This thread is simple. This is about the promise of Christ Return.
From a Baha'i point of view this event has happened and was Fulfilled in the Messages of the Bab ("Gate") and Baha'u'llah ("Glory of God", or "Glory of the Lord").
As many await this event, both Christians and Muslims, how did we miss the greatest moment in History to date, would be the over-riding question to consider with this OP.
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But lets go for a further three options;
What should have we looked for?
What are you still waiting for?
Why are you sitting with popcorn?
Tony Bristol-Stagg,
A very good question, one that is vital that we understand! Please think about what I say, because I have reasearched this subject thoroughly.
Now, in one way Jesus has come, but not in the way he will COME, in the near future.
Some people think that Jesus has come, because he has, now taken up the CROWN, as King of The Messianic Kingdom, which the Bible says will be for 1,000 years. This is a time of complete restoration of the earth and mankind to the perfection, of the earth at the time that Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden.
Now, allow me to point to Scriptures that prove this.
Jesus, in Matthew chapter 24, Mark chapter 13, and Luke chapter 21, told his disciples the signs that would be on earth just before his Coming. The signs would be earthquakes, famines, especially Wars, and also a breakdown of social and religious mores. 2Timothy 3:1-7, 4:2-5. These things have happened in every generation, so in order to fulfill the sign that Jesus gave, these things would necessarily be greater than all the generations before. Well, consider Wars, there has been more people killed in wars in the 20th and 21st century that in all the centuries since Jesus said these words, earthquakes- since Jesus has become King, earthquakes, major earthquakes have been ten times worse. Pestilences and famines have all gotten worse. The Spanish Flue killed over 100 million in 1918. In magnitude, all the things that Jesus pointed to, have happened in this generation in an unprecedented scale, and they will even get worse before Jesus COMES.
In Daniel, we are told of a great Tree that was so big that it could be seen all over the earth, and everything ate from it. This great Tree was cut down and be banded for 7times. These times were years and in prophecy 360 days are used foe a year, which makes 7 X 360= 2,520 years. This Tree mentioned in Daniel was a long range prophecy fortelling the setting up of the Kingdom of Go again on earth. When it was cut down and banded was 607 BCE, when Nebuchadnezzar, and the Babylonian Empire destroyed Jerusalem, and the great Temple that Solomon had built, which signaled the end of Theocratic rule over the earth, Daniel 4:10-26. Here the short fulfillment was on Nebuchadnezzar, but the long range prophecy was about the Theocracy, God rule on earth, Genesis 49:10, Ezehial 21:25-27, Luke 21:24, until the Messiah would come again. If we add 2,520 years to 607 BCE, we come to 1914, which was the year that Jesus was given the Crown as King, Revelation 6:2. The Bible shows that when the Hingdom was set up Jesus would be ruling in the midst of his enemies for a short time, Psalms 110:1-7. Revelation 6:2-6. Notice that WAR was the first thing to happen after Jesus became King, Revelation 12:1-12,pictures the birth of the Kingdom, from God’s woman, and then WAR in Heaven. Satan and hid demon angels were thrown down to earth. What then would this year 1914 bring to mankind World War 1, ant then. Wars and all other terrible thing that Satan and his demons would cause, until Jesus really COMES to the earth.
So you see, Jesus has not COME, because when he does COME, it will be time for Judgment of the earth, Matthew 25:31-46, 2Thessalonians 1:6-19. Consider Revelation 12:13-17, which is a picture of what Satan and his demons would cause on earth.
Because all the things mentioned in the Bible, about this generation, are coming true just as Jesus prophecied, on an unprecedented scale, is positive proof that we are the generation that Jesus spoke about, and that Jesus’ COMING is very near!!Matthew 24:34, Luke 21:31,32.
Agape!!!