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In The Return of Christ, Berkouwer addresses himself to a wide range of questions: How does Christian expectation differ from ordinary human longing for a better future? Is there an “intermediate state” between the death of the believer and the return of Christ (or, where does the Christian go immediately after death)? Is the Christian faith in crisis because the Lord has not yet returned? What...

Do we have here two opposing thought-complexes—visibility and invisibility? The answer to this must be negative. Even the expressly attested cases of “seeing” do not indicate a human ability or organ that as such enables us to see God, as if the Lord were “before our eyes.” In each of the instances seeing God is a matter of His gracious presence, not something neutral. Even Moses, despite his unique position, experienced that limitation. When he asked Yahweh to see His glory, the reply was: “You
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