The Prophesies

1999-4-16 17:42:00

Many mysteries surround the second coming of Christ. Let's throw about a few questions for your consideration.

First let me include a hint. All prophecy is given through principles rather than exact fact; therefore, many of them could be fulfilled through several different alternatives. This is the reason that 999 out of 1000 who have made exact predictions from reading the Bible have been wrong.

Consider the first coming of Christ. Not one person predicted exactly how it would happen. The Jews were expecting an angry Messiah appearing in the sky to destroy the Roman Empire. They were wrong but on hindsight the scriptural predictions of His coming were extremely accurate.

Such will be the case with the next coming. Everyone is getting it wrong, but when the history of the event is said and done we will again find that the predictions were quite accurate.

Questions: Does the Christ have to appear as an individual in a body of his own to fulfill the prophecy or could he appear in another way?

Here is one of the famous prophesies: "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

Does the fact that He will come in the clouds mean that He will suddenly appear floating down from the sky, or perhaps some other event?

Will every eye see him because everyone will look up at the sky at one time and see him or are there other ways this could be fulfilled?

How could those who "pierced him" be here to see Him when he comes?

What could cause all people to "wail" (literally grieve) because of Him?