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Originally Posted by Esaias
Therefore the term "coming of the Lord" is a reference to a TYPE of event and NOT to a specific occurrence of an event.
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And therefore anyone clutching pearls about "Why, just how many comings of the Lord are there?" is clearly ignorant of what the Bible teaches about the Coming of the Lord. The idea that "the second coming" was this that or anything, as if that is the one and only coming of the Lord apart from His earthly ministry, is clearly erroneous and false.
The Bible doesn't talk about "the second coming". That is, the Bible doesn't speak about "the SECOND coming". The closest verse to such language is here:
Hebrews 9:28 KJV
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
This "second time" is within the context of the rite of the Day of Atonement and the sctions of the High Priest on that day, as they were and are fulfilled by Christ. The "second" here is NOT second to the incarnation.
So this means that if person A believes Christ shall appear in the future, and Person B says "Oh so that would be what? A third coming? Fourth? Which is it?" as if B's comments prove A is wrong , then (it shows that) person B is
ignorant of the Bible doctrine of the Coming of the Lord. Nobody who understands the Bible phrase "coming of the Lord" as Biblically referring to wide range of various events connected by the common theme of a visitation from God would ever make such goofy statements as Person B. The ONLY exception is if Person A is harping on the
secondness which is not what was occurring in this thread.