2007-01-03 08:51:22 · 26 answers · asked by Sean 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because that's how the fairy tale goes. I just wish he'd hurry up so all the Christians will go away. Hopefully all the other religious zealots will convert and go away also. Then maybe without all their "peace and love" we can get rid of war, famine, disease, racism, sexism, vivisection, and diet pepsi.
2007-01-03 08:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dognose0 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because if Jesus does not return than we are still lost in this sinful world. The coming of Jesus is liken to the harvest of the world. The Lord of the Harvest is going to gather the fruits of his labour. He came here for the first time to sow the seed. He asked His followers to continue taking care of the crops, and by His Holy Spirit He poured the Early and Later Rain to make it ripe, and at Harvest Time, which is the end of the world He will return to harvest it. The wheats He will take to heaven where He is preparing mansions and conducting a judgment to decide who will be saved and who will be recylced into dust as their origin. After that then He will come to finish the work of Satan and His followers and cleansed the world forever from sin and sinners.
2007-01-03 09:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they need Jesus NOT to return.
It's virtually impossible for a religion waiting for a messiah or savior to acknowledge the arrival of their messiah or savior. Doing so would eliminate the religion's purpose.
The Jewish religion will wait for the arrival of their messiah (the Christian's Jesus) forever.
Likewise, Christians will wait for the return of Jesus forever. Should he return, Christian churches would have no other choice than to treat him the same way the Jewish church handled Jesus's presence.
His return would require a new religion and anyone converting to it would no longer be Christian.
2007-01-03 08:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all seem to have a personal relationship with him, and are very happy with that. No matter who they say Jesus is they all agree on that. They only await his return to make things right and to set things straight, and for God's kingdom to be established and for those who are dead to be resurrected in life with Jesus as supreme ruler.
The need that Jesus really fulfills to a Christian is salvation from God to humans. That has all ready took place, the need is all ready complete in the awareness of who Jesus is, and that he died so that we (all mankind) could live is their sending formula , not his return.
2007-01-03 09:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mijoecha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they think he needs to come back to usher in the end times or some other Bologna-He ain't coming people --Do you know how long people have been saying that he's coming and these are the End Days, and whadda ya know he still isn't here---Christ may have come but I think we scarred him from ever wanting to come back--seriously if I were Christ I would not want to come back to a bunch of religious zealots and evangelicals...or worse baptist's
2007-01-03 08:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Art 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read the Bible, you'll see that it was Jesus' promise to come back. For a Christian to be here and be ready for him is a desirable thing...and as it's been pointed out: it's a fulfillment of phophecy.
2007-01-03 08:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Brenda 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We do not NEED Him to come again; we are already with Him in Spirit.
He WILL return because He is faithful to His Word.
He came once as the suffering servant, in fulfillment of scriptures.
He will come again as the victorious King, also in fulfillment of the scriptures.
2007-01-03 08:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by Bob L 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he intercedes for us and pays the price of our sins. A price that we cannot pay. With this intercession, we can rid ourselves of our sins and return to God, whom is in a sinless state and requires all in his presence to be sinless. For this reason we need Jesus to return.
2007-01-03 08:53:55 · answer #8 · answered by Presagio 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's not just Christians.
Jews are waiting for the messiah.
Muslims & Buddhists are waiting for a great prophet to return too.
The Aztecs were waiting for a savior to return.
It's all about people hoping for spiritual intervention to make their lives better.
2007-01-03 08:54:22 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
interesting question, its the point of living for christians like myself.
its the best thing that could possibly happen. and that man "Mr. T"
on your avatar is also a christian, along with 2.1 billion humans.
2007-01-03 08:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by Indio 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