The Coming Of The Lord ?

[bhakthi]

How Many Time Jesus Showed Up In The Last 2000 Years ?

For this-"The master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."Mathew;24;50,51

This is what the evil servant is doing-He begins to eat and drink and beat his fellow servants.

"But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,'and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards." Mathew;24;50

There are other times when the Lord shows up like this.In the book of Revelation we read;

"Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth."Revelation;2:16,17

And also ; "Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you."Revelation;3;3

Edited May 13, 2007 by bhakthi

[DarkNebulaWelder]

I'm not quite sure that I understand the premise of the question, BUT....

Jesus has established His spiritual kingdom in the hearts of Christians MANY times in the last 2 millennia....but He has yet to establish His social kingdom on Earth.

[bhakthi]

I'm not quite sure that I understand the premise of the question, BUT....

Jesus has established His spiritual kingdom in the hearts of Christians MANY times in the last 2 millennia....but He has yet to establish His social kingdom on Earth.

Many believers are waiting for the Lord's coming not preaparing themselves for this event.They ignore their election and duties God gave them.But the devil turn their attention into so many other things.

[sweetycakes]

I'm not quite sure that I understand the premise of the question, BUT....

Jesus has established His spiritual kingdom in the hearts of Christians MANY times in the last 2 millennia....but He has yet to establish His social kingdom on Earth.

Many believers are waiting for the Lord's coming not preaparing themselves for this event.They ignore their election and duties God gave them.But the devil turn their attention into so many other things.

I think I am inclined to agree with you on that one.

I am guilty of such things. I say this to my shame.

May the Lord deliver us from a lukewarm heart.

[systemstrike_7]

I don't quite understand the relevance of this thread in the light of apologetics...

If someone is a born again Christian, they have nothing to fear. Jesus will gather the elect (Christians) to meet Him half way. In no way does this mean that works aren't important; everyone wants to be rewarded, but works are not necessary for salvation. At least according to Paul.... James would give some different advice in this category. James tells us that faith is dead without works. "What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?" James 2:14

[MeCajunboy]

What do we expect from Christians if all do warm their hearts? If Christians incline to be neighborly, actively throw a coat on strangers, devote their lives to love all humanity. As jesus prescribed.

Therefore, are you saying Christian will miss the rapture? If not, why even bother writing this thread?

Cajunboy::::I believe part of what he's saying is, " Not all those who believe they are Christians ARE what they claim themselves to be. Many live in great sin! And still many other don't even recognize what it means to be "LIKE CHRIST!" This involves all of our decisions; big and small. It involves all of our interactions with others. No, everything does not keep us from the Kingdom of God. But when we search our hearts and spirits, we each know what God is calling us for as HIS servants. Question is, "do we try to live up to those standards?" It is each of our own responsibilities to find our way down the straight and narrow path, once God has allowed another Christian to plant the seed. It is not your responsibility to see that I reach Heaven!

Be Blessed

Cajunboy

[DarkNebulaWelder]

I'm sorry, but I still don't understand how the main question applies.

Are you implying that, since there are so many so-called "Christians" proclaiming Christianity and not following the basic tenets, that Jesus may have already come, but we wouldn't know it?!

That would make sense, to a point, but then again, there are still MANY decent, God-fearing Christians here on Earth, so we know that this isn't the case.

[Floatingaxe]

What do we expect from Christians if all do warm their hearts? If Christians incline to be neighborly, actively throw a coat on strangers, devote their lives to love all humanity. As jesus prescribed.

Therefore, are you saying Christian will miss the rapture? If not, why even bother writing this thread?

If anyone misses the Rapture, you can be sure they aren't Christians.

[systemstrike_7]

What do we expect from Christians if all do warm their hearts? If Christians incline to be neighborly, actively throw a coat on strangers, devote their lives to love all humanity. As jesus prescribed.

Therefore, are you saying Christian will miss the rapture? If not, why even bother writing this thread?

If anyone misses the Rapture, you can be sure they aren't Christians.

Oh so very true, so very true...