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 said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me. For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it. read more. For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall 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 messengers; and then he will give back to each according to his deed. Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to her; how often did I wish to gather thy children together, which manner a bird gathers together her young broods under the wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate. read more. For I say to you, Ye should not see me from henceforth, till ye should say, Praised be he coming in the name of the Lord.
And having called the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wills to come after me, let him absolutely deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it. read more. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul Or what shall a man give for the exchange of his soul? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; also the Son of man shall be ashamed of him, when he should come in the glory of the Father with the holy messengers.
And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asks him, and says to him, Art thou Christ, Son of the Praised
And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asks him, and says to him, Art thou Christ, Son of the Praised And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting from the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting from the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. And the chief priest, having rent his tunic, says, What further need have we of witnesses
And the chief priest, having rent his tunic, says, What further need have we of witnesses Ye have heard the blasphemy; How does it appear to you? And they all condemned him to be liable to the penalty of death. read more. And certain began to spit upon him, and to cover his face, and to cuff him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the attendants struck him blows with rods. And Peter being in the hall how, one of the chief priest's young girls comes: And seeing Peter warming himself, having looked upon him, she says, And thou wast with Jesus the Nazarene. And he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand what thou sayest. And he went forth without into the vestibule; and the cock uttered a sound.
And he said to all, If any one wish to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross daily and let him follow me. For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it. read more. For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged? For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he should come in the glory of himself, and of the Father, and of the holy messengers. And I say to you truly, certain are standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they should see the kingdom Of God.
And he said to the disciples, The days come when ye shall eagerly desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see.
Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our stay with him.
But I say the truth to you; it is profitable to you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Intercessor shall not come to you; and if I go, I will send him to you.
For I will not ye should not know, brethren, this mystery, lest ye be wise with yourselves; for hardness from part has been to Israel, till the filling up of the nations come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as has been written, The Deliverer shall come out of Sion, and turn away profanation from Jacob.
And this, knowing the time, that already the hour ye should be awakened out of sleep: for now our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Let your fitness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living being left at the arrival of the Lord shall not get beforehand with them having slept.
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes.
And then shall the Lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the spirit of his mouth, and leave unemployed in the splendor of his arrival:
Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near.
Knowing this first, that in the last of the days shall mockers come for deceiving, going according to their own eager desires, And saying, Where is the solemn promise of his presence? for from the time the fathers were set to sleep, so continue all things from the beginning of creation. read more. For being willing this is unknown to them, that the heavens were a long while ago, and the earth having stood out of water and by water, by the word of God: By which then the world, overflowed with water, perished: And now the heavens and the earth, by the same word are stored up, being kept for fire to the day of judgment and of the perdition of irreligious men. And let not this one thing be unknown to you, dearly beloved, that one day with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord puts not off the solemn promise, as some deem slowness; but is lonsuffering to us, not willing any to perish, but all should have room for repentance.
And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And he cast him into the abyss, and shut him up, and affixed a seal above him, that he should no more deceive the nations, until the thousand years be finished: and after these things he must be loosed a little time. read more. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given them: and the souls of them beheaded with an axe for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who worshipped not the wild beast, nor his image, and took not the stamp upon their foreheads, and upon their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. And the rest of the dead returned not again to life even till the thousand years be finished. This the first rising up. Happy and holy he having a part in the first rising up: over these has the second death no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years should be finished, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,