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Originally Posted by shazeep
would you expound upon your interpretation of 26“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. I'm really more interested in trying to get the preterist interpretation of "people will see" here, than in trying to get a better interpretation of v 27, but i include that to ask if you believe that this is...what Mike is saying, a different Second Coming, or what? The commentaries even vary here. Ty.
iow why do we have eyewitnesses of Christ's going, but not His return?
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Well this is probably the point of biggest difference between me and many in eschatology belief. But I will try to explain my understanding.
First let me state I do not believe in a physical bodily resurrection. Secondly the words "see the son of man coming in clouds" is a apocalyptic phrase found in the OT, which does not mean anyone actually saw God in the clouds.
What many don't seem to grasp is that while the disciple saw Christ rise, the point that seems to be missed is "he was take up and a cloud received him" the "return in like manner" must point to "clouds" not a physical return. As
Rev. 1:7 states, "he cometh with clouds" resorting back to the meaning of OT times when God came in clouds. No one literally saw God, but we know by looking back that the fulfillment of the prophecy was fulfilled when the nation God used to judge Israel came and took them into captivity.
In other words those that pierced him saw that day, the nations of the world wailed because of that day.
At least that is how I understand it.
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