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What is the Biblical Basis for Christ returning with a physical body at the Second Coming?
Question: Will Christ at the second coming be made of flesh?
Answer: Yes. This is what the Bible says:
It is true that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The Word gave up the ...
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What is the biblical basis for Christian denominations to believe in a visible appearance of Christ Jesus when he returns?
Here are a few references to Jesus return:
Heb 9:28, “Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who ...
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Didn't Jesus return to Earth after the resurrection when he appeared to Paul?
I think you might be overthinking this. Going by NKJV, Acts 9:1-9, Christ did not necessarily "appear" physically. Verses 3-4 only indicate that Paul heard a voice and saw a light, and that light ...
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What is the biblical and historical basis for the belief that the Second Coming of Christ hasn't happened yet (as of 2021)?
The Second Coming of Christ won't be hidden. The whole world will see it.
24 For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which
flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. (...
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Why do Seventh-day Adventsists believe in a great end of days conflict about the Sabbath day?
The Biblical predictions refers to the predictions found in Revelation of the reunification of Church and State, specifically in America, in the last days.
Below is what is believed by most Seventh ...
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What resurrection are they talking about? Matthew 22:28
The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, the question was simply a set up.
Even though they did not believe in this, the resurrection they are referring to is the resurrection of ...
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Are we in the Messianic Age? (Catholic perspective)
It depends on your definition of the Messianic Age.
According to the Catholic Catechism and its interpretation of the Nicene Creed, Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah
(436) The word "Christ" comes ...
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Help with Verse Identification -- 'Jesus has not yet returned because...'
I believe these are the two main candidates for what you are after:
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. - ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by ...
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Does Hosea 6:2 place the Second Coming of the Christ at 3000 AD?
No, God doesn’t tell us when the second coming will be. He only tells us how we will know the time is ripe, not when the harvest comes.
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
Three Questions This posting was divided into three questions, which shall be dealt with in order. The solution to this dilemma makes study of eschatology much simpler and more exciting/practical, for ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
The need for three comings presupposes the following:
there will be a future period characterized by great suffering referred to as the Great Tribulation
the primary purpose of the secret preliminary ...
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What is the biblical basis for Christian denominations to believe in a visible appearance of Christ Jesus when he returns?
"There are some Christian denominations who deny that Christ Jesus will return visibly, when he comes with the heavenly hosts to judge the living and the dead.
Revelation 1:7 declares that "...
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What is the Biblical Basis for Christ returning with a physical body at the Second Coming?
Will Christ at the second coming be made of flesh?
According to most Christian denominations the answer is yes.
I assume that you are questioning whether Christ will appear at the Second Coming ...
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What is the biblical and historical basis for the belief that the Second Coming of Christ hasn't happened yet (as of 2021)?
Matthew 24 Jesus talks about his second coming and mentions several signs that will happen before his coming, and since not all of them have occurred yet, his 2nd coming hasn't occurred. One of Jesus' ...
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Are there any extra-biblical writings that document what the early Christians believed about the second coming of Christ?
Are there any extra-biblical writings that documents what the early Christians believed about the second coming of Christ?
Of course there are!
The following have all written about it:
Didache
The ...
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How do Jehovah’s Witness support their belief that Jesus started ruling (invisibly) from heaven in 1914? What has been happening in those 107 years?
Obviously, in any set of beliefs, certain matters overlap. Some of the quotes you gave relate to the belief that 1914 was the beginning of Jesus's rule in the heavens, but are not necessarily a ...
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Did anyone before Jesus go to Heaven and Will They Be Raised Up On the Last Day? (John 6)
Try extending your quoted passage to include 6:35-40 and your statement "you must partake in communion to receive eternal life and be raised up" might be revised.
Jesus said to them, “I am ...
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Why are three "Comings" a problem?
The New Testament is clear that the first 'coming' was the Son of God being born into this word via the virgin Mary, and he was mainly known during his earthly ministry as "the Son of Man". ...
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In view of Mark 9:1 why say the kingdom of God will come at Jesus' second coming?
That might depend on the definition of "the Kingdom of God" as well as where an individual stands in relation to it.
First, the O.T. shows that God's kingdom is an everlasting one, as Daniel'...
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What resurrection are they talking about? Matthew 22:28
One of the basic precepts of Christianity, as well as Judaism, is that there is an eternal portion of the human being which is eternal, and known as the soul. That precept is loosely based on the idea ...
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Is it contrary to any Christian belief or doctrine to believe that Jesus deceives us in order to protect our souls?
This is what Jesus said:
36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels
of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the
days of Noah, so will be the ...
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What is the corruption Mormons believe will infect their church before the second coming?
This part of this revelation speaks about 2 things: Darkness and corruption and Vengeance. This part of section 112 is not taking about corruption in the church today, it's talking about the state of ...
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Being flogged in the synagogues before the second coming?
It really does depend on your eschatological view. Futurists/Dispensationalist want to place passages like Luke 21:12 in the future before the second coming of Christ. However, Partial Preterists/...
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Where do the 'nine rivers meet'?
OK, for the purpose of full disclosure before this question is closed and borrowing heavily from my original comment....
Nine Rivers from Jordan, The Chronicle of a Journey and a Search by Denis ...
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Are we in the Messianic Age? (Catholic perspective)
The bible doesn't speak of a Messianic Age. The Jews do, also called the "Age to Come," the "Future Age," and the "World to Come"; and it included the judgement of mankind and the resurrection of the ...
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Are there any Catholic saints or notable theologians that have interpreted 666 in the manner as explained below?
The church father Irenaeus (130-202) said there were many names that could be produced from the number, and he speculates about the name using the “Greek fashion of calculation”, using the value of ...
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Are there Christian churches that believe in isolated living?
Are there Christian churches that believe in isolated living?
The short answer is yes
First of all, there are the Amish. They more or less live separated from the world.
A central concept behind ...
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What does the "second coming of Christ" mean?
Read Matthew 24:30(ESV) - "Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven ...
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