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Will Jesus's second coming be visible to all? · Apolog

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Will Jesus's second coming be visible to all?

Promises of universal sight at Jesus' coming stand beside his statement that the world will no longer see him.

Textual conflict: Interpretive tension; The passages pull in different directions, but the conflict depends on how their wording, scope, or narrative context is read.
Importance: Foundational; A central claim about origins, salvation, divine justice, or religious authority.

Universal future visibility conflicts with an unlimited reading of no more, whose temporal scope remains uncertain.

An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.

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The coming Son of man will be seen throughout the earth

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:30

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Mark 13:26

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Luke 21:27

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Revelation 1:7

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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Jesus says the world will see him no more

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

John 14:19

Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)

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Understanding the contradiction

Matthew 24:30 says all earthly tribes will see the Son of man coming in clouds. Mark 13:26 and Luke 21:27 likewise describe a visible arrival. Revelation 1:7 makes the scope especially explicit by saying every eye will see him, including those who pierced him.

John 14:19 contrasts the world, which will see Jesus no more, with disciples who will see him. If 'no more' is read as an unlimited claim about all future sight, the worldwide appearance conflicts with it. The quotation gives no explicit end date for that exclusion. The passages therefore present different expectations about who will see Jesus, with the tension resting on whether John's statement is as permanently comprehensive as its wording sounds.

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contradictionMatthewMarkLukeRevelationJohn

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