Reference: Parousia
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The 'appearance,' Advent, or Second Coming of Christ at the end of 'this age' in order to establish His Kingdom.
1. Origin of the expectation.
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Then Jesus said to His disciples, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it. read more. For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give to each one according to his works. Truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather together thy children, in the manner in which a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but ye were not willing! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. read more. For I say unto you, that ye can see me no more until you can say; Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.
And calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his soul for my sake and that of the gospel shall save it. read more. For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? For what would a man give in exchange for his soul? For whosoever may be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and wicked generation, the Son of man shall also be ashamed of him, when He may come in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.
And He was silent, and answered nothing: again the high priest asked Him, and says to Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
And He was silent, and answered nothing: again the high priest asked Him, and says to Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. The high priest tearing his garments, says, Why have we yet need of witnesses?
The high priest tearing his garments, says, Why have we yet need of witnesses? You heard the blasphemy: what seems to you? And all answered, He is worthy of death. read more. And certain ones began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and say to Him, Prophesy: and the officers received Him with blows. And Peter being in the court, one of the maidservants of the high priest comes down; and seeing Peter warming, looking upon him, says, Thou wast with Jesus the Nazarene. And he denied, saying, I know not, neither do I understand what you say. And he went out into the portico; and the cock crew.
And He spoke to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake, he shall save it. read more. For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself? For whosoever may be ashamed of me and my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of him, when He may come in His glory, and that of the Father, and that of the holy angels. And truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the kingdom of God.
And He said to the disciples, The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and will not see it.
Jesus responded and said to him; If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him.
But now I tell you the truth; it is profitable to you that I may go away. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I may go, I will send Him to you.
I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to this mystery, in order that you may not he wise with yourselves, that blindness in part has happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles may come in; and so all Israel shall be saved: as has been written, A leader shall come out of Zion, shall turn ungodliness from Jacob.
And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
Let your clemency be made known to all men; the Lord is nigh.
For we speak this to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, can not anticipate those who are asleep,
for you yourselves know well, that the day of the Lord is so coming like a thief in the night.
then indeed will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will remove by the spirit of his mouth, and will exterminate by the brightness of his coming;
you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
knowing this first, that at the last days mockers will come forth in scoffing, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the day when the fathers fell asleep, all things remain as from the beginning of creation. read more. For they willingly forget this, that the heavens were in the olden time, and the earth standing out of the water and through the water, by the word of God; by which the world at that time, being flooded with water, perished: but now the heavens and the earth have been kept according to the same word, being reserved for fire in the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people. But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some people count slackness; but is long-suffering for your sakes, not wishing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.
And he laid hold on the dragon, who is the old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and put his seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years may be fulfilled: after these it behooves him to be loosed a little season. read more. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years were fulfilled. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one having part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no authority, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years may be fulfilled, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,