The end will come within the lifetime of Jesus's listeners......
"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." -- Matthew16:28
"But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God." -- Luke 9:27
"Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." -- Matthew 23:36
"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." -- Matthew 24:34
"Nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." -- Matthew 26:64
"Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power." -- Mark 9:1
"Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." -- Mark 13:30
"And ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." -- Mark 14:62
"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." -- Luke 21:32
"Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" -- John 21:22
The end will come within the lifetime of the the New Testament authors.
"Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ... that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." -- 1 Corinthians 1:7-8
"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none." -- 1 Corinthians 7:29
"That ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. -- Philippians 1:10
"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." -- 1 Thessalonians 4:17
"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." -- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...." -- Hebrews 1:2
"But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." -- Hebrews 9:26
"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you." -- 1 Peter 1:20
"But the end of all things is at hand." -- 1 Peter 4:7
"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." -- 1 John 2:18
The end will come soon. (Within a couple thousand years or so.)
"The Lord is at hand." -- Philippians 4:5
"For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." -- James 5:8
"For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry." -- Hebrews 10:37
"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. -- Revelation 1:1
"The time is at hand." -- Revelation 1:3
"Behold, I come quickly." -- Revelation 3:11, 22:7, 22:12
"Surely I come quickly." -- Revelation 22:20
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2007-09-28 05:02:13 · 17 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you believe in God, you realize that time in inconsquential to Him. What is a million years to us is a few minutes to Him.
Remember, too, that if you take a literal interpretation of the Bible, the earth is only about 6,000 years old. That doesn't give much time for a flood, dinosaurs, an ice age, etc.
Just believe.
2007-09-28 05:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Michael K 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-09 23:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of the early believers did think Christ would return soon. This was because the anticipation was that the Messiah wouldn't leave at all .. so they started to think he'll be back soon. And there was much intense persecution making them want His soon return, and making their troubles easier to bear (they didn't behave like Mohammed and kill the opposition!)
Jesus' words actually don't have to be interpretted as you suggest. That passage is very compressed, and talks of both things soon to pass and things far on - the compression presumably thought necessary because there was limited space for the message, as long scrolls were harder to copy and carry.
Its interesting that a couple of muslim converts to Christ I've read and heard of, saw visions of Christ and He said "Im coming soon". He may say this to keep people on their toes, or indeed it may be close, what with Israel being re-established, a prerequsite before the 2nd coming. From God's perspective, of course, 1000 years is like a day.
2007-09-28 05:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you read the answer from brainwashedand braindead people like goodfella who, as usual for this people, don't answer to your question but tell you slogan that have nothing to do with your question, then you know why.
The bible is the biggest book of lies that exist on earth.
It have of course some historical trues in it, but all the wonders .... come on, don't joke me.
It was written from people who had less knowledgement about anything as every 12 year old schoolkid nowadays. This 12 year old schoolkid would stand behind this writers and would laugh every 20 seconds what b/s this people are writing. Whatever they could not explain was a wonder. For them was the earth round and they did know nearly nothing.
If I say today that I saw an pink elephant flying in the air then they call me crazy, if I say I believe that a human rised to heaven (To where exactly? What happened when Jesus passed the atmosphaere?) then he is a good believer. What a joke!
2007-09-28 05:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by torosorogoro 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I won't be quick enough for some. ;0)
John 21:22 "Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" is referring to John the Beloved, who is still alive on the earth today.
2007-09-29 12:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by smallone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the verses in the Bible give the exact time. The bible says Only God the Father knows the day and time of the end. Read the Bible! AV KJV 1611 is the best version to use today.
2007-09-28 05:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Rudy P 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Bible is not wrong about Jesus Return, believers must first be caught up in the clouds-the rapture of the church, which cannot happen until the Anti-Christ shows himself. When Jesus returns in the clouds with great glory it is judgement time.
2007-09-28 13:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by turbo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes you quoted correctly. these things are happening.
some of these prophecies have come to pass. some
could only happen now. if YESHUA said HE was coming
so HE shall. YESHUA will show up when the ADONAI
tells HIM. so be prepared as YESHUA could show up
at any time. whether in the next minute or years from
now. we are just told to be ready.
read the rest of Luke 9:28. the disciples did see this
happen.
2007-09-28 05:40:24 · answer #8 · answered by Judy E. T 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let's see:
You can forget about the passages in Revelations, because those are what are called PROPHECIES, which haven't been fulfilled yet.
As far as the rest go, reread them. Jesus was not saying that they would still be alive when He returned. He was saying that some would SEE Him return. One did. John.
2007-09-28 05:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bible is pretty clear no one knows when it will occur. Indeed, Paul specifically stated that it wouldnt occur until after an Apostasy.
You have to understand that a long time for man is a very short time for God.
2007-09-28 05:09:37 · answer #10 · answered by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