountain from which Jesus rose into the clouds:

"...Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey." (Acts 1:12)

The vast majority of modern professing Christians [like most other religions in the world] are thinking that "heaven is just packed with people" [who apparently argued, fought, bickered and killed each other over their religious beliefs on earth, but now all get along perfectly with one another in heaven]. But, according to Jesus Christ [the one person who literally came from there]... their thinking is vain.

He tells us that He's coming back with God's Kingdom - literally. He says He's preparing a place of rulership and authority for His own over the nations of the earth in that Kingdom:

"...And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." (John 14:3)

And if Jesus "comes again"... where will He be? On the earth.

"...Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world..." (Matt.25:34).

"...the saints of the Most High shall take the Kingdom, and possess the Kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever." (Dan.7:18)

The Presbyterians never mentioned that to me. They had no thought or inclination to "wait on the Lord" to return with the Kingdom of God. In their impatience, they thought their way was better... to "die and go to Him."

I guess, in their thinking... since they really don't believe He's coming back, anyway... going to heaven will be better. There's certainly no hope here on earth, and the sooner we leave, the better.

That's the Presbyterians I grew up with, at least. But:

"...unto them that look for Him [Jesus' returning] shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Heb.9:28)

"...he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron..." (Rev.2:26-27).

"...He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Rev.22:11-12)

That's what I call "the second coming of Jesus."

Answer 4

"No one knows the day or the hour." Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32

But the most important thing is that we are prepared for this time and our hearts are prepared.

But in Luke 21, Jesus tells what the signs are telling that the end times are near (which is basically now), and after these things, Christ will return.

Also read 2 Peter 3 (especially 3:10-13).

Another answerSigns of the second coming of Jesus have been proclaimed almost from the time of the crucifixion, and yet nothing has happened.

The author of Mark's Gospel was so convinced that the destruction of Jerusalem heralded the end of the world and the second coming, that he had Jesus prophesy that he would return during the lifetimes of those still living. That generation passed away, and the evangelists who followed Mark had to accept that Jesus was not returning soon, after all.

The earthquake in Haiti is for some a sign of the end of the world and the return of Jesus. But the eighteenth-century earthquake that destroyed Lisbon was even more powerful and saw many anticipate the end of the world in their day. The global financial crisis is nothing compared to the Depression of the early twentieth century or previous Depressions. The claims that the Mayan calendar prophesied the end of the world in 2012 are no more than reading tea leaves.

Whether or not there is a heaven, there is at least nothing to say that our stewardship of the world will end in the next few thousand years, other than by our own neglect.

Another answer

Jesus said that he will come "Like a thief in the night", and said that at the time even he did not know when the end would come. Attempts have been made to discover the date, but there is no way to predict it, and trying to predict God's timing is a bit like trying to play poker in a pitch black room against an infinite number of players with only 1 card in your hand...

Another answer

Indeed, has every generation since Jesus' ascension into heaven had reason to believe that they were the one to witness Jesus' return because of the signs.

All of Judea was looking for the Messiah in the days of Jesus' mortal existence, because "all the signs were there." Daniel's "fourth beast," the Roman Empire, was "ruling the world"... and the Jews knew that the "Stone of God" would soon "smash" the empire to pieces and be established on earth.

"While you were watching, a Rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the Rock that struck the statue became a huge Mountain and filled the whole earth. (Dan.2:34-35 NIV)

"This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king... Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron... in the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a Kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will endure forever.

"This is the meaning of the vision of the Rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands - a Rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. 'The Great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy.' " (Dan.2:36-45 NIV)

The Jews knew who the fourth beast of Daniel's prophecy was - ROME! And they believed the Messiah was due then and there in their generation... and they were looking for Him.

"John [the Baptist] gave this testimony: '...the man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'... the next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, 'What do you want?' They said, 'Rabbi' (which means Teacher), 'where are you staying?' 'Come,' He replied, 'and you will see.'

For the next three-and-a-half years, the disciples expected Jesus to launch His rebellion against the Roman Empire, smash it to pieces and set up the Kingdom of God on the earth. After all... Jesus preached it the entire time!

