THERE MUST BE A COMPLETION

Fr Gresham said, "Nowhere in the Gospels does it say Christ will come again on this earth. Revelations 20 says the Son of Man will come when there is a new heaven and a new earth."

"Because it is a difficult subject preachers will not give a sermon on the coming of the Son of Man. They avoid it. What do we mean when we say, 'Christ will come again'? The coming of the Son of Man cannot be only an ongoing process. Otherwise it would be going towards nowhere. There must be a completion, a fulfilment." 

"Theologians now generally agree this completion will occur beyond time. Our earth will physically end some time; either it will burn or freeze up. All this is important because it is what we believe about the future of our world."

"St Irenaeus in the 2nd century believed Christ would come again physically to earth and rule in person for a 1000years. This was a millennial belief accepted for a couple of centuries after St Irenaeus, then suppressed."

"The Gospels tell us the Holy Ghost will be sent to lead us into all truth. It may take more centuries or millennia until the church is led into a knowledge of the whole truth. We may presently only have a partial knowledge of the truth."