Will Jesus Come Back on the 2000th Easter?

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While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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I think it is extremely unlikely.

Jesus made it abundantly clear that we would unable to “calculate” the time of his Second Coming:
But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only (Mt. 24:36, and there are many parallel passages).
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(This passage raises another interesting question regarding the supposed ignorance of Jesus, but that is for another thread.)
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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The phrase “one day is as a thousand years” is a figure of speech called a simile. It is a common literary device used in literature and even every day speech to express a comparison. It is not to be taken literally. When one learns to read the Bible, one must learn to distinguish between the different literary forms and expressions, what is to be taken literally and what is not. A good Catholic Bible commentary will help with this.
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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And how does anyone know this will be the 2,000th Easter? The dating could be off as much as 15 years couldn’t it?

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CB_Catholic said:
The phrase “one day is as a thousand years” is a figure of speech called a simile. It is a common literary device used in literature and even every day speech to express a comparison. It is not to be taken literally. When one learns to read the Bible, one must learn to distinguish between the different literary forms and expressions, what is to be taken literally and what is not. A good Catholic Bible commentary will help with this.
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So no one knows or can predict His second coming?
 
Linusthe2nd said:
And how does anyone know this will be the 2,000th Easter? The dating could be off as much as 15 years couldn’t it?

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Yes, which is why the “end of the world” predictions approaching the year 2000 were so amusing, as 2,000 years since Christ’s birth likely happened sometime in the 1990’s.
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
Yes, which is why the “end of the world” predictions approaching the year 2000 were so amusing, as 2,000 years since Christ’s birth likely happened sometime in the 1990’s.
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Yes … :rotfl: Had that conversation with a very concerned high school friend of my daughter

We humans think of time in a linear fashion - we can’t help it … it is a function of how we are made by our Creator …However the Creator stands outside time - Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega - In the Beginning, Now and for Eternity - God stands outside time … Biblical passages attempt to explain the timeless with in a language that is trapped in the linear …

THUS - Far better to be prepared now and to the best of our ability each and every day … As each one of us will meet our “End of the World” moment at our death … for us - that is when Jesus will “return” in that Face to Face reality of an accounting our life …
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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When was Jesus resurrected do you think? Your question seems a bit off.
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
Yes, which is why the “end of the world” predictions approaching the year 2000 were so amusing, as 2,000 years since Christ’s birth likely happened sometime in the 1990’s.
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I just laugh at the predictions concerning the end of the world.
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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If that is the day he chooses, that is the day it will be. It could be tomorrow, or today or next week who knows.
 
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GEddie said:
Exactly.

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Geddie, despite what the OP and respondent said about it possibly being this Easter or 15 years later, COULD the Second Coming still be thousands or even millions of years from now?
 
attempts to “calculate” the second coming make me very uncomfortable. reminds me of harold camping
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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No one knows, as Jesus told us, only the Father.

Ed
 
Melodeonist said:
While I was watching a TV show about Jesus and his apostles, a thought popped into my head. What if Jesus comes back on the 2000th Easter? If a day for God is 1000 years, then that means that Jesus would be coming back the day after He was resurrected. Do you think this is possible?
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2000th Easter would around year 2030? I expect the return of the Christ will be much sooner than that - probably in the next couple of years. And the world will not end though.
 
CB_Catholic said:
The phrase “one day is as a thousand years” is a figure of speech called a simile. It is a common literary device used in literature and even every day speech to express a comparison. It is not to be taken literally. When one learns to read the Bible, one must learn to distinguish between the different literary forms and expressions, what is to be taken literally and what is not. A good Catholic Bible commentary will help with this.
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Indeed, basically it means that God is not bound by time.
 
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