At what point did Roman soldiers become angelic beings?
You mean, evil spirits? You mean evil spirits of the Roman iron dragon beast army? (They are actually described by their spiritual attributes at the 5th trumpet)
When the Bible says that Christ will come WITH clouds, that is a metaphor for multitudes of angels and saints surrounding Christ, all dressed in white, and radiating light, and giving the appearance of clouds moving down from Heaven to earth.
So the clouds are not literal?
If you see the OT references to clouds, you will see that they also refer to armies, creating clouds of dust from their approaching, with horses and such.
And this is still future, so no one should try and mislead people by claiming that the second coming of Christ is already an accomplished fact.
Well, we missed the first coming, and the second coming, and the third coming, and the fourth coming, etc.
Jesus appeared many times after His resurrection, to the apostles and many others, on the road, in the room.
Saul/Paul on the road.
But they weren't resurrection comings, there are only 2 resurrections 1 Cor 15:23-28, 23-24.
Jesus was the first, the second rapt/resurrection has not happened yet. (Then it is the end)
There has never been a time of UNIVERSAL MOURNING AND LAMENTATION as the world inhabitants have literally (visibly) seen Christ coming with power and great glory.
Oh no? The sign of His coming at the dest of Jerusalem was Roman armies surrounding Jerusalem.
The sign of His coming for the 2nd resur is the restoration of Jerusalem to Israel.
Israel is restored to Jerusalem at the present.
And nobody around the world is upset except, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Every Islamic nation in the world, Nazi's, supremacists, Shall I go on?
They are all mourning Israel's restoration.
So His having already come is complete nonsense, since this world would have been purified and perfected completely had He already come.
After Jesus comes at the 2nd resurrection, this world will be fire, and we will be standing before Jesus at the last judgment.
This world can never be perfect, as long as there is flesh.
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (Mt 26:64).
Acts 7:56....................
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. (Mt 24:30).
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