Will Jesus return is a question composed of words that mean what the speaker understands by them. Their meaning is not absolute, but arbitrary. This is the case with all words. A word may have been translated from similar words in Greek or Hebrew. Its meaning alters according to the context in which it is used.
Prophets have to consider details of place and time. When he came for the first time many people were fooled for a very long time. Only a few 'Wise Men' seemed to be alert to the event. The mention of astrology offers an explanation of how they knew but it is left rather vague. Most biblical scholars of the time were completely fooled and some are not convinced to this day.
The context and grammatical structure of the few words suggest that they are a question, the answer to which is in some doubt. People have been prophesying the second coming for thousands of years. Probably there were most prophesies shortly after his death but the steady stream has gained some momentum in the twenty-first century together with suggestions that the climate is changing and the entire world coming to an end.
The possibility of a second coming in the form of an anti-Christ was mooted in the twentieth century. It was portrayed as a 'rough beast' slowly emerging from a previous civilization. After the Second World War some people pointed to the figures of Hitler and Stalin as contenders for the title.
Neither of them changed the way that people are, or provided a platform upon which a civilization would be built. They attempted that but their efforts wasted away. Jesus lived the life of an ordinary person but his words changed the very nature of humanity and became the basis of a civilization.
The question, 'will jesus return', is still unanswered even though a new world has emerged in the past few decades with the advent of the Internet and computer technology. This has fundamentally changed the way that the world is and the process is still underway. Perhaps Jesus has already come again quite unnoticed in some humble corner of the globe as yet unexposed by the media.
Prophets have to consider details of place and time. When he came for the first time many people were fooled for a very long time. Only a few 'Wise Men' seemed to be alert to the event. The mention of astrology offers an explanation of how they knew but it is left rather vague. Most biblical scholars of the time were completely fooled and some are not convinced to this day.
The context and grammatical structure of the few words suggest that they are a question, the answer to which is in some doubt. People have been prophesying the second coming for thousands of years. Probably there were most prophesies shortly after his death but the steady stream has gained some momentum in the twenty-first century together with suggestions that the climate is changing and the entire world coming to an end.
The possibility of a second coming in the form of an anti-Christ was mooted in the twentieth century. It was portrayed as a 'rough beast' slowly emerging from a previous civilization. After the Second World War some people pointed to the figures of Hitler and Stalin as contenders for the title.
Neither of them changed the way that people are, or provided a platform upon which a civilization would be built. They attempted that but their efforts wasted away. Jesus lived the life of an ordinary person but his words changed the very nature of humanity and became the basis of a civilization.
The question, 'will jesus return', is still unanswered even though a new world has emerged in the past few decades with the advent of the Internet and computer technology. This has fundamentally changed the way that the world is and the process is still underway. Perhaps Jesus has already come again quite unnoticed in some humble corner of the globe as yet unexposed by the media.