Christ's Glorious Return.
"Christ'" is a term that comes from the Greek and it means the Anointed One of the Lord aka the Messiah. Now, the idea of a returning Messiah is a reference to the return of the Jews from exile. It has happened already for three times. The first time was from Egypt, whom they thought Moses was the Messiah and he turned out to be only a Messianic Leader who guided the Messiah back to the Promised Land. The second time around was from Babylon and, according Isaiah 45:1, the Messianic Leader turned out to be Cyrus who won the title for his role to proclaim freedom for the Jews and financing the rebuilding of the Temple. The third and last time has been now from the four corners of the earth and, the Messianic Leader, I consider to have been Theodor Herzl who sacrificed his life in the struggle to impregnate the Jews with love for Zion. The Third Jewish Commonwealth was proclaimed in 1948. Many Jews are still in the process of returning. And for this returning there was no need of the work of Jesus who, when he was born, the Land was under foreign occupation, during his lifetime, the occupation only grew bitter and biter. When he died, the Land was destroyed and the Jews forced out into another exile of almost 2000 years. The truth is that Jesus could never be classified even as a Messianic Leader, let alone the Messiah. I am sorry to have to rain so hardly on the parade of Christian faith but, the truth cannot be hidden.