(Wakka;48321)
Immediately after that last verse, there was the transfiguration of Christ. That is Christ being transfigured.
It says very clearly, that Christ will come and
every man will be rewarded according to his works. How could that be referring to the transfiguration? The second coming of Christ is when every man will be rewarded according to his works.If that passage is saying that there will be some who will witness the
transfiguration before they die, then that requires Christ to have a) completely changed the subject from the second coming to the transfiguration for no apparent reason and
thought that a substantial portion of his audience was going to die within the next six days. It simply doesn't make any sense. Why would he throw in the prophecy of his transfiguration as an afterthought?(Wakka)
You misinterpreted this one. Christ was saying that all of Israel will not accept Jesus until "the Son of Man comes". We could go from city to city and be persecuted.
I don't see how you're getting this from the text at all.
For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Traveling through all the cities of Israel is something that someone could have easily done within a year, let alone a lifetime. This passage is clearly stating that the Son of Man is coming soon.I'm going to quote some more verse at you, because I think the Bible is abundantly clear that the second coming was supposed to come iminently.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
- Mark 13:30-31
And He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.”
- Mark 9:1
Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
- Matthew 26:64I don't know what to call any attempts to explain that away except delusional.(Wakka)
The Word of God really is perfect. There is no point in trying to look for flaws. Thousands of people have in the past and they all have come up empty handed.
That's not really much of an argument. Clearly the theologians and historical scholars who have written all about it don't think they've come up empty-handed, nor do the billions of people who aren't Christians.