[Iscool]

The true “come near” is when Jesus “comes near” to us, meeting him on his descent to the earth, 1 Thess. 4, to rule and reign over it for a thousand years. To read a mystical pretrib event into the word “parousia” is…, well, here goes, another inference.

So explain then who inhabits the earth during that thousand year reign of Jesus Christ...

[sasportas]

I think I know where you are going with this, I’ve heard that line of argument, was it Chuck Missler? anyway, honestly, I’ve never paid much attention to it. Would you mind describing it?

[MHGinTN]

When in 1 Cor 15 Paul says ‘I show you a mystery’, the Second Coming would not be the subject since there are numerous passages in the OT/Septuagint which refer to the Second Coming and aspects of that with signs giving timing, etc. But of course you knew that ... don’t get too much mud on you this evening. God bless you ... Berean minds are in short supply in this epoch.