Would the second coming be better if Jesus came back, hugged everyone and apologized for the suffering?
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Christianity is obsessed with the inevitability of sin and the need for forgiveness, and with the need for eternal punishment for those who fail to repent of their sins. \n\nSelf-flagellation is so ingrained into that particular religious psyche that an all-loving, all-healing (not to mention all-singing, all-dancing) Jesus Mk II  would be seen as a major disappointment and probably rejected as an impostor.
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We are in the end of the times, and all we are waiting for now is the last person to be born again by God's Spirit through repentance and faith in Christ (trusting in him to save them as they would in a parachute they have put on to save them from the jump that is to come). \n\nOnce the last person is saved then Jesus will return and all believers will be raptured to heaven and the Tribulation period will come upon all who were left behind on earth. God's wrath will begin and the entire tribulation period will be 7 years before he returns with all the Christians from heaven and the angels to reign on earth for 1000 years. This is called the Millenial Kingdom. A\n\nt the end of the world there will be two judgments on one Judgment Day. At the Bema (reward) seat of Christ (the saved)believers will receive rewards and crowns for being obedient servants, the rest of the people who were placed in Hell until this Day or were alive up to this point will be brought before God on this Judgement Day and they will be judged by God according to the 10 commandments and see if they have broken his Law. Those who are guilty (all of those unsaved people there on Judgement Day)will be found guilty and tossed into the Lake of Fire and will be tormented and alone in darkness for all eternity. Never to escape or be saved from it.
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No it isn't wrong.  As a matter of fact, I have always said that if Jesus came back, we would think he was either insane or a magician.  We would probably lock him up in some mental ward, and claim he had one of all the new "disorders" we are coming up with these days.
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I guess we would all go back home to God.  Otherwise we would be wondering spirits for all eternity, I don't think that would be very nice of our all loving God.
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All you you have to do is ask for forgiveness and He will throw the sin into the sea of forgetfulness. God does not hold grudges. Once you accepted Jesus it was forgiven.
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Good question, but everyone will not go to Heaven.\nDo you think for one minute a loving, almighty God would allow His only Son to go thru such misery if there were not a choice?\nDon't you think He would have chosen another way if there had been another way to redeem mankind?\nYahshua HAD to be the lamb that was slain.  Blood had to be shed.\nWithout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
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Thanks Becca, and I'm sorry too. That really meant a lot, stay cool girl! \n\nEmail me if you want and no God will always forgive you if you ask 4 it. I know that I've messed up a lot times, sometimes as christians we represent Jesus in such a terrible way, because we've been hurt so we become bitter and take it out on everyone else, a lot of us need to be healed before we try to start witnessing. Again I apologize too, and hope you can forgive me.
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Consider this. If he hadn’t killed himself and had met the resurrected Christ and sincerely asked for forgiveness, Christ would have forgiven him.\n\nKnowing the greed in his heart, Jesus allowed him to play his role in the betrayal, knowing that the Crucifixion must happen. \n\nBut Judas could’ve been forgiven if he had lived and genuinely repented.\n\nInstead he chose suicide.
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1) No.  Jesus will come the second time.  (That doesn't sound right)\n2) Because.\n3) Salvation\n4) Stay away from everything that will cause you to sin, and pray constantly, asking for strength and courage\n5) Because memory is not genetic.
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No.  Christians believe Christ came for all, therefore you would be welcome, as someone who was saved.  There would be hope that you would come to believe.
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Yes - before Jesus' return the Bible warns that many "Christians" will lose their faith. But also notice that the anti-christ will deceive many, its going to get worse.\n\nOnly those who persevere to the very end receive the reward. Bless you brother
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I don't think we'll get a second chance.  I'm not sure there's anything in the bible to support that.\n\nAnd yes, no one knows.  What about people in comas?  What about when they come out of them?  What about miscarriages, do they have souls?  What about children born without a nervous system (i.e. no brains)?  What about when twins are conceived and one child end up growing into the other(called fetus in fetu, kind of gross, actually)?  The bond between the soul and body is one of the most ellusive, yet real aspects to humanity that we will never be able to answer.  Being a medical student I'm going to have a lot of thinking to do on that question in a few years.
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No, unfortunately.  But someday Jesus will come back to earth to rule and reign in a perfect Christian Theocracy, and we will be so much happier for it.  Those who repent and are still here, that is, will enjoy it.
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Jesus loves everybody and that is why He came to earth.  The time of salvation is NOW.  You have a choice right now. God is not an evil taskmaster.  He wants us to come to Him on our own.  What kind of loving relationship would it be if it were forced?   \n\nWhy should He not judge?  I have heard it said that if God does NOT judge us then He owes Soddom and Gomorrah an apology!  And he will judge rightly, because He can see each mans heart.  Nothing is hidden.  He will judge each one of us.  Some to everlasting life and some to everlasting darkenss.  You will not be able to say in that day "I never knew" or "I never had the chance to know God"  Your time is now.\n\nI love this description of Jesus!  There is also another description of this in Revelation  19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.\n\n\nRev 19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.\n\n\nRev 19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.\n\n\nRev 19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.\n\n\nRev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.\n\n\nRev 19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.\n\nWill you be ready?  I am.
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Most definitely.\nEven the bad things in life take us through a learning process, and give us the opportunity to seek God and trust Him more.\n\nA personal note: A good friend of mine is thankful for 14 years he spent in prison, because without that time, he would not know Jesus as well as he does.
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No.  I would be happy to see him, give him a big hug, and get back to what I was doing.  I am not nearly finished what I came here to do.
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Jesus was not the messiah, and will not come back, as he is dead. Nor will he rise from the dead, or return from elsewhere. THis will be impossible for xtians to accept, I realize this, but someone has got to get them to see truth somehow. I might as well be speaking to a brick wall. I dont know why I bother, actually. Oh well. And if you think youre going to be 'raptured', then youre in for a rude awakening. Good luck with that...