Well, the Bible doesn't say anything about how to distinguish false prophets from the real deal. It just says not to follow false prophets.

As for when Jesus is coming back, I'd say around the same time that Napoleon comes back, as in never. Dead people are dead, and they don't come back to life, no matter what the ancients wrote down in their mythologies and prophecies. There's no way out of that cold hard fact of biology, and taking it to heart is the only way to realize just how precious this one chance at life you have really is.

Even if, for argument's sake, I accept all the stuff Jesus says in the Bible about the Second Coming, how do I reconcile that with this verse?
Quote Originally Posted by Luke 9:27
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
This is just one of many verses in the New Testament where Jesus claims that people living during his lifetime would still be around to see the Second Coming (for more examples see Matthew 16:28, Matthew 23:26, Mark 9:1, Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32). This can only mean one of two things: (1) somebody from that time period is still alive, or (2) Jesus' predictions in the Bible are not accurate.