Parousia

When trying to determine the timeframe of our rapture to Yeshua, many get stuck trying to reconcile His "coming". Does He come once to rapture us pre-wrath, and then come a THIRD time to physically set foot on earth? My answer is: NO. Yeshua's "second coming" occurs at the sixth seal and He is "present" throughout all remaining events of Daniel's 70th week and afterwards.

Parousia (Greek: παρουσία, Strong's G3952) is a noun derived from the verb "pareimi" (to be present) and the prefix "para" (beside/near). Its core meaning is "presence" or "being alongside", often implying arrival or advent as the initial stage of that presence (e.g., a person's coming to a place followed by their ongoing presence there).

In classical Greek and Hellenistic usage (e.g., in papyri and secular literature), it frequently referred to the official visit or arrival of a king, emperor, or dignitary—carrying connotations of honor, power, and sometimes judgment. In the New Testament, it retains this sense of arrival/presence, but context determines the nuance:

• In non-eschatological uses: Simply a person's arrival or presence (contrasted with absence).
• In eschatological uses: Primarily the future coming/presence of Christ (the Second Coming or Advent), often with triumphant, visible, and judgmental implications. It emphasizes not just a momentary event but the inaugurated presence of Christ in glory.

The word occurs 24 times in the Greek New Testament (no occurrences in the Septuagint/Old Testament). English translations (e.g., KJV, NIV, ESV) usually render it as "coming" in eschatological contexts and "coming" or "presence" in ordinary ones.

I will come back to this blog and elaborate soon.