(idea) by ToasterLeavings Tue May 23 2000 at 0:58:10

When *HE* comes back, he is going to be very, very hardcore anime. I picture him as wearing somewhat ornate, but worn leathers, riding a souped-up futuristic grav-cycle, blasting seven kinds of unholy out of all and sundry with divine telekenetic powers. He'll have those freaky big eyes, and hair that blows in the wind *just* right, as he stands proud in a mocking profile shot upon some tall promentary of rubble; and that's just before things get really weird.

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 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).

...If you can't see the this as just Akira on a grander scale, then you really aren't trying...

John the Revelator in Revelation 6:

  • 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
  • 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
  • 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
  • 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
  • 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
  • 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

    • What is this telling you? Jesus was E-boy last time he came down...all the peace, love, forgiveness and huggy warm stuff. For bringing us love, he was tacked up on a stick. I don't think he will have failed to learn from that little lesson. Next time it's the smackdown! Glowing eyes, big chunks of rock lifting up out of the earth's crust, actinic beams of slashy death cutting wailing petitioners into suprised halves, all sorts of weird organic morphing and evolving, and the big crunchy teeth. We won't stand a chance.

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    (idea) by Mr. Frog Wed Mar 20 2002 at 16:40:26
    We nailed him to a cross then, but now we have nukes. However, there is more that can be said as to why Christ would die this time.

    Imagine Christ comes back to Earth after over two thousand years of chilling up in Heaven. The centuries of waiting is now over. However, how could Christ be treated here on Earth? What would happen around the world?

    In Waco, Texas there was a man named David Koresh. This man believed that he was the Messiah. The FBI and ATF stepped in because they believed Koresh was hoarding machine guns. This backed the following into a compound for a 51-day standoff. The eventual outcome of this was a federal tank attacking the compound and the 86 members of the following killing themselves in a fire. Basically, the United States federal government killed 'the Messiah' because he was a threat to them. And the United States is primarily Christian.

    As for the dogmatic Catholic Church, what would the Pope say? How could the Catholic Church, after centuries of never budging on any issue, recognize the Second Coming? I assume the church wouldn't go as far as it did with the Spanish Inquisition and put Christ to death, but they would at least not accept the Second Coming and cast off Christ.

    What about non-Christians? I doubt that the second coming of a Christian diety would be overlooked by those of other religions. The Second Coming would symbolize a threat to their power. Non-Christian fundamentalists the world over would stop at nothing to kill Christ.

    It seems that Christ would be targeted not only by non-Christians, but Christians as well. When Christ came two thousand years ago the Jews put him to death. The class that was supposed to be his following. The Romans didn't care, they ruled the world. Jesus was just another man to them. However, in the current state of affairs, Christ would be condemned by the church he represented and scorned by persons of all religions, some of which would attempt to kill him.

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