The "Second Coming" Myth

(Revised 10-7-2009)

With an accurate understanding of Judaic (Old Testament) prophecy and the actual teachings and prophecies of the Christ Jesus, we can see why the idea of a "second coming" is a myth. In fact, the one who now fulfills all religious prophecies of the "one to come" is the next in a long line of messenger-teachers who are called, spiritually anointed, and chosen to express divine will and intent.

It must be said, however, that no one, not even Jesus, did it perfectly, because human beings are only human. As Moses wrote, "God is not a man, nor a son of man," and as David wrote, "Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." Jesus was a son of man, not God, and he knew it and said so. That is why he told his disciples: "You have not seen God’s shape at any time." And it is why in the last moments of his life, Jesus cried out: "God, why have you forsaken me?"

I have explained the facts of that matter on other pages, like The Virgin Birth Story, The Martyrdom of Jesus, and Christians Divided. But on this page I will focus on the "second coming" myth.

In the first place, nowhere in the "Old Testament" Judaic Hebrew Scriptures is there any prophecy about a certain Mashiach/Messiah coming, then going, and then coming again. And the "New Testament" in Christian Bible, as we know it, contains many concepts that were fabricated and are not compatible with real and true Judaic prophecies.

In the second place, the Christ Jesus himself said: "I have come not to bring peace on earth; but rather division." (Luke 12:51) Jesus knew the age he ushered in would be one of conflict and division, and he knew many people would not take the advice he gave about loving one another, especially your neighbor and even your enemy, and not judging one another.

That is why Jesus spoke of prophecy being fulfilled at the end of the age (Aeon). And that’s why he said that he "must go away and be seen no more," and "the Spirit of truth shall come, who shall issue judgment, guide you unto truth, show you things to come, and glorify me." (John 16:7-15) Furthermore, according to Jesus, the main, authorized messenger for the Spirit of truth shall be the "son of man, who shall first be rejected by his generation and suffer many things." (Luke 17:22-25) And if you read the page on Prophecies Re: The One to Come, you will see how and why that does not speak of the son of man named Jesus, because he was accepted by multitudes in his generation and did not suffer first, or before hand, but only on the last day of his life.

Now, in the Judaic Scriptures there are some prophecies about the Mashiach/Messiah/Son of Man known as Jesus, but there are even more prophecies about this next spiritually anointed son of man that Jesus said would come, as a son of man and the messenger for the Spirit of truth.

Basically, Isaiah said the witness and servant of God would be stricken and afflicted, send his work before him to deliver judgment and not cause his voice to be heard in the street or in public, but would be rejected so long that he would fear his work was in vain and for nought. That is why Jesus said that this son of man to come would issue judgment, guide you unto truth, show you things to come, and glorify the Christ who is in heaven with the Lord God. And that is why Jesus said that this son of man would first be rejected by his generation and suffer many things.

But, it should be understood that the modern son of man glorifies the Christ-Avatar-Buddha-Mahdi-Ancient One who is in heaven with God, not as an idol for worship, not as "God Himself," but as a son of man and the martyr and sacrificial lamb of God that he was.

You see, while Jesus fulfilled certain Judaic prophecies, such as being born in the line of David as his father Joseph was, and "receiving stripes" (from being whipped) and "being brought as a lamb for slaughter" as a pacifist-martyr, the modern son of man fulfills the rest of Judaic prophecies, as well as the prophecies of Jesus.

The modern son of man says: Worship God only, for as Jesus and Isaiah said, only God is the Holy One, only God is the Savior, and only God is worthy of worship. And God was not made in our image. We are made in God’s "image," as Children of the Divine Light-Energy Source of our existence, the Supreme Universal Consciousness.

No man has ever been, or ever will be, God "Himself," and even though the most enlightened ones like Jesus and other Avatars and Siddhis spoke as the Holy One, they did so for the Holy One who is within and above us all. For the Inner Self is the True Self of All, even though our ego does not know that unless and until we fully realize the divine reality and are truly reborn of the Spirit.

Unfortunately, most of the early disciples and apostles of Jesus either misunderstood him or embellished and exaggerated stories about him. Either that, or later followers did when they copied and translated the original gospels. Consequently, many Christians misunderstand statements and prophecies in the Christian gospels, because some of the statements and prophecies are simply in error or misleading, and, while some of the true statements and prophecies are literal, much of them are not literal but purely symbolic.

Of course, Jesus did mean it literally that many would come saying "I am Christ." After all, many have made such false claims. Jesus also meant it literally that many would claim that they know the Christ, and either claim that he is here or there, or that they know when and where he will come. And he also meant it literally that many people would be deceived by the false Christs, false prophets, and hypocrites. All that has happened.

But, most Christians do not know that the Christ Jesus gave those warnings about false Christs and false ideas about the Christ, because he himself would not actually "come again" but instead send the Spirit of truth in the next son of man. (See the page on Prophecies Re: The "One To Come.")

The Christ Jesus also meant it literally when he said that prior to the coming of this modern son of man, there would be wars and rumors of wars, but it would not be the end of the terrible tribulation. He said not only that nations would rise up against other nations, but there would be the "seven plagues" (diseases, famines, pestilence, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, and droughts) and "many other terrible things" in many places in the world, and that the sorrows of most people in the world would get worse until the Spirit of truth is acknowledged. And Jesus was quite right, even though it should be understood that he did NOT mean this ordeal and tribulation would be God’s doing, but Man’s, as Jesus and many other prophets foresaw and foretold.

