I’ve been a believer for a while, and always assumed scripture that talked about Jesus coming soon was intended to be “someday.” But lately I’ve learned that most NT writers (Paul, John, James) were expecting Jesus to come back in like a generation or 2. And most wirings seem to incorporate Jesus’s return as an answer to ancient Rome’s brutality.

So in the 21st century, how can we reconcile this? Did Jesus say he was coming soon and the NT writers like Paul were basically assigning their own timeline? If Jesus returned to overthrow Rome today I think the most he’d have to do is have a coffee chat with the Pope on ways he can lead the Roman Catholics back to him. So what’s with all the imagery of Jesus coming back to annihilate the Roman emporor?

I’m so conused. 😅

  • @Dlayknee
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    -11 year ago

    Rather then try to regurgitate it and probably lose something in translation, I’ll link this article/video (with transcript) from John Piper on the topic.