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July 21, 2004
Second Coming Speculation
Somebody asked about where Jesus would show up for the Second Coming.
Well, Jesus would have to show up somewhere that everyone could see. If he was to appear as an ordinary human, there would have to be a way that everyone on the planet would be made aware of his presence. That argues for a story which would travel around the world, presumeably by mass media.
Nick Berg.
I'm really not up on the prescriptions most Christians have of the Second Coming. We Episcopalians say 'He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead'. So if Jesus were Episcopalian, then he certainly wouldn't go out like Berg. He'd do something like raise Atlantis from the ocean and teleport people in mid-sentence. He'd be on our cell phones, pagers, PDAs and car radios telling us each about our sins and what's about to come next. He wouldn't bother with one simple human form or our space time continuum, and he damned sure isn't about to be crucified again. It would be the end of the world and the human experiment.
I have a great deal of faith that the Trinity isn't finished with humanity by a longshot. We still have, by my watch, several thousand generations to go before we take up a reasonably good chunk of our galaxy and therefore more of the Trinity's attention. We have yet to meet the challenges of dealing with alien species, of which there must be plenty.
On the other hand, what if the truly righteous among us were so few that Jesus has actually had a second, third, fourth and 20 other visits but we were all preoccupied watching Fox?
Posted by mbowen at July 21, 2004 07:36 AM
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“Those people who are waiting for the second coming of Jesus are waiting for themselves. For Jesus comes again every time we live out his teachings.” From the sermon "Was Jesus A Buddha?" http://www.allsoulschurch.org/sermons.asp?sermon=105&action=menu&value=136&pagecode=92
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Posted by: JohnB at July 21, 2004 11:12 AM
Just suppose the second coming is true and armaggedon is here, what do we all have to do?
Do we all have to stop sinning?
What is a sin anyway? Who will be cast into the lake of fire to be punished for eternity - who will decide if your sin is bad enough for this to happen?
If you kill someone is that a sin...or is it just god taking back one of his children by going through you?
If only god can give life and only god can take life then is a murderer blameless?
And if we are created in the image of god aren't we all capable of giving and taking life wouldn't we all have the urge to give and take life?
Jesus once said that we are all sinners - does that mean we will all perish in the lake of fire?
God also said that one sin leads to another - does that mean if you sin you are doomed to be a sinner forever?
No it does not. There is an answer to all these questions. It is the truth that resonates within all of us but we often ignore it. Listen to it NOW. If armeggedon is here you must listen NOW.
Jesus was once thought to have blasphemed when he forgave someone of his sins - they said only god possessed the power to do this. Jesus replied that if you forgive a sin it is forgiven of them, if you retain a sin it is retained. What does this mean - I will come to that in just a moment.
psychologists have known for a long time that truely happy people cannot commit crimes against another person. That emotions like sadness guilt and anger are all bottled inside these people who commit awful crimes even though they may not show it. They may feel happy to kill someone but inside they are hurting deeply, they are only happy because they are fighting their demon within - only under the mask it has the face of an innocent person or child. Their demon within can take the face of anyone/everyone and they can end up hurting those who care about them including themselves.
So where does this leave us? Simple.
When god said one sin leads to another he meant when you retain a sin it leads to another. If you harber guilt for something you did or something somebody said you did it will eat you up inside and eventually you will sin again. When jesus said forgive sins and it will be forgive - He meant YOU should forgive YOUR own sins, YOUR own failings. Jesus said everyone sins, THIS is TRUE -EVERYONE DOES SIN, we ALL make mistakes - it is part of our learning nature, if we forgive all of our sins only then can we be really happy. This is what jesus wants - he doesn't want us to keep punishing ourselves.
SO I ask again - Just suppose the second coming is true and armageddon is here, what do we all have to do?
- Forgive yourselves of all your sins, forget everything. It takes a long time to really forgive yourself of the things you have done it takes a lot of soul searching, but you must start now.
- Forgive everyone that has sinned you, you cannot judge them for their sins have come from their own dislike of themselves. Forgive them and forget it completely, you cannot change the past, do not bring the past back to punish them that is not forgiveness - forget it and you and they will be free.
- Think about NOW what can you do NOW that will make you and your family happy. Only now will make a difference not the future.
- Be happy,it is your choice to be happy - take the choice back and use it - certain things come that may make us sad but it doesn't have to be so, you can still choose to be happy no matter what, you can still choose to be content.
These are hard things to do - they are not simple. They are what some people call enlightenment. Work through it, when you are finally, truely happy - you are ready for jesus and his new world. There will be no money, no possessions you must be prepared to leave it all behind. If you are happy inside, truely happy - money won't have real meaning, nor possessions. Then you will be ready...
Posted by: craig at February 2, 2005 04:03 AM