Second Coming
How and where Christ returns, the preparation period, and the signs of the Second Advent.
What is the Rapture and when will it occur?
The Rapture, traditionally viewed as a physical ascension, is understood in this teaching as a spiritual transformation and unity. The Lord of the Second Advent comes in the flesh, not on literal clouds, which metaphorically represent faithful believers. This return facilitates spiritual rebirth and unification of heart, enabling humanity to co-create the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth through active engagement with God's will and new truth.
When and how will Jesus return?
Jesus will return as a physical person, born on Earth, not literally descending from the clouds. "Clouds" symbolize faithful followers who will gather around Him. His return, predicted to occur in the early 20th century, aims to complete physical and spiritual salvation, establish ideal families, and unite all religions under God as the True Parents of humanity, fulfilling the mission unfinished at the First Coming.
What is the Millennium and will it be literal?
The Millennium is understood as the literal, substantial Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, established through the Lord of the Second Coming. This is not a symbolic era but a tangible reality where God's ideal of creation is fulfilled. The Messiah returns in the flesh, not on clouds, to offer both physical and spiritual salvation, initiating true families and restoring God's dominion over humanity and the natural world.
What are the Last Days, and what do they mean?
The Last Days are a period of spiritual transformation, not literal global destruction, marking the transition from a Satan-centered world to a God-centered one. Prophecies of cosmic events are symbolic, indicating the spiritual shifting of eras and the rejection of old truths for new ones. Christ returns in the flesh to complete spiritual and physical salvation, establishing God's ideal on Earth through True Parents. This era calls for active participation in building God's Kingdom.
What is the preparation period for the Second Advent?
The preparation period is understood as the roughly 400 years from the Reformation in 1517 to the First World War era. Religious reform, vernacular Bibles, personal faith, democracy, and global communication prepared humanity to receive the Messiah. Like expectant parents, God prepared an environment; individuals remain responsible for discerning and responding.
How should we understand the signs and symbols of the Second Coming?
The waters are read as human multitudes, rising clouds as purified believers growing in higher love, and heaven as spiritual elevation rather than outer space. It connects an earthly advent with restoration, warning against rigid literal expectations, and emphasizing discernment and loving practice.
Why did Jesus ask if he will find faith on earth at his second coming?
Jesus' question about finding faith at his Second Coming reveals a concern that humanity might again fail to recognize him, much as they did during his first advent. This is because his return, like his first coming, will be in the flesh, defying literal expectations of a dramatic, visible appearance in the clouds. Spiritual discernment and a humble heart, rather than rigid interpretations, are essential to recognize God's new providence.
How do the time periods in the bible reveal the time when Christ will return?
This teaching clarifies biblical prophecies about Christ's return, revealing that while the exact "day or hour" is unknown, God's providence unfolds in discernible numerical patterns. It shows that historical periods, such as the 2,000 years leading to Jesus, parallel the 2,000 years for the Second Coming, whose time came between 1917 and 1930. Prophecies of coming "on clouds" are metaphorical, signifying a return in the flesh, and the "Last Days" represent a transitional period towards a God-centered world, not global destruction.
Where will Christ return?
Christ will not return to the first Israel: in the parable of the householder and husbandmen, Jesus said the vineyard would go to others bearing fruit. Christians became the new Israel, and Revelation points to a nation in the East. Among Korea, Japan, and China, Korea was prepared through suffering, division, religious expectation, and Christianity's growth.
What are the conditions that must be met for a nation to be chosen to lead God's providence at the second advent?
A nation chosen for the Second Advent must fulfill six conditions: enduring a national indemnity period, serving as the frontline battleground between God and Satan, becoming the object partner of God's heart through suffering, serving as the land where world civilizations bear fruit, undergoing an axial age spiritual turning point with Christian devotion, and receiving prophetic testimonies of the Messiah's coming.
Why will the world not be able to kill the messiah at the second advent?
The Messiah at the Second Advent will not be killed because, unlike at Jesus' first coming, humanity benefits from 2,000 years of spiritual Providence and the establishment of religious freedom and separation of church and state. These conditions prevent the unified political and religious persecution that led to Jesus' crucifixion, ensuring the Messiah can complete the physical Kingdom of Heaven on Earth despite enduring other forms of suffering and rejection.
Will the same Jesus who died 2000 years ago return physically, or will he choose someone to inherit his mission?
The Second Coming of Christ will not be the physical return of Jesus in the clouds, but rather a new individual born in the flesh to inherit and complete Jesus' unfulfilled mission of substantial salvation and establishing God's Kingdom on Earth. Biblical prophecies of "coming on clouds" are metaphorical, signifying a central figure surrounded by believers. This new Messiah, the Lord of the Second Advent, will be born of a woman, just like Jesus.