I love to analyze verses, it's kind of a hobby of mine...
I just noticed something so I had to share it with you because I think you will like it.
Of course, Christians believe that is referring to the second coming of the same man Jesus.
So who is Him and He? It's not the man Jesus.
Please note that the verse says:
28 And now, little children,
abide in Him, that
when He shall appear we may have confidence,
and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
The verse does not say:
28 And now, little children, abide in Me, that when I shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Me at My coming.
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The following verses, when taken together, are excellent proof that the Son of Man who will come in the clouds is not Jesus.
1 John 2
27 But the anointing which ye have received from Him abideth in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you. But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
The following verse refers to two individuals:
(1) Jesus, and (2) the Son of Man who will come in His own glory and in His Father’s and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He shall come in His own glory and in His Father’s and of the holy angels.
So the verse above means that the Son of Man will be ashamed of whoever was ashamed of Jesus and His words.
Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Matthew 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man...
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