Unlocking The Mystery: Why Jesus Must Depart Before His Return - Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

Webin the gospels, why do the townspeople ask jesus to leave after he cast the demon legion out and into the pigs? In the aftermath of this miracle, the gentile. Jesus had to fulfill his earthly mission from the father, i. e. , to atone for our sins.

The disciples asked jesus about the timing of his return in matthew 24:3. Jesus warned them against deception and false messiahs. Webwhen jesus speaks of going away in john 16, he chiefly has his death in mind, rather than his ascension, though there does seem to be some deliberate conflation. Webjohn piper answers a listener's question about how to deal with the tension between jesus' teaching of his soon return and the long delay of his second coming.