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How will Christ return?
- Sudden
- Personal
- Visible
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Personal response
- You must be ready Mt.24:44
- Eagerly waiting
- Patient
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When?
- Imminent
- TBA
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What about passages that speak of signs?
- The gopel will be preached to all nations Mk.13:10
- The great tribulation Mk.13:19-20
- False prophets Mk.13:22
- Signs in the heavens Mk.13:24-26
- The man of lawlessness is revealed 2 Thess.2:1-10
- The salvation of Israel Rom.11:25-26
- The repentance of Israel Mt.23:39
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How do we resolve the tension between scriptures that speak of imminence and those that speak of signs?
- The Bible was wrong about the immediate return
- There are two returns coming - one imminent and one after the signs are fulfilled
- All the signs are already fulfilled
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Why?
- Judgment and reward