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Bretton Garcia

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5. Well...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 06:27 PM

Jun 2019

Actually, The Church DID modestly seem to claim to be the promised new heavenly kingdom on earth. And popes let followers kiss their ring (!), as if popes were the promised second coming of Jesus.

But gradually history showed that the Church just never was as good as the promised kingdom.

Protestants also flirted with similar ideas. The notion that a "spiritual" man, is a "new creation," living in a new churchly kingdom, in Union with Jesus. But Protestants also run into similar objections.

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The second coming has been postponed [View all] Soph0571 Jun 2019 OP

Good idea. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #1

There is no reason to come back as the human species is democratisphere Jun 2019 #2

The Bible had promised a second coming "soon" ... Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #3

Maybe it happened way back then, and nobody MineralMan Jun 2019 #4

Well... Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #5

The inclusion of Revelation in the canon MineralMan Jun 2019 #6

It's a "Train-Wreck"... uriel1972 Jun 2019 #7

You are exactly right, unfortunately Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #8

Hey now, it was metaphorical Jesus who said that. trotsky Jun 2019 #9

Metaphorical Jesus to be sure. Or "spiritual" Jesus. Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #10

Here's more on DU; "Preterism" Bretton Garcia Jun 2019 #11

Why does he need to come back? Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #12