Christ's Return: Waiting... or Recognizing It? (Series 5:3A)

As my Father continues to teach me, one understanding gradually became unmistakable. Jesus' resurrection was not only the revelation that he had conquered death. It became the revelation of his LIVING PRESENCE.

When Jesus said, "A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have," I came to understand those words in a way I never had before. As I continued reading Scripture, "The Word became flesh," "Christ in you," and the resurrection of Christ's body, all began speaking one language.

My Father, Jehovah, revealed to me that Christ first appeared in flesh and bones after his resurrection, and that this same living Christ continues to make himself known 👉 through those in whom his Spirit dwells.

This is how I came to understand "Christ in you." 

His presence is revealed by his Spirit, 👉 expressed through humans—flesh and bones. For me, these Scriptures no longer stood apart. They became one continuous testimony. 

This is how my Father taught me to understand them 

and how I've literally experienced them.

Recognizing his return.

🔹Recognizing His Return 

Many Christians sincerely confess:

"Christ is in me."

At the same time, many also say— 

👉 they are waiting for Christ to return.

This raises an important question:

What does Scripture mean when it says, "Christ in you" ?

• Is it merely a phrase?
• Or does it describe a reality that can be known?

If Christ is in you... then you should be asking:

⚡️What am I waiting for?

🔎 Scripture calls us to examine ourselves.

"Examine yourselves...Test yourselves... that Jesus Christ is in you?"

— 2 Corinthians 13:5

🔑 Notice that Paul directs the examination inward.

He does not simply ask whether we believe a doctrine.

He asks whether Christ is truly in us.



🔹 Jesus describes how His own recognize Him.

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me."

— John 10:27

🔥 Recognition is not presented merely as information.
It is relational.
His sheep know His voice.

🔑 Jesus promised to come and DWELL with those who love Him.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you."

— John 14:18

"...We will come to him and make Our home with him."

— John 14:23

The promise is not only about knowing facts concerning Christ.
🔥 It is about His presence.



🔹 Scripture warns that not every spiritual claim is true.

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits..."

— 1 John 4:1

"...if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus... or you receive a different spirit..."

— 2 Corinthians 11:3–4

These warnings show why discernment matters.

🔥 If Scripture warns of another spirit and another Jesus, 

then every claim—

including our own—

should be examined carefully.

🔹The question Scripture leaves us with.
If Christ is in us...

• How do we know?
• How do we recognize his voice?
• What does his indwelling actually mean?

These are not questions meant to condemn.
They are invitations to examine ourselves according to Scripture.

🔑 Perhaps the greater question is not simply:

"When will Christ return?"

but also:

"How does Scripture teach us to recognize his presence?"

The Word became flesh.

The invitation is not merely to repeat words...
🔑 but to seek the reality they point toward.

"Christ in you"

🔥 Not words alone— but what they carry.

“The kingdom of God does not come with observation... the kingdom of God is within you.”
— Luke 17:20-21

"No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

— 1 Corinthians 12:3

🔹 A Final Consideration

If Christ is in you...

and if his presence is known by what he carries...

then perhaps the question is not simply 

whether Christ has come.

🔑 Perhaps the question is:

👉 Where are we looking for him? 

• "Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands..." (Acts 7:48)

What if people can become so focused on where they expect to find him...

that they fail to recognize where he is?

What if the expectation itself 👉 becomes the veil?

Jesus said:

"My sheep hear my voice..." (John 10:27)

If his sheep know his voice...

if Christ is in you...

if the kingdom is within...

• then why are so many still waiting to see... 🤔 
• 👉 what they say they already possess?

And what are God's people being called to come out of?

• "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins..." (Revelation 18:4)

🔥 Perhaps that call is about more than leaving a place.

Perhaps it begins by leaving behind every—

• EXPECTATION
• TRADITION
• and SYSTEM 

that keeps us looking for Christ where he is not...

while overlooking where he is.

If the religious leaders could miss the Messiah while He stood before them...

could it be possible to miss His presence for the same reason today?

Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky,

but cannot discern the signs of the times? 

— Matthew 16:3

If you haven't already...

Please visit for a deeper reflection on that call:

🔹️Series 4 – Post 1: Come Out of Her, My People (Addendum)

~ Peace, Love, and Joy ~

Start Here...

Series 1: The Pattern
Series 2: Pattern Within a Pattern

Series 3: From Pattern to Presence

Series 4: The Pattern in People

🔹 Series 5: The Pattern that Speaks 

1. When What Is Real Begins to Speak

1. The Source of What Is Spoken (A)

1. When Two Become One ~ Seeing What Follows (B) 

1. The Pattern of One Spirit (C)

1. The Open Gates (D)

2. The Voice That Comes from Within 

3. Not Words Alone — But What They Carry 

3. Christ's Return: Waiting... or Recognizing It? (Addendum) - You are here 

 

4. When Speaking Reveals Reality
5. Hearing and Responding 
6. The Pattern Made Known

7. From One… to One… to Many ~ Fibonacci Sequence 

🔹 Series Summary (1-5): The Pattern that was Always There

✨Addendum: The Jot and the Mark: Finding God in the Smallest Things

🔹 Closing Reflection ~ What Was Given

Not Words Alone — But What They Carry. (Series 5:3)

At this point, speaking has already begun.

But something else becomes clear.

Not all words carry the same thing.

Christ in you...

🔹Reflection Matters

If Christ is in you...what does that actually mean?

• Are you hearing him?
• Do you recognize his presence? 

Is his return merely something you are waiting to witness...

or is his coming the very reason you know he is in you?

 

🔹 The Difference Is Not the Sound

Words can look the same.

They can even say the same thing.

But they do not all carry the same substance.

🔥 what matters is what is within them

🔹 This Is the Deeper Layer

Before:

The pattern was recognized.

Then:

It was lived.

Now:

🔑 it is revealed through what is spoken

🔹 Words Without Substance

Words alone can describe something.

But they do not necessarily carry it.

"Test the spirits...

many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1)

If Christ dwells within...

how would you recognize his coming?

"Beware of another Jesus or a different spirit." (2 Corinthians 11:3–4)

🔑 Words with Substance

When something real is carried—

it is present in what is spoken.

🔥 the words are not separate from the reality

🔹 This Is Why It Matters

Because what is carried:

• shapes the voice
• forms the expression
• gives weight to what is spoken

🔑 it reveals whether something is surface
or 👉 substance

 "Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27)

 

🔹 Final Thought

It is not only what is said.

It is what is carried within it.

And that is what makes it real.

The pattern continues...

"The Word became flesh." (John 1:14)

If the Word became flesh...

what should his Word become in those who say he dwells within?

• carried?
• present?
• lived... in flesh and bones?

🔹 What Comes Next

If words reveal what is carried...

then another question emerges.

How would you recognize Christ's coming?

Not by appearance alone.

Not by words alone.

But by the reality of his Spirit.

Because if Christ is truly within...

his presence is not only something promised for the future—

it is something to be discerned.

Something to be recognized.

🔥 Something that bears the same substance as the One who speaks.

And that raises a question many overlook:

👉 Are we only waiting for Christ's return...

or have we misunderstood how his coming is to be recognized?

“The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, 

nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘There!’ 

For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

— Luke 17:20-21

~ Peace, Love, and Joy ~

Start Here...

Series 1: The Pattern
Series 2: Pattern Within a Pattern

Series 3: From Pattern to Presence

Series 4: The Pattern in People

🔹 Series 5: The Pattern that Speaks 

1. When What Is Real Begins to Speak 

1. The Source of What Is Spoken (A) 

1. When Two Become One ~ Seeing What Follows (B)

1. The Pattern of One Spirit (C)

1. The Open Gates (D)

 

2. The Voice That Comes from Within  

3. Not Words Alone — But What They Carry - You are here

3. Christ's Return: Waiting... or Recognizing It? (Addendum)  

 

4. When Speaking Reveals Reality
5. Hearing and Responding 
6. The Pattern Made Known

7. From One… to One… to Many ~ Fibonacci Sequence 

🔹 Series Summary (1-5): The Pattern that was Always There

✨Addendum: The Jot and the Mark: Finding God in the Smallest Things

🔹 Closing Reflection ~ What Was Given