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Jesus' Apocalyptic Return

 

Data

(1) 1 Thess 4:13-18;
(2) Did. 16:6-8;
(3) Matt 24:30a;
(4) Mark 13:24-27 = Matt 24:29,30b-31 = Luke 21:25-28;
(5a) Rev 1:7
(5b) Rev 1:13
(5c) Rev 14:14;
(6) John 19:37.

 

Texts

(1) 1 Thess 4:13-18

/13/ But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. /14/ For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. /15/ For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. /16/ For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. /17/ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. /18/ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

 

(2) Did. 16:6-8

/6/ And "then shall appear the signs" of the truth. First, the sign spread out in Heaven, then the sign of the sound of the trumpet, and thirdly the resurrection of the dead: /7/ but not of all the dead, but as was said, "The Lord shall come and all his saints with him." /8/ Then shall the world "see the Lord coming on the clouds of Heaven." [Loeb]

 

(3) Matt 24:30a

/30/ Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see 'the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

 

(4) Mark 13:24-27 = Matt 24:29,30b-31 = Luke 21:25-28

Mark 13:24-27
/24 /"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, /25/ and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. /26/ Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. /27/ Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Matt 24:29,30b-31
/29/ "Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. /30b/ and they will see 'the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory. /31/ And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Luke 21:25-28
/25/ "There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. /26/ People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. /27/ Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory. /28/ Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

 

(5) Revelation

(5a) Rev 1:7
/7/ Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen.

(5b) Rev 1:13
/13/ and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.

(5c) Rev 14:14
/14/ Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand!

 

(6) John 19:37

/37/ And again another passage of scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced."

 

Notes

Lectionary

RCL: Year A, Proper 27
ECUSA: & RC: Year
A, 32 Sunday in Ordinary Time

advanceWord: Proper27A

 

John Dominic Crossan

Item 2:
Attestation: Multiple
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Historicity: -

 

Jesus Seminar

The Seminar did not consider the parousia texts in 1 Thess 4:13-18, Rev or John.

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Color

Did 16:6-8

316

Mark

88Son

0

0

11

89

0.04

Black

Matt 24:29-31

316

Mark

88Son

0

6

9

86

0.07

Black

Mark 13:24-25

316

Mark

88Son

6

0

9

84

0.09

Black

Mark 13:24-27

316

Mark

88Son

0

6

9

86

0.07

Black

Luke 21:25-28

316

Mark

88Son

0

6

9

86

0.07

Black

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