For three-and-a-half years, the disciples were frustrated and disappointed at Jesus' failure to produce the Kingdom... even though all the signs were there. Miracle after miracle encouraged them... but no Kingdom. On two separate occasions Jesus fabricated a corded whip with which to cleanse the Temple of cattle and other creatures being sold there during the Holy Days. The uproar further encouraged His disciples, that it was time for the rebellion to begin and the Kingdom to appear. But, no Kingdom came.

Even Paul thought Jesus would return in his lifetime when he included himself as one of those living on earth who would be gathered to Him in the clouds after the "dead in Christ" were raised from their graves.

Every generation has seen what it thinks are "signs" of Jesus' second coming. But He hasn't returned, yet. Someone in each generation who has held faith in God's Word have been given reason to hope theirs would be the one to see it.

The year 1666 with its ominous numbers was a "sign" to that generation... especially when the Black Plague hit Europe.

Both World Wars had people scrambling for their Bibles to check prophetic references and "signs."

And today, as nations and governments are falling into bankruptcy and moving in ever stronger and longer strides toward "globalization" (one-world government)... the signs are evident with this generation.

On the other hand - if Jesus had told His disciples: "Go out and spread the good news of the Kingdom in all the world. But remember... you'll all die before it comes. It won't come for approximately 2000 years or so, and you'll all be mouldering dust in your graves. But, get out there in the world and preach the good news of the Kingdom of God with enthusiasm and words of encouragement!" How enthusiastic would they have been? How far would the gospel of the Kingdom have gone?

It's not just one or two signs that signal Jesus' return... it's all of them. But, the signs of false religion, wars, famines, disease, pestilence, earthquakes... Jesus tells us have always been on the earth.

"All these are the beginning of birth pains." (Matt.24:8 NIV)

It's in the increase of these things where the trouble is coming. Like, when man's ability to make war threatens all life on earth and not just certain isolated regions.

Jesus says that once these everyday signs reach "critical mass"... great tribulation will set off a focused global hatred of His name... and those who preach it will be persecuted, prosecuted and killed.

He says to watch Jerusalem: it will become surrounded by armies and idol worship will be set up there (the abomination that maketh desolate). (Luke 21:20; Matt.24:15)

The world can see "Jerusalem surrounded" by angry, hate-filled Arabs... but "all the nations of the world" aren't yet gathered together against it.

There are all kinds of "signs" for Jesus' return. But, there are still two that the world hasn't seen yet. They are "seals 5 and 6" of Revelation chapter 6: the Great Tribulation (5), and the Heavenly Signs of the darkening of the sun and moon (6).

But man is impatient. His days are 24 hours long and come in Divinely-inspired groups of seven, called a "week." His stressful days and weeks aren't long enough to accomplish everything he wants to do. And when things don't go the way he thinks they should go... he becomes upset with himself and the world.

God's days are 1000 years long, however... and He has "all the time in the world" to accomplish everything He has planned.... which is the establishment of His Kingdom on the earth.

Man's impatience with God has left him disappointed... or in disbelief, generation after generation... with but a handful of faithful from each generation clinging to hope... desperately at times... to His promises.

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (II Peter 3:8-9 NIV)

A study of the Bible reveals the signs we are to look for... and the first four "horsemen of the Apocalypse" (false religion, war, famine, pestilence, disease and earthquakes) are only the beginning of sorrows. All these common ordinary woes of man will increase and intensify until man's back is to the wall and he is out of tolerance, political correctness, time and options.

Answer 5

Mark 13 verse 30 is often understood to mean that all the things prophesied in this chapter would take place while the men of Christ's day were still living. But it cannot mean that because many of the events, especially verses 24-27, simply did not take place at that time. Others understand it to mean that the generation living when the fig tree put forth its leaves, that is, when the nation of Israel was formed in 1948, would be the generation that would see the Second Advent.

This generation may mean "this race."

The Greek word genea "to become," primarily signifies "a begetting, or birth"; hence, that which has been begotten, a family; or successive members of a genealogy, Mat 1:17,

or a race of people, possessed of similar characteristics, pursuits, etc., (of a bad character) Matt 17:17; Mar 9:19; Luk 9:41; Luk 16:8; Act 2:40;

or the whole multitude of men living at the same time, Mat 24:34; Mar 13:30; Luk 1:48; Luk 21:32; Phi 2:15, and especially of those of the Jewish race living at the same period, Mat 11:16, etc.

