RE: Failure condition for god
April 5, 2015 at 1:38 pm
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2015 at 1:39 pm by watchamadoodle.)
In the case of Jesus, he predicted the return of the Son of Man (Jesus) along with a day of reckoning within the lifetime of his listeners. Modern Christians double-talk their way out of this dilemma in various ways (such as claiming this was merely a prediction of the transfiguration where Peter, James, and John saw Jesus talk to Moses and Elijah). In reality, early Christians expected the return of Jesus as the Son of Man in their own lifetimes. Paul had to comfort Christians who worried that their deceased loved ones would not participate in the Kingdom of Heaven in 1 Thessalonians.
Quote:Matthew 16:27-28 Revised Standard Version (RSV)https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...w+16:27-28
27 For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. 28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.”
Quote:1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Revised Standard Version (RSV)https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...ns+4:13-18
The Coming of the Lord
13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; 17 then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.