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The Second Coming vs The Whole Coming

Excerpt: The Birth of Jesus is the First Singular Event; the Resurrection of Jesus and His Ascension constitutes the Second Singular Event and the Third Coming or the Future Coming, or the Final Coming constitutes the Whole Coming of Jesus for it includes a Plan for a New Heaven and Earth.

The word Christ (Greek. Christos) refers to the Messiah whose appearance is prophesied in the Old Testament and is used as a title to describe Jesus of Nazareth. I coined the phrase “Whole Christ” to describe Jesus before His human birth, Jesus during the years spent on this Earth, Jesus after His Resurrection, and Jesus who gives the Hope of a future Coming to establish The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. The word Christ may not communicate the entirety of Jesus and in the four Gospels we do not obtain the full picture as the Future Coming of Jesus remains shrouded in a mystery. 

The Book of Revelation, Chapter19, verse16 reads : “He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.”

“For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done”. (Matthew 16:27)

The First Coming, The Second Coming, and the Final Coming

Man cannot explain the Birth of Jesus using his scientific knowledge. The Birth of Jesus can only be understood as a fact of Creation, a creative event. It should not come as a surprise as each human being who took birth on Earth has always arrived as an original, unique, distinctive, and one of its own kind of object with a genome that never existed in the past, and would also never exist again in the future. Each man is born as a created being and the birth of Jesus as a singular event reveals a creative mechanism not known to man and not subject to the limitations of man’s rational power. This singular event constitutes the First Coming of Jesus from Heaven to Earth and constitutes Jesus as the Son of Man.

Easter is the most important feast day in the Christian calendar. Regularly observed from the earliest days of the Church, Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the dead, following crucifixion. It marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, and the last day of the Easter Triduum (starting from the evening of Maundy Thursday, through Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday), as well as the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. Easter Sunday describes the Second Singular Event in the recorded human history and for all practical purposes, Easter is the celebration of the Second Coming of Jesus and it stands apart from the Singular Event called Christmas that glorifies the First Coming of Jesus.

The Third Coming, the Future Coming vs the Whole Coming

The New Testament Books of Luke ( Chapter 24:51 ) and Acts (Chapter 1:1-9 ) describe ‘Ascension’, the return of the risen Christ to Heaven on the 40th day after the Resurrection. 

The last Book of The New Testament called ‘The Revelation’ by saint John describes the revelation of Jesus Christ. In Chapter 21:1, it reveals: “And I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth; for the first Heaven and the first Earth were passed away…” 

The Birth of Jesus is the First Singular Event; the Resurrection of Jesus and His Ascension constitutes the Second Singular Event and the Third Coming or the Future Coming, or the Final Coming constitutes the Whole Coming of Jesus for it includes a Plan for a New Heaven and Earth.

When will Jesus Returns ?

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father”. (Matthew 24:36)

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come”.(MATTHEW24:42)

“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” (Matthew 24:44)

Be Prepared for the Whole Coming

In my analysis, I view the prophecy of the Second Coming using the phrase, Whole Coming as there is no other God’s Plan for any other Coming of Jesus. The Whole Coming in fact constitutes the Final Chance given to man to work for his own Salvation using the attitude of Jesus and implementing God’s Plan according to His Will and Purpose.

1. Imitate Christ’s Humility:

“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus”. (Philippians 2:1-5)

2. Working with God:

“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved”. (Matthew 24:12-13)

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose”. (Philippians 2:12-13)