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1 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | Morant61 | 128174 | ||
Greetings Xerxes! I understand where you are coming from, but I don't see how you get it from the text of Scripture. Allow me to explain! You wrote: "What I got out of that passage was that they need not look for a man here or there. "Don't be deceived. You won't see me in the way you would expect. My return will be like a flash of lightning (as in quick, destructive, and gone again as soon as it strikes)." Yet the text says: Mt. 24:27 - "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." The key word is 'visible'! The text doesn't make the case that His return will be so sudden that some might not see it. It specifically stresses the fact that it will be visible. Also, the 'thief in the night' expresses the unexpectedness of His return, not that He will come and go. The issue in these passages is being prepared for His return. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | First Century Second Coming? | John 5:19 | Xerxes | 128183 | ||
Hey Tim, Again, we have a difference of opinion on the interpretation of Jesus' signs. I'm using NASB, NRSV, and NKJV. None of mine say "visible," so I can't debate that. Mine say "flashes," which again indicates to me a brief happenstance that's over quickly. Lightning flashes for a matter of seconds. While lightning is visible from the east to the west, it is still brief, unexpected, destructive, and over almost as soon as it begins. Xerxes |
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