What is a coming of Jesus?

Our working definition for “a coming of Jesus” is this: it’s a personal and bodily intervention and/or manifestation of Jesus into the life of an individual, a group, or a nation on this earth. And there are many different types of comings for different purposes. They also occur at different times and places. Some are visible appearances; some are invisible interventions. Some are physical (seen, heard, felt); some are spiritual (an internal illumination or revelation); and some are combinations.

Theologian Henry A. Virkler calls them “a special manifestation of His presence” (Henry A. Virkler, Hermeneutics (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Books, 1981), 150).  Furthermore, there may be other types of comings with which we are not aware, if for no other reason than not everything Jesus did was recorded (see John 21:25).

Sources:

1 The Perfect Ending for the World by John Noe

2 The Greater Jesus by John Noe