Hi all,
Whilst reading 2nd Timothy I noticed that chapter 4:1-8 seem to suggest that the early christian church believed that Christ was manifest and in his kingdom:
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is destined to judge the living and the dead, and by his manifestation and his kingdom.
This implies that he is still to judge, but that he is manifest and that his kiongdom is established. This is further compounded in verse 8 where it reads:
...yet not only to me, but also to all those who have loved his manifestation.
The above suggests that Paul will certainly be among those who will love his manifestation (if not already doing so) which implies that it will come before his death (if not already there).
Was Christ manifest in the first century? Was his kingdom already established? Why all the fuss about 1914?
Dreamer
(Edited for spelling corrections)