Author: bqtps

Religious but don’t know the King of kings and Lord of lords intimately.

When I say “godless,” I don’t mean these people have no god. They just don’t know God. They don’t stand in God’s presence and receive His Truth. Many of them are religious. They are self-righteous. They have forms and rituals but don’t know the King of kings and Lord of lords intimately. They don’t walk in the righteousness of Christ. (Quote from https://realreality.org/downloads/how-god-will-transform-you/)

When I say “godless,” I don’t mean these people have no god. They just don’t know God. They don’t stand in God’s presence and receive His Truth. Many of them are religious. They have forms and rituals but don’t know the King of kings and Lord of lords intimately. They don’t walk in the righteousness of Christ.

(Quote from https://realreality.org/downloads/how-god-will-transform-you/)

Learn the difference between Christ’s coming (abiding presence) and Christ’s bodily return

Learn the difference between Christ’s coming (abiding presence) and Christ’s bodily return

Learn the difference between Christ’s coming (abiding presence) and Christ’s bodily return

Parousia Literal Meaning:

“the being beside.” From this, we could say it means “the personal presence.”

Background:

This word is applied to Christ, but it’s also applied to others in the Bible. In addition, it was a common word in Greek literature of the day.

It has been given a meaning to fit into the context of popular theology, but this makes Scripture hard to understand. The fact that many theologians think a certain way doesn’t change Scripture.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia:

(1) “Parousia” (parousia), a word fairly common in Greek, with the meaning “presence” (2 Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 2:12). More especially it may mean “presence after absence,” “arrival” (but not “return,” unless this is given by the context),

This definition goes on to name some examples where it could mean “return” by the context, but none of those examples demand changing the definition to “return.” The context here is the context of modern theology rather than the context of the language itself. The definition also explains that, it is in modern theology that this word, “parousia,” has been used to mean the “Second Coming.” It might be important to note that the term “Second Coming” is not in Scripture. This is a theological term. That doesn’t mean Christ won’t return since the angels assured the disciples Jesus would return as they stood gazing upward on the Mount of Ascension.

Strong’s Concordance:

a presence, a coming.

HELPS Word-studies:

Parousia is “used in the east as a technical expression for the royal visit of a king, or emperor. The word means literally ‘the being beside,’ thus, ‘the personal presence’ “