◦F. The Second Advent
The first thing any good Christian will think of, when they are told of Christ’s LITERAL return, here and now; is the FOLLOWING CONTEXT:
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
24 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 FOR MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING, I AM CHRIST; AND SHALL DECEIVE MANY. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
In today’s Christendom, however, we do no not find ‘many false Christs’...
BUT WE DO FIND MANY ‘FALSE’ PASTORS AND FALSE SHEEP! ...
THESE VERSE ARE EASILY CONFUSED WITH THE FOLLOWING ONES; LEADING MANY TO TAKE THEM BOTH OUT OF CONTEXT...
: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be...
[this quote proves: Daniel 12 refers TO TODAY, and not the past, as many argue!].
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 THEN IF ANY MAN SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, LO, HERE IS CHRIST, OR THERE; BELIEVE IT NOT. 24 FOR THERE SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRISTS [not ‘MANY’, however!], AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL SHEW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive [TURN AWAY FROM THE FATHER] the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; GO NOT FORTH: behold, he is in the secret chambers; BELIEVE IT NOT.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, THERE WILL THE EAGLES BE GATHERED TOGETHER. Another part of this context which MANY neglect, in TRADITIONALISM: 37 But AS THE DAYS OF NOAH were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE.
WHILE THE MANY LOOK FOR THE SIGNS IN THE CLOUDS, THEY MISS THE CRYING OUT OF THE ROCKS !!!!!
WHAT SHALL YOU DO; NOW: THEY BRUISE THE HEEL !?
Contrary to SECULAR ideals, The ‘JCMSHMD’ believes that
most (THOUGH CERTAINLY NOT ALL) people who claim to be The Messiah are GOOD HEARTED PEOPLE, DOING THEIR BEST TO LIVE THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PROPHECY, and even succeed in bringing souls to Jesus’ SPIRIT OF TRUTH-- even if only because they were a reproach; such as Jim Jones, Charles Manson, or any other who advocate doctrines which oppose sound teachings.* Clearly, they were not of God--A TREE SHALL BE KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS! And therefor, I say:
WHO CAN TOPPLE THIS CHIEF--APOSTLE OF JESUS MICAHEL; {~i AM=}
LOOK EAST; THEN, LOOK WEST!
WHO DO YOU SEE, OTHER THAN ME?
ON BEHALF OF THE ‘JCMSHMD’
WHICH SAVIOUR HAS ARISEN...
WHERE IS THEIR RIGHT HAND?!
{~i AM=}