Why say second coming only?

The Son comes more than once. In fact... three additional times. Check it out:

1)

Matthew 24:27For 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.

2)

Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

3)

Matthew 24:39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

#1 is implying the 2nd coming. It's as lightning.
#2 is implying the 3rd coming. It's as the days of Noah.
#3 is implying the 4th coming. It's as the flood which took certain all away.

So why say 2nd coming only?

reply to post by WarJohn


What? You make absoultely no sense. He already came once, the second time will be the last time because the second coming will be the judgement of man. After that is his millenial reign and at the end of that reign he lets satan loose for a little while longer and then he kills him.

Those 2 versus in matthew are referring to the same second coming.

reply to post by WarJohn
There was a judgment coming, which happened, and why there is no longer a temple in Jerusalem, and why (up until relatively recent times) there was not a large population of Jews in Palestine.

Jesus was explicit (for those who do not by choice blind themselves to the obvious) about the sign of the son of man being that very judgment (which is from our point of view) in the distant past. So, there is no future coming (again, from our point of view) today. We need to get serious about how we find the world and to take personal responsibility for it being that way and to stop childishly blaming it on the serpent, as the people of legend did.

reply to post by WarJohn

All three descriptions apply to the same event.
They all mean "suddenly".

(And you don't seem to be aware that the story of Noah and the story of "the Flood" are the same story)

reply to post by DISRAELI


The days of Noah before the flood is what it means for the 3rd coming.

The 4th coming is as the flood which took certain all away.

Didn't Noah and the flood happen before christ was born??

And lightning from the east that reaches the west?? Attila the hun??

reply to post by metaldemon2000

Yes, they happened before he was born, which is how he knew about them and was able to use them as a comparison.
The most obvious point about "lightning shining from east to west" is that it happens suddenly, and is visible to everyone.
Sorry, that's two obvious points.
Anyway, that's the significance.

Originally posted by DISRAELI
reply to post by WarJohn

 

All three descriptions apply to the same event.
They all mean "suddenly".

(And you don't seem to be aware that the story of Noah and the story of "the Flood" are the same story)

... Why is someone always... 'COMMING'... in the 'End Time'
... And someone never just... 'LEAVING'... in the 'End Time' again
... in Rev 22:12... & Matt 16:27-28... it seems like the 'End Time'
... is where the... 'COMMING/LEAVING'... is now 'Verily' used
... Butt maybe the Reptilians are the Ones... 'COMMING'... from the MOON
... U do know this now because I'm telling U that... the Reptilians... 'COME'
... only once in a 'End Time' lifetime...

... Didn't 'That Guy'... say "I am always with YE-ALL"
... Doesn't that mean he never left... So then he's never 'comming'
... So WHO Matt 25:31... is really 'comming' in all that 'glory!'

Jesus said/says, "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that
I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to
hear them
...There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me."


---Amen again

Originally posted by CosmicWaterGate
... Didn't 'That Guy'... say "I am always with YE-ALL"
... Doesn't that mean he never left... So then he's never 'comming'

... So WHO Matt 25:31... is really 'comming' in all that 'glory!'

Currently present, but not visibly present.
That would be the difference.

Only one "m" in "coming"

Originally posted by WarJohn
The Son comes more than once. In fact... three additional times. Check it out:

1)

Matthew 24:27For 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.

2)

Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

3)

Matthew 24:39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

#1 is implying the 2nd coming. It's as lightning.
#2 is implying the 3rd coming. It's as the days of Noah.
#3 is implying the 4th coming. It's as the flood which took certain all away.

So why say 2nd coming only?

Read it carefully. It is all the same event.

1. It's as the lightning SHINES (referring to a brightness)
2. BUT..... as the days of Noah (normal everyday events taking place, such as marriages)
3. AND....knew not til the flood came and took them away (they were clueless as to what was even taking place til it was too late).

Its a really cool idea, and maybe you are right about there being more than 1 or 2 visitations by the Son of God too our earthly realm. However, the evidence you've presented is, in my opinion, not the proof you're looking for. The scriptures you've quoted all explain that the NEXT coming will not be expected. It will just happen as suddenly a bolt of lightning or a flood. Thank you for sharing your thoughts though! You may be correct and the above is only my opinion. Much love!!!?

reply to post by WarJohn


What if i told you the "son of man" comes every single day?

reply to post by WarJohn


Jesus is giving different illustrations for the same event.

Or it is Jesus talking about himself in the third person, saying "the son of man" which is a translation from an Aramaic idiom for referring to oneself.
Jesus is saying he is the new YHWH, having taken the role of the I Am, and the attributes of that former god, Jesus has taken upon himself, including the power of the lightning, and the power to cause calamities as a form of judgement, such as, instead of marshaling the forces of heaven to protect Jerusalem from its enemies, Jesus marshals the forces of Jerusalem's enemies to destroy it as a form of punishment for rejecting God by killing God's son.
So this is not so much a second coming as we might think of today, but a coming into power, which is what he is given, to be God on Earth, so to speak. So there is no future second coming because Jesus rules over the earth right now, and this was evidenced by the retribution that already happened, which satisfies all the predictions by Jesus that people now formulate into this end of the wold theory.