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Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Introduction and livestream setup

Janet asks Mike to analyze a JW article on Christ's second coming

Jehovah's Witnesses Second Coming 1914 invisible return doctrine
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW article's core claim about Matthew 25:31-33

The JW article cites Matthew 25:31-33 as evidence for Christ's second coming

Matthew 25:31-33 Matthew 25:31-33 Judgment of the nations Throne of glory
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:27-28: Lightning metaphor for visible return

Jesus describes the visibility of his coming

Matthew 24:27-28 Matthew 24:27-28 Lightning metaphor Visible return
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:29-31: Cosmic signs, universal visibility, gathering of the elect

The actual events accompanying Jesus' return

Matthew 24:29-31 Zechariah 12:10 Universal visibility Matthew 24:29-31 Cosmic signs
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW claim: Jesus resurrected as spirit, not bodily

Foundation of the JW invisible return theology

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Peter 3:18 John 14:19 1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Peter 3:18 John 14:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-25

Mark 13:24-27 — the visible, unmistakable return of Christ after the tribulation

Mike reads the cosmic-sign and Second Coming section of Mark 13.

Revelation 1:7 Mark 13:24-27 Revelation 1:7 Mark 13:24-27 visible second coming
Mike Winger idea 2021-11-01

The JW claim that Jesus returned invisibly in 1914 — after failed predictions of a visible return — directly contradicts Matthew 24:27 where Jesus explicitly warns that if anyone says the Christ has returned in a secret room, don't believe it, because every eye will see his return. Scripture anticipated and pre-refuted this JW doctrine.

The invisible 1914 return of Christ: JW teaching and its direct refutation by Matthew 24

Matthew 24 Matthew Jesus Matthew 24 Matthew