Good luck with that.
"what are we waiting for..?
Who’s “we”?
I’ve always thought the only way it could work is if everyone on Earth becomes the next messiah simultaneously. 
If you read MathewCh16 V 27-28 you will see that Jesus is quoted as saying he would return in his father’s glory,with his angels, before some of them standing there listening to him would see death. There are no 2,000+year old people living today, there is no record of him coming at anytime in his father’s glory, nor with any angels. Nor did the world end in that generation as was quoted. It is a matter of belief, if one wants to believe that Jesus is coming again after 2,000 years that is up to them. But I don’t know why it would be a secret and only over 80 years later was it talked about in the NT, John would have been 95 at the time and he was (it is my understanding) that he was very young when Jesus spoke with him last and at the time of the death of Jesus.
Ahem …
[QUOTE=Acts 1:9-11]
Now when He [Jesus Christ] had spoken these things, while they [the Apostles] watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
[/QUOTE]
(Emphasis added.)
Or as the hymn puts it: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending.
We are the believers that Jesus Christ was the Son of God and that He will come back with God to judge us.
Guess you people expect to score extra points for patience, huh?
Do I have time to take a shower first, or should I clothe myself in raiment and wait out on the porch? Should I call my attorney?
Have you consumed shellfish, worn mixed fibers, or does your dangler sport a turtleneck? Then hell, yeah, call your lawyer cause you’ve been set the heck up. Everyone knows the most versatile wang has the choice between formal and the sporty look, denim looks good with everything, and shellfish are delicious. That ain’t your fault, this was rigged from the beginning.
(I speak from experience; it’s my gender which bears the lion’s share of the blame since the fruit incident.)
Ahem …
[QUOTE=Matthew 6:28-30]
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
[/QUOTE]
CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD!!!
Now that’s my kind of party.
I read that as “it is the Lord coming in his girlfriend’s body.” I need new glasses.
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus shall we always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words.” (I Thessalonians 4).
Not sure where he will land or if the people on the opposite side of the planet will see it somehow or just hear the shouting and trumpets. Actually, Jesus ascended into heaven from the Middle East so the descent would have to be along the same y-axis I guess.
And a boomstick.
Hail to the King, baby.
If Bruce Campbell did THAT movie, I’d see it ten times.
I never understood the disconnect between the circumstances of Jesus’s birth and death. He’s got wise men from the east showing up with gifts and junk, and then nothing until his ministry and condemnation? We’ve got child actors that get more scrutiny than that.
Now, now, the growth and development of the supposed God on Earth during those trying times of youth, namely puberty, and young adulthood are mere trifles.
Sorry, but there’s no such thing as a biologically healthy human teenager that is without sin (lust anyone?). If Jesus had some extra sin-resistance powers, then the rest of us should stop being forced to feel bad about sinning and falling short.
According to the psamist and Jesus, we are all gods and son’s of the most high!
If Jesus and the father are one( as stated in the NT) then one couldn’t come without the other…could they?Jesus is quoted as saying If you see me, you have seen the father.
If god knows all things( as taugh)t, why is there a need for a judgement?
Skydiving Jesus!! Far out!
I thought you said the Second Coming was a metaphor.