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$\"ApocalypseSpoilers\"$ <\/p>\n

From People in White Coats<\/a>. The expectation of an apocalyptic return of Jesus in the Bible is something that, in our era of much-decreased Biblical literacy, might indeed\u00a0surprise some people. I\u2019ve heard lots of people refer to \u201cthe second coming of Jesus Christ\u201d and mean, not a descent from heaven on clouds of Jesus who previously ascended, but the birth of someone who will discover that they are to play a decisive role towards the end of history, akin to that of Jesus, or perhaps will at some point discover that, despite not remembering it at first, they in fact\u00a0are<\/em> Jesus.<\/p>\n

Have you encountered that viewpoint, very different from what the New Testament authors meant by the parousia<\/em> of Jesus?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"