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If you ask people about the return of Christ or try to research that
topic, you will quickly find there is almost no end to the opinions about it.
Some deny that Christ will return to the earth, while others say He has already
returned and is working through the Church to set up the Kingdom of God.
Still others say He will return secretly sometime in the future to gather the true believers to Him. One group even teaches that a man in Persia in the 1840s had a revelation that he was the "promised one" and that Christ had therefore returned in human form. It can be pretty confusing, so is there a way to know the truth on this subject?
The place to begin is with proof that
Jesus Christ will return, so let's go to the source. You can't get much closer
to the source than His own words, so what did He say? During His earthly
ministry Jesus repeatedly spoke about His return to establish the Kingdom of
God. A direct and clear statement about His promise to return is found in John 14:2-3 where He said He was going to prepare a place for His followers. He
promised that if He went, He would also "come again."
No wonder every writer in the New Testament spoke about His coming. His return as king over all the earth is a vital part of the gospel message found in the Bible and anticipated by saints since the first century. So we have the direct word of God, who we're told cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18), promising Christ's return. You can't get any greater guarantee than that about something happening. So the question to address in the rest of this article is not will He return, but how will He return?
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