Jesus Returned

 

“Coming” (Greek: παρουσία — parousia)

Mat 24:3, 27, 37, 39	What will be the sign of your coming…
Mat 24:42, 44, 50	…an unexpected time
1 Cor 15:23	At his coming…
1Th 1:10	…to wait for his Son from heaven,
1 Thes 2:19	Before our Lord Jesus at his coming
1 Thes 3:13	At the coming of our Lord Jesus
1 Thes 4:15	By the word of the Lord… at the coming of the Lord
1 Thes 5:23	Blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Thes 2:1, 8	Concerning the coming of our Lord… the brightness of his coming
Jam 5:7–8	Be patient… until the coming of the Lord
2 Pet 1:16	Made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Pet 3:4, 12	Where is the promise of his coming?

“Appearance” (Greek: ἐπιφάνεια — epiphaneia)

2 Thes 2:8	“Destroyed by the brightness of his coming”
1 Tim 6:14	Until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Tim 4:1	At his appearing and his kingdom
2 Tim 4:8	Loved his appearing
Tit 2:13	Looking for… the glorious appearing of… Jesus Christ

“Revelation” (Greek: ἀποκάλυψις — apokalypsis)

Luke 17:30	The day the Son of Man is revealed
1 Cor 1:7	Eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus
2  Thes 1:7	When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
1 Pet 1:7	Be found… at the revelation of Jesus Christ
1 Pet 1:13	Set your hope on the grace to be brought at the revelation of Jesus
1 Pet 4:13	That you may rejoice… at the revelation of his glory

“Coming with Clouds / Glory / as Judge”

Mat 16:27	Son of Man is going to come… in the glory of his Father
Mat 6:28	Will not die… see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Mat 24:30	They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
Mat 25:31	When the Son of Man comes in his glory…
Mar 8:38	When he comes in the glory of his Father…
Mar 9:1	…see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.
Mark 3:26	Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds…
Luke 1:27	Then they will see the Son of Man coming…
Luke 2:40	Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.
Luke 7:20	The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed.
Luke 7:24	As the lightning flashes - so will the Son of Man be in his day.
Acts 1:11	Jesus… will come in the same way as you saw him go…
Heb 9:28	Christ… will appear a second time, not to bear sin…
Rev 1:7	He is coming with the clouds… every eye will see him

Additional Notable References

Mat 10:23	…through the towns before the Son of Man comes.
Mat 13:34,35	…your house is waste, blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
Luke 18:8	When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?
Luke 19 12ff	The parable of the nobleman who gave money to servants 10/5/1.
Luke 21:32	This generation will not pass away until all things have taken place.
Luke 21:31	When you see these things … you know that the kingdom of God is near.
John 14:3	I will come again and take you to myself
John 21:22	If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
Acts 2:20	The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day.
Acts 3:20, 21	Jesus, … must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration
1Co 11:26	You proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
Phi 3:20–21	We await a Savior… who will transform our body
Col 3:4	When Christ… appears, you also will appear with him
1Th 5:2	the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Heb 10:37	He who is coming will come and will not delay
Rev 1:4, 8	peace from him who is and who was and who is to come,
Rev 3:11,	I am coming soon
Rev 22:12, 20	Behold, I am coming soon/surely, I am coming soon

 Jesus returned within the time he gave – in the lifetime of some of the people who heard him teaching.

All these references related to Israel, Jerusalem, the temple, and Jesus’ return.

None of these references have anything to do with global affairs, or the supposed demise of human life.

The references connect to the end of Israel’s exclusive relationship with God and the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham that all people would be blessed.

The new covenant became of full effect with the destruction of the temple.

The material kingdom ended with the destruction of Jerusalem, being replaced by the eternal spiritual kingdom.

Traditional interpretations of Jesus prophecy concerning his return (the second coming) are erroneous and deceptive. They disparage the plan of God making Jesus at best equivocal or worse a blatant liar. Most churches interpret scriptures according to what they already believe. Jesus said he would return within the lifetime of some of those he was talking to. I believe he did what he said he would do. There is no historical evidence of Jesus’ return; does that mean it didn’t happen?

The scriptures provide insights into God’s dealing with humans. It contains records of people of faith as well as the history of Israel. We read about the promise God made to save the world through Abraham’s descendants. We notice the state of Jewish religion at the time of Jesus. The time from John till the destruction of the temple was the end of the age for Israel, it was the last days; that’s what the Christian writings say. The end days were a time of transition. After the death of Jesus his followers for some years were only Jews and Gentile proselytes. After Gentiles were accepted Jewish believers demanded they follow Moses law, but Peter, James and the group decided Gentiles did not have to submit to the Law. They were instructed to live godly and moral lives. Jews were required to comply with the Law. God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah promising a new covenant that would not be like the first. The apostle John wrote that the Law came through Mose, but grace and truth through Jesus. God promised people he would put his law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and he would be their God, and they would be his people. And they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. The final event of transformation from the physical to spiritual kingdom was Jesus what promised, “there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”