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The Second Coming

I agree completely.

Without personal verification, one can neither accept nor reject outright the truth as alluded to in the Scriptures. Jesus Christ has ruled out hearsay, even his own word, as "real proof". The latter, a.k.a., "the light", i.e., "God's life-giving Spirit", directly emanating from Christ's death on the cross, will be among us a little longer.

To me, this does signify Christ's Second Coming to save and to judge the whole world. (John 3: 14-21; 19: 30-37; Rev. 5)

You quoted one verse. A very beautiful verse in fact.

Those who have been walking in this light for the last two thousand years, and even today walk in His Light, are the people of Light. Yes. Amen.

But the verse has nothing to do with the fictional "second coming" doctrine of dispensational theology. It agrees with all the scriptures I provided previously though that to you are just "random quotations"

I will stick with the "random quotations" of God's revealing Word long before I accept your explanation or any other man's explanation, I hope you don't mind :)
 
Jesus came to planet earth about 2000 years ago according to man's time as a man. That was the first coming, was it not? Would not the second coming for any given man be when Jesus came to that given man as his savior, his redeemer and began the growth of the new man within him?

This is exactly right!

When Jesus was taken up into Heaven in Acts 1; He instructed His disciples to NOT stand around gazing up as though he was going to come back down that way. Yes, He shall COME they said, SO they were instructed to RECIEVE Him while gathered to gether in Jerusalem. (not to wait for a "physical coming" as some unlearned report lol)

He CAME! That HAPPENED in Acts chapter 2! The entire rest of the Bible is about His Coming and how He operates within us to save us. It is the fulfillment of HOW HE SAID HE WOULD COME. IN THEM. IN US. By His Holy Spirit He Comes into those who believe and recieve Him. But of course before He could do that, He of course had to "ascend to the Father" and being GLORIFIED before He could personally begin Fathering each of us within our flesh, each man in His own order.

Then is the understanding and fulfillment complete of scriptures such as these;

(Joh 7:37)
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
(Joh 7:38)
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(Joh 7:39)
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Jesus was "glorified" into the "Holy Spirit" of course.

When we receive Christ and are baptized into His death and raised up in newness of Life, we receive His Holy Spirit, by which we are "fathered"
fulfilling the Abrahamic Covenant!


(Luk 24:49)
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

This was the heart of the Abrahamic Covenant.

By recieving the Holy Spirit of Christ into our Temple bodies, we are "Fathered"! The beginning of the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant by which we can cry "ABBA FATHER"!

FULFILLING...
(Gen 17:5)
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.


(Gen 15:5)
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And of course, only JESUS is that SEED, from which the redeemed "Stars of Heaven" Christians are birthed from, whether previously a jew or a gentile, all come forth from the Singular Seed Christ, as Paul also shows here;


(Gal 3:16)
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Only Jesus is the "SEED OF ABRAHAM". Only in Jesus are any of the promises of the Covenant to Israel fulfilled, aka the "Church". Which foremost, is now having a FATHER :)


(Gal 4:6)
And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Is the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ in your hearts? Have we received Him? He has COME! He is banging on our door of our hearts begging to be let in Now, To Day, to give us Rest in His Eternal Sabbath. To FATHER US. To rule and reign over our flesh. To make us One in His Body. To bring forth the Son of God within us! To fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. To Redeem His People Israel. etc etc etc it is all fulfilled in receiving Christ.

Oh what a happy Gospel :)
 
I agree completely.

Without personal verification, one can neither accept nor reject outright the truth as alluded to in the Scriptures. Jesus Christ has ruled out hearsay, even his own word, as "real proof". The latter, a.k.a., "the light", i.e., "God's life-giving Spirit", directly emanating from Christ's death on the cross, will be among us a little longer.

To me, this does signify Christ's Second Coming to save and to judge the whole world. (John 3: 14-21; 19: 30-37; Rev. 5)

As long as you understand His Coming into you by His Holy Spirit, when you RECIEVE HIM, then you are doing just fine :) For Now He will never leave nor forsake you and will be with you always even unto the ends of forever! Then you won't be looking around wondering about a "second coming", because You already received Him when He came the second time AS THE HOLY SPIRIT. I should add, if you or anyone is a trinitarian, these scriptures and spiritual understanding won't be possible. They divorce themselves from salvation because THEIR "holy spirit" isn't Jesus. Therefore such things aren't comprehended because all they possess is the carnal mind. It is of the Revelation of Jesus Christ Himself in opening our eyes to scriptures comparing spirtitual things with spiritual, something only Jesus can do, and is happy to do :)

(Luk 24:25)
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
(Luk 24:26)
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
(Luk 24:27)
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.


(Luk 24:31)
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

(Luk 24:32)
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

When this happens, there is no mistaking it :) Then we are given to know all things, yea even the deep things of the Spirit of God;


(1Co 2:10)
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

(1Co 2:12)
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

(1Co 2:13)
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

(1Co 2:14)
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

(1Co 2:15)
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

(1Co 2:16)
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Ifif
 
If our corresponding views are valid and reliable, they will stand the test of time. If not, it will be time to judge our faith strictly according to the Scriptures.
 
If our corresponding views are valid and reliable, they will stand the test of time. If not, it will be time to judge our faith strictly according to the Scriptures.

Actually a more important test than time would be the test of God.

With regard to time:

"And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:" Rev 10:6

With regard to God:

"The eternal God is thy refuge, ..." Deut 33:27
 
I referred to "the test of time" as part of validation of God's testimony according to the Scriptures. Not otherwise, of course!


Actually a more important test than time would be the test of God.

With regard to time:

"And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:" Rev 10:6

With regard to God:

"The eternal God is thy refuge, ..." Deut 33:27
 
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