As for most of the other things that were written pertaining to what would happen prior to or during the coming of the modern son of man, they were mostly symbolic.

Unfortunately, many Christians misunderstand the Christian gospels because they misunderstand the Judaic scriptures in the Old Testament. They don’t understand the symbolic language about the "lightning," the "darkened sun and moon," the "sign of the Son of man in heaven," the "signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars," and his "coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." And they misunderstand the symbolism in the language that foretells that God shall "send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."

All that kind of language symbolizes the spiritual events that have been taking place. It’s the same kind of symbolism as the "final war between good and evil," the war of "Armageddon," and the "fall of Babylon." You see, Paul got it right when he wrote that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal or lethal, but they are mighty through God for pulling down even the most powerful stronghold or misused military power. But, as I’ve explained on the pages on The Antichrist and The Fall of Babylon and other pages, much of the book of Revelation is symbolic and was not meant to be taken literally.

The problem is that many Christians don’t understand that because they misunderstand the symbolism in the terms and language that are used in both the old and new testaments in their Bible.

For example, as I wrote in my first and third books, Jesus knew that in the very first chapter of Genesis, the first book in the Bible, it states: "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years." (Genesis 1:14) That’s why Jesus said, "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars..." (Luke 21:25)

Most people don’t know it, but the Magi, the followers of Zoroaster, knew that the Christ Jesus had been born because of the signs in the night sky. They knew because they were astrologers, as so many people were at that time, and long before. The prophet Daniel was an astrologer, as is so evident from the symbolism he used in his writing, as I explained in the page titled The Fall of Babylon.

That’s because the ancient Kaballah, the mystical part of Judaism, incorporates astrology and numerology, as well as pictorial symbolism. That’s why the Bible is full of astrological symbolism, and symbolism from the original Sacred Tarot. For example, even in the currently used versions of the Tarot, the four cherubic emblems, the bull, lion, eagle and man, which are mentioned in the book of Ezekiel and the Christian book of Revelation, are featured on three keys in the Major Arcana. The bull refers to Taurus and Earth, the lion to Leo and fire, the eagle to Scorpio and water, and the man to Aquarius and air. They are the "fixed signs" and the "four elements" of Astrology.

Another example is that John wrote: "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth." (Revelation 10:1-2)

That is a direct, obvious reference to Tarot Key 14, titled Temperance, which fits that description perfectly. And there are many other examples of such symbolism in the Bible and in the Tarot, and are depicted in the 32 paths of wisdom on the Kabbalistic or Qabalistic "Tree of Life," which is mentioned eight times in the Old Testament and three times in the New Testament in the Bible.

Anyway, to get back to the "signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars.," spiritual astrologers know, in the same way that the Zoroastrians did when the Christ Jesus was born, that the modern son of man is here now. And in fact, as I described in Memoirs of a Prodigal Son of man, in 1979, when I realized who and what I am, I witnessed a miraculous sign in the night sky.

Now, many Christians also do not understand the meaning of this: "The Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations; and then the end shall come." (Matthew 24:14).

The fact is that the Christian gospels have already been preached to all the nations, increasingly during the last sixteen centuries. But, the term "the end" means the end of the age (Aeon), which Jesus spoke of, NOT the literal end of the world, even though some English mistranslations of the gospels still use the term "the end of the world." (See the page on The Future.)

Furthermore, the prophesied judgment which comes now at the end of the age will render all of the arrogantly proud and militant bigots and hypocrites contrite in the face of truth, and it will enable the humble and meek to inherit the earth, make peace, and transform "swords into plowshares." (See the pages titled New Declaration of Independence, How the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, The Future, and other relevant pages.)

You see, Jesus knew and said that this would be a time when people do not abide by "sound doctrine," but adhere instead to the false "commandments of men for doctrines." He said hypocrites would claim to do "many wonderful works in the name of the Lord," when they actually "work iniquity."

That’s why it is quite true where it is written in the gospels that "according to their own desires they will choose teachers who will tell them just what they want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and go after fables." And it is quite true that religious bigots and hypocrites have been and still are clinging to fables and myths to justify their aggression and imposition, and their violent efforts to rule the world in the name of religion.

That’s why it is quite true where it is written that: "For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power."

But, ironically, arrogantly proud and militant right-wing religious bigots and hypocrites who claim to be godly Christians (or Muslims or Jews) do not understand that most of those words apply to them!

"And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart …… for the earth is filled with violence through them." (Genesis 6:5-11).

That applies exactly and precisely to the time we are going through. It is exactly why there is so much violence in the world, and why the Lord God and this servant and witness of God grieves!

I tell you truly that the idea of a "second coming" of the Christ Jesus was created by men who may have thought they had good intentions, but it is a myth. It is every bit as much a myth as the myth about the "virgin birth" of Jesus, and the myth that he was "the only begotten son of God," or even "God Himself."

The worst thing about the myths is that ever since the fourth century they have enabled a lot of "Christian" Popes, Emperors, Kings and subsequent Heads of State to indulge in war, military imperialism, colonialism, and even genocide, all in the name of spreading Christianity. And those myths are the main reason why so many Christians, Jews and Muslims do not recognize that they belong to one family of religions that includes all religions.

It is time for myths to be exposed and dispelled. It is time for all peoples, nations and religions to recognize that they all are members of one family of God. And it is time for the Spirit of truth to issue judgment, guide you unto truth, and show you things to come.