> As I said in the post you were answering, No
> matter what the disciples meant by their
> question, when Jesus answered, He was
> talking about a literal "return"
> to earth at the end of time. Not some sort
> of inner spiritual awakening on the part of
> the disciples.
> And I hope you will agree with me that such
> a return has not yet happened.
I hope no one here thinks I am fostering a purely spiritual, past-tense return of Jesus. There may be lots of ways He comes to us; plenty of ways we can experience His presence. The destruction of Jerusalem was one of those ways. But I also believe in a LITERAL AND FINAL return of Christ, at the Resurrection, where He will judge the "quick and the dead" -- all of which is still future.



