Will Every Eye See Him?

WILL EVERY EYE SEE HIM?

Blog Post Date:  5-5-2020

The comments appearing below are mostly “so-called educated” observations of the soon-coming Millennial Kingdom of God proclivities.  Again, they represent only my personal thoughts and observations.  They may or may not be true, although I expect they may be fairly accurate.

Considering the Hebrews leaving their captivity (i.e. slavery) in Egypt, God sent 10 plagues on the people within that area (that we know about).

1.   Water to Blood: Ex. 7:14–24

2.   Frogs: Ex. 7:25–8:15

3.   Lice or gnats: Ex. 8:16-19

4.   Wild animals or flies: Ex. 8:20-32

5.   Pestilence of livestock: Ex. 9:1–7

6.   Boils: Ex. 9:8–12

7.   Thunderstorm of hail and fire: Ex. 9:13–35

8.   Locusts: Ex. 10:1–20

9.   Darkness for three days: Ex. 10:21–29

                10.        Death of firstborn: Ex. 11:1–12:36

After leaving Egypt, the Hebrews successfully crossed some portion of the Red Sea by means of the water being divided (by God).  Now, there is no doubt in my mind that all of these things happened as they were claimed to happen.  However, never once did God show Himself as the perpetrator of these events.  If so, then the Egyptians would not have followed the Hebrews to the Red Sea.  They would have known the Hebrews were a lost cause with a ceasefire.

There are other written God-miracles contained within the Bible.  In some instances God may send some known knowledge to one person such as a prophet or the person in charge of a certain operation but it is never announced to the populace at large.

The life of Jesus, the Son of God, or God in the flesh represents a certain detour with the dealings of God in the life of people.  Jesus performed miracles, instant miracles that did not require an extended healing process.  Mostly to individual people.  However, only to a small group of people with no main stream media such as television shows.  The coming Kingdom of God will contain cameras, internet, and a high-ended MSM.  How will this play out?

Before long, it will be necessary for God to bring dead people back to life through the first resurrection.  Also shortly thereafter, a certain group of living people will be given an eternal life as well.  Will every eye actually, physically see Him?  The answer is uncertain, although every Christian (or anyone with knowledge of the events) could possibly have an opinion.

My Opinion

As can be seen in other Biblical miracles, God does not always proclaim Himself to the world as the miracle maker.  In the soon coming first resurrection, although it is possible, there may not be widespread physical evidence of God as the resurrection agent, at all. 

The phrase, “He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see Him” is related to Zechariah 12:10, particularly the items such as “pierced” and “mourn or lament”.

Revelation 1:7 NET (Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

Zechariah 12:10 NET "I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

An allusion to, “He is returning with the clouds”.

Daniel 7:13 NET I was watching in the night visions, "And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.

But does it mean that physically, every eye will see or view Him?  Revelation 1:7 states that “this will certainly come to pass”.  Without getting too bogged down in Greek definitions it may not mean “physically” at all.

From various studies, the word defined as “eye” literally means an eye.  The word “see” actually means, “To see, perceive with the eyes, to look at, trans. implying not only the mere act of seeing but also the actual perception of what one sees”, according to the Greek Word Study Dictionary.  Recall this statement was spoken by Jesus to John so apparently it means that every eye will literally visualize Him in some manner.  Perhaps a dream, or a vision.  The Hal Lindsey version from the 70’s claims that Jesus will appear as a super large object in the sky but even that version would eliminate some people from physically viewing Him.