Amber\u2019s Question<\/strong>: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again?<\/p>\nKermit\u2019s Answer<\/strong>: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly 2,000 years since Jesus lived, died, resurrected, and ascended to heaven. Many Christian scholars have interpreted several statements in the New Testament to mean that Jesus, his disciples, or both, believed that the risen and ascended Jesus would literally return from heaven to earth in the near future. I think these scholars have been mistaken about this concerning especially what Jesus believed, that he did not teach that he would return soon. But the many failed predictions by Christians of Jesus\u2019 return in some particular year, or their belief that he would return soon, has caused Christian mainline denominations to be so ultra-cautious about this subject as to give the impression that they do not believe that Jesus will ever return.<\/p>\nNow, the no. The growth of Christianity in the past half century is attributed almost entirely to two movements: Evangelicals and Pentecostals\/Charismatics. These people are almost entirely not in the mainstream church denominations. And these are the Christians who believe very strongly in the literal, bodily return of Jesus to the earth in great glory sometime in the future. It is a major element in their doctrine. Most people in these movements have believed, as many other Christians before them, that Jesus would return very soon, certainly no more than a generation from the time in which they were living. I think they have been quite mistaken about this, and this assertion brings ill-repute on the teaching of Jesus\u2019 return. The Third Day Bible Code<\/em> seeks to correct this error.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amber\u2019s Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit\u2019s Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly 2,000 years since Jesus lived, died, resurrected, and ascended to heaven. Many Christian scholars have interpreted several statements in the New Testament to mean that Jesus, his disciples, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1477,"featured_media":17727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[327,12],"tags":[162,7212,7206],"class_list":["post-17763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christianity","category-golf","tag-jesus-resurrection","tag-the-pga-tour-bible-study","tag-the-third-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kermit Zarley Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kermit.zarley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-03T16:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-29T00:12:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/347\/2023\/03\/ThirdDayBibleCodeFrontCover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kermit Zarley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kermit Zarley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/\",\"name\":\"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-03T16:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-29T00:12:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/8393f2e63455a2915f7ca277bf5a5d02\"},\"description\":\"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/\",\"name\":\"Kermit Zarley Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/8393f2e63455a2915f7ca277bf5a5d02\",\"name\":\"Kermit Zarley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf8e1a5dcb179e76f0c39d3d75e849bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf8e1a5dcb179e76f0c39d3d75e849bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kermit Zarley\"},\"description\":\"Born & reared in Seattle, WA., Kermit lived 38 years in metro Houston, now in Scottsdale, AZ. He graduated from University of Houston w\/ BBA in 1963 and played on the PGA Tour full time from 1964-1982 and Senior\/Champions Tour in 1991-2001. Kermit co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study in 1965 and was senior leader most of next 17 years. Kermit has three adult children and six grandchildren.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/kermitzarley.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kermit.zarley\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/author\/kermitzarleyblog\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)","description":"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)","og_description":"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/","og_site_name":"Kermit Zarley Blog","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kermit.zarley","article_published_time":"2023-04-03T16:00:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-29T00:12:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":331,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/347\/2023\/03\/ThirdDayBibleCodeFrontCover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kermit Zarley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kermit Zarley","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/","name":"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-04-03T16:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-29T00:12:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/8393f2e63455a2915f7ca277bf5a5d02"},"description":"Amber's Question: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again? Kermit's Answer: Yes and no. First, the yes. It has been nearly","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/2023\/04\/jesus-arose-the-third-day-part-6-of-6\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jesus Arose the Third Day (Part 6 of 6)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/","name":"Kermit Zarley Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/8393f2e63455a2915f7ca277bf5a5d02","name":"Kermit Zarley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf8e1a5dcb179e76f0c39d3d75e849bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf8e1a5dcb179e76f0c39d3d75e849bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kermit Zarley"},"description":"Born & reared in Seattle, WA., Kermit lived 38 years in metro Houston, now in Scottsdale, AZ. He graduated from University of Houston w\/ BBA in 1963 and played on the PGA Tour full time from 1964-1982 and Senior\/Champions Tour in 1991-2001. Kermit co-founded the PGA Tour Bible Study in 1965 and was senior leader most of next 17 years. Kermit has three adult children and six grandchildren.","sameAs":["http:\/\/kermitzarley.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kermit.zarley"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/author\/kermitzarleyblog\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kermitzarleyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/347\/2023\/03\/ThirdDayBibleCodeFrontCover.jpg\")
<\/a>Amber\u2019s Question<\/strong>: Do you feel Christians are losing faith that Jesus will come again?<\/p>\n