Transferred from people to the time in which they lived, the word came to mean "an age," i.e., a period ordinarily occupied by each successive generation, say, of thirty or forty years, Act 14:16; Act 15:21; Eph 3:5; Col 1:26;

Some believe it means "this Jewish race characterized by unbelief and rejection of the Messiah." The testimony of history is that "this generation" has not passed away. The nation as a whole has not only survived as a distinct people, but has continued in its deep-seated animosity toward the Lord Jesus. Jesus predicted that the nation and its national characteristic would continue until His Second Advent.

When somebody becomes a Christian they are sealed with the Holy Spirit which is an earnest, a seal of promise that the purchaser will come back and collect His possession. The second coming is real.

Answer 6

A:Probably never, although there are quite a few prophecies of the second coming of Jesus in the Bible. The earliest of these is in chapter 13 of Mark's Gospel, which has Jesus prophesy the end of the world and his own return on clouds of glory, during the lifetimes of those then living. The references to the destruction that occurred in the late 60s gives an indication of when this was expected to occur. Jesus told his listeners that they would see the Temple destroyed, and the abomination of desolation, followed by the Son of man coming in clouds of glory, and that this would take place during their own generation. Of course, this did not happen, although in the maelstrom that marked the end of the First Roman-Jewish War, the end of the world must have seemed imminent.

By the 80s of the first century, when Matthew's Gospel was written, the return predicted in Mark's Gospel was becoming unlikely - the generation had already passed - and the author of Matthew had to change the emphasis away from an impending end of the world. While copying as faithfully as possible from Mark, he changed the position of the sentence about "this generation", relative to the destruction of the great buildings, so that it referred to something else altogether. He added, and emphasised, material where Jesus told the disciples that the end is not yet, and that no man knows when the end of the world will occur. Matthew 24:21 talks of great tribulation that will be followed by the end of the world and the second coming.

Luke was somewhat later than Matthew and even more clearly could not say that the destruction of Jerusalem meant the end of the world. This gospel talks about the end of the world as vaguely in the future, keeping the reference to this generation, but in reference to the need to preach the gospel.

Some see further prophecies of the second coming of Jesus in the Book of Revelation, but can not identify just when. Even more improbably, the Old Testament has been seen by some as prophesying the second coming of Christ.

In later centuries, the Church frequently prophesied the second coming of Jesus. Every disaster was seen as a sign of his coming. Every major milestone in the tradition of the Church was looked forward to as a propitious time for Jesus to return. Prophecies of the second coming of Jesus gained new impetus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the adventist movement, Mormons and the Jehovah's Witnesses. Each prophesied second coming has failed to eventuate, requiring explanations of why the prophecy was wrong.

No doubt the second coming of Jesus will continue to be prophesied far into the future, but will never take place.

Another Answer:

At the time Jesus was asked this question in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 even He did not know the day or the hour - only His Father knows.

The 2nd rule of Scripture requires the reader to read the verses before and after - sometimes going into another chapter or book of Scripture - to glean the full context of the words written. This is the case with Jesus speaking of the 'future generations' present at the time of His 2nd Coming.

For believers, Jesus never lied and all future events foretold in prophecy - about 25% completed so far - have come to pass (Jesus is God of OT too).

Reading the entire chapters mentioned above will give the reader 'signs' to look for as the world surely heads into the final time of the 'reign of man.'

Additionally:

The prophecies are written as to what to "look for"... to KNOW when to look up and expect Him.

Jesus tells us that a "great distress" [Great Tribulation - KJV - Matt.24:21] will come over the earth like at no other time in history; and will never happen again [see Matt.24:9-29]. Greater than even the last two world wars; the wars to end all wars.

He tells us that this unprecedented distressful future time will result in the end of all life on earth, unless those days are shortened [verse 22].

As a result... darkness, clouds and overlapping cosmic events [stars falling from heaven and the 'shaking' thereof - verse 29] will curtail man's headlong plunge into his Satan-guided suicide [the god whom he has worshiped these past millennia since the Garden of Eden - Rev.13:4 & Gen.3].

