WHY IF CHRIST GOT UP TO HEAVEN IN PRIVATE, WHY WILL HE RETURN TO THE PUBLIC?

Of the four Christological events (incarnation, birth, resurrection and second coming), three were private and one is announced as a universal event, where all, living and dead will be witnesses.


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Private events:

Incarnation: According to the Gospel of Matthew and Luke, the incarnation of Jesus, through the supernatural conception in the womb of Mary was an event, where only Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth (a relative of Mary) knew the mystery. Event that they kept secret until after the death of Jesus.

Birth: Although the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, as the expected Messiah, was announced to shepherds, kings of the east, Herod, Simeon and Anna; He did not spread the news to the rest of the inhabitants of Israel and the world.

Resurrection: The witnesses of the resurrected body were in crescendo until his ascension. Firstly, three women (María Magdaena, María the mother of Jacobo, and Salomé), followed by the apostles, then more than 500 people and finally Saulo de Tarso, which is not a significant number in relation to the world population of The time.

Ascension to the heavens: It was in Bethany, the little village of his closest friends (Mary, Martha and Lazarus) Lc. 24:50, accompanied by his disciples.

A low profile and almost private ministry.

If we make a careful study of the life of Jesus, we note that he tried to minimize the public impact of his miracles, which were the unmistakable sign of his ability to be exchanged.
His brothers, like the priests and the Pharisees, urged him to manifest his miracles in public.
(John 7: 3). And his brothers said to him, Get out of here, and go to Judea, so that your disciples can also see what you are doing. Because nobody who tries to make it known does something in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.
(Matthew 27:42) I have saved others; he can not save himself; If he is the King of Israel, come down from the cross, and BELIEVE in him.
Jesus maintained the demonstration of his power as a Son in a private and non-public way.
(John 7:10) But after his brothers went up, he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in SECRET.
(Matthew 8: 4) Then Jesus said to him, "Look, DO NOT TELL anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and present the offering that Moses commanded ..."
Mark 1:34: And I healed many sick of various diseases, and I cast many demons; and he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
(Mark: 3: 11,12). And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried out, saying, You are the Son of God. But I scolded them a lot so they would not discover it.
(Mark: 8: 29,30). Then he said to them: And you, who do you say that I am? Peter responded and said: You are the Christ. But I have ordered you not to say this about him to anyone.
(Mark 9: 9). When they came down from the mountain, I commanded them not to tell anyone what they had seen, except when the Son of Man rose from the dead.
(Mark 5:42, 43). And then the girl got up and walked, because she was twelve years old. And they were very dismayed. But I have ordered you so much that you should not know, and said that you should feed it.
(Mark: 36). And I have ordered you not to tell anyone; but the more I have sent them, the more and more they divulged it.


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Why was it necessary for all these events to be revealed only to a small group of people and not to all?

The answer is simple: Jesus, although he was leaving the evidences of his power in those few witnesses, was, in turn leaving the basis of the faith that is "to believe without seeing"; forcing the believer to deposit faith in the words of those privileged witnesses. Confirmed the reason for the apostle Paul when he says:
(Romans 1:17) "For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed BY FAITH and to faith, as it is written: But the just shall live by faith." And it was revealed by faith in the words of those witnesses.
(2 Thessalonians 1:10) "when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all who believed (because our testimony has been BELIEVED among you)".
We can conclude that the "secrecy" of Jesus from his incarnation to his resurrection, was due to the fact that it was necessary to believe these events by faith and not by sight.

Why then the second coming will not be in secret or in private?

The Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ will be a universal manifestation, seen by all, living and dead:
(Revelation 1: 7) Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and EVERY EYE WILL SEE him, and those who pierced him; and all the families of the earth will lament for him. Yes, amen.
((Matthew 24:30) Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man COMING ON THE CLOUDS of heaven, with power and great glory.
(Matthew 24:27) For AS THE LIGHTNING that comes from the east and shows itself to the west, so will also the coming of the Son of Man.
The answer to the question is also simple: Because you do not have to have faith to witness it.

All Christological events were revealed to be believed by faith in the testimony of those who were revealed, but the Second Coming of the Lord, will not need faith to make an effect on the individual since that event will not be transmitted from generation to generation. It will be a unique and unrepeatable event, where everyone will witness the portent.

Faith is the instrument designed by God with which the believer takes as true the words of the witnesses of the life, passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ; for this reason it was not indispensable that all his earthly manifestation be revealed to the whole world, but to a few. But faith becomes a useless instrument in the Parousia of our Lord, for we will see him with our eyes, just as he is (1 John 3: 2 "... but we know that when he manifests, we will be like him, because we will SEE him as he is.) This is the biblical reason to understand why the second coming will be public and not private.


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