THIS IS WHEN THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST will take place [see verses 30-31].

So, the written prophecies first have to be "BELIEVED" by someone before he takes enough interest in them to LOOK FOR THESE SIGNS. Because "believers have to pray continuously... and look for them" in order for them to KNOW WHEN.

"WATCH YE THEREFORE, and PRAY ALWAYS, that ye may by accounted worthy to escape ALL THESE THINGS THAT SHALL COME TO PASS, and to stand before the Son of Man." (Luke 21:36)

That's the only way to KNOW when Jesus is on His way back. You have to, first, BELIEVE what is written; and, second, you have to patiently WATCH for the Great Tribulation to be cut short by a darkened earth combined with cosmic upheaval.

"...unto them THAT LOOK FOR HIM shall He appear the second time without sin unto Salvation." (Heb.9:28)

As of this writing, the building global distress hasn't YET reached unprecedented proportions. Nor is the earth darkened... nor are the powers of the heavens shaking. So, don't expect Him, now.

But: "When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (Luke 21:28 NIV)

AnswerThe general Muslim belief is that Jesus was not killed by the Jews and that he was raised bodily to the Heavens by God and that he is still alive in his body in Heaven. Jesus will appear again just before the Final Day when the world will be purified of sin and unbelief. There will be final death before the final Resurrection but all will have believed that final death. Answer"...of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only." (Matt.24:36).

The second coming will occur when Jesus' Father tells Him it's time.

AnswerJesus came back in the 1st century A.D. It was most likely a local event that happened as Jerusalem was being destroyed by the Roman armies. The husbandmen in the verse below were the Jews who had him killed. Jesus said he would come back and destroy them (which happened in 70AD). Mar 12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. Here he tells his disciples he will be back before they finish their mission: Mat 10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. AnswerJesus originally said he would return during his followers' lifetimes. Many religions claim to know when he returns; and many predictions have come and gone. This has been going on for around 2000 years. I'm at the point that it really doesn't matter when he comes; what really matters is how we live our lives.

Answer 7

Answer:

No one knows when His return is, but, Jesus says to look for signs of His return. And it also says in the Bible that no man will know the hour or day when Christ returns. Not even the angels in Heaven know when He'll return! Only God Himself knows when Christ will return.

Answer 8

Many Christians believe that Jesus will return to Earth at the end of time. This second coming is sometimes called the Parousia, a Greek word that means 'a coming' or 'a presence'.

Answer 9

Mark's Gospel contains the first prophecy of the second coming of Jesus. He had Jesus himself prophesy the end of the world and his second coming within the lifetime of the generation of those present - Mark 13:2, 'And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou those great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.' Jesus went on later to tell the disciples that they would personally experience social turmoil and persecution, there would be earthquakes and 'But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken and then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.' He concluded by saying, 'Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.'

Mark's prophecy did not come true, but the expectation that a second coming was imminent did not go away. Later Christian writings simply announced that no man can know when it will be.

If Mark was wrong, and if other people have waited for an 'imminent' return for nearly two thousand years, then perhaps we should accept that Jesus is not really coming back. It is all a matter of faith.

Answer 10

Paul believed that Jesus would return in his own lifetime and taught his followers to be ready for Jesus' return. When the Thessalonians expressed concern for their friends who had already died while waiting, he gave them an assurance that the dead would be caught up in the air along with those then still living (1 Thessalonians 4:15): "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remainunto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep." Of course, this event did not happen during Paul's lifetime nor the lifetimes of those to whom he made this promise.

Next came Mark's Gospel, influenced by Paul's epistles. Mark chapter 13 talks of the return of Jesus, again within present lifetimes. The accurate description of the First Roman-Jewish War and of the civil war that raged within Jerusalem at the time of the Roman siege, were portrayed as heralding this event in the very near future. Once again, Jesus did not return, and the later gospels altered Mark's passage to have a somewhat different meaning focussed on the indeterminate future.

Over the centuries since, and into the twenty-first century, there have hundreds of prophecies of Jesus' imminent return. None has proved true. We can confidently say that Jesus will not return during our lifetimes or the lifetimes of our grandchildren. In fact Jesus is unlikely ever to return - this is simply a biblical legend.